[mythtv] mfd/mfe refusing to play music from iTunes

[Tyler Drake]

OK, I've looked everywhere I can think of for this (google and mailing
lists, since mfd/mfe aren't  yet released). I'm running rev. 7194 of
the code (i.e. 2 Sep, at 22:30 UTC was the last time I ran 'svn
update').

I run mfe, and within a few seconds it sees my iTunes libraries. I go
thru Browse Music, and select a song that's sitting on my Power Mac in
iTunes. I press enter, and I get a console (well, SSH console) full
of:
2005-09-05 15:49:29.147 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
2005-09-05 15:49:29.182 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-09-05 15:49:29.187 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2005-09-05 15:49:29.192 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2005-09-05 15:49:29.198 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20050712-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-09-05 15:49:29.199 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-05 15:49:29.677 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2005-09-05 15:49:29.680 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2005-09-05 15:49:29.684 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2005-09-05 15:49:30.610 Joystick disabled.
2005-09-05 15:49:30.676 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-09-05 15:49:30.704 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-09-05 15:49:30.705 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-09-05 15:49:30.958 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
Failed to bind for SIP connection 192.168.1.105
SIP listening on IP Address :5060 NAT address
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
Destroying SipFsm object
mfdinterface.o: turning off rtsp for visualizations
metadataclient.o: built new mfd content container in 0.29 second(s)
getting tokens from audio server I don't understand: huh play item 3 15436
getting tokens from audio server I don't understand: huh play item 3 434
getting tokens from audio server I don't understand: huh play item 3 397
getting tokens from audio server I don't understand: huh play item 3 532

I'm running mfd with:
# mfdctl start -l 10 > /var/log/mythtv/mfd.log
and mfe with:
$ mythfrontend mythmfe

Any ideas?

BTW, I found the "getting tokens..." message by grepping the mfe/mfd
folders, and found that the error message is in
mfd/clientlib/audioclient.cpp. And also, in case it's not obvious, I
tried to play multiple items (some AACs, some MP3s). And I built mfd
with support for everything in the list (and it compiled fine).

--Tyler