CommanderROR wrote: 
> @bpa 
> I really hope it's possible to do that. Google just confirmed that you
> can't use the Chromecast Audio as DLNA receiver directly. 
> I'm no dev, so I have no clue how you'd go about streaming to Chromecast
> from anything but Android/Chrome/iOS
> 
> If it is possible though, it would make installing Players for LMS a
> breeze, since you get a complete package, DAC, optical out, all neatly
> wrapped and packed. And of course WiFi ac...

AFAICT Chromecast doe not run Linux they run a version of ChromeOS so
there is a no SDK.  This make would make it difficult to port
Squeezelite.  The other choice would require somebody to port Linux to
Chromecast hardware - another non trivial task when there is no
documentation on the h/w.  

If Chromecast could be rooted or have Linux ported onto it - it would
have been done already for the existing Chromecast.

I don't think Google will support Chromecast Audo as a DLNA renderer as
it is not part of the architecture - audio shoudl be cast by a DLNA
renderer running on an Android system/tv/phone or similar. 

As a test last year - I've ported Squeezelite as a Chrome Native Client
(i.e. runs natively under Chrome) which can then cast audio easily but
Chrome only supports 48/44.1 16bit.

wrt Chromecast capabilities - IIRC Google said in a recent PR they hoped
to do synced audio from multiple chromecasts next year.


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