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Jw2k fr: Mended links with old domain name

Jw2k fr — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:47:21 GMT

Mended links with old domain name

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	You need to download and save these packages onto your LS. There are a number of them required:		You need to download and save these packages onto your LS. There are a number of them required:
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/mt-daapd-svn-1586_arm9.tar.gz Firefly]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/mt-daapd-svn-1586_arm9.tar.gz Firefly]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/flac-1.1.4_arm9.tgz flac libs]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/flac-1.1.4_arm9.tgz flac libs]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/libid3tag-0.15.1b_arm9.tgz mp3 tag libs]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/libid3tag-0.15.1b_arm9.tgz mp3 tag libs]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/libogg-1.1.3_arm9.tgz ogg libs]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/libogg-1.1.3_arm9.tgz ogg libs]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/libvorbis-1.1.2_arm9.tgz vorbis libs]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/libvorbis-1.1.2_arm9.tgz vorbis libs]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/sqlite-2.8.17_arm9.tgz SQLite DB libs]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/sqlite-2.8.17_arm9.tgz SQLite DB libs]
-	* [http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/Users/kaiten/oggdec-1.0.1_arm9.tgz ogg format decoder]	+	* [http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kaiten/oggdec-1.0.1_arm9.tgz ogg format decoder]
	Save them all in the same folder for simplicity.		Save them all in the same folder for simplicity.
-

	== Telnet to LS and unpack the tarballs ==		== Telnet to LS and unpack the tarballs ==

Mbaker42 at 19:48, 30 March 2008

Mbaker42 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:48:49 GMT

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	'''Warning!''' On the Terastation Live, each time you make any changes to any of the shares (adding new share, changing properties on existing share) the system kills the Firefly server. If anyone can figure out why this happens and how to fix it, I'd be very pleased!		'''Warning!''' On the Terastation Live, each time you make any changes to any of the shares (adding new share, changing properties on existing share) the system kills the Firefly server. If anyone can figure out why this happens and how to fix it, I'd be very pleased!
		+
		+	However, the following changes (thanks to the people on the Firefly forums) will ensure that Firefly restarts
		+
		+	The /etc/init.d/firefly has an error that means that the restart parameter doesn't work. So change...
		+	restart)
		+	stop
		+	start
		+	;;
		+	to...
		+	restart)
		+	$0 stop
		+	$0 start
		+	;;
		+
		+	You can also set the daemonwatcher to restart Firefly automatically if it stops by adding the following to /etc/daemonwatch.list:
		+	/var/run/mt-daapd.pid /etc/init.d/firefly.sh restart

	== Start Firefly ==		== Start Firefly ==

Mbaker42 at 19:32, 30 March 2008

Mbaker42 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:32:46 GMT

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	chmod 777 /mnt/array1/mt-daapd		chmod 777 /mnt/array1/mt-daapd

-	~~_Warning~~!_ On the Terastation Live, each time you make any changes to any of the shares (adding new share, changing properties on existing share) the system kills the Firefly server. If anyone can figure out why this happens and how to fix it, I'd be very pleased!	+	'''Warning!''' On the Terastation Live, each time you make any changes to any of the shares (adding new share, changing properties on existing share) the system kills the Firefly server. If anyone can figure out why this happens and how to fix it, I'd be very pleased!

	== Start Firefly ==		== Start Firefly ==

Mbaker42 at 19:30, 30 March 2008

Mbaker42 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:30:28 GMT

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	Ensure your server can access the folder (it's default permissions are 700):		Ensure your server can access the folder (it's default permissions are 700):
	chmod 777 /mnt/array1/mt-daapd		chmod 777 /mnt/array1/mt-daapd
		+
		+	_Warning!_ On the Terastation Live, each time you make any changes to any of the shares (adding new share, changing properties on existing share) the system kills the Firefly server. If anyone can figure out why this happens and how to fix it, I'd be very pleased!

	== Start Firefly ==		== Start Firefly ==

Mbaker42: Additional changes for Terastation Live

Mbaker42 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:33:54 GMT

Additional changes for Terastation Live

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	then hit escape and type ":wq" to save edits and quit the vi editor. (I remember once writing a couple of thousand lines of pascal code on an old unix machine with the vi editor. It is actually an incredibly powerful tool!!!)		then hit escape and type ":wq" to save edits and quit the vi editor. (I remember once writing a couple of thousand lines of pascal code on an old unix machine with the vi editor. It is actually an incredibly powerful tool!!!)

