so i bumped the log level to 9. here is what it shows when i click on a flac file in itunes:
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Executing: select * from songs where id=5849
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Creating new db handle
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Opening file:///home/cinchel/tflux/cinchel/1995-05-28+-+JBuckleySpectrum/03Chocolate+,+Mojo+Pin.flac
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Checking handler for file
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): opening /home/cinchel/tflux/cinchel/1995-05-28 – JBuckleySpectrum/03Chocolate , Mojo Pin.flac
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Length of file (remaining): 38851266
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Updating Content-Type from application/x-dmap-tagged to audio/flac
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Added *Content-Length=38851266*
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Updating Connection from close to Close
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Content-Length: 38851266
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Expires: -1
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Cache-Control: no-cache
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header DAAP-Server: firefly/svn-1696
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Accept-Ranges: bytes
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Content-Language: en_us
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Content-Type: audio/flac
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Server: mt-daapd/svn-1696
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Connection: Close
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Emitting reponse header Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:25:39 GMT
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Entering config_set_status
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Exiting config_set_status
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Session 0: Streaming file ’03Chocolate , Mojo Pin.flac’ to 192.168.1.4 (offset 0)
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Write error: Broken pipe
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Error copying file to remote…
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Entering config_set_status
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Exiting config_set_status
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Terminating
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Freeing request headers
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Freeing response headers
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Freeing request vars
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): Thread 70: Closing fd
2009-08-16 13:25:39 (ee95226f): With thread 70 exiting, 1 are still running
searching the forums as you suggested has not enlightened me yet. but i will keep searching. thanks
cinchel