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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous Network
I had an old stereo receiver that I wanted to hook up in my basement, but I didn't want to pony up the cash for a new CD player so I improvised. I mounted two shelves on the wall; the top shelf holds my receiver, the second shelf has room for my PowerBook. I bought a "mini jack to RCA" adapter to hook up my PowerBook from the headphone jack to the receiver and play MP3s with iTunes. Easy enough. However, I didn't want to use all my drive space on my Powerbook for MP3s, so I installed an MP3 server, gnumpd, on my Linux Box located on the second floor and access it over my Airport network.

Gnump3d has a nice web interface to select playlists, songs, etc. To make things super easy to find the web server, I created a shell script on my Linux box to register the server with Rendezvous. I used JRendezvous and had the following lines in the shell script:

  java -jar jrendezvous.jar -rs MyTunes _http._tcp local. 8887 index.html
Now all I have to do is launch Safari, open the Rendezvous Tab, and my MP3 server shows up there as MyTunes, ready to go. Hope the rumors of the next iTunes having Rendezvous support are true so I can eliminate the browser all together.
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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous
Authored by: RodK on Mar 20, '03 03:18:12PM

I went to an OS X migration seminar for educators and the Apple guy there mentioned rendezvous support for iTunes. I asked him about it because I hadn't heard anything. He said it would be in an update coming soon (this was 2 months ago) and he claimed that rendezvous on iTunes had been demoed at MacWorld in January.



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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous
Authored by: 010111 on Mar 20, '03 09:48:24PM

yeah... it was demoed at MacWorld in January... January 2002!!!! i stopped holding my breath waiting for that one.



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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous
Authored by: d1b on Mar 20, '03 07:45:27PM

I tried this from OS X Server 10.1.4 with success. You can also open the .m3u playlist as a movie in Quicktime Player and skip to the different songs in the playlist too (number pulldown list in Qucktime Player window). The only problem so far is with large songs (1hr+) making Quicktime barf.
I was using Netjuke for mp3 streaming, but this is cooler. Good hint!



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JRendezvous ftp site dead, presently...
Authored by: rev on Mar 20, '03 09:00:58PM

Anyone have a mirror for JRendezvous? I have been trying off-and-on all day today trying to access Strangeberry's FTP site, meeting failure each time.

Thanks.

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-J.



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JRendezvous ftp site dead, presently...
Authored by: sao on Mar 20, '03 10:04:10PM

It's working now, I just downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.strangeberry.com/pub/

Cheers...



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JRendezvous ftp site dead, presently...
Authored by: rev on Mar 22, '03 12:29:50PM

Correct... that site was unaccessible for me all throughout Thursday.

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-J.



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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous
Authored by: luhmann on Mar 23, '03 10:21:24PM

This is a nice shareware app that does the same thing - and even works from a WiFi enabled PDA:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13965



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Register a MP3 streaming server with JRendezvous
Authored by: atmasphere on Mar 23, '03 11:13:46PM

Nice tip...

I would also recommend giving <http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html> SliMP3 a good look. The software is free and handles everything you described. It installs a prefpane, can be controlled via browser with rendezvous support and can sync with your iTunes library.



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