libpipew...aop-sink(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual libpipew...aop-sink(7)
NAME
libpipewire-module-raop-sink - AirPlay Sink
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new Sink to stream to an Airplay device.
Normally this sink is automatically created with RAOP Discover with the
right parameters but it is possible to manually create a RAOP sink as
well.
MODULE NAME
libpipewire-module-raop-sink
MODULE OPTIONS
Options specific to the behavior of this module
• raop.ip: The ip address of the remote end.
• raop.port: The port of the remote end.
• raop.name: The name of the remote end.
• raop.hostname: The hostname of the remote end.
• raop.transport: The data transport to use, one of 'udp' or 'tcp'.
Defaults to 'udp'.
• raop.encryption.type: The encryption type to use. One of 'none', 'RSA'
or 'auth_setup'. Default is 'none'.
• raop.audio.codec: The audio codec to use. Needs to be 'PCM'. Defaults
to 'PCM'.
• raop.password: The password to use.
• stream.props = {}: properties to be passed to the sink stream
Options with well-known behavior.
• remote.name
• audio.format
• audio.rate
• audio.channels
• audio.position
• node.name
• node.description
• node.group
• node.latency
• node.virtual
• media.class
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/my-raop-sink.conf
context.modules = [
{ name = libpipewire-module-raop-sink
args = {
# Set the remote address to tunnel to
raop.ip = "127.0.0.1"
raop.port = 8190
raop.name = "my-raop-device"
raop.hostname = "My Service"
#raop.transport = "udp"
raop.encryption.type = "RSA"
#raop.audio.codec = "PCM"
#raop.password = "****"
#audio.format = "S16"
#audio.rate = 44100
#audio.channels = 2
#audio.position = [ FL FR ]
stream.props = {
# extra sink properties
}
}
}
]
SEE ALSO
RAOP Discover
PipeWire 1.4.2 libpipew...aop-sink(7)
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