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iTunes 10 breaks Firefly Media Server / mt-daapd

iTunes 10 does not work with Firefly Media Server / mt-daapd on my local network. iTunes 9.2.1 worked fine. iTunes 10 will fetch the playlists, but will not fetch any media files.

rsp svn-1696
daap svn-169
Mac OS X 10.6.4

It's not the server software, iTunes 9.2.1 still works fine with it on another Mac and Songbird with the daapd client plugin also plays music from the server fine when iTunes 10 on the same Mac will not.

Is there any way to fix this, if not, how do I downgrade back to iTunes 9.2.1 safely? Right now it is refusing to install due to a newer version installed and I don't want to proceed until I know how to do so safely. Thanks.

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 9:50 PM

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Sep 2, 2010 10:34 PM in response to Christopher Wall

Indeed, a ebuild is available on Gentoo for forked-daapd but it's a testing one and it didni't work for me without some modifications (db folder creation for example).

But at the end, forked-daapd works fine with iTunes 10.

Sep 3, 2010 6:01 AM in response to White Collar Barbarian

I've had a Mac for two years and this is the first time I have been genuinely POed at Apple. It's not that iTunes broke DAAP support; it's that there is not any readily apparent way to downgrade to the prior version of iTunes unless you happen to have kept the DMG file (though I think the most recent version of iTunes was pushed out through Software Update, so no luck there).

I'm using VortexBox to serve the music, so using the fork of mt-daap is not an option unless I am willing to risk breaking VortexBox.

All of this to say that *if you are looking for a DAAP-compatible player in the interim, XBMC ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc/) appears to do the trick*. Its interface is horribly clunky, but I could not find any other player with a Mac-compatible DAAP plugin. Banshee and Songbird are DAAP compatible, but, unfortunately, not in their Mac incarnations.

I am disappointed in Apple.

iTunes 10 breaks Firefly Media Server / mt-daapd

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