how to put audios on my slug

[goana]

hi,

I have unslug my NSLU and have install firefly nightlies. All work fine. When I access to the firefly media server via the web interface, the music folder is “/share/hdd/data/public/mp3”. But how can I put audios to that folder?
I see the slug in my windows explorer with do folders admin2 and disk2. In admin2, there is a folder “/share/hdd/data”. But I have no access to the data-folder.
How can I put audios to this folder and how do I get access to the folder?

I have tried it also via the webinterface of the slug (under administration/shares) but I have no idea what I have to change.

Any idea?

[rpedde]

@goana wrote:

hi,

I have unslug my NSLU and have install firefly nightlies. All work fine. When I access to the firefly media server via the web interface, the music folder is “/share/hdd/data/public/mp3”. But how can I put audios to that folder?
I see the slug in my windows explorer with do folders admin2 and disk2. In admin2, there is a folder “/share/hdd/data”. But I have no access to the data-folder.
How can I put audios to this folder and how do I get access to the folder?

I have tried it also via the webinterface of the slug (under administration/shares) but I have no idea what I have to change.

Any idea?

The “public” share on your slug is either “/share/hdd/data/public” or “/share/flash/data/public”, depending if it’s in slot1 or slot2.

So make a directory in “public” called “mp3” and toss the mp3 files in there. Then use the web admin to set the mp3_dir to “/share/hdd/data/public”. Go to the stats page and tell it to scan. If it picks the files up, then you’re in business. Keep copying the files to the “public” share in the mp3 dir.

If not, then change the mp3_dir to “/share/flash/data/public” and scan again. It should work.

In either case, the place to put the files (the easiest place, anyway) is in a folder called “mp3” in the public share.

— Ron

[goana]

thanks for the fast reply.

At the moment, I am not at my PC/slug – but I will check the things after work.

Only for my understanding before I do the things:
Ron, you wrote, that I can make a “mp3” folder in “public”.
When I open the windows explorer on my PC, I see two folders at my slug, admin 2 and disk 2 (the hdd is in slot 2). In the admin 2 folder, there is a public folder (the disk 2 folder is empty). Shall I make the mp3 folder in this existing public folder of admin 2?
Is it necessary to call the the folder mp3 or is it possible to use other names for that folder such as audios or something else? I guess, than I have to rename the music folder in the firefly media server via the web interface, too.

thanks a lot for your help

goana

[goana]

Problem,
I want to make a mp3 folder in “admin 2/public” via the windows explorer, but now I have to use a username and password to open the folder “admin 2”. I have tried the username and password of the slug (with unslung 6.8-beta), but no success. In the windows explorer there is also visible a second folder named “disk 2”. Shall I put the mp3 files in the folder “disk 2” or “admin 2”?

Can I make the mp3 folder also in the webinterface of the slug? When yes where and how?

I am glad about any help

goana

[goana]

I am succeeded in making a mp3 folder in “admin 2/public” via the windows explorer. I hope this is the right place for the mp3 folder.

But now, how can I set the mp3 folder to “/share/hdd/data/public” using the web admin?
I think, you mean the webinterface of the slug – but where can I do such things.

thanks for any help….sorry but I am really new in this things.

goana

[stretch]

Open web browser and enter the following:

your.slug.IP.address:3689

You will get a login prompt asking for username & password.
The username can be left blank. The password will be mt-daapd unless you’ve changed it.

If you have your HDD connected to the slug’s USB port 2, and it sounds like you do, then you need to change the path to /share/flash/data/public/mp3

[rpedde]

@goana wrote:

Problem,
I want to make a mp3 folder in “admin 2/public” via the windows explorer, but now I have to use a username and password to open the folder “admin 2”. I have tried the username and password of the slug (with unslung 6.8-beta), but no success. In the windows explorer there is also visible a second folder named “disk 2”. Shall I put the mp3 files in the folder “disk 2” or “admin 2”?

Can I make the mp3 folder also in the webinterface of the slug? When yes where and how?

I am glad about any help

goana

Oh, sorry. That’s right. The share caled “disk 2” is actually “public”. that’s where you need to make the “mp3” folder.

[goana]

strange things…

I want to do things as described in the last 2 post but now I have no access to firefly on my slug via “my.slug.IP.address:3689”. However, I have access to my unslung slug via the webinterface. I have install again mt-daapd via telnet but the message is –
Package mt-daapd (svn-1549-1) installed in root is up to date.
Nothing to be done –

How can I get access to firefly on my slug, again? I am not sure what happen.

