Is Chromecast possible under a user pay strategy?

Audio Gear Talk RoPieee
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Ropieee could really use Chromecast.
I posted a thread on it.

Is Chromecast possible under a user pay strategy?

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What about a legitimate Chromecast implementation?

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There is none.

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Thatā€™s not something Iā€™ve looked into, but Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s surrounded with all kinds if strict policies, not to mention financial stuff.

And for what? Chromecast for audio is a sub par solution.

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I am fortunate to have a Chromecast Audio device still. I donā€™t use it much, but there are a few things that it is useful for. Mix sessions on SoundCloud, for example. You canā€™t play those from Roon. So I understand the desire for Chromecast in RoPieee. But there is no truly open-source Chromecast solution that Iā€™ve heard about.

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So users can stream to Chromecast endpoints.
Many apps like Qobuz, Tidal etc, all stream to Chromecast endpoints.

My understanding is Chromecast is lossless to 96kHz/24bit?
That seems more than ample for lossless Redbook and 96khz high resolution.

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Be aware that, to support gapless playback, Roon sends a continuous audio stream to Chromecast devices - concatenating separate tracks into a single continuous stream. See this message:

This would have implications for a Ropieee display, I think?

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Not in the way that Primare implement it:

https://primare.net/product/np5-prisma-network-player/

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Absolutely correct.
I use three of them all told through Roon.
Work flawless for my needs.

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Iā€™m not concerned about gapless.
It would be amazing to have Chromecast ability, allowing direct device connection from apps.

Sometimes I donā€™t want to use Roon, and I simply want to use the native app via personal device.

I.e. Qobuz app, Souncloud direct > endpoint.

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Chromecast is very useful. SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Bandcamp, BBC Sounds etc.
Avoids iOS alerts being played through the system, and being paused if the phone rings!

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Your getting me interested except for the ā€œRoon Ready - by future updateā€ bit . It also doesnā€™t seem to support uPNP just in case

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Looks to be Roon ready to me:
https://primare.net/information/network/roon-ready/
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I suspect this Pi2aes hat would have lower jitter, and sound better.
It uses higher resolution clocks/oscillators.
Measured to be super low jitter.

I own oneā€¦

No Chromecast is a party killer though if you need it.

Does anyone know of any method to get Chromecast working on Diet Pi, etc?

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Maybe the South African supplier site is out of date ? Not unheard of :unamused:

Itā€™s on the Roon Partners page as Roon Ready apologies

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As I stated before: there is no software available that provides this functionality. This is not a ā€˜RoPieee issueā€™, this is a ā€˜there is no open source implementation of a Chromecast endpointā€™ kinda thing.

Thanks

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Doing a quick Google, you wonā€™t find any forum discussion of any distros having a Chromecast hack working reliably (if at all).

All of those distros mostly support the same stuff.

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Hi Harry,
I understand that its not a Ropieee issue.
I was more questioning if a ā€œHackā€ existed.

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Yeah, thanks.
Chromecast would be super helpful.

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When you see forum chatter about a working hack on DietPi, Volumio, moode audio etc, thatā€™s the time to poke at Harry :slight_smile:

Youā€™ll probably see a Darko video about it to notify youā€¦ he loves Chromecast and Pi stuff (see his latest on Volumio supporting Tidal Connect).

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lol. I still think a legitimate Chromecast inclusion would be welcomed by many.