Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:10:16 -0500 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alvaro_J._Gurdi=E1n?=" <AJGurdian@lanoticia.com> To: Timothy Luoma <lists@tntluoma.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: iTunes server SUCCESS!! Here are my notes Message-ID: <4469EBCA-5E84-11D9-A810-000A9592DF7A@lanoticia.com> In-Reply-To: <56BC8436-5E81-11D9-AD10-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com> References: <56BC8436-5E81-11D9-AD10-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com>
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This sounds very interesting. But I am not sure I understand very well =20= what exactly is the task you were trying to accomplish. Are you controlling iTunes (and all it's music library) on your Mac =20= from a FreeBSD box somewhere on the net, and playing it on the FreeBSD =20= box? Because that sounds like something I might be interested in doing Thanks, Alvaro Gurdi=E1n On Jan 4, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: > > This outlines some extra steps I had to take to setup an iTunes server = =20 > in FreeBSD 5.3 > > I followed the instructions at =20 > http://home.introweb.nl/~dodger/itunesserver.html > > There are a few notes (I suspect those instructions are a bit =20 > old/outdated in a few places): > > ORIGINAL TEXT: > "Now you'll have to download Rendezvous.tar.gz from Apple. Go to =20 > http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/rendezvous/source/=20 > Rendezvous.tar.gz, register and download the file to the directory =20 > /usr/ports/distfiles. After doing this, go back to =20 > /usr/ports/net/rendezvous (if needed) and type:" > > CORRECTION: > Rendezvous is now found at /usr/ports/net/p5-Net-Rendezvous > > [Thanks to Jason Henson for pointing this out to me] > > > NEW #1: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mDNSResponder.sh didn't exist, so I =20 > copied it from /usr/ports/net/mDNSResponder/files/mDNSResponder.sh. =20= > Then I had to manually edit the file. Mine now looks like this: > > #!/bin/sh > > # PROVIDE: mDNSResponder > # REQUIRE: NETWORKING > # KEYWORD: FreeBSD > > . /etc/rc.subr > > name=3DmDNSResponder > rcvar=3D`set_rcvar` > > # CHANGE THIS to wherever it is installed > # It used to be installed to /usr/local/sbin/ > command=3D/usr/local/bin/mDNSResponder > > # DON'T change this here. Change it in /etc/rc.conf > mDNSResponder_enable=3D${mDNSResponder_enable:-"NO"} > > # OLD: These flags no longer seem to work (2005-01-04) > #mDNSResponder_flags=3D${mDNSResponder_flags:-"-b -n `/bin/hostname = -s`"} > > pidfile=3D"/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid" > > load_rc_config $name > run_rc_command "$1" > > #EOF > > > NEW #2: > > I added these lines to /etc/rc.conf: > > daapd_enable=3D"YES" > mDNSResponder_enable=3D"YES" > > > FYI: here are the config files as I have them > > $ cat /usr/local/etc/mDNSResponder.conf > FreeBSD iTunes server > _daap._tcp. > > 3689 > > $ cat /usr/local/etc/daapd.conf > Port 3689 > ServerName daapd server > DBName FreeBSD iTunes server > Password > Root /usr/home/itunes > Cache > Timescan 2 > RescanInterval 0 > > > NOTE: I had to restart the FreeBSD system to get it to show up in =20 > iTunes. Doesn't seem like it ought to be necessary, but it was for =20= > me. > > I think those were all the steps I had to take. > > I hope this will help anyone else who is trying to do the same. > > TjL > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to =20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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