Muammar, On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, Muammar El Khatib wrote: > > I hope you are still interested in this.
Of course. > After reading a lot here and > there, I am writing this mail casting ti the chromecast using ALSA > instead of pulseaudio :). It works pretty well so far. I decided to > uninstall pulseaudio and I gave it a try. > > I have prepared a page in the wiki that you can check: > > https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast/wiki/ALSA > > I would be glad if you could test it. Note that you have to checkout > the `alsa` branch. I would also be glad to do so, if I could figure out how ~/.asoundrc must look like. Currently, the minimal conf to get sound out the audio card I prefer is: ,----[ ~/.asoundrc ] | pcm.!default { | type plug | slave.pcm spdif | } `---- Here are some more details on the sound cards on my system: ,----[ cat /proc/asound/cards ] | 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - SB Live! 5.1 [SB0060] | SB Live! 5.1 [SB0060] (rev.7, serial:0x80611102) at 0xd000, irq 17 | 1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH | HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7230000 irq 29 | 2 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia | HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17 | 3 [Controller ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio Controller | USB Audio Controller at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.5, full speed | 4 [Loopback ]: Loopback - Loopback | Loopback 1 `---- ,----[ aplay -l ] | **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** | card 0: Live [SB Live! 5.1 [SB0060]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] | Subdevices: 32/32 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 | Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 | Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 | Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 | Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 | Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 | Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 | Subdevice #8: subdevice #8 | Subdevice #9: subdevice #9 | Subdevice #10: subdevice #10 | Subdevice #11: subdevice #11 | Subdevice #12: subdevice #12 | Subdevice #13: subdevice #13 | Subdevice #14: subdevice #14 | Subdevice #15: subdevice #15 | Subdevice #16: subdevice #16 | Subdevice #17: subdevice #17 | Subdevice #18: subdevice #18 | Subdevice #19: subdevice #19 | Subdevice #20: subdevice #20 | Subdevice #21: subdevice #21 | Subdevice #22: subdevice #22 | Subdevice #23: subdevice #23 | Subdevice #24: subdevice #24 | Subdevice #25: subdevice #25 | Subdevice #26: subdevice #26 | Subdevice #27: subdevice #27 | Subdevice #28: subdevice #28 | Subdevice #29: subdevice #29 | Subdevice #30: subdevice #30 | Subdevice #31: subdevice #31 | card 0: Live [SB Live! 5.1 [SB0060]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback] | Subdevices: 8/8 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 | Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 | Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 | Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 | Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 | Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 | Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 | card 0: Live [SB Live! 5.1 [SB0060]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 3: Controller [USB Audio Controller], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] | Subdevices: 1/1 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | card 4: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM] | Subdevices: 8/8 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 | Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 | Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 | Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 | Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 | Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 | Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 | card 4: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM] | Subdevices: 8/8 | Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 | Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 | Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 | Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 | Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 | Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 | Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 | Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 `---- Cards 0 and 1 connected to speakers. > Regarding the two interfaces in your machine, was the chromecast > detected? If yes, I think I can provide a flag where you can specify > the ip of the host. Yeah, that may be needed. Not being able to figure out the alsa configuration, I tried this: ,---- | $ python ./mkchromecast.py --debug --discover | None | This option is not implemented yet. `---- But the device is there. Nmap report: ,---- | PORT STATE SERVICE | 8008/tcp open http | 8009/tcp open ajp13 | MAC Address: 6C:AD:F8:xx:yy:zz (AzureWave Technology) | Device type: general purpose | Running: Linux 2.6.X|3.X | OS CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6 cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3 | OS details: Linux 2.6.32 - 3.10 | Network Distance: 1 hop `---- Cheers, -- Cristian
