Chromecast Binding

The binding integrates Google Chromecast streaming devices. It not only acts as a typical binding, but also registers each Chromecast device as an audio sink that can be used for playback.

In order play audio streams that are served from the runtime, the binding needs to know the url to access. This can be configured on the binding level:

Configuration Parameter	Type	Description
callbackUrl	text	optional Callback URL - url to use for playing notification sounds, e.g. http://192.168.0.2:8080

Supported Things

The binding currently supports the “classic” Chromecast that is an HDMI dongle as well as the Chromecast Audio, which only does audio streaming and offers a headphone jack.

Discovery

Chromecast devices are discovered on the network using UPnP. No authentication is required for accessing the devices on the network.

Thing Configuration

Chromecast devices can also be manually added. The only configuration parameter is the ipAddress.

Channels

Channel Type ID	Item Type	Description
control	Player	Player control; currently only supports play/pause and does not correctly update, if the state changes on the device itself
volume	Dimmer	Control the volume, this is also updated if the volume is changed by another app
playuri	String	Can be used to tell the Chromecast to play media from a given url

Full Example

services.cfg:

binding.chromecast:callbackUrl=http://192.168.30.58:8080

demo.things:

chromecast:audio:myCC [ ipAddress="192.168.xxx.xxx"]

demo.items:

Dimmer Volume { channel="chromecast:audio:myCC:volume" }
Player Music { channel="chromecast:audio:myCC:control" }

demo.rules:

rule "Turn on kitchen speakers when Chromecast starts playing music"
when
    Item chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_appId changed
then
{
	logInfo("RULE.AUDIO", "Chromecast id changed!")

	// 36061251 Pandora
	// 2872939A Google Play Music

	if (chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_appId.state == "36061251"
	|| chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_appId.state == "2872939A") {
		kitchen_audio_power.sendCommand(ON)
		kitchen_audio_source.sendCommand(1)
	}
}
end

demo.sitemap:

sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
    Frame {
        Default item=Music
        Slider item=Volume icon=soundvolume
    }
}

sitemap chromecast label="Chromecasts" {
  Frame label="Family Room: What's Playing" {
    Image item=chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_image
    Text item=chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_artist label="Artist [%s]"
    Text item=chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_title label="Title [%s]"
    Text item=chromecast_chromecast_38e621581281c7675a777e7b474811ed_albumName label="Album [%s]"
  }
}