Hi Jun Thanks for the feedback. I am working on a video for that, but I will give you some information here to get you started. Based on the 6 minute starting point in your question I'm going to assume that you already have a music library on your computer. You then need to set up media streaming. This functionality is built in to windows. It is good to try this first to make sure that all your network settings are set to allow streaming. This is a good guide to setting up media streaming on windows. helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/how-to-turn-your-computer-into-a-dlna-media-server/ If it works I recommend using a different media app on your computer because the windows server is frustratingly slow especially for large music libraries. Kodi is good for this application and free. Here's how to set up Kodi as a server www.comparitech.com/kodi/kodi-upnp-share-libaries/ Once your computer is set up for streaming your smartphone needs an app to control the streaming to chromecast. I have tried many, and for Android the most consistently reliable that I have found is HiFi Cast and for iOS it's 8 Player Pro When you open Hi Fi Cast, click on the three little ines at the top left of the screen. The first item on that menu is "Music Sources" Click on that and select the "UPNP/DLNA" tab. Your computer should be listed there. If you have used Kodi you will see that as one of the options so select it. All you rmusic will then be there under the "Music" tab indexed by artist, album, Genre and Playlists. Go Back to the menu icon at the top left and click on "Playback Pevices" you should see the name of your chromecast listed. Once this is selected any music that you select plays on your Chromecast. 8 player Pro works in a sinilar way Select the server first then your Chromecast then just play the music. Hopefully this is sufficient to get you started. Good Luck
Hi Jun, As I was researching and testing solutions for my next video I found a better solution than Kodi for what you are tryng to do. Though Kodi works it is actually overkill and more complex than it needs to be for just streaming music. Serviio is a lightweight app which works as a background service so you don't need to open it for music to be available on your network as long as the computer is turned on. I tested it with a Chromecast and it works great. Here's a link to the site where you can download it. The basic version is free and there is no need to upgrade to the pro version for streaming CD's and mp3s. serviio.org/download If yoou have any trouble with any of thease apps there are a couple of things to check on your PC. In "Settings" go to "Network and Internet" Click on the Properties of your home network. "Private Network" should be the option selected. (If it is set to "Public" then Windows Firewall will block streaming.) The other Setting to Check is under Contro Parel >> "Network and Sharing Center" >> "Change Advanced Settings Open "Private Network" Make sure "Network Discovery is turned on" These settings may already be OK on your computer but I've been tripped up in the past.
Hi Jun I just published a video with a Step by Step guide to enabling music streaming on a computer. You can check it out here. th-cam.com/video/DZSx9ZPveqY/w-d-xo.html Hope you find it helpful.
Hey. Can you turn on TV remotly when its pluged in to audio extractor? When you say "ok google play music" TV is not needed but when you say " ok google play movie on netflix" will the TV turn on?
Hi, Unfortunately not. The control of on off by connected devices is still pretty crude, either everything on or everything off. For this use case I recommend having CEC turned off on the chromecast and turning the TV on and off with it's own remote.
DUDE! THE HEY GOOGLE - WARNINGS OR MUTE PLEASE!! ALL MY GOOGLES ARE REACTING TO EVERY TIME YOU SAY IT! Beside that, thanks for the video. Appreciate it.
That sounds like my house! I find myself holding the voice remote close to my face and speaking softly to fake out the other Googles. The good news is the Chromecast doesn't make you preface "Hey Google" for TV commands like "Find " or "Play ". Glad you enjoyed the video.
Your videos are so informative and easy to follow. Thank you!
4 things which are actually one, stream music 😂. Thanks for the video, I was just looking for something like this
Thanks for the feedback. More on streaming coming soon!!
Thanks. informative post 👍 Do you have a video for your topic starting at 6 minutes?
Hi Jun Thanks for the feedback. I am working on a video for that, but I will give you some information here to get you started. Based on the 6 minute starting point in your question I'm going to assume that you already have a music library on your computer. You then need to set up media streaming. This functionality is built in to windows. It is good to try this first to make sure that all your network settings are set to allow streaming. This is a good guide to setting up media streaming on windows. helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/how-to-turn-your-computer-into-a-dlna-media-server/
If it works I recommend using a different media app on your computer because the windows server is frustratingly slow especially for large music libraries. Kodi is good for this application and free. Here's how to set up Kodi as a server www.comparitech.com/kodi/kodi-upnp-share-libaries/
Once your computer is set up for streaming your smartphone needs an app to control the streaming to chromecast. I have tried many, and for Android the most consistently reliable that I have found is HiFi Cast and for iOS it's 8 Player Pro
When you open Hi Fi Cast, click on the three little ines at the top left of the screen. The first item on that menu is "Music Sources" Click on that and select the "UPNP/DLNA" tab. Your computer should be listed there. If you have used Kodi you will see that as one of the options so select it.
All you rmusic will then be there under the "Music" tab indexed by artist, album, Genre and Playlists.
Go Back to the menu icon at the top left and click on "Playback Pevices" you should see the name of your chromecast listed. Once this is selected any music that you select plays on your Chromecast.
8 player Pro works in a sinilar way Select the server first then your Chromecast then just play the music.
Hopefully this is sufficient to get you started. Good Luck
@@rogergadgetguy Wow thanks so much for such a quick & comprehensive response! I will surely try it out this wknd. 👍👍👍
Hi Jun, As I was researching and testing solutions for my next video I found a better solution than Kodi for what you are tryng to do. Though Kodi works it is actually overkill and more complex than it needs to be for just streaming music. Serviio is a lightweight app which works as a background service so you don't need to open it for music to be available on your network as long as the computer is turned on. I tested it with a Chromecast and it works great. Here's a link to the site where you can download it. The basic version is free and there is no need to upgrade to the pro version for streaming CD's and mp3s.
serviio.org/download
If yoou have any trouble with any of thease apps there are a couple of things to check on your PC. In "Settings" go to "Network and Internet" Click on the Properties of your home network. "Private Network" should be the option selected. (If it is set to "Public" then Windows Firewall will block streaming.)
The other Setting to Check is under Contro Parel >> "Network and Sharing Center" >> "Change Advanced Settings Open "Private Network" Make sure "Network Discovery is turned on" These settings may already be OK on your computer but I've been tripped up in the past.
Hi Jun I just published a video with a Step by Step guide to enabling music streaming on a computer. You can check it out here. th-cam.com/video/DZSx9ZPveqY/w-d-xo.html
Hope you find it helpful.
Hey. Can you turn on TV remotly when its pluged in to audio extractor? When you say "ok google play music" TV is not needed but when you say " ok google play movie on netflix" will the TV turn on?
Hi, Unfortunately not. The control of on off by connected devices is still pretty crude, either everything on or everything off. For this use case I recommend having CEC turned off on the chromecast and turning the TV on and off with it's own remote.
@@rogergadgetguy Damn. Bad news. Thanks for the answer anyway! 👍
DUDE! THE HEY GOOGLE - WARNINGS OR MUTE PLEASE!! ALL MY GOOGLES ARE REACTING TO EVERY TIME YOU SAY IT!
Beside that, thanks for the video. Appreciate it.
That sounds like my house! I find myself holding the voice remote close to my face and speaking softly to fake out the other Googles. The good news is the Chromecast doesn't make you preface "Hey Google" for TV commands like "Find " or "Play ".
Glad you enjoyed the video.