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
- results should looks something like
iTunes under CrossOverOffice seems to work
- mDNSBrowse _daap._tcp
- to test that it is working
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)
[http://getittogether.sourceforge.net/ Get It Togther] (java)
Other Pages with Info
[http://www.deleet.de/projekte/daap/daapd/ The DAAPD Project Page]
[http://mt-daapd.sourceforge.net/ MT-DAAPD]
[http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/ The Howl Site]
[http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/49282 DAAPD vs MT-DAAPD ]
[http://grahame.angrygoats.net/mdns.shtml mDNS Reflector (ab)uses the Multicast DNS protocol]