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Here's a snippet from the forked-daapd log No comments allowed on the Music. [2013-02-19 21:54:29] db: Could not open database: out of memory [2013-02-19 21:54:29] db: Could not open a new database connection; no free connections available [2013-02-19 21:54:29] scan: Could not acquire database connection; skipping /mnt/user/Music/Cranberries, The [2013-02-19 21:54:30] db: Could not open database: out of memory [2013-02-19 21:54:30] db: Could not open a new database connection; no free connections available [2013-02-19 21:54:30] scan: Could not acquire database connection; skipping /mnt/user/Music/Grace Potter & The Nocturnals [2013-02-19 21:54:30] db: Out of memory for database connection pool [2013-02-19 21:54:30] db: Could not open a new database connection; no free connections available [2013-02-19 21:54:30] scan: Could not acquire database connection; skipping /mnt/user/Music/APM Karaoke [2013-02-19 21:54:30] db: Out of memory for query string

iTunes keeps a plain-text copy of its library in XML format "iTunes Music Library.XML" (in "My Music\iTunes" in Windows 7) This is essentially what I want, iTunes2SQL that has table entries in the format that can be read by the DAAP server.

Yes, will work with latest iTunes (several fixes in there for making it work with the latest iPhone remote app too). Transcoding, you're spot on. It will only transcode if the client requires it, or if you set it to. Ok, I think I'm making progress. By using smaller libraries, I was able to read the files and iTunes connected properly. I then proceeded onto the whole 120GB of data and after waiting some time, I was able to partially get it to work. Upon reviewing the log file, it appears that I had problems reading the whole library. The log said to the effect "skipping folder <xx> could not allocate memory". So I've got about 1/3 of my library read and it appears to be working correctly. The other interesting tidbit that I found is that I've got 3-4 listings of each playlist. It's almost as if I've got duplicate entries for playlists. Interesting. My next job is to see if I can create a stand-alone scanner for the music folder that won't run out of memory and then I'll see if I can edit the database and preserve some fields from my iTunes library. (date added, play counts, etc.) Maybe what I should look at is a iTunes to sql library converter that will retain play counts, ratings, etc. Does anyone have any experience going through this process so I don't have to reinvent the wheel? Thanks again for the help, Tim

I've probably got about 120 GB of music. I guess what I could do as an experiment is to point the SF iTunes server at one artist with 3-4 albums and see what comes from that, instead of trying to injest my whole music collection at once. So from your reply, I'm assuming that the server should work with iTunes 11.0.1. My next question is your comment about transcoding, I don't understand why the music needs transcoded if all I have is music that's already read by iTunes? Unless transcoding is only for music formats not recognized by iTunes. In my case no transcoding would be needed. my setup: Mac Pro with iTunes music collection backed-up weekly to unraid server that will stream music to any iTunes client while my Mac Pro sleeps. thanks again for your support, Tim

Thanks speeding_ant for the update. I successfully upgraded my unraid server to rc11 and then installed the latest simplefeatures release with the iTunes server. After an initial misconfiguration of the music source and database location, I was able to get the iTunes server running. A quick look at the log lists quite a few ffmpeg errors about missing headers, file lengths, etc. I'm assuming that some of the files in my music paths were not music. Since I'm under the assumption that for the most part, this is just serving data and not transcoding, I don't think these warnings are a problem. Anyways, I start iTunes (v.11.0.1) and it searchs and sees my unraid iTunes server. But when I try to connect to the shared library, iTunes just sits and spins on the access, it never connects. My question is, what versions of iTunes should I expect to work with the latest unraid plugin? and if v.11 is expected to work, do you have any ideas on how to debug the connection? I guess I could always change the "logging" level and dig into that. But it's my understanding that the log is only for music database scanning and not operation of the server. Thanks, Tim

I hope this is the add-on that I need. I've got all of my music on an unraid server and I'd like for every computer in the house to use iTunes and see all of the music without having each computer to actively manage the music library. And if an iPhone or iPad can also access the library, all the better. Thanks for your work.