AirPlay Server

Linux Audio Team

# STEP20

# Add Airplay server (16 bit 44.1 audio only)

# using your DAC to listen music from Apple devices

# We’re going to build the latest ShairportSync project which is the best implementation of airplay today

# building ShairportSync type these cmds:

# get dependencies:

  1. $ sudo apt-get install autoconf automake avahi-daemon build-essential git libasound2-dev libavahi-client-dev libconfig-dev libdaemon-dev libpopt-dev libssl-dev libtool xmltoman


# get source:

  1. $ cd ~/Downloads/
  1. $ git clone https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync.git


# build (with alsa):

  1. $ cd shairport-sync


  1. $ autoreconf -i -f


  1. $ ./configure --with-alsa --with-avahi --with-ssl=openssl --with-systemd --with-metadata


# Make and install:

# make

  1. $ sudo make install


# Activate:

  1. $ sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync


# Edit conf. with 2 change only:

# type:

  1. $ sudo nano /etc/shairport-sync.conf


# in general section:

name = "MusicLounge";

# in alsa section:

output_device = "plughw:1,0"

# CTRL+O to save
# CTRL+X to exit

# Start:

  1. $ sudo service shairport-sync start

# That's it!

# on AMD64 (Debian 10 buster 64 Bit) if airplay service failed to start with error Failed to start Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
# then do the following

  1. $ sudo systemctl stop docker
  2. $ sudo systemctl stop docker.socket

# reinstall corrupted lib

  1. $ cd ~/Downloads

# download

  1. $ sudo wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/avahi/libavahi-core7_0.7-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb

# install:

  1. $ dpkg -i libavahi-core7_0.7-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb
  1. $ sudo apt reinstall avahi-daemon
  1. $ sudo reboot

# Mode info on shairport sync:
https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync-for-openwrt