cast_control

This release introduces some new changes:

• Proper desktop file support, as well as support for the MediaPlayer2.DesktopEntry property from the MPRIS specification
• MPRIS clients can now display an icon for the chromecast_mpris daemon itself. Both the light and dark icon are supported with the -i/--icon flag
• Add pyproject.toml (PEP 518)
• Upgrade to mpris_server==0.2.18
• Update documentation

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.8.0

This release introduces two changes:

• Upgrade to mpris_server==0.2.17
• Upgrade to PyChromecast==9.1.2

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.7.6

This release introduces two changes:

• When available, exported metadata will include YouTube URLs
• Upgrade to PyChromecast==9.1.1

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.7.4

This release introduces a few changes:

• You can choose to use a light icon for dark themes via the -i/--icon flag
• More media metadata is available
• Help text is improved

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.7.1

This release sets the current playing title to the Chromecast App display name if a stream title isn't found.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.10

This release fixes the ability to skip to the previous item in the play queue.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.9

This release fixes the ability to skip to the next or previous item in the play queue.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.8

This release upgrades PyChromecast to version 8.0.0.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.7

This version fixes an error that prevented a D-Bus interface from being named when connecting to a device using its hostname or IP address, or when a device name isn't found.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.6

This version upgrades mpris_server.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.5

This release upgrades PyChromecast to version 7.7.2.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.4

This version upgrades mpris_server and removes an unused dependency on dbus-python.

You can install this version like so:

python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.3

Changes:

• Connect to device by supplying its UUID
• Allow users to supply -r/--retry-wait flag
• YouTube video opening and queuing
• Better error text
• Better help text
• Back-end refactoring

Installation:

$ python3 -m pip install chromecast_mpris==0.6.1

• Changed log level flag -l/--log-level to use the name of the log level as a string, instead of an int. Example: chromecast_mpris -l debug
• Added host flag -h/--host. Users can specify the hostname or IP address of the casting device they want to connect to.

• Upgrade PyChromecast to 7.5.1
• Refactored back end a bit, nothing that users will notice

This version upgrades PyChromecast to 7.5.0.