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

[Gabe Rubin]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 4/16/2012 12:20, Gabe Rubin wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>
>
> The same way you configure the backend with an IP address.  However, as
> mentioned, this only serves to limit which addresses the frontend will
> listen on.  Your specific case is only a problem because you are limiting
> the frontend to only listening on localhost, by telling the backend on the
> same host to only listen there.  Also as mentioned, this is no longer an
> issue due to a recent commit to master, which should get backported to 0.25
> in the near term.

So to be clear, as long as I do not plan on adding more BEs and/or FEs
to my environment, I should be fine using myth in this manner as I
always have?  And once the commit gets backported, I will be able to
use airplay and the upcoming ipad app?