Chromecast

Tizonia can cast audio to Chromecast devices from most of the supported services. A number of services for which casting is not yet supported are:

  • Spotify (see 1)

  • Plex (see 2)

  • Local Media

OPTIONS

-c [ --cast ] arg

Cast to a Chromecast device (arg: device name, ‘friendly’ name or ip address). Available in combination with Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, TuneIn and regular HTTP radio stations.

EXAMPLES

# Using Chromecast device's hostname
$ tizonia --youtube-audio-mix-search "the greatest show" --cast "Chromecast-Ultra" --shuffle

# Using Chromecast device's IP address
$ tizonia --tunein-trending  --cast "192.168.1.141"

# Using Chromecast device's 'friendly' name
$ tizonia --gmusic-artist "dire straits" --cast "kitchen"

Footnotes

1

There are plans to add casting of Spotify streams: https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/issues/461.

2

There are plans to add casting of Plex streams: https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/issues/462.