alexacast
Alexa skill to control local Chromecast devices. Check out the documentation on alexandra for setup instructions. You'll need to run it on the same network as your Chromecast.
TL;DR:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python server.py --device='Your Chromecast Name'
usage
(assuming your trigger word is "chromecast")
- "alexa, ask chromecast to skip this"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to pause"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to play"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to reconnect"
- if everything stops working this might fix it
- "alexa, ask chromecast to reboot"
- sometimes the chromecast gets itself into dumb states and needs to be restarted.