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You can start and stop the service manually from the terminal using the following commands: Stop the MediaTomb service sudo service mediatomb stop Start the MediaTomb service sudo service mediatomb start Restart the MediaTomb service sudo service mediatomb restart Running MediaTomb Manually You may run MediaTomb manually, but you must first remove the service using the following terminal commands.

By default MediaTomb will select a free port starting with , however you can specify a port of your choice in the configuration file. Installing MediaTomb through the Ubuntu repositories will add a launcher in the Applications menu that will open the MediaTomb web interface in your browser.

Sharing Media To share media files, first open the MediaTomb web interface. In the left column, select "Filesystem", and navigate to the directory containing the media you want to share.

Your media files will be shown on the right. Editing or Removing Shared Media You can view your shared media by selecting "Database" in the left column. To edit or remove media, select "PC Directory" and navigate to the directory containing the media files you want to edit or remove.

Click the X to the right of the file or directory to remove it from MediaTomb's media database. Click the edit icon to the right of a media file to edit the description or mime type used when sharing the media. Click the plus sign surrounded by circular arrows to the right of a directory to change the advanced sharing options.

After edited the configuration file, restart MediaTomb. Then remove the indexed folders and files in web interface.