Firefly streaming for 2.0.1

[scrutman]

hey everyone.

anyone know if firefly will be updated for 2.0?
i love this app when we had 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 (with a little bit of hacking, it worked on 1.1.4) and would love to stream my iphone music library to my PC wirelessly like the app allowed.

[shockme17]

yes i agree! can someone get this working with 2.x?

[shockme17]

bump?

[ChadK]

I found this under Cydia and installed it. It didn't come with a configuration file, and it took some research to develop one. Once I got that running, the service worked. It took even more research to get a plist file created to integrate it with BossPrefs. Here's what I did:

Create a /etc/mt-daapd.conf file

#
# mt-daapd.conf
#
# Edited: Fri Sep 19 14:53:31 2008
# By:     root
#
web_root        /usr/share/mt-daapd/admin-root
port            3689
admin_pw        alpine
mp3_dir         /private/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/Music
servername      My iPhone
runas           mobile
playlist        /etc/mt-daapd.playlist
extensions      .mp3,.m4a,.m4p
db_dir          /private/var/cache/mt-daapd
rescan_interval 300
scan_type       2
always_scan     1
logfile         /var/log/mt-daapd.log
process_m3u     1
compress        1

Create a /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyLi....dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>org.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/sbin/mt-daapd</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/sbin/mt-daapd</string>
        </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Register your new /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist file with launchctl (this must be run as root)

launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemonsorg.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist

Add a new BossPrefs configuration to start/stop the server

Name: FireFly
Start: launchctl start org.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist
Stop: killall mt-daapd
Process: /usr/sbin/mt-daapd
Icon: /Applications/BossPrefs.app/firefly.png

Enjoy!

[Beau]

Thank you so so much ChadK - worked perfectly!

[shockme17]

Wow, finally!

Though, I'm getting a Socket not found error when I try to register the plist file.

also. where does the bossprefs configuration go?

[ChadK]

I found a couple of issues and edited my original post. The mt-daapd.conf file should have the runas option set to mobile instead of root. When it is set as root, you won't be able to stop the service from BossPrefs.

Wow, finally!

Though, I'm getting a Socket not found error when I try to register the plist file.

also. where does the bossprefs configuration go?

Make sure you execute the "launchctl load" command as root. BossPrefs has a GUI interface to add new services. It's under the "config" menu.

[shockme17]

hmm.. now it's saying that the plist is already loaded, yet i cannot reach the server from my browser..

is there a way to access the gui from my browser? iphonip:3689?

[ChadK]

hmm.. now it's saying that the plist is already loaded, yet i cannot reach the server from my browser..

is there a way to access the gui from my browser? iphonip:3689?

As root execute:

launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemonsorg.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemonsorg.fireflymediaserver.mt-daapd.plist

Then reboot your iPhone.

You can access the web interface (when it's running) by browsing to:

http://127.0.0.1:3689

Don't leave off the http either.

[GrandmaPearl]

doesnt the app SIMPLIFY MEDIA do the same thing? it was free when i got it in he app store.. i might be mistaken though..