forked-daap ~ anyone want to work on this

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I don't have much time till this weekend but I figured I could post what I have found out and if anyone want to play with it they can.
I believe it shouldn't be too difficult to compile forked-daap for freebsd 8.2, and from there package the compiled binaries into a usable plugin.
i'll list what I believe the steps would include.

1. install freebsd jail on freenas, 'jexec 1 csh'
2. install build dependencies 'pkg_add -r autotools' (see 1st link) (might need to force this to get past version clashes)
3. setup java stuff, antlr v3/jdk (see 1st link and d--j's comment on 2nd link)
4. compile and debug any missing stuff (see d--j's comment on 2nd link)
5. create init script for forked-daap
6. package the built dependencie/libraries/initscript into a pbi

I don't think they want it done this way (want a port created first) but I think this is the faster/easier way to get everything working cause compiling this thing does not look pretty.

Links
1. https://github.com/jasonmc/forked-daapd/blob/master/INSTALL
2. https://github.com/jasonmc/forked-daapd/issues/6#issuecomment-826578

 

[Bever]

For what it is worth: I installed the latest forked-daapd on Ubuntu, and as far as I could tell it is still b0rken. It runs fine, creates the db of all my music, but I am still unable to locate it from within iTunes.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

hmm, I guess it's not announcing itself (i think it uses bonjur or something). Can you connect to it though, not just see it on your network but actually put the ip/port (maybe using android client, or banshee, itunes doesn't have this functionality...)?

It would be nice to have it announce itself, but I personally dont care too much, as long as I can get to it.

 

[Bever]

If you tell me how to test that functionality, I will reinstall it on Ubuntu and see if it works.

 

[Bever]

Or maybe you can use the Firefly plugin? (plugin request already exists btw for forked: http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?p=94419)

I don't think forked is actively being maintained either by the looks of it.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Yeah, I know plugin request exists, that why I wanted to work on it =]
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uhh, I guess forked-daap doesn't have a web interface, and it has been unmaintained for 9months now as well. I wonder if this is worth pursuing as firefly seems like a better solution with the web interface.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

K did some research for the differences between firefly and forked-daapd.

Firefly
+Can use (firefly) web interface to create playlists

Forked-daapd
+Artwork Support (can't be embedded...)
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I believe if it's possible, forked-daapd is the more ideal solution because it has artwork support (I need to test this with media players). Playlist can be fairly easily created with the below procedure.

-share music dataset with CIFS/NFS
-connect to share in OS
-access files from music player
-create playlists and export .m3u files
-edit m3u files to make them all relative
-place m3u files in respective folder on share
-have forked-daapd scan music directory
-connect to daap server and see your playlists

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Relevant Links
https://github.com/jasonmc/forked-daapd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U

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subsonic is another option that has playlist and albumart support, I've run it before and it works well though it doesn't integrate into itunes / banshee but I think the apps/web based player works well.

 

[tofagerl]

This is back, apparently. Might have been back for a while.
https://github.com/ejurgensen/forked-daapd