Airplay only works after restarting airplay service

xlarge · May 2, 2020 at 9:51 PM

Using LibreElec 9.2.1 with Raspberry-Pi 4b and Hifiberry AMP2.

If I start-up or restart the Raspberry-Pi, Airplay is not working.

I have to stop and start Airplay service every time to get it to work.

Anyone have a dirty fix like a script to restart airplay service after boot?

**chewitt** · May 3, 2020 at 5:05 AM Official Post

Code

echo "(sleep 20 && systemctl restart avahi)&" > /storage/.config/autostart.sh

^ I'm not sure what the issue is, but that should restart the avahi service (which advertises airplay) 20 seconds into userspace boot which is usually plenty of time for Kodi to start.

xlarge · May 3, 2020 at 9:18 PM

Thanks alot, I will try this asap.

xlarge · May 4, 2020 at 5:08 PM

When I start my Pi, avahi-daemon.service is running, Zeroconf is running and Airplay is running.

Still Airplay do not work.

If I stop Airplay and start it again in the GUI, Airplay is working.

**chewitt** · May 5, 2020 at 5:27 AM Official Post

Pastebin a debug log at the start, and after restarting Kodi, e.g.

cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | paste <= share the URL generated

wait 30 secons

systemctl restart kodi

cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | paste <= share the URL generated

i'm wondering if it's something to do with drivers/loading.

xlarge · May 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM

Thanks for all help.

I did try a restart of kodi and when it works.

I ended up in a simple solution with a delayed start of kodi.

Code

nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh

sleep 10

It solved the problem.

As you mentioned chewitt, something was not ready before kodi started.