pychromecast vs gnomecast

pychromecast

Library for Python 3 to communicate with the Google Chromecast. (by home-assistant-libs)

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gnomecast

Chromecast local files from Linux - supports MKV, subtitles, 5.1 sound and 4K! (by keredson)

Chromecast cast Python chromecast-audio google-cast Video 4k

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pychromecast		gnomecast
	Project
3	Mentions	2
2,497	Stars	1,425
0.1%	Growth	-
9.2	Activity	0.0
10 days ago	Latest Commit	9 months ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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pychromecast

Posts with mentions or reviews of pychromecast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Can I use powershell or similar to turn my TV on via the Chromecast's HDMI CEC
1 project | /r/Chromecast | 30 Jan 2023
Turning an old phone into a Google Home Speaker for playing music and grouping
1 project | /r/googlehome | 21 Jun 2022

not sure if it exists but if someone figures out how then I'd recommend adding a chromecast server ability to https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pychromecast
Easiest way to play my own movies/TV shows on Chromecast?
1 project | /r/Chromecast | 12 Mar 2022

gnomecast

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnomecast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Ask HN: What do you use to stream to TV?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Sep 2021
How to get Dolby Atmos like audio in Linux mint?
1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 9 Jan 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pychromecast and gnomecast you can also consider the following projects:

cinemagoer - Cinemagoer is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb (to which we are not affiliated in any way) movie database about movies, people, characters and companies

mkchromecast - Cast macOS and Linux Audio/Video to your Google Cast and Sonos Devices

smart-tv-telegram - stream movies from telegram to smart tv

moviepy - Video editing with Python

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.

Rapidbay - Self-hosted torrent video streaming service compatible with Chromecast, AppleTV & Kodi deployable in the cloud

youtube-dl-gui - A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

gamdl - A Python CLI app for downloading Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists/posts.