Re: [gmediaserver-devel] FreeBSD Compilation woes

[James E. Flemer]

I've updated my port to GMS 0.9.0.  I've uploaded the new port tar and a 
binary package for gmediaserver-0.9.0 as well.  I've haven't done any 
extensive testing, just tested playing a ShoutCast stream with embedded 
metadata.

My FreeBSD port of GMS has a few features not in the official distribution:
 * Auto re-scanning of content (you can add/change files and 
directories on the fly and GMS notices).
 * Auto negotiation and stripping of ShoutCast metadata (ICY).

Try using my 0.9.0 package of GMS without messing with your routing 
table.  Delete any old multicast routes, and just use the '-i fxp0' 
option for GMS.  Let me know if that does not work.  I need to try to 
get the necessary changes for libupnp committed (my port of libupnp has 
a patch for the m-cast join).

-James

falz wrote:
> On 1/6/06, James E. Flemer <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The upnp in FreeBSD ports was stale (old version) when I made the port
> > for GMS.  I created a new port libupnp based on upnp for the latest
> > version of libupnp (I renamed it "libupnp" to match the distribution
> > name, and to avoid conflicts with the old incompatible version in the
> > ports tree).  I submitted my changes for the new version of libupnp to
> > the maintainer...  The devel/upnp port is *definitely* not the same as
> > my libupnp port (compare the patch files in the two).
>
>
> I didn't actually compare any of the patches, I just assumed they were
> based on the same "Linux SDK" sources. interesting that they're
> different.
>
>
> > I might get around to updating the FreeBSD port to version 0.9 this
> > weekend, but don't get your hopes up.  (Oskar any plans to put GMS under
> > CVS on savannah?)
>
>
> Public CVS or SVN sure would be nice! :)
>
>
> > You do not need to do any of that manual multicast route crap on FreeBSD
> > if you are using my ports/packages for libupnp and GMS (I patched
> > libupnp code to correctly do an m-cast join on the address passed into
> > UpnpInit()).  If your FreeBSD box is not multihomed (just one network
> > interface) I don't think you would need to set up m-cast routes or apply
> > my fixes to libupnp (multicast packets will be sent using the default
> > route if no more specific route is found, and the m-cast join did not
> > specify an interface address).
>
>
> I'll await your port, whenever you get it done. I beleive my routing
> table DIDNT have anything for that route in it by default, which is
> why it added it. It shouldnt hurt either way, really. I know it's
> working with the route in because the Intel SDK tools can see
> gmediaserver running (but doing any tests with those tools promptly
> *crashes* gmediaserver .8)
>
> --falz