		+	== Additional Changes for Terastation Live ==
		+
		+	If you have a very large set of music files, the default configuration settings may end up maxing out your / partition, which is a small 500M partition by default. Fortunately the default installation with the built-in mt-daapd helps out a little by providing a directory on the main array you can use.
		+
		+	Here's what the default partition structure looks like:
		+	# df
		+	Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
		+	/dev/md1 481.6M 448.5M 33.1M 93% /
		+	/dev/ram1 15.0M 92.0k 14.9M 1% /mnt/ram
		+	/dev/md0 281.0M 15.0M 265.9M 5% /boot
		+	/dev/md2 1.4T 369.5G 1.0T 27% /mnt/array1
		+	The / partition includes both the /usr and /var directories so gets filled up pretty quickly with the songs.db and log.
		+
		+	Change the log file location:
		+	#logfile = /var/log/mt-daapd.log
		+	logfile = /mnt/array1/mt-daapd/firefly.log
		+	Change the database location:
		+	#db_parms = /usr/local/var/cache/mt-daapd
		+	db_parms = /mnt/array1/mt-daapd
		+	Ensure your server can access the folder (it's default permissions are 700):
		+	chmod 777 /mnt/array1/mt-daapd

	== Start Firefly ==		== Start Firefly ==

Ramuk at 15:59, 6 October 2007

Ramuk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:59:34 GMT

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	{{Articles\|LSPro\|mediaserver}}		{{Articles\|LSPro\|mediaserver}}
-		+	[[Image:Ff_logo_sm.gif ]]
-		+

	=Installation=		=Installation=

Ramuk: some cleanup, referenced under Firefly disambiguation

Ramuk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:58:05 GMT

some cleanup, referenced under Firefly disambiguation

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	On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.		On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.
	If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path. Click "Save" to write the changes.		If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path. Click "Save" to write the changes.
		+
		+	=Credits=
		+	There is a comprehensive description for the Linkstation Pro taken from the [http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3509 forum] by bawbagg:
		+
		+	This howto has borrowed huge chunks of text from forum user Jimbo's howto for Twonky. That thread can be found here. Many, many thanks to Jimbo for providing this. Without Jimbo's simple and easy to follow instructions for getting telnet running on an unmodified LS I would probably still be floundering around.
		+
		+	Many thanks also to kaiten - one of the developers on this site. He compiled the version of Firefly we are going to install, and provided the libraries that it requires.

Ramuk at 15:57, 6 October 2007

Ramuk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:57:01 GMT

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-	~~There is a comprehensive description for the Linkstation Pro taken from the [http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3509 forum] by bawbagg:~~

-	This howto has borrowed huge chunks of text from forum user Jimbo's howto for Twonky. That thread can be found here. Many, many thanks to Jimbo for providing this. Without Jimbo's simple and easy to follow instructions for getting telnet running on an unmodified LS I would probably still be floundering around.

-	~~Many thanks also to kaiten - one of the developers on this site. He compiled the version of Firefly we are going to install, and provided the libraries that it requires.~~	+	=Installation=
-		+	== Prepare LS and download Firefly files and libraries ==
-	= Prepare LS and download Firefly files and libraries =	+

	Starting point:		Starting point:
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-	= Telnet to LS and unpack the tarballs =	+	== Telnet to LS and unpack the tarballs ==

	Connect to your LS either with Putty (great for any serious linux use) or with the windows client (more than sufficient for this project).		Connect to your LS either with Putty (great for any serious linux use) or with the windows client (more than sufficient for this project).
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	Some libraries unpack more files than others. As long as you see something getting unpacked for each command, you should be good to go.		Some libraries unpack more files than others. As long as you see something getting unpacked for each command, you should be good to go.

