daapd is an alternative Server which supports the sharing of AAC files too.
There is preliminary support for encoded (iTMS) AACs… the normal restrictions apply, only 5 devices etc.

IANAL, but I don't see why the DCMA would come into conflict with this concept. It doesn't let you share unlicenced music in any way which iTunes doesn't, it just lets you share the music from a Linux Box, rather than a Mac or Windows Box running iTunes.

flat_dir=all_mp3s
for file in $(find . -name "*.mpg"); do
     ln -s $file $flat_dir/$(basename $file)
done

Well, if it'll work with symbolic links then that should do it.

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Sorry, some of you may have found this problem already. The line to start Rendezvous service is actullay this:

This will allow the service to show up in iTunes.

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Cheers,

Sweetsdream

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The following script can be used to start and stop daap service automatically. When placed in /etc/init.d/ (Red Hat), it becomes a service that can be started up at boot time. Modify $musicdir to suit your local configuration.

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 5 99 1
# description: in Soviet Russia, music listens to YOU

musicdir=/usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/music

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH

mode=$1    # start or stop

case "$mode" in
  'start')
    echo "Starting iTunes music service"

    mDNSProxyResponderPosix 192.168.1.1 squeal "Studio Music" _daap._tcp 3689 &
    sleep 5
    daapd -C $musicdir/daapd.cache $musicdir &
    sleep 5

    ;;

  'stop')
    echo "Stopping iTunes music service"

    for PROG in daapd mDNSProxyResponderPosix; do
        for PID in `ps -C $PROG -o pid`; do
            if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
                kill -15 $PID;
                sleep 2;
            fi;
        done;
    done;
    ;;

  'restart')
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;

  'status')
    for PID in `ps -C daapd -o pid`; do
        if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
            PID1=$PID;
        fi;
    done;
    for PID in `ps -C mDNSProxyResponderPosix -o pid`; do
        if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
            PID2=$PID;
        fi;
    done;
    echo "daap (pids ${PID1}, ${PID2}) is running...";
    ;;

  *)
    # usage
    echo "usage: $0 start|stop|restart"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

    daapd -C $musicdir/daapd.cache $musicdir &

daapd &

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 5 99 1
# description: in Soviet Russia, music listens to YOU

musicdir=/var/itunz

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH

mode=$1    # start or stop

case "$mode" in
  'start')
    echo "Starting iTunes music service"

    mDNSProxyResponderPosix 192.168.1.1 squeal "Studio Music" _daap._tcp 3689 &
    sleep 5
    daapd  &
    sleep 5

    ;;

  'stop')
    echo "Stopping iTunz music service"

    for PROG in daapd mDNSProxyResponderPosix; do
        for PID in `ps -C $PROG -o pid`; do
            if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
                kill -15 $PID;
                sleep 2;
            fi;
        done;
    done;
    ;;

  'restart')
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;

  'status')
    for PID in `ps -C daapd -o pid`; do
        if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
            PID1=$PID;
        fi;
    done;
    for PID in `ps -C mDNSProxyResponderPosix -o pid`; do
        if [ $PID != 'PID' ]; then
            PID2=$PID;
        fi;
    done;
    echo "daap (pids ${PID1}, ${PID2}) is running...";
    ;;

  *)
    # usage
    echo "usage: $0 start|stop|restart"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

"However, I can't add new music remotely with out VNC or something similar, and I don't want to do that."

To add a music file to your playlist through SSH, you can do it with Applescript (after you put the file on the server disk):

  osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to

    add ("/UNIX/path/to/your/file.mp3" as POSIX file) to playlist "Playlist name"'

(all that in one line, which was broken here for readability)

Note that the "to playlist..." part is optional. Without it, the file just gets added to your library.

The previous respondent does not seem to have answered the question(s) which you have posed.

So can you do this running OSX 2 or 3?

Yes; the software compiles without issue under both of the mentioned releases of OS X. Provided you have installed the three required dependencies beforehand, everything will work quite well.

... how would new music be added to the lists?

The method I use is as follows:

My daapd daemon is running on an old, headless 8600 running 10.2.8. I rip my disks on my iBook and then transfer the directories containing the encoded MP3s (the daapd daemon is only able to serve MP3s — not AAC or other format files) into the desired position within the directory tree. Then, restart the daapd process; no need to kill the mDNSProxyResponder. (I have written a StartupItem for the daapd service which contains a restart branch. So, I simply issue the restart command through the SystemStarter. The same result can be obtained by killing the process and restarting the daemon.) Voila, the new tracks are now available throughout the subnet.

... would it have to be added to the broadcasted playlists manually through SSH?

Well, the current release of the daapd daemon does not support playlists — only the master "Library" is published. Thus you would still be required to make use of the GUI and iTunes if you wanted to create and publish specialized playlists.

The alternate mt-daapd project, mentioned in another thread, does support the creation and publication of playlists. However, I have not used this and cannot comment on the procedure.

I just don't want to run VNC or Timbuktu.

As I mentioned above, if you can live without playlists (or are willing to compile and install mt-daapd), then it is possible to maintain (add, subtract, etc.) tracks and albums within your music database remotely and entirely from the command line.

mDNSProxyResponderPosix 127.0.0.1 MusicServer "Home MusicLib" _daap._tcp 3689 &

ssh -L 3689:127.0.0.1:3689 MusicServer 

Note that running mDNSProxyResponder on the local machine seems to break other local Rendezvous browsing. I haven't figured out what exactly happens.

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I just found mt-daapd, a multi-threaded daapd for GNU/Linux. I am running Debian and I just installed the mt-daapd .deb package and its dependecies, pointed it to my mp3 collection, and voila! I can play all of my mp3s in iTunes. Its very well done.

http://mt-daapd.sourceforge.net/

this rc-script does the trick on FreeBSD:

 

#!/bin/sh

# mDNSResponder
MDNS_RESPONDER_EXEC='/usr/local/bin/mDNSResponder'
MDNS_RESPONDER_CMDLINE='-i fxp0'
MDNS_RESPONDER_LOGFILE='/var/log/mDNSResponder.log'
MDNS_RESPONDER_PIDFILE='/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid'

# mDNSPublish
MDNS_PUBLISH_EXEC='/usr/local/bin/mDNSPublish'
MDNS_PUBLISH_CMDLINE='myMusic _daap_.tcp 3689'
MDNS_PUBLISH_PIDFILE='/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid'


case "$1" in
        start)
                if [ -x "${MDNS_RESPONDER_EXEC}" ]; then
                        ${MDNS_RESPONDER_EXEC} ${MDNS_RESPONDER_CMDLINE} >> ${MDNS_RESPONDER_LOGFILE} 2>&1 && echo -n ' mDNS
Responder'

                        if [ -x "${MDNS_PUBLISH_EXEC}" ]; then
                                ${MDNS_PUBLISH_EXEC} ${MDNS_PUBLISH_CMDLINE} >> ${MDNS_RESPONDER_LOGFILE} 2>&1 &
                                echo -n ' mDNSPublish'
                        fi
                fi
                ;;
        stop)
                killall mDNSResponder 2>/dev/null
                if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
                        echo 'mDNSResponder not started'
                fi
                killall mDNSPublish 2>/dev/null
                if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
                        echo 'mDNSPublish not started'
                fi
                ;;
        restart)
                $0 stop
                sleep 2
                $0 start
                ;;
        *)
                echo ""
                echo "Usage: `basename $0` { start | stop | restart }"
                echo ""
                exit 64
                ;;
esac