Has anyone gotten mt-daapd running under Jaunty 9.04 server?

[wesg]

I installed Jaunty 9.04 server right after it came out, and have been trying to get mt-daapd running every since. I tried from the repository, and compiling from source, but nothing has worked. Most recently, I found a segfault when I compiled.

Has anyone had it running under 9.04?

[alek66]

I could install it under 9.04 desktop its working like a swiss watch

does anyone know if theres a way if I use Itunes to modify the ratings on the firefly mp3???

[bgturk]

I am having trouble with it too.
I just downloaded it, and tried to run it by typing:

/etc/init.d/mt-daapd start

which seemed to go OK. But I had no luck connecting to it.

Checking, the daemon does not appear in the list of services (ps aux).

I ran dmesg and it seems like it is getting a segmentation fault:

[104807.764671] mt-daapd[3399]: segfault at 0 ip b73854d2 sp b6f22230 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b735f000+36000]

[gammb]

Inexperienced Jaunty desk user with mt-daapd v09r1696 has same symptoms. mt-daapd fails with these tidbits left in syslog.

Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: undefined symbol: avcodec_decode_audio
Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so: plugin declined to load
kernel: [87326.528121] mt-daapd[29877]: segfault at 4 ip b74886b6 sp b70201e8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b7463000+36000]

...and these jewels in dmesg...

mt-daapd[29877]: segfault at 4 ip b74886b6 sp b70201e8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b7463000+36000]
mt-daapd[30218]: segfault at 0 ip b74484d2 sp bf940a50 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b7422000+36000]

My sound devices are all set to [AutoDetect] and therein the bottom ALSA, OSS, & Pulse entries all test OK.
Appreciate any guidance/help with mt-daapd
My goal is to have a Roku soundbridge see smart playlists "shared" out from my Jaunty desktop.
Back when I had a windoz box running iTunes, I used Rhythmbox 11. Hardy has Rhythmbox 12 which (1) gets stuck on whole albums while shuffling through my smart playlist, and (2) although Roku can see the Rhythmbox library, playlists are not found.

[maquina]

Hi,

I had the same problem. If i stop the avahi-daemon, it works:

sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon stop

Then restart mt-daapd

sudo /etc/init.d/mt-daapd start

and you should be good to go

[gammb]

Thanks, killing off the avahi-daemon (without knowing anything about what it does) got mt-daapd up and running, and I was able to open the web gui to configure Firefly. The server seems happy and is now supposedly serving up some 27K songs.
Sadly, both iTunes and Roku remain unable to discover it.

On FireFly Wiki's Troubleshooting page, I learned you can start mt-daapd with the -m option to disable it's mDNS server so it won't conflict with avahi's. Since that sounds cleaner, I tried it.

sudo vi /etc/init.d/mt-daapd #add a new line just below the DAEMON declaration
     DAEMON=/usr/sbin/mt-daapd
     DAEMON_OPTS=-m

(DAEMON_OPTS is an undeclared variable used in the star section)
...and the init will now execute 'mt-daapd -m'

Next, I'm told one must edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf so it will publish "DAAP" and "RSP" so the Bonjour protocol (used by iTunes to find servers) will discover us.

sudo vi /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf # append to [publish] section
publish-daap=yes
publish-rsp=yes

Sounds great, doesn't it. Unfortunately, that is apparently NOT the right syntax and avahi-daemon dies upon startup.

....and, still, neither iTunes nor Roku either one yet see my server or it's playlists.

[gammb]

After an extensive search of the forum, I happened upon the solution which I unfortunately dismissed before I thought to note the author so I could provide proper attribution.
Nonetheless, I am pleased to say my Roku is now happily playing random selections from a Firefly smart-play-list on my Jaunty desktop !

This, I believe, is the succinct HowTo for Firefly on Jaunty....

1) Use Synaptic Package Manager to load "mt-daapd"
2) Edit /etc/init.d/mt-daapd to add the "DAEMON_OPT=-m" assignment
3) Create file /etc/avahi/services/daap.service containing

<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<!-- $Id: ssh.service 1391 2007-02-07 11:54:54Z lennart $ -->
<!-- See avahi.service(5) for more information about this configuration file -->

<service-group>
  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_daap._tcp</type>
    <port>3689</port>
  </service>
  
  <service>
    <type>_rsp._tcp</type>
    <port>3689</port>
  </service>

</service-group>

NOTE: If you happen to be tailing syslog when you write the file, you'll see avahi-daemon find it and begin publishing daap.
4) Start the mt-daapd ('/etc/init.d/mt-daapd start')
5) web-browser http://localhost:3689/ to configure Firefly. Let the initial scan run until it has found all your tunes, then create your smart playlist(s).
6) Restart your Roku Soundbridge and select a playlist.
7) Pour a celebratory glass of some of Kentucky's finest, kick back, and enjoy some really loud music. (Ok, I suppose step 7 is optional)

[maquina]

Hi!

this worked for me thank you!

[conholster]

Thank you very much gammb Doing step 7 now, except I'm drinking coffee

[SagaciousB]

Thank you so much for posting the solution! I haven't been able to use my Roku since upgrading to Jaunty. I finally have music in the living room again.