Linux Journal November 2011 by Linux Journal

Author:Linux Journal
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: MPD, Arduino, vDSO, Elmer, Trim-Slice, Linux, OLPC
Publisher: Belltown Media
Published: 2011-10-28T07:00:00+00:00

Figure 3. mt-daapd, aka the Firefly Media Server

After changing the password, restart mt-daapd with:

sudo /etc/init.d/mt-daapd restart

Then, go to the Web interface to configure it: http://trimslice:3689 (replace “trimslice” in the URL with the correct IP address or name).

The configuration page is simple and self-explanatory. You can set the name, change the admin password and set a password for listening to the music (in case you don’t want to share your collection of classic Dr. Who music with everyone on your network). You also set which folder or folders contain your music (multiple folders can be specified). Finally, you can configure how often to have mt-daapd rescan your music folder(s).

Once the changes are to your liking, pressing the Save button saves the settings to the /etc/mt-daapd.conf file. But, the GUI is there so you might as well use it.

All should be well and good at this point. Unfortunately, mt-daapd, as packaged in the repository the Trim-Slice uses, does not support FLAC files. If your collection is mostly MP3 files, that won’t be an issue. If it is an issue, your options are to compile your own, live with the limitation or find an alternative.

UPnP

For serving up video files to my PS3, I use the MediaTomb UPnP media server. Or at least, I would, if I didn’t have the Popcorn Hour. MediaTomb, like mt-daapd, is a nice piece of software and works just fine for what it does, but devices like the PS3 can be very picky about what file types they will support. On-the-fly transcoding (supported by both mt-daapd and MediaTomb) can eliminate some of these issues, especially with audio files (for example, by transcoding a FLAC file to WAV while it is being transferred, so that iTunes can play it). Transcoding isn’t practical for video files though. It can be done, but the CPU requirements are hefty to say the least, especially when you start talking about 720p and larger video files.

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