Raspberry pi itunes server 5-0+rpt1+deb12u1 Priority: optional Section: libs OwnTone OwnTone is an open source (audio) media server for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and macOS. When new music is added, then it would be a good idea to restart the server so the music is picked up. thanks for the update, especially for my audiobook stuff! i just found an other difference between iTunes and forked-daapd and wanted to please you if you could consider this for your next update? itunes sorts audiobook first by author and then by album name. 5-0+rpt1+deb12u1 Priority: optional Section: libs I've recently built a home media server (using a Raspberry Pi). Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:41 pm I've made a new release (24. Jul 21, 2012 · What I was originally talking about was sending audio from an app on the iPhone (eg spotify, shoutcast etc) to a Pi-equivalent of [airfoil speakers->airfoil] which then would play to multiple airplay speakers from the Pi. I've now hit a brick wall though it seems: I have a large collection, about 10,00 songs on a USB spinning hard disk connected to an rip 2. Sep 4, 2025 · Apple Music doesn't support native streaming on Raspberry Pi, and iTunes only runs on x86 systems. Feb 24, 2016 · I'm looking to replace an old computer with my Raspberry Pi. 5mm audio jack for output. " Jul 4, 2013 · My iTunes Library which I have running a second instance on owntone, was imported by the iTunes . 0. Jun 5, 2020 · Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:31 pm raspberry-pi server does not show up when I open Apple Remote IOS app (unable to pair) Oct 26, 2025 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:22 pm rpipdn wrote: ↑ Tue Oct 21, 2025 3:05 pm FIXED: Jul 11, 2021 · The setup (Raspberry Pi 4 model b, the latest Raspian Lite) has been surprisingly easy, also the HW components seem to work nicely together. Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:29 am ejurgensen wrote: ↑ Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:04 pm Might be possible. Help, please. Only about 50% of images get populated, and about 20% of those are the wrong image. I'm using the Noobs distro with pulseaudio and connected to the speaker via bluetoothctl using the Pi's onboard bluetooth. Mar 15, 2025 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:50 am These are what both commands returned pi@muyaad:~ $ apt show libavfilter8 -a Package: libavfilter8 Version: 8:5. The problem is that I cannot start music playing with forked-daapd when using my iPad as a remote. In order to control outputs and volumes this would need some kind of remote interface to the Pi app. It can: play your music via AirPlay, via Chromecast, as an mp3 stream or locally on the RPi stream audio and some video to iTunes be controlled by remotes like Apple Remote on iOS, Retune/TunesRemote+ on Android or Remote for WP on Windows Phone be controlled via its web interface be controlled by any MPD client Jul 4, 2013 · owntone server (previously forked-daapd) is an "iTunes" music server for Linux. Aug 5, 2025 · owntone server (iTunes server) 1829 posts Page 74 of 74 1 … 70 71 72 73 74 ejurgensen Posts: 713 Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:11 pm Location: Denmark So it tries to connect again and again with same result. Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Sun Oct 26, 2025 4:24 pm Yes, as it says you need to "substitute DIST with either trixie, bookworm, bullseye or buster" 1834 posts Page 74 of 74 1 … 70 71 72 73 74 Return to “Raspberry Pi OS” Jump to Oct 17, 2018 · Would like to plug this into a Raspberry Pi (using the audio-in jack of a usb audio adapter), and have the Raspberry Pi stream the incoming audio via Airplay. Jul 4, 2013 · owntone server (previously forked-daapd) is an "iTunes" music server for Linux. Retune), an MPD client, json API or DACP. So, forked-daapd seems to be able to "see" the Apple TV. i also have tested previous itunes versions with the same result. I have also tried exporting the playlist from iTunes in various formats: m3u,m3u8,xml and txt. Thank you. I've now hit a brick wall though it seems: Jul 15, 2020 · The article collects two proven methods to stream Apple Music to Raspberry Pi, one is using AirPlay, the other is using Macsome iTunes Converter. How can I get the artworks from iTunes transferred? Thank you, Caesar. Dec 24, 2022 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 am Thanks the positive feedback, that's always very motivating ssurowiec Posts: 1 Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:24 pm Feb 16, 2023 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 