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I'm setting up Mopidy on Raspbian so I can use the Raspberry Pi as a Spotify (and local files) jukebox. I know the analog audio output of the Raspberry Pi is not great.
Is there a way to redirect all audio from the Raspberry Pi to an AirPlay device (an Airport Express, for example)?
It would be great if I could also do everything from the command line, so I could setup some scripts to switch different devices.
You could use mpd, pulseaudio and raop2 module, if necessary:
sudo apt-get install mpd)sudo apt-get install pulseaudio)I had to build pulseaudio from source in order to get an updated version of the RAOP module for pulseaudio.
Here's what I did to make it work (it may complain about missing packages, just sudo apt-get install them):
sudo apt-get install mpd
It is easier but less compatible.
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
Then you need raop2 module for pulseaudio, which means building PA from source.
Install git if you haven't already, and build pulseaudio (see official instructions):
sudo apt-get install git intltool autoconf build-essential
cd
git clone https://github.com/hfujita/pulseaudio-raop2
cd pulseaudio-raop2
./bootstrap.sh
make
sudo make install
On my setup, I had to symlink libpulse.so.0 manually:
cd ~/pulseaudio-raop2
sudo rm /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0
sudo ln -s `cd;pwd`/pulseaudio-raop2/src/.libs/libpulse.so.0 /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0
sudo chown root.root /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0.16.2
sudo chmod 744 /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0
or, to your preference:
cd ~/pulseaudio-raop2
sudo rm /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0.16.2
sudo mv pulseaudio-raop2/src/.libs/libpulse.so.0 /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0.16.2
sudo chown root.root /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0.16.2
sudo chmod 744 /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpulse.so.0.16.2
Now we need to setup MPD:
sudo vi /etc/mpd.conf
In that file, set the following:
music_directory "/path/to/your/music"
user "mpd"
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
bind_to_address "192.168.x.y"
bind_to_address "2a01:xzy....your IPv6 if you want"
We will need to edit the output, but we need the name of the pulseaudio sink first.
Avahi/zeroconf is nice to have because it will enable discovery of AirPlay devices (through zeroconf/mDNS/Bonjour):
sudo apt-get install avahi
Now we can start pulseaudio and try to load the RAOP modules:
pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog -vvvv --log-level=debug
pacmd load-module module-raop-discover
pacmd list-sinks | grep name:
Here's the output on my setup:
name: <raop_output.Freebox-Player.local>
name: <raop_output.Freebox-Server.local>
name: <raop_output.Freebox-Player.local.2>
name: <raop_output.Freebox-Server.local.2>
You need then to edit /etc/mpd.conf again and add the following outputs:
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "Freebox Player"
sink "raop_output.Freebox-Player.local"
format "44100:24:1"
}
Add one of these blocks for every AirPlay device that you wish to stream music to.
The last part is to setup PA:
sudo vi /etc/pulse/client.conf
Uncomment autospawn = yes, this will make pulseaudio start automatically when it is needed.
sudo vi /etc/pulse/default.pa
Add the following line at the bottom:
load-module module-raop-discover
This will make pulseaudio load the RAOP discover module when it is started.
It should be working now. Start MPD (stop it first if it's running):
sudo /etc/init.d/mpd start
Wait a little bit, it takes at least 10-15 seconds on my RasPI before the daemon can work properly.
Update your music library (and wait for it to finish):
sudo apt-get install mpc
mpc update
Enable outputs at will (the following will list the configured MPD outputs and enable the first one):
mpc outputs
mpc enable 1
Now use your favorite MPD client to play some music. I'm using ncmpcpp on command-line, and MPDroid on my phone/tablet.
Start mpd in verbose, pulseaudio with maximum logging level, and monitor logs:
mpd --verbose
pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog --log-level=debug -vvvv
tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
tail -f /var/log/syslog
Try to make pulseaudio work first. Just load pulseaudio, load the RAOP discover module, list the sinks, setup the default sink and try to play something:
paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Once you have pulseaudio working, try and make MPD work with it.
Seem that pulseaudio-module-raop is what you're looking for. This guide has a detailed description on how to set this up in Ubuntu.
Spent some time trying to configure Airplay through Raop/PulseAudio on the new Raspberry Pi 3 using Raspbian Jessie with very little success. I would highly recommend forked-daapd:
This is a much updated version of the original forked-daapd 0.19, a Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) media server with support for AirPlay devices, Apple Remote (and compatibles), MPD, Spotify, mp3 streaming and internet radio.
Install was very straightforward and I had the whole thing up and running in about 10 minutes. Here are the install instructions as detailed here:
1a. If you use Jessie then add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.gyfgafguf.dk/raspbian jessie/armhf/
or
1b. If you use Wheezy then add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.gyfgafguf.dk/raspbian wheezy-backports/armhf/
2. Run sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install forked-daapd
3. Edit the config file /etc/forked-daapd.conf and (re)start the server with sudo /etc/init.d/forked-daapd restart
Optional - how to add support for Spotify:
1. Add deb http://apt.mopidy.com/ stable main contrib non-free to /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Run sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install libspotify-dev
3. Restart forked-daapd and enter credentials as described in the instructions.
4. Check the log to see how it is working. It should start loading your playlists.
