Airplay sends audio but Volumio does nothing

Hi.

I’m new to Volumio. I’m using version 3.396 and trying to figure out a problem.

I went to play some music on my iPhone and found Volumio as an output device. Great! I didn’t need to configure anything and was happy to see that option. However, when I select Volumio output, the audio played but I never heard anything.

On the iPhone, it looked like everything was working. However, Volumio never showed a different song or source. It kept playing the current playlist. I tried stopping it but still couldn’t get it to play the stream.

So, things seem to work from the device that is streaming to Volumio but there’s no evident response. What can I do to get it working?

Please take the follwing steps:

  • Clear the playlist in Volumio
  • Set volume iPhone to 50%
  • Try again

Thanks. I tried that and it kind of works. What does setting the volume do?

I noticed it was almost inaudible at 50% and I had to turn it up to maximum. Below 50% there was no chance of hearing it.

I assume your using Spotify to Airplay. In short, there is a minimum volume gain needed to kick off everything. Since both Volumio and your iPhone can control volume there is some grey area.
The developers are aware of this behavior and will be solved, no date yet.
Currently this is a work around that does the job.

This is from a web browser but it probably doesn’t matter what the app is.