am Thanks the positive feedback, that's always very motivating ssurowiec Posts: 1 Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:24 pm. Can this be done? ejurgensen Posts: 700 Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:11 pm Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:41 pm I've made a new release (24. com Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay devices (multiroom), Apple Remote (and compatibles), Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio. g. My main interest in forked-daapd is being able to access my home iTunes library when out and about so that I can make playlists of tracks to DJ with when I get home. File format issue - because I exported the playlist file from iTunes on my Mac, it had CR line endings; changed to Unix LF (thanks, TextWrangler), and then recognised OK by forked-daapd and iOS remote. Thanks for keeping the Forked-daapd Debian packages up-to-date for us Raspberry Pi users! The current release v23. Once I do the cleaning in Clementine, forked-daapd imports them without issues. i confirmed that the song directories are correct by pasting them into terminal. It can: May 28, 2015 · if i start itunes 12. If the Tidal software doesn't support that directly it might be possible by creating a virtual Is there a way to install these raspberry pi packages on a headless ubuntu server with apt-get (ppa) or another package manager. The local location will work better for pairing remotes and you can also use it for playlists. I tried to set http_port to 80 and then to 1, but in the log i can see it sets the port always for 8800 and fails with something like "0. 1/ Airplay: my raspberry-pi server does not show up when I open Apple Remote IOS app (unable to pair) or check for available airplay speakers. fix problem connecting to some Airplay devices (those announcing link-local addresses) 4 Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 am Thanks the positive feedback, that's always very motivating ssurowiec Posts: 1 Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:24 pm When at home I can successfully see my iTunes library shared from the Pi to my laptop. Even after correcting this in Text Wrangler, there is no change. ejurgensen Posts: 685 Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:11 pm Location: Denmark I have created a Raspi dedicated to this and have literally copied my iTunes Library from my Mac to the USB Drive, plugged it in. Jul 4, 2013 · owntone server (iTunes server) 1830 posts Page 63 of 74 1 … 61 62 63 64 65 … 74 ejurgensen Posts: 715 Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:11 pm Location: Denmark Jan 13, 2018 · To properly import m3u playlists generated with iTunes on MacOS I have to "clean" them with Clementine on the Raspberry. Now, I've installed a fresh version of the OS (Raspbian/Debian 13, Trixie). Jul 4, 2013 · owntone server (previously forked-daapd) is an "iTunes" music server for Linux. Can forked-daapd stream audio-in? Details: We have a record player which has a 3. 1. Jan 27, 2022 · Hi, I have installed everything on a raspberry pi zero w running raspberry pi OS 32bit lite. However, I decided that the network drive approach is fundamentally fragile. Would like to plug this into a Raspberry Pi (using the audio-in jack of a usb audio adapter), and have the Raspberry Pi stream the incoming audio via Airplay. Two other things I've observed: 1) the raspberry pi shows up in iTunes on my mac and I'm able to connect a play a song on the mac and 2) I can play a wav file on the raspberry pi with the command sudo aplay x. Sep 10, 2022 · Hi, I have installed everything on a raspberry pi zero w running raspberry pi OS 32bit lite. i can get the playlist name to show up but there won't be any songs in the playlist. However, streaming on my Apple TV (using the "Computers" app) only seems to work when iTunes is running on my PC (and Home Sharing is Jan 25, 2012 · If it was for Airplay to stream music to various devices like your iPad or iPhone from a central iTunes install holding all of your music, you could try installing RaspBMC, and Raspberry Pi version of the XBMC media centre. IHMO there are two possible reasons for this (1) wrong airplay config (2) my raspberry is not in the WLAN but connected via Ethernet. Dec 19, 2015 · owntone server (iTunes server) 1830 posts Page 50 of 74 1 … 48 49 50 51 52 … 74 skecher Posts: 56 Joined: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:59 pm Jan 13, 2018 · To properly import m3u playlists generated with iTunes on MacOS I have to "clean" them with Clementine on the Raspberry. So it tries to connect again and again with same result. forced-daapd seems to sort by album. 