dalto

Ok.. so the majority of my issues with KDE have been solved I think. Your help has been really, really, really appreciated. I have one more question.. if you could help me solve this you would really make my freaking year.

My partner uses Plasma. He wants to be able to stream his media to his TV. I have tried everything and I can't get media sharing to work using any programs.

I took a USB of Solus Budgie and from the LiveUSB showed him how you could stream media content without any special tweaks immediately, no additional software necessary.

Solus Budgie uses Rygel to create a DLNA server that broadcasts your videos and music. It just works.

I have tried everything on KDE. Rygel won't work. I figure it's a missing dependency. If there another way? I tried Plex but it's far more complicated. From Budgie when I share multimedia it literally just all shows up on my smart TVs that see DLNA.

Is there a program that will make KDE broadcast multimedia over DLNA that works? I've literally tried everything I could think of including a number of different programs (that I can't remember off the top of my head). If you can fix this problem then you have (almost) made me not hate KDE. 🙂

      jrsilvey Is there a program that will make KDE broadcast multimedia over DLNA that works?

      kodi? It is widely available and well-supported.

      There are actually lots of dlna servers that work on Linux and it shouldn't really matter which DE you are using.

      If kodi doesn't work for you, I can take a look at rygel and try to figure out why it isn't working for you. I have never used it but I would be willing to give it a look.

        [deleted] no, you should be able to partition and format fine using Gparted, disks, or KPartition Manager.

        If you need help setting up the automount through fstab, I can try and point you to some articles that helped me, just let me know.

          jrsilvey I have tried everything on KDE. Rygel won't work.

          I just tried it because I was curious. The server immediately segfaults.

          After running it in the debugger and adding debug symbols for everything relevant it is failing due to it's inability to connect to "Tracker3". There were two ways to solve this that I tried. Edit the config file at ~/.config/rygel.conf and disable Tracker3 or install tracker-miners.

          It is worth noting that kodi worked with hassle. I added the media and then enable the dlna server in settings.

              dalto

              Thank you. Tracker-miner is the file index daemon for Gnome/Budgie. KDE has it's own called baloo. I think this is something I mentioned today in an earlier post.. starting tracker-miner will mean it is running alongside baloo, doubling processing requirements for the same thing.

              Thank you so much. You've literally helped me understand issues I've been fighting with for almost a year that have caused so many issues between my partner and I. It doesn't fix the problem but I understand now .

              @[deleted] I am sorry I hijacked your post and I really hope your install goes smoothly. Please let us know how everything and if you need anything ask!

                  jrsilvey Tracker-miner is the file index daemon for Gnome/Budgie. KDE has it's own called baloo. I think this is something I mentioned today in an earlier post.. starting tracker-miner will mean it is running alongside baloo, doubling processing requirements for the same thing.

                  That is why I listed the alternative solution of disabling Tracker3 in the rygel config.

                  That being said, I still think it is easier to just use something that isn't dependent on that like kodi.

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                    Welp, after installation I am stuck on black screen. Although I can use Terminal with ctrl,super,alt f2. Boot using UEFI Mode. I am stuck. Using Nvidia 1050ti

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                    @dalto
                    sdc is where i install Solus(SSD). sda and sdb are HDD used for storage only.
                    Should I format ntfs to ext4 first ?

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                      Yes, format first assuming you already have the data backed up.

                      When you format them, the UUIDs will probably change.

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                          well, i am using disks to format drive. It shows Quick or Full. I chose Full and it will take me 3hr long. 😅

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                          dalto I've completed formatting sdb1 to ext4. Should I use Disk to mount or add it manually ?

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                            This is how I do things:

                            1. I have 1SSD and 2HDD so I installed Solus on SSD

                            2. Then I Copied files from HDD(G) to external hard disk so that drive is available to format to ext4.

                            3. After formatting HDD(G) I copied files from HDD(E) to HDD(G) so HDD(E) is now available to format. Linux can mount and copy file from NTFS so it works. 😆

                            1. Then fstab to automount those two drives.

                              After google-fu, I found something interesting. I make a new directory like dalto suggest and use it as custom mount point.


                            This works. I've restarted and the drive automatically mount.

                            Thanks you everyone for helping me Install Solus Linux. I appreciate every help 😁