Soundcast

Mac OS X Menubar app to cast system audio to Chromecast.

Installation and usage:

Caskroom with Homebrew

If you have caskroom installed via homebrew you'll be able to run brew cask install soundcast

That's it, you're done!

If you don't have caskroom installed, then read further.

Standard

Download and install Soundflower v2.0b2 (if you have a previous version, follow this instructions to uninstall it and then install v2.0b2).
Download the newest version of Soundcast, unzip it and drop it into your Applications folder.
If you want it to start automatically with your computer do this.

Mac OS X El Capitan

If you upgraded to Mac OS X El Capitan and Soundcast stopped working correctly, you need to upgrade Soundflower to v2.0b2. Just do the following:

Uninstall Soundflower following this instructions.
Download and install Soundflower v2.0b2.

Don't forget rebooting your computer between both steps.

Development

This app has dependencies that only work on NodeJS v0.10 (.38 and over), and uses Electron.
To package the app, use electron-packager:

electron-packager . soundcast --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --version=0.36.0 --icon=icon.icns

Changelog

v1.x [2015/12/11]: From this version, we'll be using Github's Releases to keep track of version changes.
v1.4 [2015/10/25]: Fixed bug that didn't allow casting to Chromecasts named using spaces.
v1.3 [2015/10/19]: Added ability to select specific Chromecast if you have more than one. Updated module dependencies.
v1.2 [2015/08/26]: Added OS X dark mode compatibility.
v1.1 [2015/07/13] Added ability to be downloaded and run as an app.

Known issues

Unexpected behavior when trying to cast to a Chromecast while it's booting (or just booted). This is an issue in the chromecast-osx-audio module dependency.
Sometimes the default menubar cat icon is shown for a few seconds instead of the Chromecast icon when launching Soundcast.
Incompatible with chromecasts including double quotes (") in their name.

Windows users

Soundcast only works on Mac OS X, but there exists a similar app for Windows: Chromecast Audio Stream

The MIT License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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