Re-enabling AirTunes support in Kodi

[Bart Schuurmans]

Hi,

I was wondering why Kodi is being compiled without AirTunes support (--disable-airtunes in debian/rules). AirTunes is required to make Kodi act as an AirPlay target for iOS devices running iOS 9 and later.

Kodi also supports a new version of the AirPlay protocol (--enable-airplay), but this version is incompatible with iOS 9 and newer. When the new version (called 'Enable AirPlay "Videos" and “Pictures" support’) is turned off in the Kodi settings panel, Kodi would fall back on the AirTunes server, but since AirTunes is not compiled in, AirPlay stops working altogether [1].

Configure options were changed in commit 16a776738aea0a3b6509efa8e87bceb961730e9c [2], which does not explain the reasoning behind the change. I tried compiling the package myself using the following command:

    KODI_CONFIG_EXTRA_OPTIONS='--enable-airtunes' dpkg-buildpackage

There are no build errors.

Since being an AirPlay target for newer Apple devices seems like a valuable feature, would you consider turning AirTunes support back on?

— Bart Schuurmans

[1]: Leaving the user confused, see http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=289433
[2]: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-multimedia/kodi.git/commit/?id=16a776738aea0a3b6509efa8e87bceb961730e9c