Installing a Media Server On Linux Server June 4th, 2010
Linux media server for music allows users to save space on their PCs. The Firefly Media Server (previously called mt-daap) is fast DAAP server which is easy to install and configure. Firefly needs a simple Linux machine which in our case is Ubuntu Server.
The Firefly server has the following features:
- Supports Unix/POSIX
- On the fly transcoding of OGG, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and WM
- User-created smart playlist support
- Integrates with iTunes and many other DAAP-supporting media players
- Serve streaming radio stations
Installation
Configuring Media Server
There is no lengthy configuration required. We only need to to create an directory for our media files. For this just find mp3_dir keyword from media server configuration file /etc/mnt-daapd.conf
In my system’s configuration I have found (/home/media/music). Now lets create this directory.
sudo chmod a+r /home/media/music
You can change directory path according to available space in your OS partition.
Start Server
You need ITunes use this media server from workstations like Windows, Mac OS X.
Run ITunes Application
You can see ITunes automatically detected My Media server as shown in left Tab. You can also see list of available songs in right Tab.
That is Media Server and client fully configured.
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