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iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmmm-p3 dept.

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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  1. For non-Mac OS X servers... by stere0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    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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    1. Re:For non-Mac OS X servers... by pudge · · Score: 2, Interesting

      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.

  2. Sign of the times by jadriaen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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).

  3. Streaming? Been there, done that .... by UNIBLAB_PowerPC · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think Apple is most likely to aim for a product that streams only - no copy, no local saving.

    Um, maybe you didn't know, but they already have that ... 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).

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