OWNTONE(8)

💖 OWN TONE (8) — like, the actual manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for OwnTone, section 8 of the manual (that's the sysadmin-ish section, iykyk). The tagline on this one is "DAAP, MPD, Chromecast & RSP media server" — which is a whole lot of acronyms but like, it slays, we'll get to it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

OwnTone — an iTunes-compatible DAAP server with MPD, Chromecast and RSP support 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

OwnTone [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you run OwnTone, you throw some options at it, done 💫

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: OwnTone is a Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (that's the iTunes one) media server, and it's genuinely kind of iconic because it also supports AirPlay devices, Apple Remote (and the compatible ones 👀), MPD, Spotify, Chromecast, mp3 streaming and internet radio. the way that it just does all of that?? main character energy fr fr 🌈

and what's it for? literally just — sharing your music collection over the local network. that's the dream, that's the whole point, no cap 🎀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

here's where it gets good. every single flag, bestie, none skipped, we do not gatekeep here 💖

• -d, --debug=level — sets the log level, and the range is 0-5 (so like, pick your chaos level 🌀)
• -D, --logdomains=dom,..,dom — debug domains, comma-separated. and the available domains are, deep breath: config, daap, db, httpd, main, mdns, misc, rsp, scan, xcode, event, http, remote, dacp, ffmpeg, artwork, player, raop, laudio, dmap, fdbperf, spotify, lastfm, cache, mpd, stream, cast, fifo, lib, web, airplay. that's the list. that's all of them. do not come for me if you typo one 😭
• -c, --config=file — use file as the configuration file. your config, your rules ✨
• -P, --pidfile=file — write the PID to file. so like, it knows which child is which, very organized of it 🎀
• -f, --foreground — run in the foreground. no sneaky backgrounding, it stays right there with you 🫶
• -b, --ffid=ffid — the ffid to be broadcast in mDNS records 📡
• -v, --version — display version information. the classic "who even am i" check 👑
• --mdns-no-rsp — don't announce the RSP service via mDNS 🙈
• --mdns-no-daap — don't announce the DAAP service via mDNS 🙈
• --mdns-no-cname — don't register owntone.local as a CNAME via mDNS 🙈
• --mdns-no-web — don't announce the web interface via mDNS 🙈

so many "don't announce" flags, right? that's the vibe — announcing is the default, and these are the lil opt-outs 💀

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🌸 FILES 🌸

the paths it cares about, keep them close:

/etc/owntone.conf
/var/cache/owntone

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

want the deep lore, like actual in-depth info about using OwnTone? go here, bestie:

http://owntone.github.io/owntone-server/

no gatekeeping, they put it all out there 💜

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and that's the page!! 🌈✨ signs off as owntone, dated 2018-01-14 — so like, this manual page is a lil vintage at this point but she's still slaying fr fr 💅🎀