Installing a Media Server On Linux Server   June 4th, 2010

linux_media_server

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

sudo apt-get install mt-daapd

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.

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