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iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released
droopus writes "iCommune finally has a new release available. It was released a few months back, but it was implemented as an iTunes hardware plugin, and Apple terminated the developer's license to use that interface. But it's back and with source code." It is now a standalone application.
I wrote that script, and I don't know if it will work with iCommune 2.0. I tried quickly to see if it would work, and it didn't, but I've yet to do any sort of looking into it beyond that.
this new iCommune is, well...weak. I mean, anyone with a touch of Apache admin can provide directory access to a folder outside of the web root. I guess for those that lack any Apache savvy this is fine, but otherwise, it is hardly the fun that the original was. There are tons of ways to server your MP3's...like Elsa, the Python MP3 serverlette...controls and hits, etc. Or Netjuke....I like Netjuke. But to release something that simply serves a directory....underwhelming.
It is a pity all the previous work was undone, for the first iCommune really was a nifty utility. Steve Jobs made us thirsty, by the way, when he demonstrated the music-sharing abilities of iTunes together with Rendezvous and AirPort a while ago. He shouldn't introduce such a feature without releasing it in the near future, while at the same time squashing all initiatives (like iCommune) that try to cope with what is certainly very cool. Let's hope the new iCommune will work, and is here to stay (until, of course, Apple comes out with something mindbogglingly more funky).