• dmtalon@infosec.pub
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      11 hours ago

      My whole house audio runs off a product Google no longer makes unfortunately (Chromecast audios).

      There’s, no like-for-like new version, and no good replacement that I’ve found. Thankfully, this was a fixable problem and they fixed it vs. Just EOLing them.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.

        I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.

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        5 hours ago

        WiiM Pro is a good replacement and support far more protocols in addition to chromecast audio, and much better DACs, but is at a different price point (though a far better value than anything else on the market).

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          Do WiiM Pro devices show up as speakers/streamable devices in apps (for casting) or can Google Home see them. Can they be assigned as the default speaker of a google home device?

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        9 hours ago

        I had some luck cobbling together a HiFiBerry with some speakers. It’s not the same thing, but it does show up like a streamable audio device.

        It’s not super cheap though.

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      11 hours ago

      Thats the vibe. In this case, it seems like they get more value from the signals they interpret from the devices already out there.

      In a better world, these devices (and maybe even the Chromecast protocol) would be open sourced