Could i replace or add custom minidlna fork ?

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foxyboy
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Could i replace or add custom minidlna fork ?

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Just wondering if this would be a flier or not.

I would like to investgate if i could use a different minidlna
fork to create a new plugin to the one provided.
https://github.com/timehlers/minidlna

The reason i would like to do this is to see if i could attach a DVB-T usb tuner to my gargoyle router.

The minidlna fork above can create urls from a tvheadend installation and advertise them as a dlna source.

The kernel is 4.14 which has lots of tuner support builtin so many cheap dvb-t options out there like xboxone tuner.

Would this possible or am i asking for trouble ?
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Re: Could i replace or add custom minidlna fork ?

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I’d be reluctant to switch to an unofficial repository.

The required changes look minimal. It would be better to apply these as a patch to the original if possible.

Also as long as it didn’t increase the size of the firmware too much, it should be ok to include.
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foxyboy
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Re: Could i replace or add custom minidlna fork ?

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Thanks Lantis,

When you say patch do you mean to compile the minidlna fork independently and swap it over any compiled modules over existing minidlna installed ?
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Re: Could i replace or add custom minidlna fork ?

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Like how we've applied patches here:
https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargo ... na/patches

The 020-ignore-directory.patch was added by me in 2015 to extend the functionality of the base minidlna. I would do the same for this.
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