iTunes/DAAP music playback stops after a few minutes

madla · 22. April 2014

I just setup OMV on an Iomega Home Network Drive. Using version 0.4.38 (Fedaykin) as it's running an ARMv6-compatible processor rev 5 (v6l).
I installed the iTunes/DAAP plugin via the OMV Gui (openmediavault-forkeddaapd 0.4.3).
It works just fine for about 3 minutes or so and then the music just stops. I tried with two different MacBook Pros (one 1 year and the other 5 month old).

Looking at the log (/var/log/forked-daapd.log) I see the following entries:

Code

[2014-04-21 20:30:54]    httpd: Connection failed; stopping streaming of file ID 2105
[2014-04-21 20:30:54]    httpd: Connection failed; stopping streaming of file ID 2105
[2014-04-21 20:30:54]    httpd: Invalid end offset, will stream to end of file (bytes=114072-)
[2014-04-21 20:30:54]    httpd: End offset < start offset, will stream to end of file (0 < 114072)
[2014-04-21 20:35:12]    httpd: Connection failed; stopping streaming of file ID 2105

I'm sitting right underneath my N router and is working just fine for anything else.

Any idea what I can do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

ryecoaaron · 22. April 2014

It is due to iTunes 11 and the forked-daapd package in debian being so old. We have newer versions in the omv-extras repo but only for amd64. The code with patches applied is here. I will have to see if I can compile it in the next few days on my RPi.

madla · 22. April 2014

That would be great...thanks in advance.

madla · 4. Mai 2014

Any luck with compiling the debian version?

ryecoaaron · 4. Mai 2014

I need to setup my RPi again and haven't had the chance. Maybe soon.

madla · 20. Mai 2014

I understand that there's more interesting things to do than compile for an old device ;-).
What are my chances of compiling this myself directly on that Iomega Home Network Drive, given I have very little Linux knowledge? Are there instructions I could follow somewhere, that could give me an idea what kind of toolset to install and how to approach it?

ryecoaaron · 20. Mai 2014

Sorry, forgot all about it. Compiling on an RPi is not fun though Read this.

madla · 21. Mai 2014

Hmm...looking at this shows me just how little I know about the linux compile process. Looks like a quite good option to brick my device

I'm thinking on holding off with the hopes, that you perhaps have a bit of quality time with your RPi?

ryecoaaron · 21. Mai 2014

I have my RPi up and running again. I will try compiling. Is your Iomega device running Debian Squeeze or Wheezy? If it is squeeze, the package I make won't work unless I install Squeeze on my RPi.

madla · 21. Mai 2014

Not near it...I'll check when I get back home.

madla · 22. Mai 2014

Looks like it's Squeeze:

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.9 (squeeze)
Release: 6.0.9
Codename: squeeze

ryecoaaron · 22. Mai 2014

I guess it doesn't matter which version because I can't get it to compile on my RPi I've installed every dependency I can find but still won't compile.

madla · 23. Mai 2014

Dang. Looks like I have to look for another solution for my old NAS instead of OMV.

ryecoaaron · 24. Mai 2014

Couldn't you use something other than daap?

madla · 26. Mai 2014

Hmm...that would mean no iTunes, right?

ryecoaaron · 26. Mai 2014

Probably but there are other daap players that don't have the playback problem.

ellnic · 11. Juni 2014

This issue is something that plagued me for a while. It's an iTunes issue, but can be fixed from the server side.

Check this out: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49928

The version there by ejurgensen completely fixes the iTunes issue as well as adding a host of other features - including the ability to not scan on each boot which is useful for me because I shut my NAS down and have 400GB of music. I would very much like to see this as the replacement plugin for Kralizec moving forward, as it's clearly the future of the DAAP service for Linux.

ryecoaaron · 11. Juni 2014

Are you using an amd64 system? If so, could you test this package for me? It is built on Debian wheezy/omv 0.6. I don't use iTunes though. If it works, I have no problem including it in the omv-extras repo.

ellnic · 11. Juni 2014

Yes I am using a 64-bit system.... finally The other half got fed up with my bitching about i386 libraries and bought me a HP N54L as a happy NAS day present a few months back.

Anyway.. you have hit the nail on the head with that package... have been running it for 15 mins and it hasn't cut out.

I started this album from the begining... it should have cut out half way through Tokyo..

..but it soldiered on

I noticed the don't scan at startup config is in the conf - good stuff Exactly what Kralizec needs. THANK YOU :mrgreen:

ryecoaaron · 11. Juni 2014

Good to hear Keep me updated on how it is working. If it doesn't have any problems, I will put it in the repo.

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