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

140 replies

aakar

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Sep 15, 2010 8:34 PM in response to munkyboy

Has anyone figured out how to fix this on Maxtor Shared Servers? Firefly runs on MSS's but the older version isn't compatible w/ iTunes 10.

Sep 17, 2010 4:22 PM in response to White Collar Barbarian

With all the different types of systems (FreeNAS, Linux Distros, ReadyNAS Devices, etc) it seems this is an *iTunes problem!*

I feel like forcing every device, every firmware, everyone else to patch their devices that were previously working fine is too much. Apple needs to address this.

Sep 17, 2010 4:46 PM in response to Grant Griffith

Yeah, good luck with that. Let me know how it goes...

-MB

pdemaret

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Sep 18, 2010 7:48 AM in response to Deledrius

Thanks a thousand times, Deledrius.
Applied your patch http://zero-factorial.com/coding/13_itunes10.dpatch on mt-daapd-svn-1696 running on MacOSX Server 10.6.4 and it worked like a charm. Again able to stream on my Soundbridge without having iTunes always on.

Great job !
Patrick.

cybertlc

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Sep 22, 2010 4:10 PM in response to White Collar Barbarian

Has anyone (or WILL anyone) create a release for Windows with this fix????

Sep 22, 2010 4:10 PM in response to maaarten

Just to confirm that maaarten's patch and instructions work great on Ubuntu Lucid, as long as you make sure you've satisfied mt-daapd's dependencies before you start, of course, and you also need to make sure you have a few dev tools installed first too, namely ubuntu-dev-tools.. I did try forked, but the metadata was totally messed up, so this seems preferable to me. So thanks a lot maaarten!

David

Sep 22, 2010 8:09 PM in response to munkyboy

munkyboy,
Thanks for letting us know about your success!
I am a linux guy but new to FreeBSD - just using FreeNAS. I will try to compile it on my own do you you think it would work if you sent me your compiled binary? And where to put it?

dave22ss

Level 1

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Sep 23, 2010 10:22 AM in response to pdemaret

Pdemaret, can you elaborate on the steps you went through to apply Deledrius's patch on your Mac OS X server? I have the same setup.

Sep 25, 2010 5:04 AM in response to White Collar Barbarian

Hi, best solution for me: i just installed the 10.0.1 update, now everything works fine again without patching firefly/mt-daapd.
Thanks Apple!

Jerry Z.

Level 1

120 points

Sep 25, 2010 7:26 AM in response to ThorstenMeyer

iTunes 10.0.1 Update Does Not Resolve Issues With DroboFS & FireFly Media Server, Recognizes The Library & Loads, But once you start to play a track, it plays For a few seconds and then stops.

vmustin

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Sep 25, 2010 7:53 AM in response to White Collar Barbarian

Problem seems to be solved with iTunes Update 10.0.1.22.
At the moment I'm listening my music by streaming itunes with firefly media server .

Dreadrik

Level 1

4 points

Sep 25, 2010 9:00 AM in response to White Collar Barbarian

Works fine now with old mt_daapd and the fix in iTunes 10.0.1! Thanks Apple!

Stork

Level 1

15 points

Sep 25, 2010 9:16 AM in response to White Collar Barbarian

The Synology forum members report success with iTunes 10.0.1 with both Synology's new OS and on older units w/o updated OS. Nothing on the D-Link NAS forums, yet.

I want to put in my thanks for the good folks who are updating the mt-daapd/FireFly code.

A special hu-rha to the developers of the forked-daapd s/w as we need an modern version to take on new capabilities.

Finally, thanks to Apple for caring to fix the compatibility issue along with bunch of other v10.0 bugs.

munkyboy

Level 1

4 points

Sep 25, 2010 9:48 AM in response to GreggCasey

I'm not sure if/how FreeNAS modifies mt-daapd so a binary from the ports tree may not work. anyways, people are reporting that 10.0.1 works like 9 used to with respect to daap servers.

Sep 25, 2010 9:57 AM in response to munkyboy

iTunes 10.0.1 (22) fixed it for me on my original audio/firefly port install on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. Thanks Apple and all for the patches that also fixed incompatibility.

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