I’m confused: couldn’t I use iTunes as a client for Firefly

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty new to this so please forgive me my ignorance 🙂

I’m reading that Firefly is compatible with iTunes, so doesn’t that mean that I can use it as a client to connect to my Firefly server?
If so: how? I can’t seem to find it. I’m using iTunes for Windows.

[rpedde]

@Franc wrote:

I’m pretty new to this so please forgive me my ignorance 🙂

I’m reading that Firefly is compatible with iTunes, so doesn’t that mean that I can use it as a client to connect to my Firefly server?
If so: how? I can’t seem to find it. I’m using iTunes for Windows.

Correct. Verify that you have “search for shared music” turned on in your iTunes preferences. That should be about it.

— Ron

[sonichouse]

Think of firefly as an “itunes Server”.

When firefly is running, your itunes running on windows can see firefly as a shared library.

[Anonymous]

I’ve turned on the search for shared…
Then what? Do I force some kind of update?

[rpedde]

@Franc wrote:

I’ve turned on the search for shared…
Then what? Do I force some kind of update?

That’s in your iTunes preferences. On the client. In the “sharing” tab, there is a checkbox called “Look for shared libraries”. Check that box, and that should be it.

— Ron

[sonichouse]

@Franc wrote:

I’ve turned on the search for shared…
Then what? Do I force some kind of update?

itunes will not find shared music on the same machine as the client AFAIK.

You need to run firefly on a different machine to your itunes for it to be seen.

[Anonymous]

yeah, done that.
I have fireflye on my media machine.
Working fine with FlashDAAP.
Running iTunes on a client.
Using bogus local Library as all my music is on my media machine.
Checked the box next to ‘search for…’ but no music

[sonichouse]

Check out this discussion thread http://forums.fireflymediaserver.org/viewtopic.php?t=6825

if that doesn’t work, you may be firewalled on your pc.

[Anonymous]

Thanks!

I was looking in the wrong place for the music to show up 😳

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