[mythtv-users] iTunes and MythMusic
Michael MacLeod
mikemacleod at gmail.com
Tue May 23 15:54:13 UTC 2006
I would like to know how far along DAAP support has come in mythmusic. All
of my music is on a linux box and is pushed to any iTunes clients on my
network (namely my powerbook) via mt-daapd, which makes my linux box appear
to be another instance of iTunes sharing on the network.
The thing is, I think most of the work on DAAP in mythmusic is geared toward
making it run as a DAAP server, not a client. And frankly, that amounts to
reinventing the wheel since mt-daapd is frankly a near perfect DAAP daemon.
It would make more sense to me to just integrate mt-daapd into MythTV for
DAAP server support, and focus on making mythmusic a decent DAAP client.
Just my two cents.
cheers
Mike
On 5/21/06, Scott <catfather at donpoo.net> wrote:
>
>
> On May 21, 2006, at 12:37 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
> > I'm definitely interested in this, too... dealing with a SQL
> > backend can be kinda clunky. I would much like to be able to create
> > a playlist at my desktop (in the office) and listen in the living
> > room.
>
> We have a whole house iTunes solution, but it doesn't involve MythTV.
> That's not to say that MythTV couldn't be worked to do something
> similar. For iTunes integration and playback the two key abilities I
> make use of are a) understanding the iTunes Library DB format and b)
> the ability to stream music. Both of these capabilities are well
> established in various Open Source projects and could be incorporated
> into MythMusic backend at some point. On the frontend it would be
> nice if MythMusic could tune into an mp3 stream. (I don't use
> MythMusic can it do these things already?)
>
> Here's my music setup.
>
> Our entire iTunes library (songs + database) is stored on a Linux
> server. The three Macs in the house access the library by first
> mounting the SMB share then starting iTunes. Any Mac can setup play
> lists, add new songs, etc and the results are always in sync with the
> other Macs because everything is done on the Linux share.
>
> On the same Linux server I have slimserver running
> (www.slimdevices.com). Slimserver is a nice way to browse, search,
> and stream a collection of music (mp3, ogg, acc, etc) Slimserver
> understands the iTunes Music Library database and uses it when
> browsing or searching songs via the web so all artist, title, cover
> art, etc entered in iTunes is available.. I have a 2nd generation
> squeezebox (also from slimdevices) hooked to my multi-room a/v
> receiver to distribute music to various rooms in the house. Any
> software that can receive a mp3 stream can be used to tune into the
> slimserver mp3 stream and play back music. (Obviously you don't need
> to purchase additional hardware unless you think it fits your needs.)
>
> Usability goes something like this. To play a song use any computer
> to go to the slimserver web page and select the songs / albums /
> artists / playlists to hear and put them in the queue. To add songs
> or otherwise manage the music collection mount the SMB share and fire
> up iTunes. That's pretty much it and it really is as simple as it
> sounds. :)
>
> There are two issues with my setup that we learn to live with. The
> first is that the iTunes Music Library doesn't understand concurrent
> access so it's important to make sure only one copy of iTuunes is
> running at a time. The second issue is that slimserver cannot deal
> with the fairplay DRM from the ITMS purchases. This can be worked
> around if slimserver was installed on a Mac instead of a Linux box or
> by re-encoding purchased songs to some other format as we do.
>
> --
> Scott <catfather at donpoo.net>
> AIM: BlueCame1
>
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