I also started experiencing frequent (every 2 hours perhaps) server disconnects. I’m running Firefly on WinXP and I recently upgraded from svn-144x (don’t remember exact version) to 1498 as it was the recommended stable version. Following the upgrade I discovered that the db was changed from sqlite to sqlite3 so it had to be rebuilt. Hopefully it isn’t an issue with the (less stable?) sqlite3 database.
Anyway, I never experienced these disconnects with the old version. I just checked the log and I see messages like the following.
2007-04-03 00:27:16 (3440d135): Firefly Version svn-1498: Starting with debuglevel 2
2007-04-03 00:27:16 (3440d135): Starting rendezvous daemon
2007-04-03 00:27:16 (3440d135): Building drive mapping table from C:Program FilesFirefly Media Servermapping.ini
2007-04-03 00:27:16 (3440d135): Initializing database
2007-04-03 00:27:17 (3440d135): Starting web server from C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serveradmin-root on port 9999
2007-04-03 00:27:17 (3440d135): Registering rendezvous names
2007-04-03 00:27:17 (3440d135): Serving 4523 songs. Startup complete in 1 seconds
2007-04-03 00:27:17 (729e34a8): Session 0: Streaming file '01 - You Walk Away.mp3' to 192.168.1.3 (offset 0)
2007-04-03 00:27:18 (729e34a8): Write error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songalbumartist
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songcategory
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songextradata
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songcontentdescription
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songlongcontentdescription
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songkeywords
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.is-podcast
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.mediakind
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.series-name
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.network-name
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.episode-num-str
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.episode-sort
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.season-num
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: daap.songgapless
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-enc-del
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-heur
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-enc-dr
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-dur
2007-04-03 00:27:45 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-resy
2007-04-03 00:27:46 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.is-podcast-playlist
2007-04-03 00:27:46 (72a4c934): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.special-playlist
...
2007-04-03 01:19:12 (3440d135): Rescanning database
2007-04-03 01:19:31 (3440d135): Starting playlist scan
2007-04-03 01:19:32 (3440d135): Updating playlists
2007-04-03 01:19:32 (3440d135): Scanned 4523 songs (was 4523) in 20 seconds
2007-04-03 01:21:02 (11b45d6e): Write error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
2007-04-03 01:21:02 (0cafde9f): Session 0: Streaming file '02 - The Night Time Is the Right Time.mp3' to 192.168.1.3 (offset 0)
2007-04-03 01:21:04 (0cafde9f): Write error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
2007-04-03 01:21:43 (72a4c934): Thread 12: could not read: The operation completed successfully.
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songalbumartist
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songcategory
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songextradata
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songcontentdescription
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songlongcontentdescription
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songkeywords
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.is-podcast
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.mediakind
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.series-name
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.network-name
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.episode-num-str
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.episode-sort
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.season-num
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: daap.songgapless
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-enc-del
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-heur
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-enc-dr
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-dur
2007-04-03 01:21:46 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.gapless-resy
2007-04-03 01:21:47 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.is-podcast-playlist
2007-04-03 01:21:47 (50623a48): Unknown meta code: com.apple.itunes.special-playlist
2007-04-03 01:21:57 (11b4e9cf): Session 0: Streaming file '10 - Zarabanda.mp3' to 192.168.1.3 (offset 0)
2007-04-03 01:23:26 (11b4e9cf): Write error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
2007-04-03 01:23:26 (0cb06b00): Session 0: Streaming file '01 - Adiemus.mp3' to 192.168.1.3 (offset 0)
2007-04-03 01:23:39 (0cb06b00): Write error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
Do you need to see a higher debug level to know what’s going on? I could try downgrading to the version I was using before or try switching back to my old sqlite db but I thought I’d look into it anyway.
Another oddity is that after the upgrade the port is now 9999 when I’m pretty sure it was 3689 before. Not that iTunes cares but the web admin interface no longer seems to work if I switch from port 9999. Perhaps that’s just a caching issue (though I doubt it because I tried forcing a reloading).