Connecting to Chromecast from Windows Desktop Client

[EquinoxDK]

When I want to use spotify connect to connect to my chromecast, I need to use my android phone/tablet versionn of spotify to connect first, then take over that connect session from my desktop client. It's imposible to directly connect to the chromecast from my desktop client 

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Start Spotify on phone
2. Connect to my Chromecast
3. Start Spotify on my desktop. It automaticly connects to the connect session between my phone and Chromecast
4. Kill Spotify on phone
5. Use desktop client to control Chromecast

What steps you’ve tried already:

No devices are shown in the "choose device to play to" button on desktop client. Chromecast is found on phone

Your device and operating system (e.g. MacBook Air, 10.10 OSX)

Windows 10 I7 based computer / Samsung S6 android smartphone

Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium):

Premium

The app version of Spotify you’re using:

1.0.15.133.gf21970bd 

Best regards 

Jan Skrubbeltrang

[vegasmassimo]

We are talking about audio only. Chromecast Audio.. similar name but it
does not carry any video

It works by directly connecting to your streaming source via WiFi and your
device phone or tablet controls it..

[muffstuff]

Thats not the case, for example popcorn time works perfectly with chromecast. Thats an app created by the open source community and doesn't have the well paid development team of Spotify. Okay popcorntime is nodejs/chrome based. If you look around github there are numerous libraries one could use to cast to chromecast from a windows based application.

Let's be honest here, if you're a compnay focussed on streaming music, is it really too much to ask to give your software the ability to cast to chromecast?

In my opinion Spotify needs to start focussing more on usability. Casting to chromecast, getting their UX properly done. It's such a shame, because their music catalog is massive!

[Tecko]

It is a shame that you can not play in 2017 spotify to chromecast without using your phone. And casten is not possible anymore because cast extension is build in to chrome and you can not right click on the spotify webplayer.

Luckly I am able to cast to my Onkyo receiver.

But chromecast should be suported in desktop like on IOS or Android.

[bbilly]

Shame on Google and Spotify to not support chromecast from windows desktop client. I use the web player but interface is not very pretty and doesn't offer all features.

When will you fix this issue ?

[d_le_nen]

Works but is not the same. Bitstream goes to computer, and from there to chromecast device, instead of just controlling the bitstream between spotify server and chromecast device.

[d_le_nen]

When you start the computer-chromecast connection by clicking on "streaming" in your Google Chrome window, a "web player" - device becomes available in the spotify app. But with this, you don't control the chromecast device directly, but only the browser tab process, which in turn downloads the bitstream and passes it on in inferior quality to chrome

[d_le_nen]

Please vote here, if you did not already:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Connect-Show-Chromecast-on-Desktop-s-Connect-device-list...

Comment from devs: Not yet high on our prio. This was 18 months ago.

[d_le_nen]

On https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/idb-p/ideas_live/tab/most-kudoed there are about 2500 ideas from spotify clients, the highest with 6 to 9000 votes. Below 1500 votes, there is no chance of getting out the "not now" classification. So ask your buddies to vote there...

[vegasmassimo]

I have never been able to find a way to send the Spotify app data to
Chromecast Audio... It is unseen and unsupported..

I'm sure it's about money and Spotify won't pay the license fee to Google

[vegasmassimo]

I can understand.. there are so few people that use a desktop or laptop
computer..

Guess your market is kids with phones

Good luck with that when they get bored or fickle

[tahiche]

Jan, i followed your procedure and it works!.

It´s twisted!!!! 😉

[DaveMellor]

There isn't a good Linux SDK for Spotify but the answer is that the Spotify people need to write a Windows application that talks to Chromecast - then an application for Linux. The solution using the Web Browser to access Chromecast is poor quality and limited functionality - it isn't able to access harware etc.

[radiobread]

The reality is that Spotify couldn't give a toss. If you want to use a
desktop music client that supports Google Chromecast seamlessly try TIDAL
or qobuz both have far superior sound quality (more expensive) but **bleep**

[DaveMellor]

Thanks for taking the time.

On the technical side I was just looking into WINE. Early days of emulation/VM. Can I run Windows app under WINE and get benefits - cross-plat form? etc

I'll check out the company products and let you know (maybe - I'm fickle and easily distracted)!

Bye

[vegasmassimo]

Starting the Spotify app on your phone and then hijacking it with your computer or laptop is not a solution.

There is no realistic reason I can see that Spotify desktop program does not talk directly to Chromecast but they probably wanted to save the license fee and we're not important enough group of clientele to be bothered with

[IngvarOrn]

The issue is that Chromecast is not supported in Windows so the issue is not Spotify but Chromecast.

 But Chrome support Chromecast from windows so using the web player from Spotify will work.

https://open.spotify.com/

[radiobread]

i think .. i think .. we should decide what to do about danny

[vegasmassimo]

Spotify is an app\program.. if it had a web based player it would just work

[keydogg]

No, this simply isn't true at all.

[keydogg]

Double post.