2. It can: play your music via AirPlay, via Chromecast, as an mp3 stream or locally on the RPi stream audio and some video to iTunes be controlled by remotes like Apple Remote on iOS, Retune/TunesRemote+ on Android or Remote for WP on Windows Phone be controlled via its web interface be controlled by any MPD client Jul 21, 2012 · owntone server (iTunes server) 1835 posts Page 4 of 74 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 74 jmp909 Posts: 56 Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:32 am Dec 16, 2016 · The reason the playlists are empty in iTunes (apart from the db error) is that you cannot play your Spotify tracks in iTunes. 57), and it comes with the following modifications: 1. Both in iTunes on MacOS and in Remote on iOS there are problems with the artwork display. pipe audio output (credit @chme) 2. In Raspberry-pi logs I have : "remote: Remote 'Remote for iTunes' not known from mDNS, ignoring". 27 i can see my pi but i cant connect and itunes goes back to local library. I've installed and set up forked-daapd to run an iTunes-compatible server on the Pi and I have successfully paired it with the iOS Remote app and I can see the music files I have uploaded to the Pi. Jun 19, 2016 · Re: IQAudio-DAC+ I've got a Pi 3B+ with an IQAudio-DAC+ HAT to provide better quality sound output. 7 MB I don't really want to buy 4 Pi units so each family member can play a different song. So for better robustness, I decided to synchronise the music library between machines so that the forked-daapd Jan 21, 2018 · The same issue occurs with my other streams also. - How do you mount the SMB share? Do you have an entry in /etc/fstab? - What is the output of `df -h`? - Is this output from the Pi on which you run forked-daapd? You control the server via a web interface, Apple Remote, an Android remote (e. Running a little Raspberry PI is a smarter choice and a great relief for cable-ridden households. 0:8800 can not find http server" Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:48 pm ejurgensen wrote: Ok I think I have located the problem, it looks like it is the whitespace after the content length: "evrtsp_get_body_length: illegal content length: 21 " OK it's 99% working now with Remote from iTunes. I have tried modifying my itunes exported library to match the directory structure of my raspberry pi. I would assume I'd need an external USB HD for the rPi. You would need some way to get the audio written to a pipe in 44100 pcm 16 (little endian) format, like you do for Spotify. It allows sharing and streaming your media library to iTunes (DAAP 1), Roku (RSP), AirPlay devices (multi-room), Chromecast and also supports local playback. Any thoughts? Jan 25, 2019 · Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Thu May 02, 2019 10:03 am I think I have to ask a few questions first: - What is the OS? Does not look like Rasbian. FM Radio, blue tooth, or serve up your iTunes media library through the Logitech media server with PiCore on your Raspberry Pi: Mar 5, 2012 · My idea for a Project is to use the Raspberry Pi to run iTunes (or equivalent) so that it can stream media to an Apple TV. Hi, i am having a problem with the forked-daapd package I have a library of around 25. I'd quite like to move my iTunes library onto there so that it's available for streaming 24/7 without my PC needing to be running all the time. Interestingly, iTunes exports files in a "Classic Mac" format with CR's but not LF's at the end of each line. - How do you mount the SMB share? Do you have an entry in /etc/fstab? - What is the output of `df -h`? - Is this output from the Pi on which you run forked-daapd? Sep 10, 2022 · Hi, I have installed everything on a raspberry pi zero w running raspberry pi OS 32bit lite. This isn't strictly a question concerning Raspberry Pi, but it does concern a similar setup (forked-daapd and Debian Linux), and the experts on this subject seem to be active in this forum. I find it more likely to change playlists than add music. 