WD MyBook Live NAS

[gabbel]

I need help with the final step. How do you accomplish this:

Now your Squeezebox Server should run on the WD MyBook Live
and you should be able to access it from http*://mybooklive:9000

I don't know where to enter this address on my Squeezebox Duet. Thanks.

Hi sgh64

Please Access the url http://mybooklive:9000 or "http://<IP of your MyBook Live>:9000" over Any Webbrowser from the same Network as the mybook live. Then you should be able to login and activate the server with your "mysqueezebox.com Account".
If you didn't create one until now, so please visit http://mysqueezebox.com and create one. This should allow you to save settings and to download extensions.

[gabbel]

Can the same thing be done for a MyBook World?

The MB Live version was installed using the Debian package manager but World has another linux.

I see on the same site there is a download for 7.5.4 for ARM linux. Would it work on MBWEII and if so how would we install it?
downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeboxServer_v7.5.4/

Hi Dontz,

If there is a Debian running or (Debian based) then you should try it out, I think that it should work similar. I don't have any MBW and can not test it.

Anyway the squeezeboxserver_7.5.4_all.deb pack works with a Debian ARM system. The mybook live itself is a PowerPC, more details here ( http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum...book-live-uart ). The guruplug I used before was ARM and there the .deb pack worked.

[Kamikaze]

I don't know the particulars of this NAS, but does the user "squeezeboxserver" have write permissions for the preferences folder and files?

I don´t know..
I have done the steps wich gabbel describes in his Posting.
I must say, i a neewby in things like NAS and so.

How can i check the permissions of this User and how can i change them if i had to do ?

[Zarathos]

Hello,

I'm using a WDTV Live HD Box with a 2 TB USB-HD attached.
I want to use my WDTV Box as a Squeezebox Server.

Could this working similar with this tutorial??
Someone tried that?

[herbjohnson]

Hi gabbel,

first of all thank you for your magnificient instructions. I managed to get the SB server running in no time.

My only issue is the following: I do not quite get why I had to install the three mysql packages in step 3:

aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev

I stumbled upon that because I was asked to set up a MySQL root user password in the process, which I (in contrast to public habit) did. But—I never had to enter that very password again when I installed SB. SB just worked magically. Some research pointed me in the following direction:
"SlimServer version 6.5.0 and later includes its own /embedded/ MySQL instance" (Source: SqueezeboxWiki at http*://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/ExistingMySQLInstance)

It would be great if you could clarify this for me and probably assist me with the uninstallation of the now obsolete packages (if they are). Is it as simple as
aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
or could I harm my otherwise unhacked (apart from the SB install, that is) WD MyBook Live?

Thank you very much in advance for all your efforts!

[fjunger]

I also try to install Squeezeserver on the My Book Live.

When I do:

aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev

I get the notice, that several dependencies are broken and some packages need to be updated.
Is that safe to do?

[Dontz]

Hi Dontz,

If there is a Debian running or (Debian based) then you should try it out, I think that it should work similar. I don't have any MBW and can not test it.

Anyway the squeezeboxserver_7.5.4_all.deb pack works with a Debian ARM system. The mybook live itself is a PowerPC, more details here ( http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum...book-live-uart ). The guruplug I used before was ARM and there the .deb pack worked.

Installing Debian Lenny on Mybook world looks a daunting prospect to a non-geek. The usual approach to loading software on MBWE uses optware packages but the latest is for squeezecentre 7.3 which doesn't support the Touch. Looks like optware is a bit dead.

[sgh64]

So, it all worked (finally) and it was great Thank you all for your help) but then... foolish mistake and it stopped working, Twonky was back at http:9000. HELP! I have tried to repeat all the previous steps but have probably made a big mess. Now, Twonky no longer shows up at http:9000, I just get a network error. Any ideas?

[gabbel]

So, it all worked (finally) and it was great Thank you all for your help) but then... foolish mistake and it stopped working, Twonky was back at http:9000. HELP! I have tried to repeat all the previous steps but have probably made a big mess. Now, Twonky no longer shows up at http:9000, I just get a network error. Any ideas?

Hi sgh64,

I have no idea what could be the cause for it, but maybee it is just this...
As you sure know, we changed the twonky port as part of the instructions (2b)
from port 9000 to 8000.
It could be that your Twonky is now listet to port 8000.

Try to access your Twonky over http://<IP of your MyBook Live>:8000
Make sure that Twonky is enabled from the MyBook Live WEB GUI.
Maybee do a restart of the MyBook Live

[gabbel]

Hi gabbel,

first of all thank you for your magnificient instructions. I managed to get the SB server running in no time.

My only issue is the following: I do not quite get why I had to install the three mysql packages in step 3:


I stumbled upon that because I was asked to set up a MySQL root user password in the process, which I (in contrast to public habit) did. But—I never had to enter that very password again when I installed SB. SB just worked magically. Some research pointed me in the following direction:
"SlimServer version 6.5.0 and later includes its own /embedded/ MySQL instance" (Source: SqueezeboxWiki at http*://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/ExistingMySQLInstance)

It would be great if you could clarify this for me and probably assist me with the uninstallation of the now obsolete packages (if they are). Is it as simple as
aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
or could I harm my otherwise unhacked (apart from the SB install, that is) WD MyBook Live?

Thank you very much in advance for all your efforts!

Hi herbjohnson

Very good question, but I can't answer it. For me it was also a tryout to install the SBS on the MyBook live and I did it from my old instructions for the guruplug I used before. This is the reason why I never tested if mysql-server is realy needed.

If I find the time nextly, then I will reset my box to factory settings by reccovering from image. Then I can test if the mysql-server is needed or not.

The image I took right after I bought the box and before upadating the firmware.
Maybee I will upload the Original Factoryimage to a Filehoster in case someone want's to recover his box too (WARNING ALL DATA WILL BE LOST! BY DOING A RECOVER FROM IMAGE).