Based on the work done by @andresgottlieb and the project Soundcast with help from some handy libraries such as:
- electron - allowing me to quickly build Mac OSX apps in javascript.
- nodecast-js - allowing me to scan the network and locate Chromecasts & UPNP devices.
- webcast-osx-audio - for providing me with access to Mac OSX audio as a web stream.
- upnp-mediarenderer-client - for facilitation of the routing of the web stream to a UPNP device.
Primarily driven from the need to stream audio from my Mac Book to a set of recently purchased Pure Jongo speakers. After having issues with bluetooth connectivity and problems with the range bluetooth offers, I created this small application. This applications aims to eliminate this restrictions of bluetooth's range by using UPNP over WIFI for better performance, namely distance from source to speaker.
- Download and install Soundflower v2.0b2 (if you have a previous version, follow this instructions to uninstall it and then install v2.0b2).
- checkout & build
npm install && ./build_app.shOR checkout & hacknpm install && ./run_app.sh - If you want it to start automatically with your computer do this.
Soundflower to v2.0b2 is required for El Capitan.
- Uninstall Soundflower following this instructions.
- Download and install Soundflower v2.0b2.
Don't forget rebooting your computer between both steps.
| Device | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Jongo SX3 | PASS |
| Jongo TX4 | PASS |
| Jongo TX6 | PASS |
| Chromecast Audio | TODO |
| Chromecast | TODO |
| Sonos | TODO |
- This app has dependencies that only work on NodeJS v0.10 (.38 and over), and uses Electron.
- To package the app, use electron-packager
./build_app.sh
It has the ability to:
- Scan the network for available UPNP devices, currently only supporting Jongo S3X and Jongo TX4 speakers.
- Scan the network for available Chromecasts (Both HDMI & Audio)
- Redirect internal Mac OSX sound through Soundflower to create a reliable stream of sound
- Direct this Stream over UPNP to the Jongo speakers
- Only casts to UPNP device at present - and only tested on a Jongo SX3 and Jongo TX4 speaker.
- Application sometimes does not always kill the stream.
- If the application crashes and on re-start you get a error similar to
listen EADDRINUSE. - You need to find the orphaned process and kill is, use the following to identify the process.
lsof -i :3000- If
npm installfails with `Failed at the osx-audio@0.2.0 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'. Try to: rm -fr node_modules- Manually install
npm install webcast-osx-audio -saveand re-run.
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[2016-01-08] -
0.1.0 -
initial release - basic support for redirection of Mac OSX Audio to UPNP Jongo speaker
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[2016-01-13] -
_0.2.0_ -
Look at adjusting stream quality - providing options
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Allow start/stop of casting & switching to other devices once stopped
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Notifications on start/stop streaming
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[2016-01-27] -
_0.3.0_ -
Enable logging to file - remove console.log()
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Verbose mode - enabled logging of unknown devices e.g. logging of device
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Allow streaming over microphone over speakers (very doable but is a required feature?)
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[2016-XX-XX] -
_0.4.0_ -
Allow casting to Chromecast
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Allow casting to Chromecast Audio
Future
- Allow general discovery mode where every device is logged out e.g. [-d]
- Ability to 'Refresh Devices'
- Allow casting to Sonos speakers - https://github.com/bencevans/node-sonos
- Allow casting to Ruko - https://github.com/TheThingSystem/node-roku
- Ability to control Chromecast Audio pairing/grouping
- Ability to control volume of Chromecast
- Ability to control volume of UPNP Device
- Build & release installer or similar
- Icons for all types
- Web Site
- config store - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30465034/where-to-store-user-settings-in-electron-atom-shell-application
BLOCKED
- Set icon device when playing - see: electron/electron#528
- Move to using webcast-osx programmatically and not using exec - Note possible at present - due to restrictions in webcast-osx-audio
- Upgrade to latest node - see: fardog/node-osx-audio#7 §