Then I downloaded, extracted, and installed the Raspberry Pi version of Airfoil Speakers for Linux: tar -zxvf AirfoilSpeakersRaspberryPi.tgz Sudo apt-get install libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil Sudo apt-get install libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil Once I started over on the older operating system, I ran the same commands to install what was needed: sudo apt-get install mono-runtime However, my Raspberry Pi is an older model (the Model B+) so I was able to install an old version of Raspbian. I tried compiling Mono 3 on a current Raspbian version Unfortunately, the current Raspbian OS versions install Mono version 4. The Mono runtime library version and suggested I use something earlier than version 4 if possible.

Thankfully, Chris quickly replied the error might be caused by : Object synchronization method was called from an unsynchronized block of code.Įven though the Linux version is officially unsupported, I filed a support request hoping Rogue Amoeba had seen this before.

You just have to download and install it.īut when I ran it with all the dependencies in place, I got this error: Unhandled Exception: Rogue Amoeba makes a Linux version of the Airfoil Speakers app available on their website. Receiver using a Raspberry Pi I didn’t know what to do with. Since I already had Airfoil’s audio receiving part working on a Linux computer in one room, I thought I’d add another (There’s an open source app called Snapcast that does something similar.Īnd of course, there’s Sonos. It stays in sync, too–so as you move from room to room, you’re not missing a second or two of a song or hearing it repeat. I use it to play live audio from my desktop computerĪll the way to the kitchen, at the other end of the apartment. What is Airfoil?Īirfoil lets you “share” sound by playing it on a bunch of speakers at once. Now, software maker Rogue Amoeba is about to have a second one in my top five: Airfoil. Last week, I wrote Audio Hijack Pro was one of my most-used apps. Airfoil Raspberry Pi how to software Audio Throughout the Apartment

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