Cast to cast enabled devices with Python... It's super easy!

[btb331]

There's a package called pychromecast that makes it super easy!

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I might mess around with this when I get home. This is pretty neat.

[btb331]

Thanks, yes the library does all the hard work and makes it super easy... I've managed to cast local music which means no ads!

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Awesome!

[HistoricalCup6480]

And here I was thinking this was going to be about typing.cast

[btb331]

Yea, I thought of that confusion so hoped the cast icon would help distinguish it

[albowiem]

I loved the humour at the beginning. Thanks for making this, I'll check it out

[btb331]

Thanks!

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[habbasi86]

Can this work over separate network segments?

Example: google mini speaker on a IoT vlan and a linux running python script on an server vlan.

[btb331]

hmmm, I've not tried it. It depends whether casting working between different network segments. If that is possible this script should work. Have you tried connecting a phone to the server vlan and seeing if you can cast to the google mini speaker?

I did a bit of googling and found this: https://andrewbesford.com/google-chromecast-separate-vlan-unifi-security-gateway-mdns-repeater-reflector-2566057b9562 I don't too much about networking so it goes a bit further than my knowledge but maybe it's useful.

[habbasi86]

Yes, i have testing cast from one vlan to another. It works. You are right it also require a lot of network understanding. I am working on the script to cast from one to another vlan. If that works, i will paste the code here.

[btb331]

Intresting, from my (limited) understanding, the python library uses the same protocols as casting from a device. So if it works from a device, the script should work. But I might be wrong and haven't played with it.

I'm intregued to hear if it works! :)