starting mt-daapd

[Thomas Foster]

Heres a good example mt-daapd config file.. try using something similar to 
this..

and make sure your editor isnt leaving garbage characters in the file:

##################################################################

web_root        /path/to/mt-daapd/admin-root
port            3689
admin_pw        password
db_dir          /var/cache/mt-daapd
mp3_dir         /path/to/music
servername      Music
runas   nobody
playlist        /etc/mt-daapd.playlist
extensions .mp3,.m4a,.m4p
logfile /var/log/mt-daapd.log
rescan_interval 300
process_m3u 1
scan_type  0
compress 1

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---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Curtis" <acurtis at ieee.org>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: starting mt-daapd


>I installed mt-daapd and used the default config file in
>
> but when I try to start it using
>
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mt-daapd.sh start
>
> I get the following message
>
> Invalid config directive:
> Error reading config file (/usr/local/etc/mt-daapd.conf)
>
> I deleted all the empty lines and now get the message
>
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Starting rendezvous daemon
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Starting signal handler
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Loading playlists
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Initializing database
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Starting mp3 scan
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Starting web server from 
> /usr/local/share/mt-daapd/admin-root on port 3689
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Rendezvous pipe closed... Exiting
> 2005-01-29 02:53:24: Aborting
>
> in the log file.
>
> How do I get this thing running?
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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