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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.
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This is a small perl script that will generate playlists for servers that do not run Mac OS X.
Yours truly uses it on his Linux box that serves MP3s to the whole house. /usr/local/bin/icommune_indexer.pl .mnt/music is triggered by a cron job every night. To install the libraries, you can use debian's apt, CPAN, or whatever floats your boat.
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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.
The songinfo.pls format seems to remain the same, but there is a new file called library.xml which is strikingly similar to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml.
If this file is necessary for interaction with 2.0a, do you reckon there's an easy way to get icommune_indexer to generate it?
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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).
What's next? iGroupSex?
iCommune !?! Is this just one more program in the iCult suite?!
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Who is in charge of updating the "Sections" sidebar of slashdot and how much longer until that person is replaced? It hasn't been updated since April 11. (Why isn't it updated automatically?)
adding a music collection crashes the app for me. yay.
Has anybody been able to get this to work at ALL? I first tried connecting to his test site at http://www.icommune.net/Music and iCommune did sucessfully connect (gave me the blue globe "yay" icon) but clicking update did NOT give iTunes access to the songs. So I followed the instructions to share my own music and I would try to connect to that. It shared fine (going to the address in a web browser gave me a full listing of my mp3 collection) but when I tried to access it in iCommune, I get the red exclamation mark of doom. And yes I already RTFMed (is that even a word uhm expression uhm whatever hehe). If everyone else is having the same problem, I'll take a look at the source and try and see whats-what, but if its just me then well thats weird lol --Timothy
I think Apple is most likely to aim for a product that streams only - no copy, no local saving.
... it is called Darwin Streaming Server. The source code is available and they were even kind enough to create binaries for Mac OS X (client; it's already included with OSX Server), Solaris 8, Windows NT Server or Windows 2K Server, and Red Hat 7.x. The Web-based interface is the same on all systems, but the thing most people don't know about: free MP3 streaming. Check it out, I've been running this for quite a few months now at home on a Pentium 233 (Red Hat 7.1) and on an iBook 366 (Mac OS X 10.2.x).
Um, maybe you didn't know, but they already have that
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There used to be a site with an informal list of iCommune servers at some place or other (i-commune.kicks-ass.net comes to mind). I doubt those are still available, but have any others popped up yet?
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Example:
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iPod is owned by Bob and is normally sync'd with Bob's G4.
- Mary sets up her TiBook with iCommune and serves her iTunes library.
- Bob connects to Mary's library, and loads it into iTunes on his G4.
- Bob then sync's his iPod with the list of songs from Mary's TiBook, thus effectively bypassing the standard iPod reluctance to sync with another computer.
hmmmmm...for those of us with two or more computers, and only one iPod, this might come in handy, if it works.works for me....at least on my lan, between my G4 and airport equipped iBook. Works very well indeed. I need someone I can trust to try it from the internet, tho....
I was just looking at O'Reilly's Mac OS X Hacks in the book store after work today and they had a HOWTO on the Darwin Streaming Server.
It appeared to be a real step-by-step run down. I might have to go back there and peruse it more thoroughly... Heck, mebbe I'll buy da ting...
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