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> Google Cast Ready speakers come with Cast technology built-in, so you don’t have to buy any additional equipment. Except for, you know, the entirely new spea
by mankyd 12y ago
> Google Cast Ready speakers come with Cast technology built-in, so you don’t have to buy any additional equipment.
Except for, you know, the entirely new speaker(s).
I love this idea, but I want a simple, small dongle, like the chromecast, that outputs audio only rather than HDMI. I already have a speaker/amp in my living room that has a mini-stereo in. I simply want a way to connect a chromecast to it.
- jluxenberg 12y agoI use this HDMI audio extractor to turn a Chromecast into what you describe: http://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Premium-Extractor-Converter/dp/B00BIQER0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420478005&sr=8-1&keywords=hdmi+audio+extractor http://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Premium-Extractor-Conve...
- brerlapn 12y agoThat is pretty slick. I've had a Squeezebox for years, but it's not too helpful for Youtube benders. For now, I've just got audio out from the TV to the stereo which works fine for casting. The audio's not hi-def but usually the quality of the source audio is the bottleneck in my experience, not the RCA audio connection.
- andybak 12y agoHere's a slightly cheaper way to do the same thing: http://liliputing.com/2014/02/10-adapter-turns-chromecast-into-cheap-sonos-competitor.html http://liliputing.com/2014/02/10-adapter-turns-chromecast-in...
- rcraft 12y agoI can confirm that that little device no longer works. The old models worked without the VGA portion needing to be plugged in, however the new models shipping from China don't work unless the VGA unit is plugged into something, which basically defeats the purpose. I am now using this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMZOUVK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMZOUVK/ref=oh_aui_detai... which is working great.
- bsimpson 12y agoWhen I first got my Chromecast, I was beyond frustrated that the music always cut out (even though watching videos was fine). One day, I was determined to get to the bottom of it, and realized that my roommate's Yamaha RX-V571 will reset the HDMI connection every two seconds if it can't handshake the video. He has an HDMI->VGA adaptor and a VGA projector plugged into the same receiver. So, whenever I want to listen to music in our living room, I have to turn his projector on for two seconds. It's beyond stupid, but at least it works.
- glward 12y agoThat's odd, my slightly older Yamaha (RX-V367) works fine with the chromecast as an HDMI device with no tv hooked up. Wonder why the newer model doesn't like it.
- gcb0 12y agocan't reply deeper... this is for the Yamaha comment next to this: disable auto resolution. it usually fixes this.
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- skystorm 12y agoI solved that issue via a dummy VGA plug, like this: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DVI-to-VGA-Dummy-56K http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DV...! In fact, I simply plugged the three resistors straight into the pins of VGA port on the HDMI converter. Works like a charm. :)
- kyouens 12y agoI am doing the same thing without the HDMI audio extractor. The Chromecast is plugged directly into an HDMI port on the receiver. It works fine. Maybe whether the extractor is necessary depends on the receiver.
- Adaptive 12y agoSame here. TV on, I get video, TV off and it's audio only.
- jdboyd 12y agoDo you have to connect the HDMI out to anything for that to work?
- jluxenberg 12y agoNo, no need to connect HDMI out to anything. I just connect the optical out to my receiver.
- jdboyd 12y agoThank you, that is very helpful.
- coda_ 12y agothis thing works great, I do the same thing. I wonder if these integrated speaker devices will support playing content that is not audo-only... like youtube videos. it's great to be able to get music from youtube videos. I hope they don't limit the stuff you can cast to audio-only with these new google-cast for audio devices.
- FlailFast 12y agoMaybe Chromecast v2 could have that, alongside HDMI 2.0? That, plus 802.11ac and 2x2 antennas would make it absolutely perfect. (And probably more expensive than $35, but possibly worth it)
- mikecb 12y agoSounds exactly like what the Nexus Q was supposed to be (with updated specs).
