slimfast wrote: > There seems to be some confusion here - I'm not talking about making a > Squeezebox or LMS emulate a Chromecast. I'm talking about having the > LMS software natively support Chromecasts as an output device for their > audio streams of locally stored music files (as an alternative to > Squeezebox hardware) and additionally, maybe to have the capability of > LMS acting as the broker to point a streaming service at a Chromecast > the same way you would currently do from an app that offers casting > support for cloud streaming. > > eg. TuneIn can play on your mobile device or you can 'cast' instead in > which case the cloud server sends the stream directly to the Chromecast, > the mobile device isn't involved except as maybe in the role of a > controller input and status display. I can't see any reason why you > shouldn't be able to request the connection is set up from LMS as > opposed to an app on the phone. Any copy protection etc is implemented > via the connection from the cloud server to the Chromecast, no? Or is > the issue that it would be tricky to get Google to allow LMS to be > treated as a remote controller/display? > > Another example: Bubble uPnP will support sending streams from your > Android phone/tablet to Chromecast - there's clearly an API that would > allow you to cast media on your own device, from your own device. Or is > this API only available via libraries on the Android/iOS devices? > > I've not heard of Chromebridge , searching doesn't throw up any relevant > results.
CastBridge allows you to play any LMS content to a Chromecast device (it is in the 3rd party plugins or here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104614-Announce-CastBridge-integrate-Chromecast-players-with-LMS-(squeeze2cast)). What I've not implemented is the possbility to be a broker and play content that are not managed by LMS to the CC device - that would not be consistent with what LMS is. LMS 7.7.5 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos 2xPLAY:1, PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBMC, Foobar2000, XBoxOne, JRiver 21, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast v1, Pi B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Cubie2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104383 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
