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Introducing Google Cast for audio

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Re: Introducing Google Cast for audio

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Post by hengheng »

matthewmcg wrote: post #42
hengheng wrote: post #17

Very nice. I'm right now sitting in front of a schematics of a nice modern modular stereo hi-fi amplifier that I'm building. I made sure to leave plenty of internal interconnects for BTO radio modules, so that I could accomodate for Bluetooth, DAB, UPnP rendering, TI CC8520 or whatever wireless standard would be coming my way later down the line. Seems that I can now plan to add a Google Cast radio module that can be…

This sounds really neat--any information on your product you can share?

Will do! I'm finishing up the design right now, and I plan to go DIY first anyways in order to get some quick feedback, circumvent expensive EMI certification, and to sell some units before having to go into case manufacturing. As soon as the prototype shows it's working at the quality level I hope it will, we'll start marketing it, and I'll make sure to drop you a note right then!

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Post by glward »

bsimpson wrote: post #50
rcraft wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can confirm that that little device no longer works. The old models worked without the VGA portion needing to be plugged in, however the new models shipping from China don't work unless the VGA unit is plugged into something, which basically defeats the purpose. I am now using this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMZOUVK/ref=oh_aui_detai... which is working great.

When I first got my Chromecast, I was beyond frustrated that the music always cut out (even though watching videos was fine). One day, I was determined to get to the bottom of it, and realized that my roommate's Yamaha RX-V571 will reset the HDMI connection every two seconds if it can't handshake the video. He has an HDMI->VGA adaptor and a VGA projector plugged into the same receiver. So, whenever I want to listen t…

That's odd, my slightly older Yamaha (RX-V367) works fine with the chromecast as an HDMI device with no tv hooked up. Wonder why the newer model doesn't like it.

Re: Introducing Google Cast for audio

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Post by rikkus »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #22
mankyd wrote: post #4

> Google Cast Ready speakers come with Cast technology built-in, so you don’t have to buy any additional equipment. Except for, you know, the entirely new speaker(s). I love this idea, but I want a simple, small dongle, like the chromecast, that outputs audio only rather than HDMI. I already have a speaker/amp in my living room that has a mini-stereo in. I simply want a way to connect a chromecast to it.

I do this with a raspberry pi. I set up an AirPlay service on it, and added a tiny USB wifi dongle and put it in a nice white casing. Works great and cheaper than airport express that will do what you need also. http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tuto...

Last time I tried this, the sound output was awful from the Pi itself and glitchy when using a USB DAC. Any problems with the audio in your experience?

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Post by ubercore »

ubercore wrote: post #9
jamesbrownuhh wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that what you meant to say? AirPlay isn't restricted to special Apple routers either.

That is true, but I also believe there are some lower level "nice to haves" they enable on their routers to make sure Bonjour/mDNS works properly for airplay. If not intentionally, I do know that some routers (Actiontec / FiOS comes to mind) that have particular difficulty with providing reliable Airplay connections.

I'll bite, can someone help me understand the downvotes? Actiontec routers (among others I'm sure) may not work well with Bonjour out of the box: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

Airports generally don't need attention for airplay, and that probably leads a lot of people to the impression that you need an Apple router.

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Post by rikkus »

Reebles wrote: post #10

Will we finally get gapless playback in the Chromecast's native music player? I've tried to use my Chromecast for music, but the gaps between tracks are just complete deal breakers for many albums. I had just assumed audio was not a priority for google.

It's a deal breaker for me, yes. It took years to persuade Spotify to fix this problem.

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Post by vpontis »

Wow, it seems like this will take a while to come out and I didn't see any word on pricing.

A good alternative to this is a Beep. Beep sells devices that plug into any speakers audio jack to let you stream music from your phone. What's better is that it also syncs up multiple units so you can have your music in sync across your house.

We've used them in our office a few times and love them. https://www.thisisbeep.com

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