Anyone who uses one (or more) Apple devices is certainly familiar with the AirPlay function. Thanks to this, media of all kinds can be streamed to other devices in the network. You can display photos on an AirPlay-enabled television, play videos or play music on AirPlay-enabled speakers.
At least the latter can be easily achieved with a RaspberryPi and thus convert a RaspberryPi into an AirPlay capable speaker.
I use this solution in my MagicMirror, for example. So you can use the RaspberryPi (which is built into the magicMirror) as a music speaker, too. 🙂
Everything you need to set up your RaspberryPi is described in the following article.
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Requirements
Helpful Articles:
Before you start with this article, you should have prepared the RaspberryPi so that it can be reached via the network and controlled via SSH.
The following three articles describe what needs to be done to prepare the RaspberryPi:
RaspberryPi – Setup for nerdiys!
RaspberryPi – The first configuration!
RaspberryPi – Control the RaspberryPi via SSH
Required tools:
– none –
Required material:
Log in via SSH on the RaspberryPi
To get started, you first need to log in to RasPi with SSH on Putty. How to do it is described in the article
Update package management
The package management in Linux is a "central point" over which various software packages can be installed. For this to work reliably, the lists and sources of package management should be updated before installing any new packages.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Install Shairport
The installation of Shairport is very easy thanks to the package manager.
Simply enter the following command into the console of your RaspberryPi.
sudo apt-get install shairport-sync
You can confirm a possible note that additionaly memory is being used by this with “Y” and “Enter”.
The installation then runs automatically.
To start Shairport after the installation, you now have to execute the following command
sudo systemctl start shairport-sync
Show status
Thanks to the command line tool systemctl you can easily get an overview of the status of your Shairport server.
Simply enter the following command in the console of your RaspberryPi.
sudo systemctl status shairport-sync
Here you can now see whether the Shairport server is “active” or “inactive”.
Activate autostart
So that your Shairport server starts again automatically after a restart of the RaspberryPi, you should now activate its autostart.
Simply enter the following command into the console of your RaspberryPi.
sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync
Start music playback
That’s all. You should now be able to use your self-made AirPlay receiver on your iPhone (or other Apple device). 🙂
For example, you will now find the marked symbol in your “Podcasts” app.
As soon as you click on it …
… A menu should open in which the AirPlay speaker you just set up (called “MagicMirror” here) is displayed.
As soon as you click on it, music playback should start on it.
I hope everything worked as described. If not or you have any other questions or suggestions, please let me know in the comments. Also, ideas for new projects are always welcome. 🙂
Fab
P.S. Many of these projects - especially the hardware projects - cost a lot of time and money. Of course I do this because I enjoy it, but if you appreciate it that I share these information with you, I would be happy about a small donation to the coffee box. 🙂
Hi,
danke für den Artikel. Läuft!
Kleiner Hinweis: Du hast Paketverwaltung aktualisieren doppel drinne.
LG,
Flo
Hey Flo,
danke, freut mich. 🙂
Oh, danke für den Hinweis. Habe es korrigiert. 🙂
Beste Grüße
Fabian