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This howto is adapted from [https://www.slsmk.com/how-to-install-universal-media-server-ums-on-ubuntu-in-headless-mode/ this article] describing how to install an older version of UMS on an older version of Ubuntu.
<pre style="color: red">This article assumes the hostname of your server is MyMediaServer</pre>
=Install UMS=
#Install the necessary packages by running the following commands <pre>sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jre-headless apt-get install mediainfo dcraw vlc-bin mplayer mencoder</pre>
#Install UMS 8.0.1 by running the following commands <pre>cd /opt sudo wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/unimediaserver/Official%20Releases/Linux/UMS-8.0.1.tgz sudo tar -xvzf UMS-8.0.1.tgz sudo ln -s /opt/ums-8.0.1 ums sudo rm UMS-8.0.1.tgz</pre>
#Create an init.d script by running <pre>sudo nano /etc/init.d/ums</pre> and copying the following into that file <pre>#!/bin/bash # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: ums # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Starts UMS program. # Description: Java Upnp Media Server dedicated to PS3 ### END INIT INFO #set -x # Author: Papa Issa DIAKHATE <paissad@gmail.com> # PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DESC="Universal Media Server" NAME=ums UMS_PROFILE=/etc/UMS.conf DAEMON=/opt/ums/UMS.sh DAEMON_OPTS="console" SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/ums UMS_START=1 # Wether to start or not UMS ver at boot time. DODTIME=30 # Time to wait for the server to die, in seconds. # If this value is set too low you might not # let the program to die gracefully and 'restart' will not work test -x $DAEMON || exit 1 # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables . /lib/init/vars.sh # Define LSB log_* functions. # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present. . /lib/lsb/init-functions # Include ums defaults if available if [ -f "/etc/default/$NAME" ] ; then . /etc/default/$NAME fi # May we run the init.d script ? [ $UMS_START = 1 ] || exit 1 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Some color codes txtred=$'\e[0;31m' # Red txtylw=$'\e[0;33m' # Yellow txtrst=$'\e[0m' # Text Reset #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- warnout(){ echo >&2 -e ""$txtylw"Warning:$txtrst $1" } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- running(){ pid=`pgrep -f 'java .*ums.jar.*'` } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- do_start(){ running && { warnout "$NAME is already running !"; exit 0; } echo "Starting $DESC : $NAME" UMS_PROFILE="$UMS_PROFILE" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --oknodo \ --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- do_stop(){ running || { warnout "$NAME is NOT running !"; exit 0; } local countdown="$DODTIME" echo -e "Stopping $DESC : $NAME \c " kill -9 $pid while running; do if (($countdown >= 0)); then sleep 1; echo -n .; ((--countdown)) else break; fi done echo # If still running, then try to send SIGINT signal running && { \ echo >&2 "Using kill -s SIGINT instead"; \ echo >&2 "If you see this message again, then you should increase the value of DODTIME in '$0'."; \ kill -2 $pid; \ } if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" ]; then count=9 while [ $count -ge 1 ] do if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$count" ]; then plus=$((count+1)) mv "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$count" "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$plus" fi count=$((count-1)) done if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" ]; then mv "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.1" fi fi return 0 } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- do_force-stop(){ running || { warnout "$NAME is NOT running !"; exit 0; } echo "Stopping $DESC : $NAME" kill -9 $pid if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" ]; then count=9 while [ $count -ge 1 ] do if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$count" ]; then plus=$((count+1)) mv "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$count" "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.$plus" fi count=$((count-1)) done if [ -e "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" ]; then mv "/usr/share/ums/debug.log" "/usr/share/ums/debug.log.1" fi fi } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- do_status(){ echo -n " * $NAME is " ( running || { echo "NOT running "; exit 0; } ) ( running && { echo "running (PID -> $(echo $pid))"; exit 0; } ) } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- case "$1" in start|stop|force-stop|status) do_${1} ;; restart|reload) do_stop do_start ;; force-restart|force-reload) do_force-stop do_start ;; *) echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|force-stop|restart|force-restart|reload|force-reload|status}" exit 1 ;; esac</pre>
##Copy the default configuration files to ''/etc/'' by running the following commands <pre>sudo cp /opt/ums/UMS.conf /etc/ sudo cp /opt/ums/WEB.conf /etc/ums/</pre>
##Edit ''UMS.conf'' by running <pre>sudo nano /etc/UMS.conf</pre> and setting the following variables (you'll have to setup ''folders'' and ''folders_monitored'' to something specific for your environment) <pre>server_name = MyMediaServer language = en-US minimized = true auto_update = true hide_advanced_options = false single_instance = true chromecast_extension = true prettify_filenames = true show_server_settings_folder = true atz_limit = 3000 show_recently_played_folder = true folders = /mnt/media/Video/Movies, /mnt/media/Video/TV_Shows, /mnt/media/Video/Web_Shows, /mnt/media/Music, /mnt/media/Comedy folders_monitored = /mnt/media/Video/Movies, /mnt/media/Video/TV_Shows, /mnt/media/Video/Web_Shows, /mnt/media/Music, /mnt/media/Comedy web_port = 80 web_conf = /etc/ums/WEB.conf name = main</pre>
=Start UMS=
##start UMS by running <pre>sudo service ums start</pre>##visit the UMS webpage by going to ''http://<UMSServerHostname>MyMediaServer'' in a web browser
=References=
