Can Google Home control devices such as TVs and AV receivers via IP protocol?
For example I have a TV and ChromeCast Audio connected to my AV receiver. To have GH control TV play or ChromeCast music I need to control the receiver and the TV for power on/off, source selection and volume - both are connected to my network by Ethernet and have IP control protocols.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
- logitech harmony hub or
-chromcast video plugged in TV and power it from the wall to have hdmi CEC working and setup tv to turn on AV receiver.
JWadle said:
Can Google Home control devices such as TVs and AV receivers via IP protocol?
For example I have a TV and ChromeCast Audio connected to my AV receiver. To have GH control TV play or ChromeCast music I need to control the receiver and the TV for power on/off, source selection and volume - both are connected to my network by Ethernet and have IP control protocols.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I developed in my house a complex system. A raspberryPI behind the television that has infrared recording and infrared transmission system. The infrared transmitter is exactly in front of my television. I recorder all command of my remote. After, with Google Home and IFTTT, I change channel on tv by my voice (also power on/off, volume, mute ecc). I also developed a webApp for my smartphone for do all that things also by smartphone.
It's complex, but if you are a programmer or IoT maker (python, php, c++, raspberry ecc) you can do it. If you are interested I will post more detailts.
IFTTT allows for you to add the two following services:
Google Assistant
WebHooks
You can talk to Google Assistant to trigger a WebHook, which will allow for get, post, etc commands on the web.
I think this is only internet facing though, so it may not be able to resolve the devices on your local network.
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I got the Chromecast, have it set up without any issues...the only purpose of it was to use it with Google Play Music.
I was hoping that I can have the chromecast plugged into my Denon receiver and when I start chromecasting the receiver will notice the signal at that hdmi input, turn on and start playing the music.
Well,I cannot make it happen. At this point it works, but I have to manually turn on the receiver and switch inputs.
I have tried to have the denon on passthrough , which puts the receiver in a stand by mode...and when I start chromecasting the receiver acknowledges that and just turns on the tv (has CEC enabled), it doesn't turn itself on too.
What am I missing? Is the stuff that I want doable?
...maybe having the Chromecast plugged into the tv, instead of receiver ?
any suggestions are appreciated.
I have mine plugged into my denon just the way you say and it works just that way. I didn't do anything special.
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So you're saying that when you start to cast, the receiver that it's turned off , it comes on , switches to the right input, and start casting?
I also use a Denon receiver, but mine just stays on 24/7. Why not just leave it on?
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sorindobrin said:
I got the Chromecast, have it set up without any issues...the only purpose of it was to use it with Google Play Music.
I was hoping that I can have the chromecast plugged into my Denon receiver and when I start chromecasting the receiver will notice the signal at that hdmi input, turn on and start playing the music.
Well,I cannot make it happen. At this point it works, but I have to manually turn on the receiver and switch inputs.
I have tried to have the denon on passthrough , which puts the receiver in a stand by mode...and when I start chromecasting the receiver acknowledges that and just turns on the tv (has CEC enabled), it doesn't turn itself on too.
What am I missing? Is the stuff that I want doable?
...maybe having the Chromecast plugged into the tv, instead of receiver ?
any suggestions are appreciated.
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Make sure your receiver have HDMI control turned on in the menu.
Here is my set-up:
A Vivo LTV42FHDN 42” Full HD TV (2x HDMI inputs, 1x RCA stereo audio output, few other audio and video input connectors, and a set of really crappy built-in speakers)
A Logitech 2.1 Speaker system connected to TV's RCA audio output
An old DELL XPS M1330 notebook running Windows 7 hooked up to the TV via one HDMI port
A new Chromecast I’m trying to setup connected to the other HDMI port.
When I watch TV and switch to the HDMI input of the PC I get audio through both the TV’s crappy built in speakers as well as the much better sounding Logitech Speakers. However, when I switch to the Chromecast I only hear audio through TV’s built-in speakers. I have connected other PCs and tablets through HDMI before and from what I recall, sound always came out external speakers.
Is there any reason for the PC and Chromecast to behave differently when connected via HDMI ? I tried both HDMI ports, went through TV's audio settings (which only has very few settings like bass, treble, and some sound profiles), but couldn't get the chromecast to output audio through external speakers.
Does this mean Chromecast doesn’t support somesort of an HDMI specification/standard my old PC does, therefore the TV can't split and reroute the audio ? Is there any way to get around this without buying new hardware ? Other than audio, rest of it works great ! For me spending $50 or so extra on additional hardware really defeats the purpose of buying a Chromecast, because for that price I could've bought a DLNA enabled media player.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
I'm not sure about your LG, but my Sony correctly re-routes audio from Chromecast to SPDIF (optical) output connected to AVR, so the Chromecast isn't a problem. I'm not sure about analog RCA output though.
Just go through your TV settings again. There must be an option burried somewhere in menus.
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I'm not sure about your LG, but my Sony correctly re-routes audio from Chromecast to SPDIF (optical) output connected to AVR, so the Chromecast isn't a problem. I'm not sure about analog RCA output though.
