diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/codelength.h minidlna_minissdpd/codelength.h
--- minidlna_1.0.18/codelength.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/codelength.h	2011-02-02 15:35:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* $Id: codelength.h,v 1.1 2008/10/06 22:04:06 nanard Exp $ */
+/* Project : miniupnp
+ * Author : Thomas BERNARD
+ * copyright (c) 2005-2008 Thomas Bernard
+ * This software is subjet to the conditions detailed in the
+ * provided LICENCE file. */
+#ifndef __CODELENGTH_H__
+#define __CODELENGTH_H__
+
+/* Encode length by using 7bit per Byte :
+ * Most significant bit of each byte specifies that the
+ * following byte is part of the code */
+#define DECODELENGTH(n, p) n = 0; \
+                           do { n = (n << 7) | (*p & 0x7f); } \
+                           while(*(p++)&0x80);
+
+#define CODELENGTH(n, p) if(n>=268435456) *(p++) = (n >> 28) | 0x80; \
+                         if(n>=2097152) *(p++) = (n >> 21) | 0x80; \
+                         if(n>=16384) *(p++) = (n >> 14) | 0x80; \
+                         if(n>=128) *(p++) = (n >> 7) | 0x80; \
+                         *(p++) = n & 0x7f;
+
+#endif
+
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/minidlna.c minidlna_minissdpd/minidlna.c
--- minidlna_1.0.18/minidlna.c	2010-07-21 01:26:36.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/minidlna.c	2011-02-02 15:59:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@
 				if( (strcmp(ary_options[i].value, "yes") == 0) || atoi(ary_options[i].value) )
 					SETFLAG(DLNA_STRICT_MASK);
 				break;
+			case UPNPMINISSDPDSOCKET:
+				minissdpdsocketpath = ary_options[i].value;
+				break;
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option in file %s\n",
 				        optionsfile);
@@ -797,7 +800,11 @@
 	sudp = OpenAndConfSSDPReceiveSocket(n_lan_addr, lan_addr);
 	if(sudp < 0)
 	{
-		DPRINTF(E_FATAL, L_GENERAL, "Failed to open socket for receiving SSDP. EXITING\n");
+		DPRINTF(E_INFO, L_GENERAL, "Failed to open socket for receiving SSDP. Trying to use MiniSSDPd\n");
+		if(SubmitServicesToMiniSSDPD(lan_addr[0].str, runtime_vars.port) < 0) {
+			DPRINTF(E_FATAL, L_GENERAL, "Failed to connect to MiniSSDPd. EXITING");
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 	/* open socket for HTTP connections. Listen on the 1st LAN address */
 	shttpl = OpenAndConfHTTPSocket(runtime_vars.port);
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/minissdp.c minidlna_minissdpd/minissdp.c
--- minidlna_1.0.18/minissdp.c	2010-07-16 23:27:11.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/minissdp.c	2011-02-02 15:57:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* $Id: minissdp.c,v 1.12 2010/01/13 21:15:11 jmaggard Exp $ */
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2006 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2006-2011 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -20,14 +21,18 @@
 #include "upnphttp.h"
 #include "upnpglobalvars.h"
 #include "minissdp.h"
+#include "codelength.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
 /* SSDP ip/port */
 #define SSDP_PORT (1900)
 #define SSDP_MCAST_ADDR ("239.255.255.250")
 
+/* Prototypes */
+void ProcessSSDPData(int s, char *bufr, struct sockaddr_in sendername, int n, unsigned short port) ;
+
 static int
-AddMulticastMembership(int s, in_addr_t ifaddr/*const char * ifaddr*/)
+AddMulticastMembership(int s, in_addr_t ifaddr)
 {
 	struct ip_mreq imr;	/* Ip multicast membership */
 
@@ -45,6 +50,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Open and configure the socket listening for 
+ * SSDP udp packets sent on 239.255.255.250 port 1900 */
 int
 OpenAndConfSSDPReceiveSocket()
 {
@@ -207,9 +214,9 @@
 {
 	int l, n;
 	char buf[512];
-	/* TODO :
+	/*
 	 * follow guideline from document "UPnP Device Architecture 1.0"
-	 * put in uppercase.
+	 * uppercase is recommended.
 	 * DATE: is recommended
 	 * SERVER: OS/ver UPnP/1.0 minidlna/1.0
 	 * - check what to put in the 'Cache-Control' header 
@@ -314,17 +321,12 @@
  * process SSDP M-SEARCH requests and responds to them */
 void
 ProcessSSDPRequest(int s, unsigned short port)
-/*ProcessSSDPRequest(int s, struct lan_addr_s * lan_addr, int n_lan_addr,
-                   unsigned short port)*/
 {
 	int n;
 	char bufr[1500];
 	socklen_t len_r;
 	struct sockaddr_in sendername;
-	int i, l;
-	int lan_addr_index = 0;
-	char * st = NULL, * mx = NULL, * man = NULL, * mx_end = NULL;
-	int st_len = 0, mx_len = 0, man_len = 0, mx_val = 0;
+
 	len_r = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 
 	n = recvfrom(s, bufr, sizeof(bufr), 0,
@@ -334,6 +336,15 @@
 		DPRINTF(E_ERROR, L_SSDP, "recvfrom(udp): %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return;
 	}
+	ProcessSSDPData(s, bufr, sendername, n, port);
+
+}
+
+void ProcessSSDPData(int s, char *bufr, struct sockaddr_in sendername, int n, unsigned short port) {
+	int i, l;
+	int lan_addr_index = 0;
+	char * st = NULL, * mx = NULL, * man = NULL, * mx_end = NULL;
+	int st_len = 0, mx_len = 0, man_len = 0, mx_val = 0;
 
