Having trouble figuring out how to use rclone with an existing remote DLNA server

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So i already have a DLNA server running perfectly on my phone, network gateway/hub, using miniDLNA on termux… im having trouble finding any information anywhere on how to use rclone to access it and mount it as a remote filesystem on my manjaro(arch) box… everything is up to date… what am i missing? its gotta be something simple…. all the search engines just lead me to nothing and none of the AI’s seem to know what theyre talking about… is it even possible? shrug

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Here you are the full list of supported remotes:

DLNA is not on this list.

rclone though can act as DLNA server if needed.

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thank you and yes i noticed that right away to my dismay however i was hoping for a workaround or something, i dunno… i would like to use rclone on my phones termux its just that it needs to be rooted for it to work… and im not trying to do that to my main phone quite yet… maybe someday but not this day… this post may have been premature though… all these years of using rclone i neglected to look into the various flags that can be used in the mounting of say an ftp server running on my phone where i was getting errors when copying a lot of data at once… i have thoroughly slapped myself in the forehead, figuratively, for my failure to simply RTFM something i consider integral to my everyday computing experience… i shall play around with these flags until i attain my desired result from the ftp server (ReadFileHandle.Read error: low level Error 451) and if i come to a true impass then shall i try yet again at hopefully a more worthy post… if there are any flags that i should try out maybe let me know it might alleviate the arduousness that trial and error brings with it… [;

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welcome to the forum,

i do a similar thing but use tailscale.
that way insecure software such as minidlna and rclone serve dlna are not exposed to the open internet.
else can use wireguard, mullvad vpn or openvpn

fwiw, i have a howto guide
https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-on-termux-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-media-server/16064