I was also able to get shairport_sync working, again due to your assistance.
I edited /tmp/shairport-sync.conf, which I am aware is temporary (see this thread for finding the right template file to edit), but I needed to change the name of the alsa device it pointed to to “softvolume”.
alsa =
{
#output_device = "plughw:1,0"; ← the previous default
#output_device = "softvol"; ← the first thing I thought to try
#output_device = "softvolume2"; ← the second thing I thought to try
output_device = "softvolume";
}
May this stand as a testament to how incompletely I understand Alsa config and, hopefully, a bit of help to anyone of my skill level who follows in my tracks.
