Streaming Music With Airplay Using Onion Omega

Required Materials:

• a USB cable

• The Omega

• a mini dock or expansion dock

• a USB audio sound card

• a normal music output device (i.e. speakers, earphones)

Step 1: Setup

Connect all the components as shown below:

Step 2: Install avahi-nodbus-daemon

• If avahi-nodbus-daemon is already installed on the Omega, we have to uninstall it:

$ opkg remove avahi-nodbus-daemon --force-depends

• Update opkg:

$ opkg update

• Install avahi-dbus-daemon:

$ opkg install avahi-dbus-daemon --force-overwrite

Step 3: Install Shairport-Sync

$ opkg install shairport-sync

Step 4: Reboot Omega and Run it!

$ reboot

For version 2.1.15, it seems when we are trying to run it, it outputs an error message:

$ shairport-sync
start up
could not bind any listen sockets!

It is not important. As long as the Omega is started up, the Airplay option will show up on the phone.

Step 5: Using Airplay (IPhone)

• Make sure that the Omega is on and running shairport-sync.

• Open the control center on your iPhone. Tap on Airplay button and choose the device that you want to play music on. If there is no Airplay button, that means there is no Airplay device available.

Step 5: Using Airplay (Android)

To use Airplay on Android, you need to download an app from Google Play. Here we are using one called "AllConnect".

• Download "AllConnect" from Google Play.

• Make sure that the Omega is on and running shairport-sync.

• Open AllConnect. Tap the TV token on the top, and choose the device that you want to play music on.

If the music drops off, you can try turning off the "wifi optimization" option under Settings -> Wlan -> Advanced Wi-Fi.

Original Wiki Page

The original guide page is available at:

https://wiki.onion.io/Projects/How-To-Stream-music-Using-Airplay/1.Installing-ShairportSync