wjoyce62

Here's how to go about streaming your iTunes music collection to your PSP over your WiFi network.

Applies to all versions of iTunes on Windows.

First you need a web server, I used Apache which is freely downloadable from apache.org.

Configuration is straightforward, the information you'll need to record is the i.p. address of your Windows machine (or computername) and the document root of the Apache Server (normally C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs). You can change this by editing the httpd.conf file of the Apache Server (this is a menu option after installation).

For instance my PC has i.p. address 192.168.1.110 and I altered the document root to be D:\htdocs.

Next create a subdirectory off the Document root to hold the RSS files.

e.g. D:\htdocs\RSS

Then create a subdirectory to hold cover art for the RSS channels.

e.g. D:\htdocs\Images\iTunes\Covers

Edit the Apache conf file and create an alias for the iTunes music directory e.g. find the section labelled

<IfModule alias_module>

and insert the line

Alias /iTunes/ "D:/itunes/"

This alias should point to your iTunes music directory the default is normally in your Documents folder (see edit/preferences/advanced in iTunes for its location).

You'll also need to add a 'directory' directive to the Apache conf file to allow navigation of the directory (as it sits outside of htdocs).

Find the section for the <Directory> directives and add a section for your iTunes music folder such as:

<Directory "D:/iTunes">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Copy the attached files into the document root (RSSWriter.js and RSSWriter.hta)

Edit RSSWriter.js and ensure your server name and directory specs match those you've used above.

Run RSSWriter.hta and click the refresh button. iTunes should start up and after a minute or two close. Close the RSSWriter.hta screen.

You should then be able to access the RSS channels created via your PSP in

http://192.168.1.110/RSS/

e.g. \\YourServer\RSS\

If you've used a different Web Server the configuration may be different...

If you're having problems try setting debug = true in RSSWriter.js, this will write a file RSSWriter.txt giving debug info.

n.b. The scripts don't create channels for video yet but probably could with some tweaking.

Enjoy....

Attached Files

RSSWriter.zip (3.5 KB, 10 views)

psp pirate

Good job well written if you did write it.

wjoyce62

Replace The following functions in RSSWriter.js to process cover art properly and enable m4v Video RSS channels.

/* Write Channel Header */

function write_chlheader(objFS, artist, albumNameKey, art)
{
wrt(objFS, " <title>" + RepChars(artist + " - " + albumNameKey) +"</title>");
wrt(objFS, " <link>" + httpServer + dirRSS + "</link>");
wrt(objFS, " <description>iTunes Library</description>");
wrt(objFS, " <language>en-us</language>");
wrt(objFS, " <lastBuildDate>" + pdate + "</lastBuildDate>");
wrt(objFS, " <pubDate>" + pdate + "</pubDate>");
wrt(objFS, " <image>");
wrt(objFS, " <url>" + httpServer + dirImg + RepItem(art) + ".jpg" + "</url>");
wrt(objFS, " <title>" + RepChars(albumNameKey) + "</title>");
wrt(objFS, " <width>29</width>");
wrt(objFS, " <height>31</height>");
wrt(objFS, " </image>");
wrt(objFS, " <copyright>RSSWriter &#xA9; 2008 W E Joyce. All rights reserved.</copyright>");
}

/* Write Channel Item List */

function write_chlitem(objFS, trackArray, albumNameKey)
{
for (var trackIndex in trackArray)
{
var currTrack = trackArray[trackIndex];

wrt(objFS, " <item>");
wrt(objFS, " <title>" + RepChars(currTrack.name) + "</title>");
wrt(objFS, " <link>" + httpServer + dirRSS + "</link>");
wrt(objFS, " <description>" + RepChars(currTrack.genre) + "</description>");
wrt(objFS, " <author>" + RepChars(currTrack.artist) + "</author>");
wrt(objFS, " <pubDate>" + pdate + "</pubDate>");
wrt(objFS, " <enclosure url=\"" + RepItem(currTrack.location) + "\" length=\"" + currTrack.size + ("\" type=\"audio/" + currTrack.KindAsString.replace(/AAC audio file/g,"aac").replace(/MPEG audio file/g,"mp3")).replace(/audio\/MPEG-4 video file/g, "video/m4v") + "\" />");
wrt(objFS, " </item>");
}
}

wjoyce62

Thanks, cribbed from lots of places but essentially mostlly mine.

COM from Apple iTunes SDK for Windows
RSS Spec from http://www.playstation.com/manual/psp/rss/en/spec.html
HTA from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496.aspx
Javascript from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...98(vs.71).aspx