shairport-sync/OPENBSD.md

Shairport Sync on OpenBSD using sndio

This is an initial note about installing Shairport Sync on OpenBSD. Shairport Sync compiles and maybe runs (?) natively on OpenBSD using the sndio back end.

General

This build was done on a default build of OpenBSD 6.2 GENERIC.MP#134 amd64.

First, update everything.

TBA

Install the Avahi subsystem.

TBA

Enable the D-Bus and Avahi subsystems

TBA

Building

Install the packages that are needed for Shairport Sync to be downloaded and built successfully.

TBA

Now, download Shairport Sync from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync.git
$ cd shairport-sync

Next, switch to the development branch, configure the build and compile it:

$ git checkout development
$ autoreconf -i -f
$ ./configure  --with-avahi --with-ssl=openssl --with-sndio --with-os=openbsd
$ make

There is no make install yet -- you're on your own.

Using the sndio backend

The sndio back end does not have a hardware volume control facility. You should set the volume to maximum before use, using, for example, the mixerctl command.