- cbhl 12y agoThat already exists. It's known as the Nexus Player, which is "Google Cast Ready", has HDMI 2.0, and 802.11ac 2x2. http://www.google.com/nexus/player/ http://www.google.com/nexus/player/
- FlailFast 12y agoGood point, although I'd prefer to pay less to not have Android TV (I don't think the TV platforms make any sense compared to "Casting" content from mobile devices).
- deanclatworthy 12y agoI do this with a raspberry pi. I set up an AirPlay service on it, and added a tiny USB wifi dongle and put it in a nice white casing. Works great and cheaper than airport express that will do what you need also. http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tutorial http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tuto...
- mankyd 12y agoAirplay doesn't do much good for my Android phone, unfortunately :/
- deanclatworthy 12y agoThere's numerous solutions for that. But I think if you want to stream the native audio output of your device you need to root it. Some options here: http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-airplay-1578516449 http://gizmodo.com/how-to-stream-anything-from-android-to-ai... But the HDMI splitter is probably your best bet :)
- carlob 12y agoThe problem is that the quality of the audio out of the raspberry pi is terrible. I wonder if these HDMI audio extractors I see in the comments are any better. I have a raspberry pi connected to a projector that doesn't have audio out and I can't decide between a sound card for the pi (think wolfson), or a HDMI audio extractor in order to improve the quality.
- cscharenberg 12y agoI use a bluetooth adapter connected to my receiver's inputs. My use case is pretty simple though: send audio from my phone (Spotify or audio book) to the receiver.
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoThe Moto Stream works fine for me with Android and iPhone: http://www.motorola.com/us/accessories-headphones-speakers/Moto-Stream/moto-stream.html http://www.motorola.com/us/accessories-headphones-speakers/M...
- kyouens 12y agoWhether it will work seamlessly may depend on the receiver, but I have a Chromecast plugged into an HDMI port on my Yamaha unit. (Note, there is nothing plugged into the HDMI out port on the receiver.) This setup works flawlessly for streaming audio throughout my house. Some people say they had to use an HDMI audio extractor to achieve this, but that was not necessary in my case.
- milkytoast 12y agoYeah, similar setup here - I've plugged mine into the first HDMI port on my Onkyo receiver (http://amzn.com/B0077V88V8 http://amzn.com/B0077V88V8), and everything works fine. Audio through the reciever, no TV on - plus I get the automatic input switching thing that Chromecast does (seems to just go to the first HDMI port on the receiver, not the actual one it was plugged into). Pretty nice.
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- jedc 12y agoI think you just described ROCKI! - http://www.myrocki.com/ http://www.myrocki.com/ They had a successful Kickstarter in 2013 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocki/rocki-wifi-music-system-from-every-phone-to-all-sp https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocki/rocki-wifi-music-...) and went through Techstars Boston in Fall 2014.
- joelhaasnoot 12y agoI wonder if they'll just make this as simple as a Chromecast being a "Google Cast Ready" speaker - aka, a stream output for audio.
- joelhaasnoot 12y agoI wonder if they'll just make this as simple as a Chromecast being a "Google Cast Ready" speaker - aka, a stream output for audio.
- jeena 12y agoYou could try to build it yourself https://jeena.net/rp-airplay-radio https://jeena.net/rp-airplay-radio
- Zigurd 12y agoAny Bluetooth audio adapter will do, and it will do for iOS devices, too. Unless you want a longer tether than Bluetooth allows there is no advantage to "casting." Perhaps if one could cast to multiple Chomecasts...
- tracker1 12y agoThat would be disturbing if you could hear more than one at a time, there will be variance in delay...
- Zigurd 12y agoI suppose that depends on how it's done. Sonos manages to network multiple speakers and coordinate playback.
- rasz_pl 12y ago$4 BT audio dongles like this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5mm-USB-Bluetooth-Wireless-Stereo-Audio-Music-Speaker-Receiver-Adapter-Dongle-/131396305363 http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5mm-USB-Bluetooth-Wireless-Stereo-... will work fine, only problem is double compression of audio - it sounds like crap