Chromecast

Chromecast

Issues

• Make package to start automatically?

• https://community.home-assistant.io/t/chromecast-radio-with-station-and-player-selection/12732

Stream2Chromecast Chromecast Media Streamer

Chromecast media streamer for Linux Github

hochob@server:~$ cd CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio/
hochob@server:~/CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio$ ls
default.pa  Pause.sh  Play.sh  SectionFour.sh  SectionOne.sh  SectionThree.sh  SectionTwo.sh  stream2chromecast

hochob@server:~/CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio$ cd stream2chromecast/
hochob@server:~/CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio/stream2chromecast$ ls
cc_device_finder.py  cc_media_controller.py  cc_message.py  LICENSE  README.md  stream2chromecast.py
hochob@server:~/CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio/stream2chromecast$

hochob@server:~/stream2chromecast$ python stream2chromecast.py ~/Audio/SectionOne.mp3 

-----------------------------------------

Stream2Chromecast version:0.6.3

Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Pat Carter
GNU General Public License v3.0
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

-----------------------------------------

searching the network for a Chromecast device
device name: Hochob
source is file: /home/hochob/Audio/SectionOne.mp3
local ip address: 192.168.1.109
OS identifies the mimetype as : audio/mpeg
URL & content-type:  http://192.168.1.109:38801?/home/hochob/Audio/SectionOne.mp3 audio/mpeg
loading media...
192.168.1.101 - - [28/Mar/2017 11:53:15] "GET /?/home/hochob/Audio/SectionOne.mp3 HTTP/1.1" 200 -
sending data
waiting for player to finish - press ctrl-c to stop...
done
hochob@server:~/CodeLabs/Hochob/Audio/stream2chromecast$

Pulseaudio-Dlna Lightweight Streaming Server

A lightweight streaming server which brings DLNA / UPNP and Chromecast support to PulseAudio and Linux Github

Note. We were able to use it however it is not required now. We will be using stream2chromecast

hochob@server:~$ sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-dlna

hochob@server:~$ pulseaudio-dlna -e ogg

hochob@server:~$ pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'
  * index: 0
    name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo-extra1>
    index: 1
    name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
    index: 2
    name: <hochob_chromecast>
hochob@server:~$

hochob@server:~$ pacmd list-sink-inputs
1 sink input(s) available.
    index: 1
    driver: <protocol-native.c>
    flags: START_CORKED 
    state: RUNNING
    sink: 0 <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo-extra1>
    volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
            balance 0.00
    muted: no
    current latency: 75.02 ms
    requested latency: 25.00 ms
    sample spec: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
    channel map: front-left,front-right
                 Stereo
    resample method: speex-float-1
    module: 8
    client: 5 <Firefox>
    properties:
        media.name = "AudioStream"
        application.name = "Firefox"
        native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
        native-protocol.version = "31"
        application.process.id = "1808"
        application.process.user = "hochob"
        application.process.host = "server"
        application.process.binary = "plugin-container"
        application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
        window.x11.display = ":0.0"
        application.process.machine_id = "113ccc1687214a70ae6c3ecee5fd153f"
        application.process.session_id = "c1"
        module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Firefox"

hochob@server:~$ pacmd move-sink-input 1 2