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I don't want to cast from the cloud. Just make the device able to receive any media from my LAN!! it's nice that the dongle can stream from the web, but it's w

by _lce0 12y ago

I don't want to cast from the cloud. Just make the device able to receive any media from my LAN!! it's nice that the dongle can stream from the web, but it's way more useful to make the device aware of upnp/dlna devices over my local network. Because of this I've moved to raspberry which - exposes itself over the network as a upnp device - plays remote media in the main TV - acts as a nas, it can stream to kids' room - downloads media via torrents (that I can remotely control) Plus it's a fully Linux environment that I can fine tune as desired

andybak 12y ago
> I don't want to cast from the cloud. It certainly helps battery life for your mobile device to step aside as soon as playback has started. When casting video it doesn't matter even if I turn the device off.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  Its possible to have things on your LAN other than mobile devices.
  - gtaylor 12y ago
    To be clear, you can cast from desktops, laptops, or anything that can run Chrome.
  - mikecb 12y ago
    And you can stream from a local device. See plex.
- drdaeman 12y ago
  You know, UPnP has media renderers, servers and control software as three separate matters. This is already a solved problem. And, well, I had controlled mpd running on my desktop machine (that has the speakers connected) and streaming from my NAS from my N900, like, 5 years ago. Replace desktop with something like rPI and the tech is here.
  - andybak 12y ago
    Can a UPnP renderer pull audio from a cloud service requiring login and authentication? Genuine question.
    - iheart2code 12y ago
      Some cloud services get around this by accepting a single-use auth token in the URL for the media file/stream.
      - andybak 12y ago
        Yep. I can really imagine explaining THAT to my dad!
        icebraining 12y ago
        Why would you need to explain it?
  - agildehaus 12y ago
    That's nice. This lets normal people do it.
  - tdicola 12y ago
    UPnP and DLNA are a disaster of incompatibility and terrible usability. I've tried to use various UPnP/DLNA audio streaming hardware for almost 10 years and they have all had terrible issues. Most required the device controlling streaming to always be on, which is terrible for battery life and plain broken on tablets, etc. that go to sleep. Some only worked with Windows 7 media player's 'play to' command. I had to go through crazy setups like running multiple different UPnP services (bubble UPnP) just to make virtual UPnP devices that fixed bugs in my real UPnP devices, and even then things would mysteriously stop working. Stay very, very far away from UPnP/DLNA. It's borderline false advertising IMHO to claim it streams music.
    - bgruber 12y ago
commandar 12y ago
>Plus it's a fully Linux environment that I can fine tune as desired You are not the Chromecast's target audience.
- corobo 12y ago
  I'm so glad someone else is aware of this fact. Every time I see someone blatantly not the target market I think back to that dude that shot down Dropbox because he could do everything they were planning on his Linux box. Dude should have been asking for a ground floor share holding job rather than shooting it down if he was able to so easily do it
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angryasian 12y ago
If you're using Android, you can just mount your shared directories with samba and can cast through a player to chromecast. I also have a htpc and its a much better solution overall.
mahyarm 12y ago
It's not casting from 'the cloud', but from a server. And that server can be any device on your local network. Thats how it can receive any media on your LAN.
coda_ 12y ago
Plex is pretty awesome for casting content on your own network if you haven't looked at that.
enobrev 12y ago
I have my own Plex server with a couple Chromecasts hooked up throughout my apartment (two televisions and one connected to an HDMI port on my stereo for audio-only). It works fantastically well, allowing me to switch where things play-back as I move from room to room. And, like you said, it's linux, so I can do what needs to be done in regards to automating / organizing my media collection.
BHSPitMonkey 12y ago
Chromecast accepts URLs to LAN resources. All you need to do is expose your files over HTTP (I do this with my NAS and it works fine).
- aagha 12y ago
  What app do you use to do this?
  - BHSPitMonkey 12y ago
    I just use Chrome to browse my directory listing and use AllCast as the handler when I tap on one of the links. There are others as well.
tracker1 12y ago
Well, there's Plex, but that's slightly different... I've been thinking of taking some of the work from mediacenterjs, and the chromecast stuff for node.js and coming up with a media center that outputs to a chromecast device, and controls via a phone/tablet.
bduerst 12y ago
Eh, the lack of gigabit ethernet makes it a pretty poor NAS. Don't get me wrong, I like the RPi, but you can spend $25 more and get a much better NAS board.
antihero 12y ago
Have you heard of Subsonic? The web client supports casting, and so does the amazing paid firm of the Android client, Dsub.