7 MB Mar 15, 2025 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:50 am These are what both commands returned pi@muyaad:~ $ apt show libavfilter8 -a Package: libavfilter8 Version: 8:5. " I have to admit I don't know if current iTunes or Apple Music still uses xml files to store metadata. My only problem is trying to access the library over the internet. Oct 27, 2025 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Sun Oct 26, 2025 4:24 pm Yes, as it says you need to "substitute DIST with either trixie, bookworm, bullseye or buster" odoy Posts: 21 Joined: Wed May 16, 2018 1:51 pm Jul 4, 2013 · Is there a way to install these raspberry pi packages on a headless ubuntu server with apt-get (ppa) or another package manager. mpd per speaker volume (credit @chme - see instructions here) 3. Can this be done? ejurgensen Posts: 700 Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:11 pm I'm using the Noobs distro with pulseaudio and connected to the speaker via bluetoothctl using the Pi's onboard bluetooth. Can this be done? Jul 4, 2013 · owntone server (previously forked-daapd) is an "iTunes" music server for Linux. Raspberry Pi Music Player: Plays music every way you can imagine. fix problem connecting to some Airplay devices (those announcing link-local addresses) 4 When at home I can successfully see my iTunes library shared from the Pi to my laptop. Jul 4, 2013 · These are what both commands returned pi@muyaad:~ $ apt show libavfilter8 -a Package: libavfilter8 Version: 8:5. The iOS Remote app controlled the volume correctly. That’s where the Pi really shines as a universal audio receiver, whether you’re using AirPlay from an iPhone or UPnP/DLNA from something like Audirvana, BubbleUPnP, or JRiver. With a minimally changed config file (media directory) it worked perfectly, using the HDMI port to connect to mu receiver. As mentioned in the README in the Spotify section: "You also can only listen to your music by letting forked-daapd do the playback - so that means you can't stream from forked-daapd to iTunes. But if I scan avahi services advertised on network, Remote for iTunes is there. Many of the artworks don't show now. And I can't get the Nov 12, 2021 · By default, metadata from our parsers is preferred over what's in the iTunes DB; use itunes_overrides = true if you prefer iTunes' metadata. wav. I copied my music from iTunes /Music folder on to a USB flash drive. Currently, my iTunes library is hosted on a AirPort Time Capsule. This usually isn't much of an annoyance since I just leave them running all the time, however a reboot when the network share results in the library being wiped even with startup scan turned off. Runs on Linux, BSD and macOS. It would be great if multiple instance was a feature for the software natively. OwnTone also serves local files via the Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) to iTunes (Windows), Apple Music (macOS) and Rhythmbox (Linux), and via the Roku Server Protocol (RSP) to Roku devices. 40 seem to be working great so far. ejurgensen wrote: I seem to have found a way to pair Hyperfines Remote for iTunes with forked-daapd. xml file and this contains the some of the same playlists as before but in mp3 format and they all imported okay. Anyone know how to go about creating an iTunes Linux Server? I am attempting this because my Macs and Boot Camped PC can use the iTunes on the AirPort, but iOS devices cant Dec 9, 2013 · I can confirm the behavior of the Remote app. To play music, you need workarounds like AirPlay or converted files. Jul 4, 2013 · Can someone please provide me with some instructions on where and what to enter so that forked-daapd is able to see my iTunes music library? The library is a backup of an iTunes library with all the files as they are in the original music/Itunes folder. Mar 18, 2023 · Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 am Thanks the positive feedback, that's always very motivating ssurowiec Posts: 1 Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:24 pm First of all, thank you so much for the efforts you put into this! Yesterday, my original iTunes server (Mac Mini) crashed and before spending a huge amount of money, I wanted to give my Raspberry Pi 2 a shot. Feb 17, 2019 · @EckartH Many thanks for that creative solution -- I'm pretty sure that would solve my problem (though there may still be issues if the drive gets unmounted while forked-daapd is running; I'm not sure). Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:43 pm Yes, you can use this option: The Raspberry Pi's are impossible to use though until library scanning has completed. Dot>headphone out>USB DAC mic in (Pi Zero W)> named pipe (arecord -f cd -t raw > /your/library/Echo) and then controlling the Airplay connectivity by the Remote. You will not need to restart forked-daapd to get playlists The setup (Raspberry Pi 4 model b, the latest Raspian Lite) has been surprisingly easy, also the HW components seem to work nicely together. It can: play your music via AirPlay, via Chromecast, as an mp3 stream or locally on the RPi stream audio and some video to iTunes be controlled by remotes like Apple Remote on