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AmahiTunes is an Amahi-customized one-click app version of the FireFly Media Server.

To install FireFly Media Server manually without Amahi customizations, Open Terminal as root and do the following:

INSTALL DEPENDENCIES

yum install libid3tag libid3tag-devel howl-devel gdbm-devel zlib-devel

CREATE A TEMP DIRECTORY TO WORK WITHIN

mkdir /tmp/mytunes
cd /tmp/mytunes

GET mt-daapd, EXTRACT, BUILD, INSTALL IT

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mt-daapd/mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz
tar -xzf mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz
cd mt-daapd-0.2.4.2
./configure
make
make install

MOVE FILES NOT INSTALLED BY 'make install'

First, edit mt-daapd.conf to match our needs.

vi contrib/mt-daapd.conf

Change the following:
- web_root to /usr/local/share/mt-daapd/admin-root
- mp3_dir to /var/hda/files/music
- servername to myTunes
- extensions to .mp3,.m4a,.m4p,.ogg,.flac
- rescan_interval to 600
- # always_scan 0 to always_scan 1 (Don't forget to remove the #)

cp contrib/mt-daapd.conf /etc/
cp contrib/mt-daapd /etc/init.d/
chown nobody /etc/mt-daapd.conf
chmod 600 /etc/mt-daapd.conf

MAKE SURE mt-daapd STARTS AT BOOT

ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mt-daapd /usr/bin
/sbin/chkconfig --add mt-daapd
/etc/init.d/mt-daapd start

If everything went right, your music server is now running.

CLEAN UP

cd ..
rm -rf /tmp/mytunes

CREATE AN AMAHI DASHBOARD LINK

Login to your Amahi dashboard. Click 'Apps', 'Webapps' then 'New Web App'
Give your app a name like 'myTunes'
Keep the default path and click 'Create'.

LINK mt-daapd WEB INTERFACE WITH AMAHI DASHBOARD

Go back to Terminal.

vi /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html

NOTE: to use the app name you entered, if something other than 'myTunes'.

Enter the following and save:

<html>
<head><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hda:3689"></head>
</html>}}

chown apache:apache /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html

ENJOY

Go back to the Amahi Dashboard and click on the link to your new web app, it should bounce straight to mt-daapd's web interface where you can modify the app settings, check status, etc.

The administrator login is:
Name: mt-daapd Password: mt-daapd

FORKED-DAAPD (UPDATED MT-DAAPD)

forked-daapd is an updated version to FireFly Media Server which is no longer being developed. This is boasted to be compatible with the latest iTunes. It seems that forked-daapd does not include a web interface. I have managed to locate the custom RPMs needed to test it.

To install, this is what I did:

Install RPM Fusion (Free) app
Downloaded forked-daapd and sqlite from the following location:

32-bit
http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.i386.rpm http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.i386.rpm

64-bit
http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.x86_64.rpm

Install RPMs and start service:

yum localinstall sqlite --nogpgcheck
localinstall forked-daapd --nogpgcheck
service forked-daapd start

To start the service on reboot:

You need to edit /etc/init.d/forked-daapd to make it compatible with chkconfig. Change the line:

# chkconfig 345 100 1

to be:

# chkconfig 345 99 1

Save and exit then type the following:

chkconfig forked-daapd on

The /etc/forked-daapd.conf file has the settings and port assignment for the app. I managed to install it in my VM, but did not have a chance to test.

REFERENCES
Installation of Forked-Daapd 0.15 on Fedora 13 (reported to work on Fedora 14).

