miniupnp VS AirConnect

It's odd, because the nat-pmp/pcp configuration does support a lifetime configuration (apparently not exposed by the OPNSense UI). I assume that's not shared by the UPnP code path. Even so, time-limited rules was one of the security additions with UPnP v2, so I would doubt "unlimited" would be an option if it were made configurable. It really feels like this is on Xbox to implement properly. Other UPnP consumers like Plex handle it just fine.

https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/issues/413 is closed. So I’m not sure if the problem exists there still or where?

Reading this https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/issues/448 is pretty sad. UPNP is very useful for home users. We are 5 people in our family with about 20 internet connected devices. No way I am setting up Port Forwarding manually for each app on each device. I have other things to do with my very scarce free time.

Here’s the link: Airplay to Google

If you dont mind some tinkering AirConnect allows to use google speakers as airplay devices. I been using airconnect for a year and a half and it’s been working perfectly.

If you have a Raspberry Pi, there’s a way to bridge things with audio (in my experience, there’s a massive delay, but it works); with video you might be SOL.

I just use https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect on a raspberry pi.

If you have a device that can run this software. - GitHub - philippe44/AirConnect: Use AirPlay to stream to UPnP/Sonos & Chromecast devices - https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect

Apple Music doesn’t provide AirPlay support so you’d need a hardware bridge such as a Starling Hub or a software bridge such as AirConnect. I’ve tested the latter on Windows and it works, but it’s a bit ‘hacky’. Ideally you’d want it running on a server like a Raspberry Pi.