Shairport

[kmihelich]

I believe there is still some level of transcoding, as the mp3s are changed to pcm wav format for the soundcard. Without a real FPU, the plugs just suck at those operations.

[LaTristesse]

There are more people with the same issue, even running debian as os: https://github.com/albertz/shairport/is ... nt-1018012

[pepedog]

An update, I have been trying Shairport with 2 usb sound adapters that (when shairport starts streaming) tells me that they are both only hardware available at 48000 Hz, but streams are at 44100.

A while ago I bought a Samsung (primarily for bluetooth) speaker YA-SBR510, only today I noticed on selection there is, along with aux, optical and bluetooth, a usb light. I plugged it into dockstar and started playing from itunes, there was no messeges saying it was switching rates, and all played fine at correct rate with no underruns.

Couldn't get fancy resampling working in Shairport.

[xoxox]

How do i run the shairport perl script as as daemon in the background?
I've followed the instructions from pepedog, but the script stays in the foreground.
Currently i'm using screen as a workaround, but that's not very comfortable.

[Skorfulose]

Hi xoxox!

Are you using a Debian? Copy the file shairport.init.sample from source to /etc/init.d/shairport

To activate the script at boot time run $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'update-rc.d shairport defaults')
Call $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '/etc/init.d/shairport start') or simply reboot and you're done. Shairport will run in background at system startup in the future

[xoxox]

Hi,
no, i don't use Debian

I know the sample script, but it doesn't work under Archlinux.
I've found somewhere an upstart script for Ubuntu, but nothing for Archlinux.

[pepedog]

/usr/share/pacman/rc-script.proto has a sample
cp /usr/share/pacman/rc-script.proto /etc/rc.d/shairport
Edit /etc/rc.d/shairport then put shaiport in /etc/rc.conf DAEMONS section ()

[xoxox]

Didn't work very well. I can start the perl script, but it stays in the foreground.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[root@sheeva ~]# /etc/rc.d/shairport start
:: Starting shairport.pl daemon [BUSY]
Established under name '0035367AF091@ShairPort 17524 on Sheeva'')

[pepedog]

What happens if you type shairport.pl --help
I thought -d after did this, has it changed? I don't have it installed to try.

[xoxox]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[root@sheeva ~]# /usr/local/bin/shairport.pl --help
ShairPort version 0.05 - Airport Express emulator
Usage:
shairport.pl [OPTION...]

Options:
-a, --apname=AirPort Sets AirPort name
-p, --password=secret Sets password
-o, --server_port=5002 Sets Port for Avahi/dns-sd
-i, --pipe=pipepath Sets the path to a named pipe for output
--ao_driver=driver Sets the ao driver (optional)
--ao_devicename=devicename Sets the ao device name (optional)
--ao_deviceid=id Sets the ao device id (optional)
-s --squeezebox Enables local Squeezebox Server integration
-c --cliport=port Sets the SBS CLI port
-m --mac=address Sets the SB target device
-l --volume=level Sets the SB volume level (in %)
-d Daemon mode
-w --writepid=path Write PID to this location
-v --verbose Print debugging messages
-h, --help This help')

With "-d" the behaviour is the same.
It seems that den perl script itself goes into the background, but the avahi-daemon stays in the foreground.