THERE'S A BETTER SOLUTION :)

See https://github.com//eriklax/c8tsender/

CastAway is a Google Chromecast streaming server (with a responsive playlist interface) with REST API written in Python (and remuxing using ffmpeg).

Requirements

• Google Chrome with Chromecast extention
• Python 2.7 or later
• ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org/)

Installation

castaway.py requires ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org/) in the $PATH or $PWD (in the same directory) in order to remux files to mkv, and convert the sound to aac), the flags to ffmpeg are not in away way optimized for you, but they worked for me.

Bonus: Install shell extension in OSX

In Automator create a new Service.

1. Service receives selected files or folders in Finder.
2. Add a new Run Shell Script action, us Shell /usr/bin/python, Pass input as arguments.
3. Paste the content below, but correct the path for your castfile.py.

#!/usr/bin/env python

execfile("/Users/erik/castaway/castfile.py")

In Finder a new context menu option is available, select a file or folder and CastAway!

Running

1. Run the CastAway server.

   python castaway.py

2. Open Google Chrome and browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000/backend, enable casting (page should turn green, reload in worst case) and then minimize the window (it must be kept open).

   open -a 'Google Chrome' http://127.0.0.1:8000/backend

3. Run python castfile.py /path/to/file/or/folder to begin queuing files (or use shell extension mentioned above).

4. Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ (or LAN-IP) to control the playback using any browser/device.

   open -a 'Google Chrome' http://127.0.0.1:8000/