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shairplay(1) General Commands Manual shairplay(1)

shairplay - Free portable AirPlay server implementation similar to ShairPort.

shairplay [OPTION...]

Start the server with shairplay, if you are connected to a Wi-Fi the server should show as an AirPort Express on your iOS devices and Mac OS X computers in the same network.

Notice that you need to have the airport.key file in your working directory when starting the shairplay service. It is not included in the binary for possible legal reasons.

Sets Airport name
Sets password
Sets port for RAOP service
Sets the MAC address, useful if running multiple instances
Sets the ao driver (optional)
Sets the ao device name (optional)
Sets the ao device id (optional)
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Juho Vähä-Herttua

May 2020 User Commands