Apple AirPlay Server on Your Raspberry Pi

AirPlay lets you share music from Apple devices to your favourite speakers. You can set up your own AirPlay Server on your Raspberry Pi and connect it to your favourite speakers.

For your AirPlay Server you need the following equipment:

• Raspberry Pi
• Micro SD Card with Raspbian
• Ethernet Cable or WiFi Dongle (Pi 3 has WiFi inbuilt)
• Power Adapter

Recommended:

• Speakers
• Raspberry Pi Case
• Raspberry Pi Heatsink

1. Connect the speakers to the 3.5mm audio jack (I personally recommend these speakers, because they do not need to much space and have a pretty good sound)
2. Set up the Raspberry Pi
   How to set up the Raspberry Pi?

Type in this command to check for updates:

sudo apt-get update

1. Install the dependencies
   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
2. Clone the shairport repository
   git clone https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync.git

1. Navigate to the cloned folder
   cd shairport-sync
2. Build the program
   autoreconf -i -f

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

3. Compile the program
   make
   sudo make install

1. Register the service
   sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync
2. Start the service
   sudo service shairport-sync start
   (From now on the service will automatically start on boot)

You can change the name of your AirPlay Server by editing the file 'shairport-sync.conf' in '/usr/local/etc'

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/shairport-sync.conf

1. Delete the two slashes (//) in front of the name variable (where name = "%H")
2. Change the "%H" to a name of your choice (e.g. "Living Room")

You can also set a password to your AirPlay server and many other options in the 'shairport-sync.conf'

That's it! You can now connect your iPhone or iPad to your new AirPlay Server. Have fun with it!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.