Web & Audio Server Advice Sought

[David Abrahams]

"Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> writes:

> On 06/09/06, David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>> "Todd Slater" <dontodd at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Mt-daapd/firefly is an iTunes-like server.
>>
>> A few questions:
>>
>> * If I set that up, can my wife use an iTunes client for playback?
>
> Yes - that's the only way we use it

Excellent; she has too much invested in iTunes to switch.

>> * Does it have an Apple Lossless transcoder (I have lots of music
>> encoded that way already).
>
> erm - I'm not sure - I don't think you'd need to transcode it if you
> are using an iTunes client...

Makes sense.

> I'd have to read some docs or just test it

If you could find out fairly easily, I'd be indebted.

>> * Can I export music to an iPod?
>
> Nope - AFAIK - iTunes won't let you copy remote music to your iPod,
> just things in your local library

Yes that's true.  But when I'm serving iTunes from iTunes, the server
has a local library, so I can sync iPods there.

> Probably only way would be to export your collection via NFS or
> similar so if you wanted to add to your iPod you could drag and drop
> it into your iTunes local library.

That really doesn't work out too well in my experience, especially if,
like my wife, you like to edit the "info" for tracks and albums.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com