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{NeedsUpdate}}
 *[http://www.amahi.org/apps/amahitunes AmahiTunes] is an Amahi-customized one-click app version of the [http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/ FireFly Media Server].
@@ Line 4: / Line 7: @@
 __NOTOC__
 ==== INSTALL DEPENDENCIES ====
-{{Code|yum install libid3tag libid3tag-devel howl-devel gdbm-devel zlib-devel}}
+ yum install libid3tag libid3tag-devel howl-devel gdbm-devel zlib-devel
 ==== CREATE A TEMP DIRECTORY TO WORK WITHIN ====
-{{Code|mkdir /tmp/mytunes
+ mkdir /tmp/mytunes
-cd /tmp/mytunes}}
+ cd /tmp/mytunes
 ==== GET mt-daapd, EXTRACT, BUILD, INSTALL IT ====
-{{Code|wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mt-daapd/mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz
+ wget <nowiki>http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mt-daapd/mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz</nowiki>
-tar -xzf mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz
+ tar -xzf mt-daapd-0.2.4.2.tar.gz
-cd mt-daapd-0.2.4.2
+ cd mt-daapd-0.2.4.2
-./configure
+ ./configure
-make
+ make
-make install}}
+ make install
 ==== MOVE FILES NOT INSTALLED BY 'make install' ====
 *First, edit mt-daapd.conf to match our needs.
-{{Code|vi contrib/mt-daapd.conf}}
+ vi contrib/mt-daapd.conf
 *Change the following:
 **'''web_root''' to ''/usr/local/share/mt-daapd/admin-root''
@@ Line 30: / Line 33: @@
 **'''# always_scan 0''' to ''always_scan 1'' (Don't forget to remove the '''#''')
-{{Code|cp contrib/mt-daapd.conf /etc/
+ cp contrib/mt-daapd.conf /etc/
-cp contrib/mt-daapd /etc/init.d/
+ cp contrib/mt-daapd /etc/init.d/
-chown nobody /etc/mt-daapd.conf
+ chown nobody /etc/mt-daapd.conf
-chmod 600 /etc/mt-daapd.conf}}
+ chmod 600 /etc/mt-daapd.conf
 ==== MAKE SURE mt-daapd STARTS AT BOOT ====
-{{Code|ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mt-daapd /usr/bin
+ ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mt-daapd /usr/bin
-/sbin/chkconfig --add mt-daapd
+ /sbin/chkconfig --add mt-daapd
-/etc/init.d/mt-daapd start}}
+ /etc/init.d/mt-daapd start
 *If everything went right, your music server is now running.
 ==== CLEAN UP ====
-{{Code|cd ..
+ cd ..
-rm -rf /tmp/mytunes}}
+ rm -rf /tmp/mytunes
 ==== CREATE AN AMAHI DASHBOARD LINK ====
@@ Line 54: / Line 57: @@
 ==== LINK mt-daapd WEB INTERFACE WITH AMAHI DASHBOARD ====
 *Go back to Terminal.
-{{Code|vi /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html}}
+ vi /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html
 '''NOTE:''' to use the app name you entered, if something other than 'myTunes'.
 *Enter the following and save:
-{{Text|Text=<html>
+<pre><html>
-<head><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hda:3689"></head>
+<head><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=<nowiki>http://hda:3689"></head></nowiki>
-</html>}}<br>
+</html>}}</pre>
-{{Code|chown apache:apache /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html}}
+ chown apache:apache /var/hda/web-apps/myTunes/html/index.html
 ==== ENJOY ====
@@ Line 74: / Line 77: @@
 </code>
 </Blockquote>
-==== FORKED-DAAPD ====
+==== FORKED-DAAPD (UPDATED MT-DAAPD) ====
-[http://blog.technologeek.org/category/hacks/forked-daapd forked-daapd] is an updated version to [http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/ FireFly Media Server].  This is boasted to be compatible with the latest iTunes.  It seems that forked-daapd does not include a web interface.  I have managed to locate the custom RPMs needed to test it.
+[http://blog.technologeek.org/category/hacks/forked-daapd forked-daapd] is an updated version to [http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/ FireFly Media Server] which is no longer being developed.  This is boasted to be compatible with the latest iTunes.  It seems that forked-daapd does not include a web interface.  I have managed to locate the custom RPMs needed to test it.
 To install, this is what I did:
@@ Line 81: / Line 84: @@
 *Downloaded forked-daapd and sqlite from the following location:
 <u>32-bit</u><br>
-http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm<br>
+<nowiki>http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.i386.rpm
-http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.x86_64.rpm
+http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.i386.rpm</nowiki>
 <u>64-bit</u><br>
-http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.i386.rpm<br>
+<nowiki>http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/forked-daapd-0.18-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm
-http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/i386/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.i386.rpm
+http://rpms.netmindz.net/FC14/x86_64/RPMS.netmindz/sqlite-3.6.23.1-2.fc14.x86_64.rpm</nowiki>
 * Install RPMs and start service:
-{{Code|yum localinstall sqlite --nogpgcheck
+ yum localinstall sqlite --nogpgcheck
-localinstall forked-daapd --nogpgcheck
+ localinstall forked-daapd --nogpgcheck
-service forked-daapd start}}
+ service forked-daapd start
+==== To start the service on reboot: ====
+You need to edit /etc/init.d/forked-daapd to make it compatible with chkconfig. Change the line:
+ # chkconfig 345 100 1<br>
+to be:
+ # chkconfig 345 99 1<br>
+Save and exit then type the following:
+ chkconfig forked-daapd on
 The /etc/forked-daapd.conf file has the settings and port assignment for the app.  I managed to install it in my VM, but did not have a chance to test.
+<u>REFERENCES</u><br>
+[http://davidatenney.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/installation-of-forked-daapd-on-fedora-12 Installation] of Forked-Daapd 0.15 on Fedora 13 (reported to work on Fedora 14).
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