A Linux iTunes Server Solution

Setting up DAAP and ZeroConf on Debain

• packages needed to install
  • mdnsresponder - Howl Rendezvous/mDNS service responder daemon
  • howl-utils - Tools for use with Howl (mDNSPublish and mDNSBrowse)
  • daapd - Serves music files using the Apple DAA protocol
• Config for daapd
  • vi /etc/daapd.conf
  • change "Root " to point to the directory where the items you want to share reside
    • example Root /var/www/music
  • restart daapd
    • /etc/init.d/daapd restart
• Publish your goodies

  • mDNSPublish NameYouWantFolksToSee _daap._tcp 3689 &

• Open up a daap aware app somewhere on your network and enjoy
  • to test that it is working
    • mDNSBrowse _daap._tcp
      • results should looks something like

        • browse reply: Add Service 0x3 WinstonDaapServer _daap._tcp. local.

        • resolve reply: 0x3 WinstonDaapServer _daap._tcp. local. 10.11.25.1 3689

    • iTunes under CrossOverOffice seems to work

Setting up DAAP and ZeroConf on other Linux Distros

• [http://www.ignition-project.com/node/view/201 a Gentoo solution].

• [http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Set%20Up%20daapd%20on%20Fedora%20Linux a Fedora Core3 solution].

• [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6067 an Ubuntu solution].

DAAP aware apps

• iTunes (mac and win)

• [http://craz.net/programs/itunes/tunesbrowser.html TunesBrowser] (linux)

Other Pages with Info

• [http://www.deleet.de/projekte/daap/daapd/ The DAAPD Project Page]

• [http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/ The Howl Site]