[mythtv-users] iTunes and MythMusic

[Shanon Mulley]

I manage my mythmuisc playlists using itunes. The way I manage this is:
1) Make some changes in itunes (on my windows machine) - either
adding/editing playlists, or adding new music. (All these mp3's are
stored on the windows machine)
2) On the mythtv machine, run a script to read through the itunes xml
database file, and copy any new music from the windows machine to the
linux machine.
3) In mythtv, run the "scan for new music" function.
4) Run a second script to update the playlists.

If no new music has been added, just new playlists, I can skip steps 2 and 3.

Yes this means all my mp3's are on two machines, but that was my
intention - sort of a backup. I'm sure these scripts could be modified
to use a central repositry for thet mp3 files. I just find this
easier.

On 5/24/06, Michael MacLeod <mikemacleod at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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