[TheHijacker]

Firefly is a media streaming application working on DAAP/RSP protocol (iTunes).

Its actualy preinstalled inside every firmware until version 1.0.4 but poorly configured. Installing this package will replace the startup script and on next reboot start this latest SVN version of Firefly. So please restart process after install since it will show it as already running.

It can stream mp3 files and even ogg or flac nativly with default Installer settings.

First access link opens administration page. Login to it with default "sysadmin" password that you can change from this admin page. You can also see the size of the database and force update it (otherwise he checks for change every 300 seconds). To add more songs just copy them (via FTP or SMB share; subforlders also possible) to:

/home/Public/Music(iTunes)

I added a client called Fireplay inside the package. Its a Flash based client that fetches all the songs in a nice GUI and give you ability to play them in any browser with flash support. Downside is that it can work a bit slow with big database (10.000 songs for example ). You can access it from within installer under second access link. Use your admin password for access.



There is another web based client called Siren:

http://www.sirenp.com/



Open port 3689 and you router and connect to your Firefly server. It will automaticly sync the database and you can play your songs from any browser.

Take note! Flash player have limitation to only play mp3 files. So no ogg or flac playback is possible!

Last client that I found usefull was Java based. Should run also on linux with Java. I tested it on windows. You can download it here:

http://sourceforge.n.../fireflyclient/



Connect to your Firefly library and start playing songs (ogg and flac too!!!). It has also a multilanguage interface.

You can even make M3U playlist files and use them in WMP or VLC. Download it from here:

http://forum.firefly...aserver.org/vie ... f=9&t=7076

and set it up like so:



But for me it was a bit buggy. Crashing server on playback. Its not made for playback like that since DAAP is apple based protocol if I understand correctly.

Any other questions or positive and negative feedback, please type in here.

[XtreamerAdmin]

Are there other screenshots? Other than those they have on the www.fireflymediaserver.org?

[TheHijacker]

XtreamerAdmin said:

Are there other screenshots? Other than those they have on the http://www.fireflymediaserver.org?

Wow XA. You are fast . Read my post again and see yourself.

We tested it with 10.000+ songs database. He cached the songs in 40 minutes, which is faster then with pure php application like grammafone. But playback then was quite fast and it doesn't stress eTrayz that much,

[XtreamerAdmin]

Sorry, I guess it was more of an answer to what I saw yesterday in chat when you spoke with X...

[vortex]

Could not log in after install.
Had to restart service to be able to log in.

Siren is nice
Looks good and supports login with OpenID.
Even displays metadata fine.

Edit2: Fireflyclient plays Flac fine but doesnt display album art for Flac files.
Edit3: Scanned 2700 songs in 10 minutes.
Mp3 album art is shown fine.

To be continued...

[TheHijacker]

Yes. Because old one was running. Restart of process is needed. Restart kills the poorly configured version inside firmware and starts my version.

Added this info to the first post in this topic. With red color so I hope more people will read.

[vortex]

Edited my first post.

[mad_vtak]

after a reboot of the etrayz i am no longer able to restart the app. Can some one please tell me the command to start the application.

i've tried to delete and reinstall the application. It says its started, but when i launch the app it does not play. Then i restart teh app and then it says play, doesnt say its running...launch the player and then no go.

[TheHijacker]

Find me in chat and we will take a look.

[mad_vtak]

Any have any idea what i can do to try and fix this?

[TheHijacker]

I disabled playlist scanning for you. Did you reinstall firefly package?

[mad_vtak]

TheHijacker said:

I disabled playlist scanning for you. Did you reinstall firefly package?

Yes i figured it would fix it, but i was horribly wrong. How do i disable the playlist scanning?

Does that mean i can no longer scan for new music when i add things?

[TheHijacker]

Edit file:

/usr/local/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf

And change this line:

process_playlists = 1

to

process_playlists = 0

[mad_vtak]

This is what im getting now, i already restarted firefly. and its having issues with the database again it looks like.

[TheHijacker]

Even if you delete database?

[mad_vtak]

TheHijacker said:

Even if you delete database?

got it! Does this mean i can no longer do manual scans when i add new music?

[mad_vtak]

Whats causing this?

[TheHijacker]

As it says. Unknown error . Does it work now? Seem database is OK now.