From: Mike Brady <4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 17:02:53 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Update AIRPLAY2.md X-Git-Tag: 4.1-rc1~24^2~113 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1cbaa1e77baceaa72d7b07782ef62708a78e1763;p=thirdparty%2Fshairport-sync.git Update AIRPLAY2.md --- diff --git a/AIRPLAY2.md b/AIRPLAY2.md index 5dbfa0ac..82e13a7b 100644 --- a/AIRPLAY2.md +++ b/AIRPLAY2.md @@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ AirPlay 2 support needs a slightly more powerful CPU for decoding and synchronis Here are some guidelines: * Full access, including `root` privileges, to a system at least as powerful as a Raspberry Pi 2 or a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. +* Ports 319 and 320 must be free to use (i.e. they muist not be in use by another service such as a PTP service) and must not be blocked by a firewall. * An up-to-date Linux or FreeBSD. This is important, as some of the libraries must be the latest available. * Shairport Sync will not run on a Mac because NQPTP, on which it relies, needs ports 319 and 320, which are already used by macOS. -* A version of the [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org) library with an AAC decoder capable of decoding Floating Planar -- `fltp` -- material. There is a guide [here](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/TROUBLESHOOTING.md#aac-decoder-issues-airplay-2-only) to help you find out if your system has it. (At the time of writing, Debian, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS and FreeBSD all include this decoder. Fedora 36 does not.) +* A version of the [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org) library with an AAC decoder capable of decoding Floating Planar -- `fltp` -- material. There is a guide [here](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/TROUBLESHOOTING.md#aac-decoder-issues-airplay-2-only) to help you find out if your system has it. * An audio output, for example an `alsa` device (or `sndio` in FreeBSD). You can use an application called [`sps-alsa-explore`](https://github.com/mikebrady/sps-alsa-explore) to test the suitability of hardware `alsa` audio devices on your device. Other backends continue to work as with "classic" Shairport Sync. ## Guides