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This sounds real cool. What is the status on this project? Does this replace mt-daapd?  Is there a step-by-step on how to get this running? Thanks!

This is EXACTLY what i have been thinking about the past few days.
I'm really interested in trying this out myself, since i haven't got any spare pcs lying around, and i really want my wife to be able to easily play music as well.
Looks like i'm going to have to hook myself up with an iPod Touch soon ...
Which generation iPod touch are you using ? It doesn't sound like i specifically need a 2nd generation one ?
(seeing the difference between them is almost nothing, except for bluetooth and maybe some patches)

If you happen to make that HOWTO, i'm VERY interested. Although i'm no stranger to linux, and have done some compiling myself, you kinda lost me in your crosscompile toolchain mumbo-jumbo

Kudos for the effort !!

Last edited by oenie (2009-06-26 01:59:57)

Ok, you've got me. Will spend some more time to get this into a more complete shape.

Will start with re-compiling mpd for fun_plug and create a package from it to get rid of the optware dependency. Might just bastardize the raop stuff into a package as well to allow easy installation afterwards.

Ayone got a pointer to get me started on howto create fun packages? Couldn't really find a good tutorial on it?!

Ok, compling mpd as a funplug package turned out to be a much harder job then expected. Mpd higly depends on glibc which isn't available with straight funplug (which uses uclibc).  Merging glibc into a uclib environment would be a hack and rather ugly. Hence I recommend using optware as they have a proper enviroment to deal with glibc dependencies.

Anyway I compiled and uploaded the rest of the stuff as packages. So if you want to give it a try at least you can get it running without any need to compile anything.

Here is a step by step.

1) Get optware enviroment installed as per wiki
http://dns323.kood.org/howto:optware

2) Check for mpd package (good test if your optware is installed properly) by
#ipkg list | grep mpd

3) And install with
#ipkg install mpd

4) copy mpd sample config
cp /opt/share/doc/mpd/mpdconf.example /opt/etc/mpd.conf

5) Edit /opt/etc/mpd.conf (as above)
- change music_directory to point to your music directory
  -- change playlist/db/logs etc to point to the correct /opt/var/lib
  -- bind_to_address         "any" works for me
  -- change audio output to
     audio_output {
        type                    "fifo"
        name                    "My Fifo"
        path                    "/tmp/mpdfifo"
        format                  "44100:16:2"    # optional
     }
NOTE: address any seized to work for me in version 0.15..use your NAS IP address as a workarround

6) Create a startup file in /opt/etc/init.d/S21mpd (here is a copy of mine:)
<<SNIP>>
#! /bin/sh
#
# System startup script for the Music Player Daemon.
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: mpd
# Required-Start: $network $remote_fs alsasound
# Required-Stop: $network alsasound
# Default-Start: 3 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
# Description: This script takes care of managing the Music Player Daemon
### END INIT INFO

#. /etc/rc.status

# Reset status of this service
#rc_reset

MPD_BIN="/opt/bin/mpd"
MPD_CFG="/opt/etc/mpd.conf"
MPD_PID="/opt/var/lib/mpd/mpd.pid"
test -x $MPD_BIN || {
    echo "$MPD_BIN not installed";
    if [ "$1" = "stop" ] ; then
        exit 0
    else
        exit 5
    fi
    }

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting mpd "
        $MPD_BIN $MPD_CFG
        ;;
    stop)
        test -e $MPD_PID || {
        echo "$MPD_PID doesn't exist!"
        exit 0
        }
        echo -n "Shutting down mpd "
        $MPD_BIN --kill $MPD_CFG
        ;;
    try-restart)
        $0 status
        if test $? = 0; then
            $0 restart
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    status)
        echo -n "Checking for mpd: "
       
        echo $MPD_BIN
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|try-restart|restart|status}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
<<SNAP>>

and make it executable (#chmod +x /opt/etc/init.d/S21mpd)

7) Create database
#/opt/bin/mpd --create-db /opt/etc/mpd.conf

8) Startup mpd
#/opt/etc/init.d/S21mpd start

Mpd should be running now and output to fifo pipe. Check /tmp for mpdfifo. Check mpd logs for any errors

Now to install the airtunes stuff:


1) Install openssl from fonz respository (I assume you know how to install fun packages. If not have a look arround the forum and the wiki)

#funpkg -i openssl-0.9.8k-1.tgz

2)Download and install libsamplerate
http://rapidshare.com/files/253454614/l … -0.1.7.tgz

Put in in your package directory on your NAS or somewhere you like and install with.

#funpkg -i libsamplerate-0.1.7.tgz

3) Download and install libid3tag
http://rapidshare.com/files/253453679/l … -0.15b.tgz

#funpkg -i libid3tag-0.15b.tgz

4) Download and install raop (the airtunes streaming tool)
http://rapidshare.com/files/253454916/raop.tgz

#funpkg -i raop.tgz

This installs the raop_play binary in /ffp/bin
You might wanna play arround it directly but keep in mind it is a bit "selective" in the formats it takes. (see http://raop-play.sourceforge.net/ for details)

5) Create startup script for raop.

