{"id":47388,"date":"2024-10-19T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47388"},"modified":"2024-10-19T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T16:09:38","slug":"ubuntu-airplay-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/ubuntu-airplay-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Ubuntu PC\/Laptop Speaker as AirPlay Audio Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tutorial shows how to set up Ubuntu Linux as AirPlay receiver, so your PC speaker can play audio streamed from iPhone, iTunes, iOS devices and third-party AirPlay sources.<\/p>\n

For Linux, there’s a popular free open-source app called Shairport Sync<\/a>. It’s a AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio player forked from the original Shairport (discontinued).<\/p>\n

Shairport Sync offers full audio synchronisation. It means that audio is played on the output device at exactly the time specified by the audio source.<\/p>\n

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NOTE 1: Shairport Sync does not support AirPlay video or photo streaming.<\/b><\/p>\n

NOTE 2: This tutorial is only tested in Ubuntu 24.04. Though, it should work in all current Ubuntu releases.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 1: Find out Your Audio\/Speaker Device Name<\/h3>\n

Before getting started, you need to find out the device name of the sound card and speaker in your Linux computer.<\/p>\n

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> to open up a terminal window. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n

aplay -l<\/pre>\n
If the command not found, run sudo apt install alsa-utils<\/code> to install. And, the command will list all the sound cards and digital audio devices.<\/p>\n
In my case (see the screenshot below), my laptop has only one sound card HDA Intel PCH<\/b>, but with 2 speakers, including built-in speaker ALC257 Analog<\/b> and external monitor’s speaker through HDMI cable named F24G3<\/b>.<\/p>\n
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2. Next, run command to list all PCMs<\/a>, and find out the output device names, according to the speaker names you got in last step.<\/p>\n
aplay -L<\/pre>\n
As the output is a bit too long, you may run the command below instead to filter with speaker name:<\/p>\n
aplay -L |grep F24G3 -B 1 -A 1<\/pre>\n
Here:<\/p>\n