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Chromecast

Issues

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 

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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

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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