Hi,
A few days ago I saw a tutorial on the O'Reilly Mac
Dev center on how to set up a personal radio stream
using Quicktime/Darwin Streaming Server. I thought
this was pretty neat, so I decided I'd give it a go.
I followed all the steps outlined in the article
(http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/12/13/homemade_dotmac.html?page=1).
I downloaded DSS, installed it, and set it up using
the script that connects it to Internet Explorer.
I put in my administrator name/password, MP3 Broadcast
password. I have SSL off (since I am going to be
controlling it from my own computer), set up my Media
directory, and set it up so broadcasting over port 80
is off (I am also using Apache for personal web
hosting, so I didn't want them to interfere with each
other).
The first problem I encountered is when I went to
create a playlist. Even though I set up the directory
to point at my iTunes music folder, no files were
showing up in the leftmost listing, making it
impossible for me to actually create any playlists.
I looked up some information online and read that this
is, apparently, a problem with DSS's administration
setup scripts on OS X. I then found an Applescript
that would export playlists from playlists in iTunes
into QTSS format. I created a blank playlist entitled
"TestPlayList", then moved the new playlist exported
from iTunes (using the Applescript) into
TestPlayList.playlist.
This seems to have solved the problem with the
playlists, as when I opened up this playlist file, all
of my tracks were visible in the right (in the
playlist field), and the playlist itself showed up
correctly in the playlist listing. However, when I
attempted to play the playlist (by hitting the play
button next to the name of the playlist), the
administration script then took me to a page saying
"Error" (with the description: "Error." Very helpful).
Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?
I tried to start the server from the terminal in
several different ways, including:
===
sudo Playlistbroadcaster -f
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.config
-d
- Configuration file error:
file:
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.config,
line# 4
text: recent_songs_list_size 1
reason: Parameter could not be set.
- PlaylistBroadcaster: Error reading the broadcast
description file
"/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.config".
(bad format or missing file)
Broadcast Warnings: 0
Broadcast Errors: 1
PlaylistBroadcaster broadcast finished.
===
And:
===
sudo Playlistbroadcaster -f
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.playlist
-d
Password:
- Configuration file error:
file:
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.playlist,
line# 1
text: *PLAY-LIST*
reason: No value to set.
- PlaylistBroadcaster: Error reading the broadcast
description file
"/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/TestPlayList/TestPlayList.playlist".
(bad format or missing file)
Broadcast Warnings: 0
Broadcast Errors: 1
PlaylistBroadcaster broadcast finished.
===
Although I haven't tried the PlaylistBroadcaster
command extensively, I haven't been able to get it
working using variations on the above. So far the
results have been the same every time, exiting with an
error.
Just in case this may help someone figure out what's
going on, my error log says:
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Error.log
Log File Created On: 03/27/2005 21:17:17
# Streaming STARTUP 2005-03-27 21:17:17
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSHomeDirectoryModule [dynamic]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSRefMovieModule [dynamic]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSFileModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSReflectorModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSRelayModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSAccessLogModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSFlowControlModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSPosixFileSysModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSAdminModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSMP3StreamingModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:18: INFO: Module
Loaded...QTSSAccessModule [static]
2005-03-27 21:17:19: WARNING: No users file found at
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/qtusers.
2005-03-27 21:17:19: WARNING: No groups file found at
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/qtgroups.
Help would be appreciated.
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