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Firefly is a media server application which allows you to stream music to DMR’s like the Roku Soundbridge and to iTunes. It’s an open source, community build application, offering the following features:

• Support for running on unix/POSIX platforms
• Support for Windows (beta versions)
• Support for Mac OSX (coming soon!)
• Support for on-the-fly transcoding of OGG, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and WMA (beta versions)
• Web-based configuration
• Support for user-created smart playlists (beta versions)
• Integrates with iTunes library including reading playlists
• Supports serving streaming radio stations

Nic Bedford has ported the application for use as an add-in in Windows Home Server. The add-in is still in development, and Nic is looking for testing and feedback. More Info and Download: Firefly Forums