 	if(memcmp(bufr, "NOTIFY", 6) == 0)
 	{
@@ -433,6 +444,7 @@
 			/* strlen("ssdp:all") == 8 */
 			if(st_len==8 && (0 == memcmp(st, "ssdp:all", 8)))
 			{
+				DPRINTF(E_INFO, L_SSDP, "ssdp:all found");
 				for(i=0; known_service_types[i]; i++)
 				{
 					l = (int)strlen(known_service_types[i]);
@@ -496,3 +508,62 @@
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/* SubmitServicesToMiniSSDPD() :
+ * register services offered by MiniUPnPd to a running instance of
+ * MiniSSDPd */
+int
+SubmitServicesToMiniSSDPD(const char * host, unsigned short port) {
+	struct sockaddr_un addr;
+	int s;
+	unsigned char buffer[2048];
+	char strbuf[256];
+	unsigned char * p;
+	int i, l;
+
+	s = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if(s < 0) {
+		DPRINTF(E_ERROR, L_SSDP, "socket(unix): %s", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strncpy(addr.sun_path, minissdpdsocketpath, sizeof(addr.sun_path));
+	if(connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0) {
+		DPRINTF(E_ERROR, L_SSDP, "connect(\"%s\"): %s",
+		        minissdpdsocketpath, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for(i = 0; known_service_types[i]; i++) {
+		buffer[0] = 4;
+		p = buffer + 1;
+		l = (int)strlen(known_service_types[i]);
+		if(i > 0)
+			l++;
+		CODELENGTH(l, p);
+		memcpy(p, known_service_types[i], l);
+		if(i > 0)
+			p[l-1] = '1';
+		p += l;
+		l = snprintf(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), "%s::%s%s", 
+		             uuidvalue, known_service_types[i], (i==0)?"":"1");
+		CODELENGTH(l, p);
+		memcpy(p, strbuf, l);
+		p += l;
+		l = (int)strlen(MINIDLNA_SERVER_STRING);
+		CODELENGTH(l, p);
+		memcpy(p, MINIDLNA_SERVER_STRING, l);
+		p += l;
+		l = snprintf(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), "http://%s:%u" ROOTDESC_PATH,
+		             host, (unsigned int)port);
+		CODELENGTH(l, p);
+		memcpy(p, strbuf, l);
+		p += l;
+		if(write(s, buffer, p - buffer) < 0) {
+			DPRINTF(E_ERROR, L_SSDP, "write(): %s", strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+ 	close(s);
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/minissdp.h minidlna_minissdpd/minissdp.h
--- minidlna_1.0.18/minissdp.h	2010-07-16 23:25:55.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/minissdp.h	2011-02-02 15:22:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
- * (c) 2006-2007 Thomas Bernard
+ * (c) 2006-2011 Thomas Bernard
  * This software is subject to the conditions detailed
  * in the LICENCE file provided within the distribution */
 #ifndef __MINISSDP_H__
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@
 int
 SendSSDPGoodbye(int * sockets, int n);
 
+int
+SubmitServicesToMiniSSDPD(const char * host, unsigned short port);
+
 #endif
 
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/options.c minidlna_minissdpd/options.c
--- minidlna_1.0.18/options.c	2010-07-16 23:25:55.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/options.c	2011-02-02 15:59:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 	{ UPNPINOTIFY, "inotify" },
 	{ UPNPDBDIR, "db_dir" },
 	{ ENABLE_TIVO, "enable_tivo" },
-	{ ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT, "strict_dlna" }
+	{ ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT, "strict_dlna" },
+	{ UPNPMINISSDPDSOCKET, "minissdpdsocket"}
 };
 
 int
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/options.h minidlna_minissdpd/options.h
--- minidlna_1.0.18/options.h	2010-07-16 23:25:55.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/options.h	2011-02-02 16:09:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 	UPNPINOTIFY,			/* enable inotify on the media directories */
 	UPNPDBDIR,			/* base directory to store the database, log files, and album art cache */
 	ENABLE_TIVO,			/* enable support for streaming images and music to TiVo */
-	ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT		/* strictly adhere to DLNA specs */
+	ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT,		/* strictly adhere to DLNA specs */
+	UPNPMINISSDPDSOCKET		/* minissdpdsocket */
 };
 
 /* readoptionsfile()
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/upnpglobalvars.c minidlna_minissdpd/upnpglobalvars.c
--- minidlna_1.0.18/upnpglobalvars.c	2010-07-16 23:25:56.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/upnpglobalvars.c	2011-02-02 15:55:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 int n_lan_addr = 0;
 struct lan_addr_s lan_addr[MAX_LAN_ADDR];
 
+/* Path of the Unix socket used to communicate with MiniSSDPd */
+const char * minissdpdsocketpath = "/var/run/minissdpd.sock";
+
 /* UPnP-A/V [DLNA] */
 sqlite3 * db;
 char dlna_no_conv[] = "DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0";
diff -u -r -N minidlna_1.0.18/upnpglobalvars.h minidlna_minissdpd/upnpglobalvars.h
--- minidlna_1.0.18/upnpglobalvars.h	2010-07-21 01:26:36.000000000 +0200
+++ minidlna_minissdpd/upnpglobalvars.h	2011-02-02 15:54:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
 extern int n_lan_addr;
 extern struct lan_addr_s lan_addr[];
 
+extern const char * minissdpdsocketpath;
+
 /* UPnP-A/V [DLNA] */
 extern sqlite3 *db;
 extern char dlna_no_conv[];