Feature request | Exclude some folders.

[x09]

Hi,

My minidlna.conf have a few media_dir options something like this

media_dir=V,/opt/Torrents
media_dir=V,/home/anton/Downloads

But i want exclude few folders from /home/anton/Downloads and I suggest add exclude_folder options to config file. Full path, or mask, or regexp - not important..

exclude_folder=/home/anton/Downloads/TempVideo
or
exclude_folder=/home/anton/Downloads/temp*

[jwakely]

Another possibility would be to use the "type" field of media_dir to exclude a dir, e.g. type X could mean exclude:

media_dir=V,/opt/Torrents
media_dir=V,/home/anton/Downloads
media_dir=X,/home/anton/Downloads/TempVideo

Or an empty type could be used to mean "none of the types, no audio, no photos, no videos", i.e. media_dir=,/path/to/exclude but that seems a bit subtle and too "clever".

[AlgorithMan-de]

A workaround for this problem is to create a dedicated directory for minidlna which you use as media_dir - and then put symlinks to the "allowed" directories in there. You also need to configure wide_links=yes so that minidlna follows the symlinks.

Granted, this is not an optimal solution for all cases, since it's more like an allow-list than a block-list.

[jwakely]

If you're going to rearrange directories, you can also put the folders to be excluded in a different location and symlink it from the media dir, with wide links disabled.

[Tyg-g]

I join the request. I just tried to resolve this issue. This would be a easy feature with good impact on usability.