Create /opt/etc/init.d/S22raop  (to ensure it is started after mpd is running a boottime) and paste:

/ffp/bin/raop_play YOURAIRPORTIPADDRESS /tmp/mpdfifo > /tmp/raop.log 2>&1 < /dev/null &

into it.

Don't forget to make it executable!

6) start raop
#/opt/etc/init.d/S22raop

DONE

You should see the raop_play as well a number of mpd processes running.

You know can connect by using any mpd remote client or if you like to stay on the NAS for testing install the mpc (console based client) by #ipkg install mpc

cherio
K.

Last edited by Kai (2009-07-08 20:09:29)

I want this aswell can any of you guys get on a play a do it for me. I dont understand a thing your writing. I think i have to read a book about linux or something.

I just about fell over when I found this thread - like others, this is a real dream, and I've read a million posts before saying that it just can't be done.

Unfortunately, I am having a bit of trouble too:

Fourer wrote:

I've a mistake by creating the Database (Failed to listen on ayn : address already in use.)
.

I get the same error - using the 323's IP or "any" makes no difference.

Also, I haven't been able to get the downloads you posted to work correctly. I get nothing but tar magic errors. (Doesn't matter if I download and then upload or if I use wget - same error.)  I reinstalled Busybox, but no change. Other tgz files install fine (before and since).

Thanks so much for your willingness to share all of your hard work.

Last edited by Bink (2010-01-08 01:37:47)

Kai I think you'll find quite a few people are interested in this.  I've seen a number of requests.

Now I just need to convince the wife that an airport express, a NAS, and a fair bit of my time is worth it

Any issues about what sort of NAS this would run on?

Good work.  I hope I can get the gear some time and give it a try.

I might be able to grab a DNS-313 cheap, however any clue if this hardware can cope with mpd and raop-play?  I believe its not nearly as powerful as the 323 hardware, but a fair bit less info out there on it other than it seems to be able to be hacked similarly to the stuff here.

Oops..Haven't really thought about the download limitation rshare puts on non premium downloaders

Here is a zip containing all the packages above to get their in one go: http://rapidshare.com/files/357373958/mpdraop.zip

Hi again!

Its working !!  

Had some fun with starting raop as it couldn't find libsamplerate, so I uninstalled and reinstalled and noticed the files were put in
/ffp/lib/lib/       (note the extra lib)

So I moved everything down a folder (including the pkgconfig directory items) and raop started fine

I guess thats something defined in the .tgz file??  The other two funplug packages installed in the correct directory.

Anyway now it works, so thanks a bunch.  Tiny lag, i'm very impressed.

Only remaining issue for me now is testing it on reboot.....and getting all my music on there

I'm getting ffpmg: Open Failed messages in the mpd log when trying to create the database.  So it seems there are issues with my files, perhaps the id3 tags   For checking the raop playing I changed the directory to one with items which didn't fail on import and these imported correctly with a good database file afterwards.  Not much luck yet with sorting out the files, I think I might need to run some iD3 checker/fixer program.

Anyone else had issues with iTunes created mp3's ??

Anyway, thanks a bundle Kai !

haim wrote:

OF FURTHER NOTE:

The forked-mtdaap guys are working on building this functionality into their version of Firefly/mtdaap.  Its based on the same raop-play I believe and they have the iTunes iphone client link up already done from what I've read.  This should be a great option as the NAS already has a version of this as its iTunes server (and as a package with firmware 1.08 one can change to Firefly) so should install ok, then it will have everything necessary 'out of the box'.

http://forum.fireflymediaserver.org/vie … p;start=15

See posts by 'ace', one of the forked developers.

I looked into that option allready and been in contact with Julien the main developer.  Keep in mind that this is not firefly anyone knows about (dead end, code no longer maintained, upstream developers gone) but a complete rewrite. Unfortunately this doesn't look to be a straight run on a standard firmware NAS as it makes use of more uptodate kernel features (i.e.ionotify; and signalfd) that don't exist in the old firmware kernels.
Julien won't shut the door for any type of system architecture but embedded isn't his main target obviously.

So bottomline I think we have to see and wait once this matures to a usable product but I expect you at least need to run a uptodate native linux distribution to get this going. (which works without problems - got a recent git extract to compile on my ch3snas which now runs an uptodate debian squeeze )

Got a bit sidetracked by some other projects, and the 'official' firefly add-on overwriting /opt  and destroying my optware install every reboot!

Anyway, all working now.  Had to convert some mp3 idtags with itunes to version 2.3 and remove flac files as these were crashing the mpd database creation.  Now working perfectly.

One more time, thanks Kai.

It seems what I read about raop-play constantly making network traffic even if not playing anything is correct.  Any ideas for getting it to only send when the fifo file contains anything?  Might be the only way is really to code it.