Installation and Setup

Requirements

Installation

  1. tar -zxvf xmms-syncup-VERSION.tar.gz
  2. cd xmms-syncup-VERSION
  3. sh ./configure
  4. make
  5. su
  6. make install

Configuration

  1. On the General Plugins tab of XMMS's Preferences window, find and select the option for "XMMS-SyncUp"
  2. Make sure Enable plugin is checked
  3. Press Configure
  4. Enter the host and port of the designated server which is running xmmsd (NB: the server XMMS should not be running xmms-syncup)
  5. xmms should now grab a copy of the server's playlist and start playing the server's track

Problems

See the troubleshooting page if xmms-syncup isn't working as expected.