ITunesRssServer (Itunes on your PSP)

March 3rd, 2006, 01:26 Posted By: wraggster

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<blockquote>iTunes RSS Server
iTunes RSS Server is a web server software to read your iTunes Music Library.xml and publish the playlists (including Smart Playlists) as RSS 2.0 Podcast feed. It handles MP3 and AAC files as well as server media files upon byte-range requests.

It allows neat stuff like "listnening to your iTunes@home from PSP remotely".

Features
Run as a web server, accepting port 8080 requests (configurable per --port option)
Publish RSS 2.0 feeds with rss:enclosure that PSP/iTunes can subscribe (PSP firmware 2.60 required)
Run both on Windows XP and Mac OSX
Support smart playlist
Support on-demand reloading of Music Library (you don't have to restart the server when you update iTunes library)
Publish playlists with MP3/AAC/MP4 files (including Video)
Automatically exclude Video and DRMed AAC files for requests from PSP
Extract album artwork and embed as rss:image
Serve media files streaming per byte-range requests (PSP RSSchannel requires)
Support htpasswd based HTTP Basic Authenticatoin (--passwd /path/to/.htpasswd)

Install
Windows XP
Download itunes-rss-server.exe from SVN repository and double-click to run it.

If you have ActivePerl? and other PPM/CPAN modules to install, you can checkout SVN repository and run itunes-rss-sever.pl as well.

Mac OSX
svn checkout http://svn.bulknews.net/repos/tricks...es-rss-server/ and run itunes-rss-server.pl. You'd need recent perl and other CPAN modules to run.

How-to
Run the itunes-rss-server and open http://localhost:8080/ with your favourite browser. You'll get a screen that has a list of your playlists and RSS feeds. For PSP, connect to the Wi-Fi network and open http://{Your PC's IP}:8080/ and subscribe to the RSS feed. Then go to "RSS Channel" and enjoy streaming the music. </blockquote>

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