Shairport Sync Reader Simple

A simple Node.js program to extract metadata from Shairport Sync via a pipe.

Features

• Extracts metadata from Shairport Sync output
• Provides TypeScript types for metadata structure
• Easy to use with Node.js streams

Limitations

• Currently only extracts data via a pipe

Usage

import { ShairportSyncReader } from 'shairport-sync-reader-simple';

 const reader = new ShairportSyncReader();
 // Catch raw metadata events
 reader.on('ssnc', (code, data) => {
   console.log('Received shairport-sync metadata:', code, data);
 });
 reader.on('core', (code, data) => {
   console.log('Received core (iTunes) metadata:', code, data);
 });

 // Catch parsed metadata events (As defined on https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync-metadata-reader)
 reader.on('pvol', (volume) => {
   console.log('Airplay volume:', volume.airplayVolume, 'Volume:', volume.volume, 'Minimum Volume:', volume.lowestVolume, 'Maximum Volume:', volume.highestVolume);
 });