Archive:ITunes (DAAP)

Creating a network share using iTunes is a simple solution if all that you want to stream from your PC to XBMC is music.

In order to use this method, you need to download and install [iTunes] to your PC.

How to Configure iTunes on your PC

Step 1 When you launch iTunes for the first time, it will prompt you to scan your computer for music files. Follow the onscreen prompts to scan your music library into iTunes. Step 2 After scanning your music library, open the preferences diaglog in iTunes and click on the Sharing tab. Then, check the //Share My Music// option, ensure that the //Share Entire Library// option is selected, and name the share. In this case, we called it Music. Your configuration should look like this:

How to Configure ITunes Sharing on XBMC

In order to have XBMC recognize your iTunes share, you need to change the iTunes bookmark in Sources.xml.

For general information regarding bookmarksm see Bookmarks.

Like all bookmarks, your iTunes bookmark needs to contain two pieces of information: The <name> tag - This indicates what XBMC will display as the name of the bookmark The <path> tag - This indicates where the information is actually located For the purpose of these examples, I will use 192.168.1.100 as the IP address of the PC where the shares are located. For your configuration, simply substitute the IP address of your computer.

<bookmark> <name>iTunes Network Share (DAAP)</name> <path>daap://192.168.1.100</path> </bookmark>