Just go through your TV settings again. There must be an option burried somewhere in menus.
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Thanks for your reply, I did go through all the settings on the TV and even read the manual. But couldn't find anything there. Its not a very high-end TV, hence no optical output, all I have is that stereo analogue output.
Few minutes after posting I again connected my new notebook, and a Windows 8 tablet, audio works fine with all of them. But the Chromecast just doesn't work the same way. When I tested I connected all devices to the same HDMI port and didn't change anything on the TV, all I did was plug one in > test > unplug > plug the next one in > test etc.. that's all.. the fact that everything but the Chromecast work has to mean there is something different in Chromecast's HDMI signal.
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Thanks for your reply, I did go through all the settings on the TV and even read the manual. But couldn't find anything there. Its not a very high-end TV, hence no optical output, all I have is that stereo analogue output.
Few minutes after posting I again connected my new notebook, and a Windows 8 tablet, audio works fine with all of them. But the Chromecast just doesn't work the same way. When I tested I connected all devices to the same HDMI port and didn't change anything on the TV, all I did was plug one in > test > unplug > plug the next one in > test etc.. that's all.. the fact that everything but the Chromecast work has to mean there is something different in Chromecast's HDMI signal.
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Try switching the audio output in whatever application you're casting from to Stereo.
If Chromecast is sending multichannel audio, your TV might be smart enough to decode and play it on its speakers, but not smart enough to downmix to the analog output.
PhoenixFx said:
Here is my set-up:
A Vivo LTV42FHDN 42” Full HD TV (2x HDMI inputs, 1x RCA stereo audio output, few other audio and video input connectors, and a set of really crappy built-in speakers)
A Logitech 2.1 Speaker system connected to TV's RCA audio output
An old DELL XPS M1330 notebook running Windows 7 hooked up to the TV via one HDMI port
A new Chromecast I’m trying to setup connected to the other HDMI port.
When I watch TV and switch to the HDMI input of the PC I get audio through both the TV’s crappy built in speakers as well as the much better sounding Logitech Speakers. However, when I switch to the Chromecast I only hear audio through TV’s built-in speakers. I have connected other PCs and tablets through HDMI before and from what I recall, sound always came out external speakers.
Is there any reason for the PC and Chromecast to behave differently when connected via HDMI ? I tried both HDMI ports, went through TV's audio settings (which only has very few settings like bass, treble, and some sound profiles), but couldn't get the chromecast to output audio through external speakers.
Does this mean Chromecast doesn’t support somesort of an HDMI specification/standard my old PC does, therefore the TV can't split and reroute the audio ? Is there any way to get around this without buying new hardware ? Other than audio, rest of it works great ! For me spending $50 or so extra on additional hardware really defeats the purpose of buying a Chromecast, because for that price I could've bought a DLNA enabled media player.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi,Were you able to resolve this problem? Chromecast works great except for this exact same annoying problem. Also have the same TV. Thanks.
I'm working on a multi-room audio system with both AirPlay and Chromecast as input sources. It utilizes forked-daapd and Shairport (for AirPlay input) running on a Raspberry Pi. For Chromecast, I'm using an (AGPtek® HDMI to HDMI + SPDIF + RCA L / R) audio extractor and (AFUNTA USB 6 Channel 5.1 Optical) USB sound card. I've written a small C program to capture the audio input and feed it to a pipe that forked-daapd can then play to AirPlay speakers throughout the house.
So far, it works with analog audio, but I can't get the S/PDIF capture to work. I've hooked the Chromecast and audio extractor to my Yamaha receiver over S/PDIF, and it works. The receiver displays "PCM" and plays 2-channel stereo. I've also run S/PDIF out of my Windows 7 PC to the USB sound card, and I am able to capture that audio with no problem.
What could be different between the S/PDIF stream from the Chromecast/audio extractor and the S/PDIF stream from my PC?
I'm still struggling with this. Could there be copy-protection that is surviving the audio extractor and preventing capture?
Google home devices have a really annoying bug when connected to TVs (Android TV or Chromecast) that use the HDMI Arc port!
The bug affects every feature that has to do with TV sound level control. Anyone knows a workaround??
So at home I have a crazy awesome google home set up with multiple speaker systems, lighting, smart outlets, google minis, and google home speakers all tied into the awesome google home app. For (3) different speaker systems, I used the old chromecast audio to tie the receivers into my google home system and it worked great! Now that is discontinued for whatever reason, and I can't seem to find an equal to it (the chromecast audio that is). I want to tie in another speaker system with an old receiver I have. Does anyone know an alternative to the chromecast audio that will do the same thing that the chromecast audio did? Also, I read about tieing speakers with bluetooth capabilities into the google home system, but couldn't figure out how. Anyone done this yet?
Thanks!
I have a few Chromecast audio devices, and got a Google Home Mini and realise it is very similar. It offers an audio out port that I could plug in to my speaker, and I can stream to it as a Cast Audio device.