I used to use XBMC to stream videos from my Fedora system to my Andorid phone and Tablet. Of late I started to think that XBMC was little too much for streaming videos and started to look for alternatives. Few days back I found MiniDLNA, a light weight DLNA server. The installation and configuration in Fedora was pretty simple and it was up and running in no time.
Here are the installation/configuration steps I followed.
Install the MiniDLNA
sudo yum install minidlnaMinor changes are required in /etc/minidlna.conf to configure the server. I had to change the values for the following parameters in the /etc/minidlna.conf
network_interface=em1 port=8200user=minidlnamedia_dir=/xxx/yyy/zzzz # More media directories will need multiple
media_dir entries.friendly_name=MiniDLNAOpen up the port 8200 in firewall and the configuration is done.
Start the miniDLNA server as follows :
sudo systemctl start minidlna.serviceFire up your favorite DLNA/UPnP client from the mobile device (I use UPnPlay) and enjoy the videos.

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