Shairport (airplay) command line to fix volume to 100%

[Steve premium]

Steve premium

14. Januar 2021 at 13:51 #50607

Hello

I’m using shairport functionality and it works very well but I was wondering is there’s a way to fix the volume to 100% at startup?
I can do this with spotify connect by using the command:
–initial-volume 100

is there a similar option I can add to command line (edit advanced options) for shairport?

Thanks

[MarioM Moderator]

MarioM Moderator

18. Januar 2021 at 16:28 #50617

Hi Steve,

Unfortunately there is no function for this that you can use in Shairport’s command line options. Shairport is designed for direct streaming from the iPhone and receives its volume. A corresponding function would have to overwrite the volume setting of the iPhone.

[cooker44 premium]

cooker44 premium

5. Dezember 2021 at 23:37 #51832

Hi there. I’m keen to achieve this also. Would it be possible to edit the shairport-sync.conf file?

Shairport-sync info manual

General settings

ignore_volume_control=“choice“;

Set this choice to „yes“ if you want the volume to be at 100% no matter what the source’s volume control is set to. This might be useful if you want to set the volume on the output device, independently of the setting at the source. The default is „no“.

My knowledge of these matters is utter novice level so forgive me if I’m being silly.

Kind regards and thanks for max2play
Alex