mkchromecast | Cast macOS and Linux Audio

by muammar Python Version: 0.3.8.1 License: Non-SPDX

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kandi X-RAY | mkchromecast Summary

mkchromecast is a Python library typically used in Telecommunications, Media, Media, Entertainment, Internet of Things (IoT), Raspberry Pi applications. mkchromecast has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has build file available and it has medium support. However mkchromecast has a Non-SPDX License. You can download it from GitHub.

[github release] this is a program to cast your macos audio, or linux audio to your google cast devices or sonos speakers. it can also [cast video files] #video). it is written for python3, and it can stream via node.js, parec (linux), ffmpeg, or avconv. mkchromecast is capable of using lossy and lossless audio formats provided that ffmpeg, avconv (linux), or parec (linux) are installed. it also supports [multi-room group playback] and [24-bit/96khz high audio resolution] additionally, a system tray menu is available. by default, mkchromecast streams with node.js (or parec in linux) together with mp3 audio coding format at a

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mkchromecast has a medium active ecosystem.

It has 2026 star(s) with 129 fork(s). There are 49 watchers for this library.

It had no major release in the last 12 months.

There are 182 open issues and 160 have been closed. On average issues are closed in 146 days. There are 1 open pull requests and 0 closed requests.

It has a neutral sentiment in the developer community.

The latest version of mkchromecast is 0.3.8.1

Quality

mkchromecast has 0 bugs and 0 code smells.

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mkchromecast has no vulnerabilities reported, and its dependent libraries have no vulnerabilities reported.

mkchromecast code analysis shows 0 unresolved vulnerabilities.

There are 0 security hotspots that need review.

License

mkchromecast has a Non-SPDX License.

Non-SPDX licenses can be open source with a non SPDX compliant license, or non open source licenses, and you need to review them closely before use.

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mkchromecast releases are available to install and integrate.

Build file is available. You can build the component from source.

Installation instructions, examples and code snippets are available.

It has 10509 lines of code, 160 functions and 48 files.

It has high code complexity. Code complexity directly impacts maintainability of the code.

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Creates a streaming stream
Check configuration file
Convenience function to call the interface
Convenience method to get the inputint
Reboot the speaker
Resets audio
Remove the pactl module
Stop the cast
Parses the device
Hijack CC
Called when pcast is ready
Increment the volume
Create configuration file
Convenience function to get audioint
Down volume
Check if a program is installed
Pause any key to exit
Stop the actor
Start the application
Write the PID file to disk
Helper function to output intsf2
Search the device
Called when the device has changed
Play cast
Stream the mk chromecast
Monitor the daemon process
Create the widget

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Some videos fail to chromecast with error MEDIA_UNKNOWN

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Some videos fail to chromecast with error MEDIA_UNKNOWN

Asked 2020-Jun-01 at 20:06

Using mkchromecast to cast local mp4 files, some videos work, and some don't (as in: the screen hangs on the blue chromecast logo, suggesting that the initial connection worked). I can reproduce exactly the issue described here.

So I decided to go one level lower, with pychromecast, and try to see what actually happens when it hangs on the blue logo. I converted two videos to HLS format, and exposed them through an http server. The video that works with mkchromecast also works with my setup, but the one that fails, well... fails on both. With pychromecast, I don't get much more information than:

ERROR, code 100: MEDIA_UNKNOWN.

From the Cast documentation, this error means:

The media element encountered an unknown error fired from platform. The media element encountered an error that did not indicate it's one of MediaError.MEDIA_ERR_*. This should be rare.

It is not rare for me at all, though. I thought that maybe the failing video was in an unsupported format, as described in the documentation. So I tried to compare both videos with the following command:

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ANSWER

Answered 2020-Jun-01 at 20:06

It does not like 5.1 channel layout. Try downmixing it to stereo:

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62132905

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Install mkchromecast

There are two ways of installing this application:.
Using the [binaries](https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast#binaries).
From [sources](https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast#from-sources).

Support

If you have Sonos speakers, you can play whatever you are listening to in your computer with Mkchromecast. To add Sonos support, install the soco python module:.

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