Any idea how to get access to firefly?

thanks a lot

goana

[goana]

if have looked for the mt-daapd.log file and opened it in a windows texteditor. the result is as follows:

# $Id: mt-daapd.conf,v 1.3 2005/02/15 03:35:19 rpedde Exp $

#

# This is the mt-daapd config file.

#

# If you have problems or questions with the format of this file,

# direct your questions to [email protected].

#

# You can also check the website at http://mt-daapd.sourceforge.net,

# as there is a growing documentation library there, peer-supported

# forums and possibly more.

#



[general]



#

# web_root (required)

#

# Location of the admin web pages.  If you installed from

# ipk, this is correct

#



web_root = /opt/share/mt-daapd/admin-root



#

# port (required)

#

# What port to listen on.  It is possible to use a different

# port, but this is the default iTunes port

#



port = 3689



#

# admin_pw (required)

#

# This is the password to the administrative pages

#

# YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THIS

#



admin_pw = mt-daapd



#

# db_dir (depricated)

#

# This is where mt-daapd stores its database of song information.

#

# If you installed this from .ipk, this is correct

#



#db_dir		/opt/var/mt-daapd



#

# db_type/db_parms

#

# This specifies what kind of database you want, and where

# it should be kept.  Valid db_types depend on what databases are

# compiled in, but can include "sqlite" and "sqlite3".

#

# db_parms is the parameters for that database backend.  For sqlite and

# sqlite3, these parameters are the path to the database.

#



db_type = sqlite

db_parms = /opt/var/mt-daapd



#

# mp3_dir (required)

#

# Location of the mp3 files to share.  This corresponds

# to a folder called "mp3" in the "DISK 1" share.

#



mp3_dir = /public/music



#

# servername

#

# This is both the name of the server as advertised

# via rendezvous, and the name of the database

# exported via DAAP

#

# defaults to the hostname if not set

#



#servername = NSLU2 Music



#

# runas (required)

#

# This is the user to drop privs to if running as

# root.  If mt-daapd is not started as root, this

# configuration option is ignored.  Notice that this

# must be specified whether the server is running

# as root or not.

#

# If you have not messed with permissions from

# the console, then this should work correctly

# without any strange chmods or anything.

#



runas = admin



#

# playlist (optional)

#

# This is the location of a playlist file.

# This is for Apple-style "Smart Playlists"

# See the mt-daapd.playlist file in the

# contrib directory for syntax and examples

#

# This doesn't control static playlists... these

# are controlled with the "process_m3u" directive

# below.

#



playlist = /opt/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.playlist



#

# password (optional)

#

# This is the password required to listen to MP3 files

# i.e. the password that iTunes prompts for

#



#password=mp3



#

# extensions (optional)

#

# These are the file extensions that the daap server will

# try to index and serve.  By default, it only indexes and

# serves .mp3 files.  It can also server .m4a and .m4p files,

# and just about any other files, really.  Unfortunately, while

# it can *attempt* to serve other files (.ogg?), iTunes won't

# play them.  Perhaps this would be useful on Linux with

# Rhythmbox, once it understands daap.  (hurry up!)

#



extensions = .mp3,.m4a,.m4p,.ogg,.flac



#

# ssc_extensions (optional)

#

# List of file extensions belonging to the files daap server

# performs internal format conversion and present to clients

# as WAV files.  Extensions must also be present in 'extensions'

# configuration value, or files are not probed in the first

# place.

#



ssc_codectypes = ogg,flac,alac



#

# ssc_prog (optional)

#

# Program that is used in server side format conversion.

# Program must accept following command line syntax:

#     ssc_prog filename offset

# Parameter filename is the real name of the file that is

# to be converted and streamed, offset is number of bytes

# that are skipped from the beginning of the _output_ file

# before streaming is started.  The resulting wav file (or

# rest of the file after initial seek) is written to the

# standard output by the ssc_prog program.  This is typically

# a script that is a front end for different conversion tools

# handling different formats.

#



ssc_prog = /opt/sbin/mt-daapd-ssc.sh



#

# logfile (optional)

#

# This is the file to log to.  If this is not configured,

# then it will log to the syslog.

#

# Not that the -d  switch will control the log verbosity.

# By default, it runs at log level 1.  Log level 9 will churn

# out scads of useless debugging information.  Values in between

# will vary the amount of logging you get.

#



#logfile = /var/log/mt-daapd.log