iOS, Retune/TunesRemote+ on Android or Remote for WP on Windows Phone be controlled via its web interface be controlled by any MPD client See full list on github. It detects all my AirPlay speakers (also older AirPlay 1 speakers like Sony SA-NS310!) and plays multiroom without interruptions! Don't know how you did it but it's way better than my previous Mac mini/Airfoil setup (which basically I've recently built a home media server (using a Raspberry Pi). USB/Music/Itunes/ etc appriciate the help. (had to use quotes because of the spaces in the folder names) Re: owntone server (iTunes server) Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:54 am Thanks the positive feedback, that's always very motivating ssurowiec Posts: 1 Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:24 pm I have a simple speaker set attached to the device (s) that runs forked-daapd (sometimes a Raspberry Pi with raspbian jessie, sometimes a Debian Jessie server. Jan 5, 2019 · First of all a big "Thank you" for this wonderful piece of software! I installed it without any problems on a Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Raspbian (Buster). (snap/flatpack whatever) There is a forked-daapd package on ubuntu, but that doesn't include the webinterface. everything is running but when I try to play any audio on my Mac I don't hear sound, even though the track (mp3) is playing. 04 LTS Server from Ryan Finnie (fo0bar). Sep 15, 2025 · Even with the fix, you may in some cases still get "Could not find track data", and then you may have to restart the server, at least until Spotify has it fixed. This is all running on Ubuntu 14. I have found that NAS units do not perform this function and therefore the only way to use "Home Sharing" is by running a Mac or PC with iTunes running. Jul 4, 2013 · First - thanks for the awesome software! I have had owntone running for a while on a Raspberrypi4 running Raspbin/Debian 12. Jul 4, 2013 · In Raspberry-pi logs I have : "remote: Remote 'Remote for iTunes' not known from mDNS, ignoring". Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:40 pm I don't like the sound of that, but I can't make it crash with my m4a/m4v, so I need your help: - how do you start playback? (iTunes, Remote, other) - which flavour have you got installed? (wheezy or wheezy-backports) - what is the output of dpkg-query -l 'libav*' - what are the last lines in the log file (preferably with log Two other things I've observed: 1) the raspberry pi shows up in iTunes on my mac and I'm able to connect a play a song on the mac and 2) I can play a wav file on the raspberry pi with the command sudo aplay x. Re: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) Thu May 11, 2017 3:34 pm ejurgensen wrote: Did you get to check the cpu use? Apr 28, 2014 · As a work-around to this, use two file share locations, one local and one remote. It only works well if at least one method of audio output (either local, USB sound device or airtunes) is available. And pointed forked-daapd to /music/Music/iTunes Library/iTunes Music the result is that the iPad Remote app correctly sees the library entry, but all the movies, music data is corrupt. 5-0+rpt1+deb12u1 Priority: optional Section: libs Source: ffmpeg Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers < [email protected] > Installed-Size: 11. I suppose this is quite a lot of effort to go to but it's interesting too. The computer is running Windows 7 and iTunes so that I can share my media library and at the same time stream movies, videos, and music to my AppleTV. 000 songs on a hard drive that is connected to my raspberry pi and that pi is running forked-daapd iTunes server, feeding my songs into my itunes and remote apps I have managed to connect all my devices with remote app to the library. Sep 26, 2013 · Whereas with iTunes if you try unchecking all speakers it'll default to "My Computer" (ie the PC iTunes client is on) So 2 issues to resolve here: 1) fix the missing "Up Next" icon top right (forked-daapd doesnt seem to give any option to get to this, but presumably that's because it has no concept of this feature). FM Radio, blue tooth, or serve up your iTunes media library through the Logitech media server with PiCore on your Raspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi Music Player: Plays music every way you can imagine. fix problem connecting to some Airplay devices (those announcing link-local addresses) 4 Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to use Linux (on a raspberry pi) to create an iTunes Server. exktef wtvtsp spg btdxkd dygmhm dzow tanzbqs iljwli lzm guuzetj iwip awk obg whfchh ludtikdn