Show HN: AirAP AirPlay server – AirPlay to an iOS Device

Show HN: AirAP AirPlay server – AirPlay to an iOS Device github.com/neon443/AirAP...

I made AirAP because I wanted a simple way to play sound from my Mac Mini when my speaker broke. But it’s got a ton of other uses too, like testing how audio sounds like on different devices, or repurposing old wired speakers.

This was incredibly fun to make - can’t wait for you all to see it!

LowResHusband · 3 months ago

That's interesting! Does it work for streaming video or just audio? Sometimes I'd love to AirPlay from my video editing software to my iPhone to check how it looks on the smaller screen, checking colors and overall appearance.

ptk · 3 months ago

We’ve been looking for something like this for our conference room. A PC presenting on a large TV, but mirrored/AirPlayed on iPads for anyone that wanted a version closer to their face.

karhuton · 3 months ago

You can give this a go. Made it for just this type of scenarios: https://bluescreen.live

If it works for you, happy the help you setup a private instance or something. And for in-office use, maybe optimize for quality rather than minimal updates it is now.

mkrahul · 3 months ago

Sunshine and moonlight are what you need.

bound008 · 3 months ago

Thank you so much for checking something off of my todo list!

Apple TV lets you share with two sets of apple headphones, which is awesome... but I wanted a way to:

* Share to more than two sets * Extend coverage past the (very generous) bluetooth range of AirPods. * Have lossless (albeit 44khz/16bit) wireless audio with audiophile headphones.

I was considering using an esp32, but so happy this exists now! Thanks!

whycome · 3 months ago

Doesn’t this still limit to one device?

bound008 · 3 months ago

I haven't tried it yet but on Apple devices you can AirPlay audio to multiple devices. I think the limit on AirPlay 2 might be 16.

Lalabadie · 3 months ago

Bluetooth output is limited to one device, Airplay (from one device) can stream to several receivers.

doublerabbit · 3 months ago

Neat way to turn an iDevice in to a usable DAC.

bilekas · 3 months ago

This is actually something I've been looking for for a while, through some workarounds with jelkyfin and others I've been able to navigate something but this seems promising.

I've got a few questions maybe later with the protocols and stuff but so far from initial look, it seems super promising.

Nice job really!

planetpluta · 3 months ago

A lot of apps allow you to AirPlay to multiple devices at once — would be neat to put this on a bunch of iphones to simultaneously play music

r00fus · 3 months ago

Any suggestions for such apps? I'm planning using something like this for a silent disco...

atmanactive · 3 months ago

https://sonobus.net

whycome · 3 months ago

How old of a device can I install this on? (Eg to make an old phone an AirPlay receiver).

Edit: looks like ios17 is earliest

neon443 · 3 months ago

I’m working on back porting it now

zlies · 3 months ago

Nice work! Do you think that it is possible to port this to watchOS?

bri3d · 3 months ago

It's just a thin wrapper for https://github.com/qasim/Airstream (I think it's very lame that the README doesn't mention this), which I think would work in a watchOS app although I'm not 100% sure it would get approved.

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neon443 · 3 months ago

I think I could take a look, but watchOS has different limitations for background apps You mean u want to run the app on Apple Watch?

zlies · 3 months ago

I‘m thinking about an app on the watch, that acts as an airplay (video) receiver, so I can stream and watch videos on my wrist while cooking

reboot81 · 3 months ago

Works great from iPhone to iPhone.