Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

[Steven Stern]

On 09/20/2010 11:35 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 08:08 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>> On 09/19/2010 10:10 PM, Craig White wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:05 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>> On 09/19/2010 09:41 PM, Craig White wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 19:04 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 10:38 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>>>>> I've enabled sharing over DAAP (Avahi) on the local network for my
>>>>>>> Rhythmbox music library. When I start Rhythmbox, it shows up on iTunes
>>>>>>> on my Mac, and Rhythmbox acknowledges the connection:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (10:33:13) [0x9e59038] [session_id_validate] rb-daap-share.c:728:
>>>>>>> Validating session id 3480614792 from 192.168.123.198 matches
>>>>>>> 192.168.123.198
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The playlists are correctly listed in iTunes, but none of the tracks
>>>>>>> show up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The firewall is open on port 3689, a connection is established between
>>>>>>> the two systems, but there's no traffic after the playlist names are sent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (FWIW, this also happens if iTunes is running on Windows.)
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> No traffic as in you are using ethereal to track the network activity at
>>>>>> port 3689 on the 'server' or did you mean to say that there is no
>>>>>> evidence that the song list is actually populating?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Various versions of iTunes have not really supported non-iTunes daap
>>>>>> servers but it seemed to me that the versions of the last year have
>>>>>> actually worked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, I use mt-daapd to serve the music in my house and connect to
>>>>>> it with Amarok or iTunes and it works well. I've never tried to share
>>>>>> music with Rhythmbox but I will shut down mt-daapd and try to load it
>>>>>> all up with Rhythmbox and report back.
>>>>> ----
>>>>> F13 / Rhythmbox shared music files fine with my Windows iTunes (9.2.1.5
>>>>> yeah, I should update it) with or without password.
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Foo!  That means there's something odd about my setup that will either
>>>> never be solved or be so obvious I'll feel stupid reporting the solution.
>>> ----
>>> Use mt-daapd to share the music
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It appears that Apple has broken things:
>>
>> http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/09/09/itunes-10-breaks-nonapple-streaming/
>>
>> It looks like Rhythmbox will need up update its plugin and mt-daap will
>> need an update, too.
> ----
> stop using Apple iTunes and the problem is solved or in my case, I don't
> update it just because Apple comes out with an update. You probably
> could use songbird or mediamonkey or something else. I won't buy any
> more iPod's anyway.
> 
> I don't necessarily agree with Foskett's perspective... if you buy Apple
> products you continually get screwed.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
Well, that's useful, Craig. I guess I should hand my Mac to the nearest
homeless person. :-(

-- 
-- Steve