Stream to an AirPlay Speaker (a) and to my iPhone (b)

baumaeschi · November 28, 2021, 7:40pm

I’d like to have a solution for a), direct streaming to an AirPlay receiver/loudspeaker and b), listen to my music on my iPhone.
Any solutions for this two wishes?

chsims1 · November 28, 2021, 7:47pm

Hi baumaeschi, welcome to Volumio.

As far as I am aware, just like with Bluetooth, Volumio acts as a renderer not a server. You can Airplay (Shairport) to Volumio from whatever device, but not vice-versa.

baumaeschi · November 29, 2021, 3:38pm

I’m looking for the “vice-versa”. Any chance to see this in Volumino Version 3 (AirPlay)?

ashthespy · November 29, 2021, 10:11pm

No, this wouldn’t be possible out of the box with shairport. Also isn’t really the focus of Volumio, which is playback on device…

baumaeschi · November 30, 2021, 9:24am

So it seems I’ve to stay with OwnTone, which supports all this. But in the longterm it would be very nice to see AirPlay Speaker support in Volumino (as well as in MoOde Audio, which dos not support it either)

ashthespy · November 30, 2021, 9:36am

I’m sure no one would complain if you write a plugin for it!