		+	=Configure=
		+	== Tell Firefly where your mp3 reside ==

-	~~= Tell Firefly where your mp3 reside =~~	+	You may want to create a share on your LS specifically for your mp3. Use the web interface to do this. I did, and I called it mp3. I'll assume you've done the same.
-		+
-	You may want to create a share on your LS specifically for your mp3. Use the web interface to do this. I did, and I called it mp3 ~~(funnily enough :wink:)~~. I'll assume you've done the same.	+

	So let's navigate to the folder containing the config file for Firefly (which is called mt-daapd.conf for legacy reasons). Enter		So let's navigate to the folder containing the config file for Firefly (which is called mt-daapd.conf for legacy reasons). Enter
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	then hit escape and type ":wq" to save edits and quit the vi editor. (I remember once writing a couple of thousand lines of pascal code on an old unix machine with the vi editor. It is actually an incredibly powerful tool!!!)		then hit escape and type ":wq" to save edits and quit the vi editor. (I remember once writing a couple of thousand lines of pascal code on an old unix machine with the vi editor. It is actually an incredibly powerful tool!!!)

-	~~= Start Firefly =~~

-	Assuming you have copied some of your mp3 to the newly created share on your LS, we are now ready to start Firefly. ~~First, navigate to the init.d directory~~	+	== Start Firefly ==
-	~~cd /etc/init.d~~	+
-	~~now let's start it up. Hopefully you'll get the same short response:~~	+	Assuming you have copied some of your mp3 to the newly created share on your LS, we are now ready to start Firefly.
-	root@HS-DHGL90D:/etc/init.d~~# .~~/firefly start	+
		+	root@HS-DHGL90D:~# /etc/init.d/firefly start
		+
	Starting DAAP daemon: mt-daapd		Starting DAAP daemon: mt-daapd

	TADA!!!! All working. If not, sorry - maybe I made a mistake :oops: in these instructions.		TADA!!!! All working. If not, sorry - maybe I made a mistake :oops: in these instructions.

-	You can control Firefly and add some smart playlists at http://<your LS IP>:3689. ~~The~~ username ~~and~~ password is mt-daapd. There is also a nifty little streaming app you can run from your browser at http://<your LS IP>:3689/applet.html	+	You can control Firefly and add some smart playlists at http://<your LS IP>:3689.
		+
		+	* username: mt-daapd
		+	* password is mt-daapd.
		+
		+	There is also a nifty little streaming app you can run from your browser at http://<your LS IP>:3689/applet.html

	You should now be able to connect to your LS from itunes, your xbox/xbmc, your soundbridge, your squeezebox etc etc.		You should now be able to connect to your LS from itunes, your xbox/xbmc, your soundbridge, your squeezebox etc etc.


-	= Make Firefly start on boot =	+	== Make Firefly start on boot ==

	Enter		Enter
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	All done!!! Now enjoy		All done!!! Now enjoy

-	= Configuring via web frontend =	+	== Configuring via web frontend ==

	To enable configuration via the web-frontend, you need to change the permissions of the file /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf (mt-daapd runs as user nobody in standard configuration) to be writable by the demon/webserver.		To enable configuration via the web-frontend, you need to change the permissions of the file /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf (mt-daapd runs as user nobody in standard configuration) to be writable by the demon/webserver.
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	Then go to the frontend, http://<your LS IP>:3689		Then go to the frontend, http://<your LS IP>:3689
-	user name is	+	* user name: admin
-	admin	+
	initial password is (in standard configuration, to be changed in /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf or - when enbling "Show advanced configuration" in the "configuration" page on the web-frontend)		initial password is (in standard configuration, to be changed in /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf or - when enbling "Show advanced configuration" in the "configuration" page on the web-frontend)
-	mt-daapd	+	* password: mt-daapd
	On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.		On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.
	If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path. Click "Save" to write the changes.		If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path. Click "Save" to write the changes.

Ramuk at 15:50, 6 October 2007

Ramuk — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:50:57 GMT

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	There is a comprehensive description for the Linkstation Pro taken from the [http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3509 forum] by bawbagg:		There is a comprehensive description for the Linkstation Pro taken from the [http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3509 forum] by bawbagg:

Angrest at 08:56, 6 October 2007

Angrest — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:56:39 GMT

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	On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.		On the start page, select "Start Full Scan" to add the files to the library.
-	If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path.	+	If you have iTunes and wish to add your smart playlists, you should also add your iTunes folder to the music files. Navigate to "configuration", select "add music folder" and enter the corresponnding path. Click "Save" to write the changes.