by _lce0 12y ago

andybak 12y ago

> I don't want to cast from the cloud. It certainly helps battery life for your mobile device to step aside as soon as playback has started. When casting video it doesn't matter even if I turn the device off.

dragonwriter 12y ago
Its possible to have things on your LAN other than mobile devices.
- gtaylor 12y ago
  To be clear, you can cast from desktops, laptops, or anything that can run Chrome.
- mikecb 12y ago
  And you can stream from a local device. See plex.
drdaeman 12y ago
You know, UPnP has media renderers, servers and control software as three separate matters. This is already a solved problem. And, well, I had controlled mpd running on my desktop machine (that has the speakers connected) and streaming from my NAS from my N900, like, 5 years ago. Replace desktop with something like rPI and the tech is here.
- andybak 12y ago
  Can a UPnP renderer pull audio from a cloud service requiring login and authentication? Genuine question.
  - iheart2code 12y ago
    Some cloud services get around this by accepting a single-use auth token in the URL for the media file/stream.
    - andybak 12y ago
      Yep. I can really imagine explaining THAT to my dad!
      - icebraining 12y ago
        Why would you need to explain it?
- agildehaus 12y ago
  That's nice. This lets normal people do it.
- tdicola 12y ago
  UPnP and DLNA are a disaster of incompatibility and terrible usability. I've tried to use various UPnP/DLNA audio streaming hardware for almost 10 years and they have all had terrible issues. Most required the device controlling streaming to always be on, which is terrible for battery life and plain broken on tablets, etc. that go to sleep. Some only worked with Windows 7 media player's 'play to' command. I had to go through crazy setups like running multiple different UPnP services (bubble UPnP) just to make virtual UPnP devices that fixed bugs in my real UPnP devices, and even then things would mysteriously stop working. Stay very, very far away from UPnP/DLNA. It's borderline false advertising IMHO to claim it streams music.
  - bgruber 12y ago

commandar 12y ago

>Plus it's a fully Linux environment that I can fine tune as desired You are not the Chromecast's target audience.

corobo 12y ago
I'm so glad someone else is aware of this fact. Every time I see someone blatantly not the target market I think back to that dude that shot down Dropbox because he could do everything they were planning on his Linux box. Dude should have been asking for a ground floor share holding job rather than shooting it down if he was able to so easily do it

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angryasian 12y ago

If you're using Android, you can just mount your shared directories with samba and can cast through a player to chromecast. I also have a htpc and its a much better solution overall.

mahyarm 12y ago

It's not casting from 'the cloud', but from a server. And that server can be any device on your local network. Thats how it can receive any media on your LAN.

coda_ 12y ago

Plex is pretty awesome for casting content on your own network if you haven't looked at that.

enobrev 12y ago

I have my own Plex server with a couple Chromecasts hooked up throughout my apartment (two televisions and one connected to an HDMI port on my stereo for audio-only). It works fantastically well, allowing me to switch where things play-back as I move from room to room. And, like you said, it's linux, so I can do what needs to be done in regards to automating / organizing my media collection.

BHSPitMonkey 12y ago

Chromecast accepts URLs to LAN resources. All you need to do is expose your files over HTTP (I do this with my NAS and it works fine).

aagha 12y ago
What app do you use to do this?
- BHSPitMonkey 12y ago
  I just use Chrome to browse my directory listing and use AllCast as the handler when I tap on one of the links. There are others as well.

tracker1 12y ago

Well, there's Plex, but that's slightly different... I've been thinking of taking some of the work from mediacenterjs, and the chromecast stuff for node.js and coming up with a media center that outputs to a chromecast device, and controls via a phone/tablet.

bduerst 12y ago

Eh, the lack of gigabit ethernet makes it a pretty poor NAS. Don't get me wrong, I like the RPi, but you can spend $25 more and get a much better NAS board.

antihero 12y ago

Have you heard of Subsonic? The web client supports casting, and so does the amazing paid firm of the Android client, Dsub.