afriend wrote: > I just wanted to share how I got it more or less working on my mac > (10.11.2) with a recent nightly of LMS 7.8.1. > > According to the shairtunes2 github page you need to install 3 CPAN > modules first (Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA, IO::Socket::INET6 and Net::SDP). I'm > not sure but it seemed as if - in the end - only the last one (sdp) was > missing on my mac. > Make sure you have the OSX Command Line Tools installed. In case you > haven't, just open the Terminal and type *make* and you will be prompted > to install them. You don't need XCode, only the Command Line Tools. > After that go to the System Settings (Users & Groups) and temporarily > 'upgrade' your current user to admin status by checking the > corresponding box. This will allow your current user to use the sudo > command. Also some installtion folders will be installed in your user > account (easier to clean up later). > > Then in Terminal type: > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e'install Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA' -------------------- > > > > If you haven't used CPAN before, you will have to configure it first. > It's easy: just accept the chosen default option with enter. Once > finished, it will give you about 4 lines with PATHs. Since you only > need them for this session, just copy each line, paste it and hit > enter. So the PATHs for CPAN/perl are all set for this session. Then > go and type those three commands, one by one: > > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e'install Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA' > sudo /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e'install IO::Socket::INET6' > sudo /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e'install Net::SDP' -------------------- > > > > Don't forget to demote your user to a normal user if it wasn't admin > before. > > Now all you have to do is enter the shairtunes2 repositiory URL on the > plugin page of the LMS settings (at the bottom), install shairtunes2 > and restart LMS or your mac. > My OSX firewall is enabled, set to "Automatically allow signed > software to receive incoming connections". > But when you try to use Airplay with shairtunes2 for the first time, > the OS will ask you once to allow incoming connections to > "shairport_helper-i386-osx". > > If you want to get rid of the Command Line Tools and some stuff from > the installation process, I found you can delete these folders without > problems (if you don't use XCode or Command Line Tools for other > purposes): > > /Library/Developer > > in your user's *home* folder: > .cpan > perl5 > > You can find the installed executable *sdp2rat* in /usr/local/bin. > > It works more or less for me (haven't tried to stream audio for longer > than 10 minutes yet). The only drawback is that it takes about 5 tries > before it works and the stream is going. If I start a song on my ipad > and choose a Squeezebox Boom as an airplay outlet, airplay will revert > back to the ipad as the player a couple of times before the Squeezebox > is finally accepted and plays the stream. But hey, that's quite OK as > long as it works in the end. > > I hope I haven't bored you with all those details but whenever I come > across instructions on the internet I find more details better than > too few.
You certainly didn't bore me - I've been hoping someone would write some instructions for this for a while! Works perfectly! Thanks very much for taking the time to do it. Cheers Chris 2 Booms, 2 Classics, 3 Radios, 2 02 Jogglers, 1 Squeezebox 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frozzers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103783 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
