ralph-ralphio
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What I expected:
WiiM Pro has a feature to "Airplay cast" its output to an Airplay or Airplay 2 device. I expected that WiiM should connect to a common RPi4+Shairport-Sync instance as an end point. (Shairport-sync is a popular linux app that enables ability to receive Airplay/Airplay 2 streams on Raspberry Pi or other Linux streaming audio boxes).
What happened:
Shairport-Sync functions properly with my other Airplay sources (e.g. I can Airplay music to shairport-sync from my iPhones, and an android app named "AirMusic" that streams via Airplay and other protocols).
BUT, when attempting to connect WiiM device to shairport-sync, the WiiM device attempts to connect but is quickly terminated. The shairport-sync service status reports simply: `Warning: Shairport Sync can not handle NTP streams`
What's needed:
Since a bunch of other Apple ecosystem devices already work with shairport-sync endpoints, it would be good to get WiiM doing so with its Airplay Cast.
Getting into details, most of those devices automatically revert to "PTP" streaming when shairport-sync reports it doesn't handle "NTP" streams. This is documented at the shairport-sync site.
So the request: WiiM Pro to update Airplay cast to support shairport-sync
WiiM Pro has a feature to "Airplay cast" its output to an Airplay or Airplay 2 device. I expected that WiiM should connect to a common RPi4+Shairport-Sync instance as an end point. (Shairport-sync is a popular linux app that enables ability to receive Airplay/Airplay 2 streams on Raspberry Pi or other Linux streaming audio boxes).
What happened:
Shairport-Sync functions properly with my other Airplay sources (e.g. I can Airplay music to shairport-sync from my iPhones, and an android app named "AirMusic" that streams via Airplay and other protocols).
BUT, when attempting to connect WiiM device to shairport-sync, the WiiM device attempts to connect but is quickly terminated. The shairport-sync service status reports simply: `Warning: Shairport Sync can not handle NTP streams`
What's needed:
Since a bunch of other Apple ecosystem devices already work with shairport-sync endpoints, it would be good to get WiiM doing so with its Airplay Cast.
Getting into details, most of those devices automatically revert to "PTP" streaming when shairport-sync reports it doesn't handle "NTP" streams. This is documented at the shairport-sync site.
So the request: WiiM Pro to update Airplay cast to support shairport-sync