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iTunes Server '[Server name] has no music.'
I've succeeded in copying a family member's iTunes Media folder to a share exclusively for their iTunes media on the RN526X, and I have left their iTunes library files on their Mac, as per Netgear re...
I fixed it! I did some digging around in the logs, and discovered the source of the problem. Turns out it was a file permissions issue. In File Access for the share, I had disabled (unchecked) permissions for Everyone. Once I set it to Read Only or Read/Write, iTunes Server worked. I'm glad it was a simple fix.
Although I wish iTunes Server were smarter about categories: stuff that isn't categorized as music in the family member's library (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.) is listed under Music. Oh well, at least I have access to their music from my Mac now! :)
StephenBwrote:
ReadyNASserwrote:
(wouldn't that double the space they occupied on the NAS?).No, it just increases the size of the database. There's only one copy of the music.
Interesting, I didn't realize that. Is that because of the Btrfs file system and its use of checksums? I have bit-rot protection and compression (as well as auto-defrag) all turned on for the share. So hypothetically, if I have a file of a particular size with a particular checksum value stored in Share A, and I copy (not move) it to Share B, the NAS won't actually duplicate that file in its entirety, just note that a copy has been made in Share B? That's pretty cool. :)
Is the folder structure I have set up, where each family member gets their own share for iTunes media (I've named each share Music-[user name], and placed the iTunes Media folder in each), tenable if I want to use Emby or Plex (I have no experience with either)?
Thanks so much for the info about what software iTunes Server is actually using, StephenB! I downloaded the log zip file, but unfortunately there was no log called forked-daapd. Does the absence of this log tell us anything (perhaps the iTunes Server's not even running)? I can still see the iTunes Server and log into it within iTunes with the password, so I'm not sure why there's no log file present on my system.
I searched for the forked-daapd project and read some about it. It seems to require configuring via a web interface at http://forked-daapd.local:3689 or http://[server IP]:3689. I tried and I'm not able to access any web interface that may be present (is it not supported/needed in Netgear’s implementation?).
Are you able to get iTunes Server to work with your current setup?
ReadyNASser wrote:
StephenBwrote:
ReadyNASserwrote:
(wouldn't that double the space they occupied on the NAS?).No, it just increases the size of the database. There's only one copy of the music.
Interesting, I didn't realize that. Is that because of the Btrfs file system and its use of checksums?
I think I need to clarify.
With iTunes you have the music/video itself, and then you also have an iTunes database where iTunes keeps information on those music and videos.
If I understand your situation, right now the family member has the music/video on the NAS, but the database files are on their mac. You can do the same thing by just adding those folders to your own iTunes and only the database files would be on your mac. BTRFS isn't involved.
ReadyNASser wrote:
I searched for the forked-daapd project and read some about it. It seems to require configuring via a web interface at http://forked-daapd.local:3689 or http://[server IP]:3689. I tried and I'm not able to access any web interface that may be present (is it not supported/needed in Netgear’s implementation?).
Are you able to get iTunes Server to work with your current setup?
Forked-daapd is what your NAS is already running as it's iTunes Server.
I haven't tried setting up the iTunes server in the NAS for some years - this week is pretty crazy, so I might not get to it for a while.
I fixed it! I did some digging around in the logs, and discovered the source of the problem. Turns out it was a file permissions issue. In File Access for the share, I had disabled (unchecked) permissions for Everyone. Once I set it to Read Only or Read/Write, iTunes Server worked. I'm glad it was a simple fix.
Although I wish iTunes Server were smarter about categories: stuff that isn't categorized as music in the family member's library (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.) is listed under Music. Oh well, at least I have access to their music from my Mac now! :)
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