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AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio player

32 mentions on Hacker News by 30 people: 2 stories, 30 comments · first 2015-12-14 · latest 2026-08-30

Mentions per year 32 mentions · busiest year 2019 (6)
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  1. > No AirPlay kinda sucked There’s shairport-sync, which works pretty well: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
    comment by delis-thumbs-7e · 2026-08-30 · in Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
  2. …already configured to work with live coding languages FoxDot, TidalCycles, and SuperCollider." [0] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync [1] https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast [2] https://tidalcycles.org [3] https://strudel.cc [4]…
  3. …which turns a raspberry pi into an airplay server so you can connect non-Airplay speakers: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
    comment by tyre · 2025-03-02 · in Raspberry Pi Pico audio player
  4. …although I haven't gotten around to putting it on the other one yet for multi-room audio. [0] : https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  5. …could be iterated on by setting it up as a custom airplay speaker with re-mapped volume thresholds. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  6. I turn old mini pcs into airplay 2 receivers with https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync , using wired Ethernet multi room playback worked like a charm. Debian is rock solid platform, I never have to tinker once they are setup.…
  7. …a bunch of Raspberry Pis around the house connected to stereos to stream audio using AirPlay (with https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync ).
    comment by clemensnk · 2023-01-06 · in Ask HN: What's on your home server?
  8. …1) Pi-zero running shairport-sync (couldn't get them, got orange-pi zero 2 which works great) https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync . I have a few of these. 2) Class D amp, Aiyima, Fosi, Loxjie etc Aliexpress is one place to get…
    comment by harry8 · 2022-12-19 · in Spotifyd
  9. …play synchronized audio across to your own DIY speaker setup, using another open source project. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync Or you could of course choose to only use your old dumb speakers with this, and they will pop up…
    comment by janinge · 2022-11-08 · in Modernizing my 1980s sound system
  10. ▲ 6
    Shairport Sync: Airplay 2 support (RC)
    story by newman314 · 2022-10-06 · 0 comments
  11. …as a convolver. Fiddly to set up but it sounded really good. 1. http://drc-fir.sourceforge.net 2. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync 3. https://torger.se/anders/brutefir.html
  12. …had it long brewing, I think it's currently still in a dev branch but does work to some extent. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/issues/535#issue... EDIT: details here https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development.…
    comment by lloeki · 2022-08-08 · in Open AirPlay 2 Receiver
  13. There is Airplay 1, which is the only widely supported protocol I'm aware of. See for example https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync . There is also DLNA, which is actually a standard. I think it's rarely supported for push audio…
  14. …[1] https://voice2json.org/ [2] https://mopidy.com/ [3] https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ [4] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  15. Heh, the thoughts are similar but not that similar. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync It actually does implement multi-room synchronized audio. This was the one thing keeping me from running an OSS audio solution using RPis. I…
  16. …ago with PogoPlugs and USB audio interfaces for multiroom audio. It worked without too much effort. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync http://ejurgensen.github.io/forked-daapd/
    comment by rainbowzootsuit · 2020-09-18 · in Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB
  17. …you're looking for. Anyone know an alternative that works with (non-rooted) Android devices? [0] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  18. …already, Shairport can provide multiroom audio if you don't already have an Airplay setup: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  19. I am using raspberry pis with shairport ( https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync ) works like a charm and at 15$ bucks impossible to beat price wise.
  20. …use). Is Snapcast just more compatible with Linux clients, or are there any other advantages? [1]: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  21. …may also want to try airplayhub with shairport-sync https://github.com/noelhibbard/node-airplayhub https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
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    Airplay 2 support in shareport-sync
    story by cstuder · 2019-12-06 · 0 comments
  23. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync works great. I've been running it for years.
  24. …I replaced our dodgy bluetooth audio sink on our stereo with an Airplay node using this software: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync I've added a wireless front end to some of my 3D printers using Octoprint: https://octoprint.org/…
    comment by TaylorAlexander · 2019-06-24 · in Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
  25. Airplay server connected to my hifi using https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync Here's a setup guide: https://thepi.io/how-to-set-up-a-raspberry-pi-airplay-receiv...
  26. …responds to every issue filed (as far as I can tell). Works great with my Sonos PLAY:1 & XBox. [1] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync [2] https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect
  27. …out of date compared to the master/s. e.g. https://github.com/volumio/shairport-sync compared to https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync But thank you - this lead to finding https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
  28. Currently using shairport-sync, but I'll look into this. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  29. To repurpose your old stereo with a raspberry today, just run https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync on it :-) This way you can send any audio from laptop/phone to the stereo over lan. Not sure why you would want to limit yourself to…
    comment by dfgldjglj · 2018-03-17 · in Show HN: Spotifyd – A spotify daemon
  30. …and I'm not even using a USB DAC nor digital audio output via HDMI, just the Pi's basic line-out. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
    comment by lloeki · 2018-02-26 · in Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+
  31. …much better than I anticipated. [0] https://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=13&Sub=52&PID=5162 [1] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
  32. …your endpoints into multiple groups). If you want airplay streaming, then there's shairport-sync ( https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync ) that also has multi-room support; each room can map to an ALSA target (which could be a…