[Solved] Airplay name won't change from volumio

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Hi, I am trying to create a multi room system using 4 raspberry pi’s running volumio. I can’t get the airplay name of each one to change from volumio.

Have tried sudo nano /etc/init.d/shairport and changed name here.

also sudo nano /etc/hostname and sudo nano etc/hosts and changed names in here.

Anyone know what to do ?

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Unfortunatly Volumio no longer seems to use the init.d script but starts shairport in the /var/www/command/player_wrk.php script:
I changed the name to VolumioAir and changed the device “hw” construction (to -d default:M2496) in order to get my Musical Fidility V90 usb dac to work without generating a lot of noise:

// Start Shairport with Volumio name, stopping Mpd on start, with Selected output device $cmd = '/usr/local/bin/shairport -a "VolumioAir" -w -B "mpc stop" -o alsa -- -d default:M2496 > /dev/null 2>&1 &';

Changing the code and rebooting worked for me (toggling the airplay option in the webinterface didn’t)

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Thanks, that worked a treat with airplay. However when i use Linn Kinsky or another upnp client it still says Volumio as the name. Any idea which script it is using for that ?

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In case of upnp volumio seems to use the init.d script /etc/init.d/upmpdcli, this reads the configuration file /etc/upmpdcli.conf
In this conf file you can define the UPNP "friendly"name:

# Displayed "Friendly Name" for the UPnP Media Renderer friendlyname = VolumioUpnp

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Hi,

Losing the ability to change the Airplay name is a real drawback. I’m running 3 x Volumio with IQaudio DAC in my house and now cannot upgrade past V1.3 because of this. The fix described above doesn’t work for me.

Can the feature be re-introduced please? V1.4 is a real improvement, particularly stability and the Library view on the web GUI is excellent.

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Hi agree that name change is an essential feature in the UI.

Well done Marcos for finding the workarounds = very helpful for me. Many Thanks :smiley:

Kevin

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by changing names as above it works for me. at least my router display new name correctly. :mrgreen:

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Hi Marcos
Brilliant ! Thanks !
Just a small note: if you are not sure what is the actual name of your DAC, type <aplay -L> to find out.
Yair