HowTo Firefly / mt-daapd

Will appear here, for now please see the forum thread

You may (or may not) have to add the following settings to your fun_plug. Your milage may vary.

route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0

adds the multicast route.

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

enables packet forwarding

/sbin/ifconfig eht0 promisc

enables promiscious mode

Download mt-daapd from the link below, create a new directory called “mt-daapd” on your hard-drive, and unpack it there.

Edit the mt-daapd.conf to reflect your setup

Add the following to your fun_plug:

mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/cache
ln -s /mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/libz.so.1 /lib/
ln -s /mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/libgdbm.so.3 /lib/
ln -s /mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/libid3tag.so.0 /lib/ 
/mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/mt-daapd -c /mnt/HD_a2/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf 

Please post if mt-daapd works which combination you have used:

Works:

• iTunes 7.0.2 (Mac)

Does not work:

• iTunes 7.0.1 (Mac)

• Forum thread
• www.fireflymediaserver.org (official site)
• mt-daapd 0.2.4 precompiled binary