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Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

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Re: Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

#3

Post by johladam »

That is an awesome library. It didn't see any sort of documentation, but I imagine that this does not work on a local library, correct? I believe at some point I heard that there were some DNS settings on the Chromecast that couldn't be changed?

Personally, I'm really looking forward to someone creating some sort of an open-source receiver clone that I can install on my Nvidia Jetson or some other SoC. I would love to be able to use it as a (fully supported) Chromecast without the need to actually buy additional Chromecasts. I've been looking at it as a way to add decent audio and video control to a home automation system I'm building, but nothing is as easy as the Chromecast.

Re: Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

#4

Post by xfalcox »

johladam wrote: post #3

That is an awesome library. It didn't see any sort of documentation, but I imagine that this does not work on a local library, correct? I believe at some point I heard that there were some DNS settings on the Chromecast that couldn't be changed? Personally, I'm really looking forward to someone creating some sort of an open-source receiver clone that I can install on my Nvidia Jetson or some other SoC. I would love t…

Maybe you can create a local dns entry on your home router, of, if google sets 8.8.8.8 on chomecasts, you can pass a "http://192.168.1.2/npm-web-server/video.mp4" ?

Re: Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

#7

Post by johladam »

xfalcox wrote: post #4
johladam wrote: post #3

That is an awesome library. It didn't see any sort of documentation, but I imagine that this does not work on a local library, correct? I believe at some point I heard that there were some DNS settings on the Chromecast that couldn't be changed? Personally, I'm really looking forward to someone creating some sort of an open-source receiver clone that I can install on my Nvidia Jetson or some other SoC. I would love t…

Maybe you can create a local dns entry on your home router, of, if google sets 8.8.8.8 on chomecasts, you can pass a " http://192.168.1.2/npm-web-server/video.mp4" ?

I honestly don't know how the Chromecast is set up. Would that prevent me from being able to access Google Play content? I seem to be able to Cast to Amazon FireTV sticks and PS4s, though I have no idea if they work since I don't have one, nor do I know if that even works.

Re: Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

#8

Post by dewey »

Nowyouknow wrote: post #2

How is this different from something like BubbleuPnP or Plex? No GUI? I'm not a developer so a lot of what I see when I click through to Github is gobbledygook.

It's not supposed to be a media center software, it's just casting content to Chromecasts that announce their presence in the local network.

Re: Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

#10

Post by ohitsdom »

Nowyouknow wrote: post #2

How is this different from something like BubbleuPnP or Plex? No GUI? I'm not a developer so a lot of what I see when I click through to Github is gobbledygook.

The benefit of this library is being able to play media on multiple chromecasts on the same network. So using this, a developer could create a Plex-style app for casting to multiple TVs. One use case could be digital signage at an event, where you'd want to control all TVs from one console.
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