Comments on: Setup Firefly to serve iTunes

By: jaffamuffin

jaffamuffin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:24:12 +0000

Alan : If I start mt-daapd manually with `mt-daapd -m` to disable the built-in mDNS responder, I only get one. I suppose I could edit mt-daapd’s init script, but it just seems funny… Anyways, I’ve been using mt-daapd for years. Love it. Alan

I found if i stopped mt-daapd daemon I could still use the library in itunes (but could not connect to the web server). To alter the init script to run as mt-daapd -m edit /etc/init.d/mt-daapd and add the line DAEMON_OPTS=-m just after the line that reads DESC=mt-daapd

By: Ubuntu Installation Notes #3

Ubuntu Installation Notes #3 — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:32:16 +0000

[...] apt-get install mt-daapd Copy the /etc/mt-daapd.conf file from backup and restart the service… There is more information in this blog post. [...]

By: Dirk-Jan

Dirk-Jan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:41:40 +0000

Hi JC, you’ll need the ‘mt-daapd.service’ file to configure Avahi, so that Avahi knows what services to publish on the network. In this case mt-daapd (Firefly).

By: JC

JC — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:43:26 +0000

Hi,
Good work on the explanation!
Just have question regarding the “mt-daapd.service” file…
Why do you create this file and what feature does it add to your installation?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Cheers,
JC

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:15:11 +0000

The thing which isn’t clear to me is mt-daapd has its own mDNS responder, right? So why do we have to install avahi? On Arch GNU/Linux if I start mt-daapd via the rc scripts without avahi started, it complains. But when I start avahi first, I get two entries in iTunes over the LAN.

If I start mt-daapd manually with `mt-daapd -m` to disable the built-in mDNS responder, I only get one. I suppose I could edit mt-daapd’s init script, but it just seems funny…

Anyways, I’ve been using mt-daapd for years. Love it.

Alan