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> 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

…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]…

comment by qwertox · 2025-12-29 · in Linux DAW: Help Linux musicians to quickly and easily find the tools they need

…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

…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

comment by nfriedly · 2024-09-02 · in Heartbroken by the Sonos App Disaster and What's Happened to the Company

…could be iterated on by setting it up as a custom airplay speaker with re-mapped volume thresholds. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by NixCald · 2024-07-27 · in Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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.…

comment by LeSaucy · 2024-06-15 · in Sonos changes terms and conditions and may now pass on data to third parties

…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?

…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

…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

…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

comment by hedgehog · 2022-09-11 · in Show HN: HiFiScan, a Python app to optimize your loudspeakers

…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

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…

comment by akvadrako · 2022-04-14 · in Ask HN: Why isn't there a standard network audio protocol?

…[1] https://voice2json.org/ [2] https://mopidy.com/ [3] https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ [4] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by lukifer · 2020-11-20 · in HomePod has been jailbroken with checkra1n

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…

comment by seg_lol · 2020-10-25 · in Three open source Sonos projects: efficient embedded development in Rust

…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

…you're looking for. Anyone know an alternative that works with (non-rooted) Android devices? [0] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by mintplant · 2020-03-07 · in Sonos is getting rid of its controversial “recycle mode”

…already, Shairport can provide multiroom audio if you don't already have an Airplay setup: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by ascagnel_ · 2020-03-06 · in Sonos is getting rid of its controversial “recycle mode”

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.

comment by cecja · 2020-01-23 · in All Sonos products will continue to work past May

…use). Is Snapcast just more compatible with Linux clients, or are there any other advantages? [1]: https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by jakobegger · 2019-12-31 · in Snapcast – Synchronous multi-room audio player

…may also want to try airplayhub with shairport-sync https://github.com/noelhibbard/node-airplayhub https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by genericacct · 2019-12-31 · in Snapcast – Synchronous multi-room audio player

https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync works great. I've been running it for years.

comment by Qerub · 2019-08-18 · in Hacking the Sonos IKEA Symfonisk into a High Quality Speaker Amp

…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?

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...

comment by keybits · 2019-06-24 · in Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

…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

comment by tedd4u · 2018-12-10 · in Apple Airplay on Raspberry Pi in 7 Easy Steps

…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

comment by voltagex_ · 2018-04-27 · in Apple ends production of AirPort base stations

Currently using shairport-sync, but I'll look into this. https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync

comment by lloeki · 2018-04-27 · in Apple ends production of AirPort base stations

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

…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+

…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

comment by mattkevan · 2017-02-20 · in Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?

…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…

comment by darkr · 2015-12-14 · in Koel: A personal music streaming server