[mythtv-users] .25, bonjour, and airplay

[Gabe Rubin]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 4/16/2012 12:11, Gabe Rubin wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard<jyavenard at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 16 April 2012 20:30, O&M Ugarcina<mo.ucina at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried running my frontend with airplay today and got no streaming , my
>>>> frontend log is as follows :
>>>>
>>>> 2012-04-16 20:23:34.025243 I [14169/14186] RAOPDevice serverpool.cpp:306
>>>> (listen) - Listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:5000
>>>> 2012-04-16 20:23:34.025321 I [14169/14186] RAOPDevice serverpool.cpp:306
>>>> (listen) - Listening on TCP [0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:5000
>>>> 2012-04-16 20:23:34.025330 I [14169/14186] RAOPDevice
>>>> mythraopdevice.cpp:137
>>>> (Start) - RAOP Device: Listening for connections on port 5000
>>>>
>>>> I have a combined BEFE machine , all my connectivity between the two was
>>>> via
>>>> loopback interface . What config do we need to set to get the
>>>> appropriate
>>>> address to be advertised ?
>>>
>>> First of all. Is your backend/frontend have a local network card
>>> configured ? (e.g. not just localhost)
>>>
>>> Set your backend to listen to the local address (not localhost).
>>>
>>> Mythfrontend will then start to listen to the local address too
>>
>> Can you explain this a little more because I think I am in the same
>>
>> situation.  My router assigns my combined FE/BE the address of
>> 128.1.1.101.  All entries in the database are to localhost.  I know
>> enough to know that this is probably not how things should be set up
>> as I believe I am getting the same output as Mo in the console (not in
>> front of the machine right now).  I am hoping its not too complicated
>> a fix.
>
>
> If the host the frontend is running on is configured with an IP address, it
> will listen only on that IP address and localhost.  If the IP address is not
> configured, it will listen on any private network address currently defined
> on the system.  A recent commit by Jean-Yves altered the AirPlay servers to
> always listen on all available addresses, rather than only those the user
> specified for that host, as a quick work-around to this issue.
>

I guess I am really needing basic steps here.  How exaclty do I
configure my frontend with an IP address?