Add Chromecast support #9

derat commented 2021年02月19日 21:27:46 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I'd been dragging my feet on this since I don't have any idea how credential-passing works, and handing off Google credentials to a Chromecast device seems like a nightmare. Thinking about it more, though, maybe I could implement #3 and then have the web and Android clients pass signed URLs to Chromecast. I'd still need some additional way to temporarily authorize the Chromecast to report plays to the server, though.

I'd been dragging my feet on this since I don't have any idea how credential-passing works, and handing off Google credentials to a Chromecast device seems like a nightmare. Thinking about it more, though, maybe I could implement #3 and then have the web and Android clients pass signed URLs to Chromecast. I'd still need some additional way to temporarily authorize the Chromecast to report plays to the server, though.

derat commented 2021年03月22日 16:10:35 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I'm not sure that this is worth doing. Most (all?) Google Home devices seem to also support Bluetooth, and I'm anxious about how buggy the cast experience is (especially around queue management) on first-party apps like the YouTube web and Android clients. Implementing a parallel "remote play" mode in all clients feels like it will be painful, too.

I'm not sure that this is worth doing. Most (all?) Google Home devices seem to also support Bluetooth, and I'm anxious about how buggy the cast experience is (especially around queue management) on first-party apps like the YouTube web and Android clients. Implementing a parallel "remote play" mode in all clients feels like it will be painful, too.

derat commented 2022年04月25日 18:52:02 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I think I have yet to encounter a Chromecast app that works reliably. The Netflix Android app seems to disconnect from the Cast device periodically, resulting in a state where the only control I have over playback is stuff like pause and volume that's exposed by the Home app. I don't know how to convince Netflix to reconnect to the device when it's in this state.

I think I have yet to encounter a Chromecast app that works reliably. The Netflix Android app seems to disconnect from the Cast device periodically, resulting in a state where the only control I have over playback is stuff like pause and volume that's exposed by the Home app. I don't know how to convince Netflix to reconnect to the device when it's in this state.

derat commented 2025年07月27日 14:05:15 +02:00

I'm not going to spend any time on this. Google discontinued Chromecast in favor of Google TV in 2024. I think the Cast protocol still "works", at least on some devices, but it's always been buggy and unreliable. I'd rather use Bluetooth or even write a native player app that can run on a Raspberry Pi.

I'm not going to spend any time on this. Google discontinued Chromecast in favor of Google TV in 2024. I think the Cast protocol still "works", at least on some devices, but it's always been buggy and unreliable. I'd rather use Bluetooth or even write a native player app that can run on a Raspberry Pi.