#

# art_filename (optional)

#

# There is experimental support thanks to Hiren Joshi

# ([email protected]) for dynamically adding art to the id3v2

# header as it is streamed (!!).  If you were using a music system

# like zina or andromeda, for example, with cover art called

# "_folderOpenImage.jpg", you could use the parameter

# art_file _folderOpenImage.jpg and if the file _folderOpenImage.jpg

# was located in the same folder as the .mp3 file, it would appear

# in iTunes.  Cool, eh?

#



#art_filename = _folderOpenImage.jpg



#

# rescan_interval

#

# How often to check the file system to see if any mp3 files

# have been added or removed.

#

# if not specified, the default is 0, which disables background scanning.

#

# If background rescanning is disabled, a scan can still be forced from the

# "status" page of the administrative web interface

#

# Setting a rescan_interval lower than the time it takes to rescan

# won't hurt anything, it will just waste CPU, and make connect times

# to the daap server longer.

#



# We'll set it to 10 minutes

#

rescan_interval = 600



# always_scan

#

# The default behavior is not not do background rescans of the

# filesystem unless there are clients connected.  The thought is to

# allow the drives to spin down unless they are in use.  This might be

# of more importance in IDE drives that aren't designed to be run

# 24x7.  Forcing a scan through the web interface will always work

# though, even if no users are connected.



always_scan = 0

servername = FireflyNSLU



#

# process_m3u

#

# By default m3u processing is turned off, since most m3u files

# sitting around in peoples mp3 directories have bad paths, and

# I hear about it.  :)

#

# If you are sure your m3u files have good paths (i.e. unixly pathed,

# with relative paths relative to the directory the m3u is in), then

# you can turn on m3u processing by setting this directive to 1.

#

# I'm not sure "unixly" is a word, but you get the idea.

#



#process_m3u = 0



#

# scan_type

#

#

# This sets how aggressively mp3 files should be scanned to determine

# file length.  There are three values:

#

# 0 (Normal)

#   Just scan the first mp3 frame to try and calculate size.  This will

#   be accurate for most files, but VBR files without an Xing tag will

#   probably have wildly inaccurate file times.  This is the default.

#

# 1 (Aggressive)

#   This checks the bitrates of 10 frames in the middle of the song.

#   This will still be inaccurate for VBR files without an Xing tag,

#   but they probably won't be quite as inaccurate as 0.  This takes

#   more time, obviously, although the time hit will only happen the

#   first time you scan a particular file.

#

# 2 (Painfully aggressive)

#   This walks through the entire song, counting the number of frames.

#   This should result in accurate song times, but will take the most

#   time.  Again, this will only have to be incurred the first time

#   the file is indexed.

#



# scan_type = 0



#

# compress

#

# Whether to use gzip content-encoding when transferring playlists etc.

# This was contributed as a patch by Ciamac Moallemi just prior to the 0.2.1

# release, and as such, hasn't gotten as much testing as other features.

#

# This feature should substantially speed up transfers of large databases

# and playlists, at least where bandwidth is limited.

#

# It will eventually default to 1, but currently it defaults to 0.

#

# DONT EVEN THINK OF ENABLING THIS ON THE SLUG.  IT WILL

# DEGRADE PERFORMANCE MASSIVELY.  It might even trigger the

# OOM killer, so just pretend this option isn't here.

#

# In fact, it's only here for the sake of completeness.



# compress = 0



[plugins]

plugin_dir = /opt/share/mt-daapd/plugins

plugins = rsp.so,ssc-script.so

The strange think is, the the mp3_dir is “mp3_dir = /public/music”. Is this the reason? How can I change this folder? When I change the mp3_dir to “mp3_dir = /share/hdd/data/public/mp3” (in the win text editor), I can not save the file.

It would give me great pleasure for any help.

goana

[goana]

hi guys,

I have again access to firefly via the web interface – don’t ask my why.

Now, I have change the path to “/share/flash/data/public/mp3”. But the file scanner is idle when I start scan and full scan, respectively. I have also changed the “run as” from guest to admin, but without success. Then I have changed back the music folder to “/share/hdd/……/mp3” and the runas to guest and admin – the result is the same thing as above.

I have put the audios in the “disk 2 folder”, visible in my win explorer with path “disk 2/mp3/xxx.mp3”. Is this not the right place for the audios?

I would be very glad about help

goana

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