AirAP AirPlay server
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airplay receiver
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How HN took it
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for turning an iDevice into a DAC or receiver
From 2 comments
Neat way to turn an iDevice in to a usable DAC.
doublerabbit on HNThank you so much for checking something off of my todo list! Apple TV lets you share with two sets of apple headphones, which is awesome... but I wanted a way to: * Share to…
bound008 on HN
Works well iPhone to iPhone
From 1 comment
Works great from iPhone to iPhone.
reboot81 on HN
Objections
Only AirPlay audio, not AirPlay 2 or video
From 2 comments
I wouldn't think so, since it's not AirPlay 2.
jiveturkey on HNSadly the shairplay library only supports audio so that’s the best that I can do without using a different implementation
neon443 on HN
Credit to Airstream library was missing from the README
From 2 comments
This is cool, but like the other comment said I think it would be prudent to mention in the README that this uses the Airstream project for the AirPlay implementation:…
Aurornis on HNAbsolutely. That’s why they’re open source. But it’s a common courtesy to credit the foundations you build upon when they’re doing the heavy lifting for an app. If you look at…
Aurornis on HN
Requests
Support for video streaming
From 2 comments
That's interesting! Does it work for streaming video or just audio? Sometimes I'd love to AirPlay from my video editing software to my iPhone to check how it looks on the smaller…
LowResHusband on HNI‘m thinking about an app on the watch, that acts as an airplay (video) receiver, so I can stream and watch videos on my wrist while cooking
zlies on HN
Support for older iOS versions (back port)
From 2 comments
How old of a device can I install this on? (Eg to make an old phone an AirPlay receiver). Edit: looks like ios17 is earliest
whycome on HNI’m working on back porting it now
neon443 on HN
Support for multiple receivers at once
From 2 comments
A lot of apps allow you to AirPlay to multiple devices at once — would be neat to put this on a bunch of iphones to simultaneously play music
planetpluta on HNDoesn’t this still limit to one device?
whycome on HN
Questions
Does it stream video or only audio
From 1 comment
That's interesting! Does it work for streaming video or just audio? Sometimes I'd love to AirPlay from my video editing software to my iPhone to check how it looks on the smaller…
LowResHusband on HN
Can it run on watchOS
From 2 comments
Nice work! Do you think that it is possible to port this to watchOS?
zlies on HNI think I could take a look, but watchOS has different limitations for background apps You mean u want to run the app on Apple Watch?
neon443 on HN
Alternatives named
Sunshine and Moonlight
From 1 comment
Sunshine and moonlight are what you need.
mkrahul on HN
bluescreen.live
From 1 comment
You can give this a go. Made it for just this type of scenarios: https://bluescreen.live If it works for you, happy the help you setup a private instance or something. And for…
karhuton on HN
SonoBus
From 1 comment
https://sonobus.net
atmanactive on HN