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I do this with a raspberry pi. I set up an AirPlay service on it, and added a tiny USB wifi dongle and put it in a nice white casing. Works great and cheaper th

I do this with a raspberry pi. I set up an AirPlay service on it, and added a tiny USB wifi dongle and put it in a nice white casing. Works great and cheaper than airport express that will do what you need also. http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tutorial http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tuto...

mankyd 12y ago
Airplay doesn't do much good for my Android phone, unfortunately :/
- deanclatworthy 12y ago
  There's numerous solutions for that. But I think if you want to stream the native audio output of your device you need to root it. Some options here: http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-airplay-1578516449 http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-ai... But the HDMI splitter is probably your best bet :)
carlob 12y ago
The problem is that the quality of the audio out of the raspberry pi is terrible. I wonder if these HDMI audio extractors I see in the comments are any better. I have a raspberry pi connected to a projector that doesn't have audio out and I can't decide between a sound card for the pi (think wolfson), or a HDMI audio extractor in order to improve the quality.
- jdboyd 12y ago
  Supposedly the audio out on the B+ and A+ is dramatically better. I haven't bought one of the new ones to make my own judgement yet though.
- IshKebab 12y ago
  You can use a USB audio dongle though.
- stiltzkin 12y ago
  HiFiBerry is a very good option
rikkus 12y ago
Last time I tried this, the sound output was awful from the Pi itself and glitchy when using a USB DAC. Any problems with the audio in your experience?
- deanclatworthy 12y ago
  I'm no audiophile. I'm happy streaming 320kbs spotify with my premium account to a $50 pair of logitech computer speakers. No complaints of audio quality from me. Nobody has ever said anything either.
  - danellis 12y ago
    Are you using a + model?
  - rikkus 12y ago
    It looks like the problem that gave me crackles when using the audio output jack may have been fixed with a firmware update. Thanks, you gave me reason to check and I might be able to put my Pi back into service! https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/128#issuecomment-14556086 https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/128#issuecomment...

mankyd 12y ago

Airplay doesn't do much good for my Android phone, unfortunately :/

deanclatworthy 12y ago
There's numerous solutions for that. But I think if you want to stream the native audio output of your device you need to root it. Some options here: http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-airplay-1578516449 http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-ai... But the HDMI splitter is probably your best bet :)

carlob 12y ago

The problem is that the quality of the audio out of the raspberry pi is terrible. I wonder if these HDMI audio extractors I see in the comments are any better. I have a raspberry pi connected to a projector that doesn't have audio out and I can't decide between a sound card for the pi (think wolfson), or a HDMI audio extractor in order to improve the quality.

jdboyd 12y ago
Supposedly the audio out on the B+ and A+ is dramatically better. I haven't bought one of the new ones to make my own judgement yet though.
IshKebab 12y ago
You can use a USB audio dongle though.
stiltzkin 12y ago
HiFiBerry is a very good option

rikkus 12y ago

Last time I tried this, the sound output was awful from the Pi itself and glitchy when using a USB DAC. Any problems with the audio in your experience?

deanclatworthy 12y ago
I'm no audiophile. I'm happy streaming 320kbs spotify with my premium account to a $50 pair of logitech computer speakers. No complaints of audio quality from me. Nobody has ever said anything either.
- danellis 12y ago
  Are you using a + model?
- rikkus 12y ago
  It looks like the problem that gave me crackles when using the audio output jack may have been fixed with a firmware update. Thanks, you gave me reason to check and I might be able to put my Pi back into service! https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/128#issuecomment-14556086 https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/128#issuecomment...