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Hi,
I would like to share with you, how you can control Chromecast (Audio) devices connected to Beolab Speakers via Bang & Olufsen Beo4 remote control.
In most rooms I have Chromecast Audio devices connected to Beolab speakers via line-in. A great "multi-room" solution with classic Bang & Olufsen speakers. However, in the living room, I would like to allow everyone being able control the volume, stop playing and skip to next track without having to use a mobile device.
It is achieved this way.
Rasberry Pi connected to Bang & Olufsen IR Eye via the GPIO’s.
- Raspbian OS
- LIRC (receiving IR commands via Bang & Olufsen IR Eye)
- CATT (sending commands to Chromacast via LAN)
- Python script (listening to IR and executing CATT commands)
I have configured the setup this way:
V.MEM, button 1, 2, 3 etc. = setting volume to 10%, 20%, 30% etc.
V.MEM, vol up = raising volume by 10%
V.MEM, vol down = lowering volume by 10%
V.MEM, arrow up = skip to next track on playlist
V.MEM, STOP = stops playing
Maybe this can inspire others. Now, the Beo4 can trigger any command-line instruction over LAN.
Regards
Ravsted
Nice work Ravsted! have you got the scripts within a github repo?
I used a script from the repo as starting point and modified it according to my needs. I can share it here later today or tomorrow if you are interested.