install.airport_express

### Get your airport express to work with Linux ###

http://raop-play.sourceforge.net/

- Get source, untar, etc.

- Install deps

sudo apt-get install libsamplerate0 libsamplerate0-dev libssl libssl-dev libfltk1.1 libfltk1.1-dev libid3tag0 libid3tag0-dev mpg321 faad fluid

- Compile it

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apps/raop_play
make
make install 

- Make the ALSA driver. It is a little out of date, so you need to
  patch it. Ge the patch here:

http://www.jroller.com/nwinkler/entry/raop_play_and_kernel_2

copy it to the base source dir (eg raop_play-0.5.1) and then run it:

patch -p0 < fix-typedefs.patch

- and then you need to edit drivers/alsa_raoppcm.c and delete:

#include <linux/config.h>

- then

cd drivers
make 
make install

- Copy the driver_start script to the bin dir:

sudo cp ./driver_start /usr/local/apps/raop_play/bin/driver_start

- Various things need to be in the path, so link it:
ln -d /usr/local/apps/raop_play/bin/* /usr/local/bin/.

- Copy the alsadev.pls file...

cd ../raop_play
sudo cp alsadev.pls /usr/local/apps/raop_play/bin/.

## TO RUN ##

- Run it

sudo /usr/local/apps/raop_play/bin/driver_start

- Then run "aexcl_play" and play "alsadev.pls" which should be linked 
  in /usr/local/bin

- MC - TODO - script the above....

- Then just fire up an audio app.

Notes:
- the input volume is controlled from the aexcl_play app. Crank it up.


- now, the problem is that it is a kernel module, so it will die every
  time you upgrade the kernel. For this, look at:

http://www.jroller.com/nwinkler/entry/raop_play_and_dkms

MC - TODO - this

- MC - this doesn't work very well. It's slow and annoying.