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Please port forked-daapd to ReadyNAS to replace Firefly
Currently like all other NAS boxes, the ReadyNAs uses the obsolete Firefly (aka. mt-daapd) code. This still works (just) as a very basic music sharing server to iTunes clients, but does not support newer features like Apple Remote, Apple TV, AirPlay, etc. etc. features. Firefly (and the mt-daapd code it is based on) are effectively dead products and no longer supported by the original authors.
However there is a new equivalent also free priece of software called forked-daapd which does support all these new feautres.
Allgededly forked-daapd has been successfully ported to the Qnap NAS see http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=37472 I am sure NetGear would not want to be considered inferior to Qnap Information about the forked-daapd project can be found at http://www.technologeek.org/projects/daapd/index.html and http://blog.technologeek.org/category/h ... rked-daapd and code at http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=use ... -daapd.git
Note: I would have no problems with NetGear only adding support for forked-daapd to x86 based ReadyNAS units if that makes it more practical to achieve.
I am aware that implementing forked-daapd as-is would require updating libraries like libc on the ReadyNAS but that would be no bad thing to do anyway. Again I would point out that someone has ported forked-daapd to the Qnap which normally has the same libc issue.
UPDATE:
As many people posting support for this feature request will know, iTunes 10.5 is no longer able to work with FireFly. This makes the need for Firefly to be replaced by forked-daap even more urgent. Currently the QNAP being able to run forked-daap is the only NAS that has a solution. Time for action NetGear I think.
However there is a new equivalent also free priece of software called forked-daapd which does support all these new feautres.
Allgededly forked-daapd has been successfully ported to the Qnap NAS see http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=37472 I am sure NetGear would not want to be considered inferior to Qnap Information about the forked-daapd project can be found at http://www.technologeek.org/projects/daapd/index.html and http://blog.technologeek.org/category/h ... rked-daapd and code at http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=use ... -daapd.git
Note: I would have no problems with NetGear only adding support for forked-daapd to x86 based ReadyNAS units if that makes it more practical to achieve.
I am aware that implementing forked-daapd as-is would require updating libraries like libc on the ReadyNAS but that would be no bad thing to do anyway. Again I would point out that someone has ported forked-daapd to the Qnap which normally has the same libc issue.
UPDATE:
As many people posting support for this feature request will know, iTunes 10.5 is no longer able to work with FireFly. This makes the need for Firefly to be replaced by forked-daap even more urgent. Currently the QNAP being able to run forked-daap is the only NAS that has a solution. Time for action NetGear I think.
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- The OS on ARM is newer which should make it a bit easier
Stefan has made good progress recently on x86 and it should be possible provided a few issues are sorted out. - Great news! Sounds promising.
- hi. what's the status with the ARM version of forked-daapd? I was just looking at one of these http://www.dabs.com/products/netgear-readynas-nv--v2--4-bay----no-drives-included-7SLK.html , so presumably that would be suitable model? I've put forked-daapd on a virtual linux install (in VirtualBox) before and the iTunes "Remote" app pairing works well. Looking forward to getting this working on a NAS box and being able to breakaway from having to run iTunes on a pc.
thanks for any info
j jmp909 wrote: hi. what's the status with the ARM version of forked-daapd? I was just looking at one of these http://www.dabs.com/products/netgear-re ... -7SLK.html , so presumably that would be suitable model? I've put forked-daapd on a virtual linux install (in VirtualBox) before and the iTunes "Remote" app pairing works well. Looking forward to getting this working on a NAS box and being able to breakaway from having to run iTunes on a pc.
thanks for any info
j
doable need to check stabiilty- How is it coming super-poussin? Thanks!
- I guess this will never happen for x86 and 4.x. I'm not sure it's important enough for me to switch my config, but can someone tell me if forked-daapd is available on a PRO which has been hacked up to 6.x?
steve - Yes, forked-daapd is used in ReadyNAS OS 6.
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