world language laboratory

WLL Media Library using Firefly Media Server

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Firefly* is a great app for serving up iTunes media on a local subnet. Firefly allows all of the client machines in the World Language Lab to access audio content that is centrally stored and organized on our server via the iTunes interface. It even streams some video content (i.e. video podcasts) though that service has been less reliable than the audio streaming. An open source project, you can download a copy here and try it out for yourself. Instructions for Mac configuration are located on the Firefly wiki.

Here is a shot of the config panel in System Preferences:

Here is a shot of what iTunes looks like on client computers:

* Not to be confused with the other Firefly of Serenity fame.