knapoc/shairport-sync repository overview

⁠shairport-sync

Dockerized version of shairport-sync⁠.

⁠Build

# Build version 2.8.1
docker build -t knapoc/shairport-sync .

# Build other version
docker build --build-arg SHAIRPORT_VERSION=2.8.0 --build-arg ALAC_VERSION= -t knapoc/shairport-sync:2.8.0 .

⁠Run

docker run -d \
    --name=container_name
    --net=host \
    --device=/dev/snd:/dev/snd \
    -v "/path/to/your/shairport-sync.conf:/usr/local/etc/shairport-sync.conf" \
    knapoc/shairport-sync

⁠Compose

  version: '2'
  services:
    shairportSync:
      restart: always
      image: knapoc/shairport-sync
      network_mode: host
      volumes:
        - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
        - "/path/to/your/shairport-sync.conf:/usr/local/etc/shairport-sync.conf"
      devices:
        - "/dev/snd:/dev/snd"

⁠Parameters

• --net=host must be run in host mode
• --device=/dev/snd:/dev/snd share host alsa system with container. Does not require --privileged as -v /dev/snd:/dev/snd would
• -v "/path/to/your/shairport-sync.conf:/usr/local/etc/shairport-sync.conf" (optional) - your own shairport-sync.conf file. A default config file⁠ is being copied during the build process.
• shairport-sync compilation arguments:
  • --with-alsa # output_backend
  • --with-pipe # optional output_backend to enable raw audio to be output through a unix pipe
  • --with-avahi # mdns_backend
  • --with-ssl=openssl # for encryption and related utilities
  • --with-soxr # for libsoxr-based resampling
  • --with-metadata # to add support for Shairport Sync to pipe metadata to a compatible application of your choice
  • --with-apple-alac # to include the Apple ALAC Decoder.