[PLUG] Stupid network question

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Sun Dec 8 23:26:34 UTC 2019


The other users are perhaps running the streaming server on their filer
(many use Synology), raspberry Pi or something else.

The idea is one server with many light clients, even on cell phones.

It is pain to have the same files everywhere.

Hope it explains it a little
Tomas

On Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 13:25 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:09:46 +0000
> David Fleck <dcfleck at protonmail.ch> dijo:
>
> >From a quick Internet search, it looks to me as though MPD is a server
> >application, and Cantata is (one of) its clients -- I assume the
> >address, port, and password information being requested are so that
> >the client can access the server.  If you don't have a configured and
> >running MPD installation, I don't think Cantata is going to do you any
> >good.
>
> So apparently Banshee and Rhythmbox are not MPD clients, because they
> work fine.
>
> The Cantata configuration window looks like it is testing for the
> network connection. Above the box that defaults to 'localhost:6600'
> the instructions say:
>
>         The settings below are the basic settings required by Cantata.
>         Please enter the relevant details and use the 'Connect' button
>         to test the connection.
>
> If this is looking for MPD on a server, it's never going to work. I
> don't have a server; I have only two computers, and both connect to the
> internet via ethernet and a router. I used Synaptic and discovered that
> MPD is, indeed, installed, and from there I found the
> folder: /usr/share/cantata/mpd. I tried putting that in the 'localhost'
> box, but it still failed. Why on earth does Cantata require MPD on a
> server if it installs it as a dependency locally? Plus, there are many
> happy users of Cantata on their home Linux computers, and most have a
> network setup similar to mine; computer > router > internet, no server.
>
> I don't think Cantata is looking for MPD. One of its features is to
> stream from the internet, so I think it is just testing to see if the
> computer has a working internet connection. I suspect that this whole
> MPD discussion is going down the wrong trail.
>
> I tried launching Cantata from the command line as me and as root, and
> regardless of what I put in the network configuration window, when I
> clicked on the Connect button I got about 20 messages: TRY TO CONNECT
> 1575760821, and then it stopped trying.
>
> Could it be that there is something funny about my network connection
> so that it can't connect via localhost 6600 <password>? I can ping
> localhost successfully, so it must be working. Cantata uses that as its
> default setting, so it must work for most people. I guess I'm just
> special, eh?
>
> I've tried all kinds of commands to see if I can find anything, and the
> only issue that may have a bearing is that ifconfig shows strange things
> instead of eth<number> or wlan<number>. For eth it shows enp0s31f6 and
> instead of wlan I get wlp5s0. Otherwise the results of ifconfig look
> normal and the network functions perfectly. This is Xubuntu 18.04.
> Apparently this was a change brought about by systemd, which I am
> slowly learning to hate. But I don't understand why the designation by
> which eth and wlan are known should have anything to do with connecting
> to localhost.
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