Apple airplay and raop protocol server
Free portable AirPlay server implementation similar to ShairPort.
Currently only AirPort Express emulation is supported.
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First you need to install some dependencies, for example on Ubuntu you would write:
sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool
sudo apt-get install libltdl-dev libao-dev libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make installNotice that libao is required in order to install the shairplay binary, otherwise only the library is compiled and installed.
The library has experimental support for handling fairplay handshake (used in
for example screen mirroring) using a playfair library that is licensed under
GPLv3. This can be enabled by adding --with-playfair to the
./configure command above.
Check available options with shairplay --help:
Usage: shairplay [OPTION...]
-a, --apname=AirPort Sets Airport name
-p, --password=secret Sets password
-o, --server_port=5000 Sets port for RAOP service
--ao_driver=driver Sets the ao driver (optional)
--hwaddr=address Sets the MAC address, useful if running multuple instances
--ao_devicename=devicename Sets the ao device name (optional)
--ao_deviceid=id Sets the ao device id (optional)
-h, --help This helpStart the server with shairplay, if you are connected to a Wi-Fi the
server should show as an AirPort Express on your iOS devices and Mac OS X
computers in the same network.
Notice that you need to have the airport.key file in your working directory when starting the shairplay service. It is not included in the binary for possible legal reasons.
Shairplay advertises over mDNS in the form 485D607CEE22@Dining Room Speakers where 485D607CEE22 is a MAC address. This is hardcoded to a nonsense value, which is not a problem so long as it's unique. However, if you run multiple Shairplay instances, iOS devices will only recognize one of them. To fix this, supply the --hwaddr option with different values on each device.
Short description about what each file in the main library does:
…Short description about what each file in the Qt application does:
AirTV-Qt/main.cpp - Initializes the application
AirTV-Qt/mainapplication.cpp - Creates the tray icon and starts RAOP
AirTV-Qt/raopservice.cpp - Handles all communication with the library
AirTV-Qt/raopcallbackhandler.cpp - Converts C callbacks to Qt callbacks
AirTV-Qt/audiooutput.cpp - Takes care of the actual audio outputNo open issues yet, or sync has not completed.