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I've got to ask why you would want to do this. If you can share the files via AppleShare, Samba or NFS, why not just add them to your library? It lets you add/delete files, add album cover info, etc. If the share isn't mounted, double-clicking on a song in iTunes will mount the disk for you. What could be simpler?
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I didn't know iTunes would auto mount a SMB share, I'll give it a try. I did this mainly to see if I could and I was suprised how easy it was.
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I want to be able to plug my ibook into my tv and splash the itunes visualization stuff on the screen while the music plays through my big stereo (also plugged into the ibook). I have 20gb worth of mp3s (all from my cds). I don't have that much space on my ibook's drive.
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Once again....
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Comments like these remind me of the true reason I rather be using free software.
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The daap protocol is especially designed to stream music. Using any other standard file sharing method would be much less efficient.
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I agree. daap'ing your own music is dumb. I tried it a few months ago. It's dumb because the music is not in your library so you can't do any fun stuff like ratings and smart playlists.
Run NFS on the Linux machine and use the iTunes Library Manager script to switch between your Network-library when at home and your laptop's library when traveling. I come home, hit Cmd-K and double click my Mp3 share. Good to go. I even use mDNS on the Linux machine so I can use a Rendezvous name for the NFS share. With Panther I don't have to necessarily worry about unmounting the share. When I'm out of my home, it times out and lets you autodisconnect the dead share after 30 seconds or whatever.
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Unfortunately my wife's iBook had some problems reading files over a wireless Samba connection without glitching (I realize NFS is supposed to be better, but I have to serve to windows machines too and it looks like I'm having a hard time getting NFS going anyway). |
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