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How to Stream Audio from PC and Android Phone to a Tower via WiFi without Chromecast or Sonos

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  • #1 16309763
    com4tee
    Level 12  
    Hi and Hi. I am trying hard to find a solution for streaming music from a PC and an android phone to the tower via WIFI.
    I would like it to work exactly as in the BT Audio profile, nevertheless communication via WiFi from the home router.

    Is this solution there? What is his name?

    I will say in advance that I am not talking about solutions like Chromecast audio, sonos, play-fi, Rocki and similar - by similarly I understand the system in which the phone is a remote control for the playback device - ie all communication takes place bypassing the PC or phone, and the device itself works only with selected programs and k profeych services can be "streamed".

    The perfect layout: 100% wonders from any PC application and Android is played on the system. Exactly like in BT.

    From what I read in Play-Fi, it is possible with the PC, but not on Android.

    Maybe someone can give me a universal solution. It can be soft. For example, a dummy audio driver on a PC that encodes a sound from a PC and loads it into a home network, where we say a chromecast with a modified firmware, the stream plays.

    Generally, I would like to build a multiroom on it, using already existing amplifiers and speakers. So I'm interested in all ointment "dongle"
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  • #2 16309861
    genuine486
    Level 16  
    Do you want to invent MultiCast / BlueSound again? The cheapest player with network functions is a better and simpler solution. Yamaha, for example, has CD players with airplay function.
  • #3 16310180
    com4tee
    Level 12  
    No no, I do not want to invent anything ;) unless in the store. AirPlay does not work on a Windows PC, because it is an IOS / OSX ecosystem. Therefore, it will not work - it does not meet the conditions of the I post.
    Bluesound plays streams like chromecast audio. This is not what it is about.
    Maybe yes - I am interested in how to send a sound from a random PC game to my tower (I already have it so I do not want to buy another one) after WIFI.
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  • #4 16310201
    genuine486
    Level 16  
    AirPlay works on Windows - just have Spotify.
  • #5 16310419
    com4tee
    Level 12  
    I am going for a solution that will send every sound. Not only spotify. Audio from a movie played in vlc and audio from the game or, for example, Skype. All 1 to 1 what appears on the output of the sound card.
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  • #6 16314133
    KOCUREK1970
    Network and Internet specialist
    com4tee wrote:
    I am interested in how to send a sound from a random PC game to my tower (I already have it so I do not want to buy another one) after WIFI.

    Just what will encode the sound to be transmitted and what will decode it from the other side?
    The tower has to support some dongle wifi, or it has to have a built-in module for / from the internet (and the computer, other hardware also has to do something about it).
    What's more, the ether itself in the wifi network also can not have interference from other networks.
  • #7 16314623
    com4tee
    Level 12  
    On the PC side it is possible to do it completely with software via the audio dummy driver. On the tower side, naturally, there must be some dongle that will take and play this stream. However, as I wrote, I mean a ready solution and not doing it myself. Does anyone know anything?
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  • #9 16315254
    KOCUREK1970
    Network and Internet specialist
    com4tee wrote:
    On the tower side, naturally, there must be some dongle that will take and play this stream.

    Well, and this tower has such a possibility to dongle wifi to connect to it? (the fact that it has, for example, USB does not guarantee it at all).
  • #10 16319625
    com4tee
    Level 12  
    Gentlemen, the topic resolved. Chromecast Audio + this here https://github.com/acidhax/chromecast-audio-stream driver does exactly what I need.
    Here is Reddit about this https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/...l1/test_windows_cast_your_pc_audioout_to_the/

    If we had a similar solution on Android, we could say that streaming BT does not make sense (considering all the drawbacks of this solution)

    Best regards and thanks for the discussion.

Topic summary

The discussion revolves around finding a solution to stream audio from a PC and Android phone to a tower via WiFi, without using devices like Chromecast or Sonos. The user seeks a method that allows all audio output from the PC, including games and applications, to be transmitted to the tower, similar to Bluetooth functionality. Various suggestions are made, including the use of AirPlay and Bluesound, but these do not meet the user's requirements. Ultimately, a solution involving Chromecast Audio combined with a specific driver is identified as fulfilling the user's needs, allowing for comprehensive audio streaming from a PC. The conversation highlights the necessity for compatible hardware on the tower side to receive the audio stream.
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