[Cialug] Syncing music, mythtv, itunes, rhythmbox

Jeff Chapin chapinjeff at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 10:25:53 CDT 2011


Any chance iTunes and RythmBox include a DLNA client?

Jeff

Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> My laptop is a dual-boot configuration. I use Mac OS sometimes and
> Ubuntu others. I keep my music organized in iTunes and then map it to
> my home directory in Ubuntu and listen to it in Rhythmbox. I also have
> a mythtv server. 
>
> I was wondering if there's a way to synchronize my music to mythtv so
> that my playlists show up there. I can obviously just copy the music
> and it'll show up, but not in my playlists. I have also played with
> scripts that synchronize playlists to removable media by exporting
> them but if the same file is in multiple playlists then it would be
> exported twice.
>
> Is there a good way to manage everything centrally? I'm not terribly
> fond of either iTunes or Ryhtmbox, or, for that matter, MythTV. I
> mainly use iTunes to sync my iPod. The one thing is I'd like to have
> my music somewhere on my laptop for listening unplugged as well as on
> my network in case of tragedy and to listen to in the family room. 
>
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