chromecast-audio-stream VS ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer

Compare chromecast-audio-stream vs ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer and see what are their differences.

chromecast-audio-stream

Stream your Windows PC's audio to the Chromecast (by matbee-eth)

ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer

Stream the sound of your desktop to your Chromecast Audio device (by SamDel)
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chromecast-audio-stream

Posts with mentions or reviews of chromecast-audio-stream. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-02.
  • Chromecast as virtual audiodevice in Windows
    3 projects | /r/googlehome | 2 Jun 2021
    https://github.com/acidhax/chromecast-audio-stream https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer Music player https://github.com/elibroftw/music-caster/ why use this when vlc can cast, also I havn't used google chrome in awhile but last time I did I was able to cast from the browser.
  • Cast PC audio to Google devices?
    1 project | /r/googlehome | 4 Jan 2021
    I guess I wasn't very clear on my specific need. I dont want to cast a tab of Chrome to my Chromecast Audios, or some music from Spotify. I know I can do that. I run this program that is like a touchscreen jukebox, and it basically uses Windows Media Player to play the music. I want to cast THIS audio out to all of my Google-enabled speakers and CCAudios. There ARE two little programs I have tried. One is this: https://github.com/acidhax/chromecast-audio-stream But it is 4+ years old, and just plain doesn't work on Win10 for me for some reason.

ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer

Posts with mentions or reviews of ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-06.
  • Playing music via WiFi on a device on the same network
    1 project | /r/musicbee | 21 Jun 2023
    What type of speaker? I use https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer to stream things to ChromeCast Audio devices. It technically streams everything from my computer, not just MusicBee
  • What is the max amount of google minis you have had play music from Spotify at once?
    1 project | /r/googlehome | 15 Jan 2023
    I know its not the workaround you might be looking for, but something you could use until you figure it out. Just install https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer on your computer, and then open the spotify app, or navigate to the webapp. From here you can play your music and your desktop audio will cast to your speaker group without stuttering. Keep in mind all audio from the computer will play on the speaker group, with a delay, so you'll want to turn down the speakers on your computer to zero. Good luck
  • Cast Desktop without Audio?
    1 project | /r/googlehome | 31 Dec 2022
    Does anyone know a way I can cast only the video portion of my desktop and not the audio? For example, I use Chromecast Audio Streamer to stream my desktop audio only and not video. I am now looking for something that works the opposite - casts only the video and not the audio.
  • Any update of speaker group volume control?
    1 project | /r/googlehome | 16 Sep 2022
    First one is some software called "Chromecast Desktop Audio Streamer" that lets you change the volume of individual speakers OR groups from your PC. You can download it here
  • Casting radio transmissions
    1 project | /r/Chromecast | 7 Aug 2022
  • Problem: Nest Audio is terrible(?)
    2 projects | /r/googlehome | 6 Dec 2021
    Have a look through the troubleshooting wiki. If all else fails you can manually add the speaker. https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer/wiki
  • Looking for a central music player
    6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 8 Jul 2021
    I use a really old Windows laptop (named Old Deller) to cast the audio output (using VB cable as an audio sink so the laptop doesn’t play the audio from its speakers) with the program https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer to a chrome cast audio home group (5 chromecast audio’s connected to various speaker sets). It works pretty well, they don’t go out of phase, but sometimes the chromecasts lose connection and it’s difficult to get it going again. Old Deller is old af (Vista sticker) and uses its Wifi card which may be some of the issues, or the chromecast audios might be finicky idk. Takes a few minutes to restart the comp and fuck with the app. It plays audio files with MusicBee + its remote app (iTunes remote app had an issue with giant playlists for a long time, idk if Apple ever fixed they seemed not to give a shit about the remote app) and it also uses VoiceMeeter to capture and play the audio from a physical XM Radio. There’s a 5-10 sec delay, which is no problem if just listening to music.
  • Chromecast as virtual audiodevice in Windows
    3 projects | /r/googlehome | 2 Jun 2021
    https://github.com/acidhax/chromecast-audio-stream https://github.com/SamDel/ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer Music player https://github.com/elibroftw/music-caster/ why use this when vlc can cast, also I havn't used google chrome in awhile but last time I did I was able to cast from the browser.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chromecast-audio-stream and ChromeCast-Desktop-Audio-Streamer you can also consider the following projects:

music-caster - Music Caster is a modern music player with the ability to cast audio files, system audio, and URLs to Google Chromecasts, Google Home/Nest Minis, etc.

balena-sound - Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect

Snapcast - Synchronous multiroom audio player

CloudStream-2 - CloudStream 2 is an android streaming app for movies, tv-shows and anime

mpd - Music Player Daemon

owntone-server - Linux/FreeBSD DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay 1 and 2 speakers (multiroom), Apple Remote (and compatibles), Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio.