====== Rygel ======

**Rygel** is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play|UPnP]]/[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance|DLNA]] audio-video Media Server.

It is able to share multimedia files with UPnP-compatible devices through the network, and provides basic logic required by DLNA players.

Project site : [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Rygel|https://wiki.gnome.org/Rygel]]

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===== AGL Demonstration Platform =====

The version of Rygel found on AGL Demonstration Platform is customized to integrate the [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715145|LightMediaScanner Plugin]], able to communicate via [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus|D-Bus]] with the embedded-oriented **[[LightMediaScanner]]** media indexer.

//(by default, LightMediaScanner is looking for media files in the **"///usr/share/media//"** directory)//

Both Rygel and LightMediaScanner are started automatically at system startup. Then, using a UPnP client such as [[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/|VLC]] or [[http://www.eezupnp.de/|eezUPnP]], you will be able to discover media just like in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQNBTJ0U5Mo|this video]].


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==== Note : Switching back to default "Media-Export" plugin ====


**LightMediaScanner** is able to do fast discovery and indexing, but it currently lacks the ability to initiate audio/video rendering using the [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org|GStreamer]] media engine.
If this is wanted, the default **Media-Export** plugin can be enabled back by changing the following sections in "///etc/rygel.conf//" :

<code>[MediaExport]
enabled=true
 ...
uris=/usr/share/media</code>
<code>[LightMediaScanner]
enabled=false</code>

and restarting Rygel :

<code>$ systemctl restart rygel</code>


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==== Additional information ====

Additional information regarding Rygel and LightMediaScanner can be found on the **Embedded Linux wiki ** :
[[http://elinux.org/Using_Rygel_and_Lightmediascanner|http://elinux.org/Using_Rygel_and_Lightmediascanner]]