AirPlay
AirPlay lets you send music from iTunes to AirPlay-capable receivers. Now you can use Shairport to retrofit a Rasp Pi and avoid the expense of purchasing an AirPlay receiver.
Using the Raspberry Pi as an AirPlay server
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AirPlay lets Apple customers create a wireless connection from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer to a stereo system or loud speakers. Both the Airport Express basic station [1] and an Apple TV [2] connected to a home theater system support AirPlay, and many audio/video receivers come with an integrated AirPlay receiver.
However, if you have an iOS device, you can turn to the Raspberry Pi as a way of integrating your stereo system with AirPlay. Shairport [3] is an AirPlay server that runs on Raspbian and other Linux systems. Shairport consumes few resources and is therefore ideally suited for the Rasp Pi – you just need to connect it to your stereo (see "Which Rasp Pi Should You Use for HiFi Audio?").
Installing Shairport
The Shairport server is not part of the packet sources for Debian and Raspbian, so you have to build the software by hand from the source code. Another option, if the Raspbian version is current enough for your needs, is to use a distro with Shairport preinstalled [4].
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