23-Sep-2015, 07:06
- first post in this forum, hi everyone :-) -
I have not found any post on this forum asking about Chromecast compatibility? Adding chromecast support on those speakers would be pretty awesome - by that, I mean make them behave like Chromecast devices in the same way you have Airplay enabled devices. Has anyone asked Devialet about this?
Being an IT security guy, I could not avoid checking how 'chatty' the Phantom is once connected to a network. It does send UDP packets every few seconds to tell any listening Spark app it's there, and I have not seen it yet 'call home' like other devices do, I didn't check for very long though.
On the other hand, I noticed that when you start playing a song, the Phantom exchanges a couple of messages with the spark app, then downloads the entire song to its memory though a simple HTTP GET operation (the Phantom initiates the download). I have seen it download Flacs, mp3's, etc... Pretty funny, actually, the packets shows that the Phantom is running on Linux, and is using standard Linux software like gstreamer. Then, when you press play/pause/etc, the spark app just sends control messages to the Phantom, the music itself is already in the Phantom's memory. In a way, this is very similar to how the Chromecast works.
All that to say that really, it shouldn't be that difficult for Devialet to open things up a bit more and become more compatible with existing systems, they have all the building blocks already there. I suppose it is mostly a licensing issue, there are significant fees and royalties involved with making an "airplay/chromecast compatible" device...
I understand the sound synchronization protocol between Dialog and multiple phantoms is probably super complex, but the basic "send music to Phantom/Dialog" and control playback looks a lot more simple, and should really be more compatible with existing protocols...
Thoughts ?
I have not found any post on this forum asking about Chromecast compatibility? Adding chromecast support on those speakers would be pretty awesome - by that, I mean make them behave like Chromecast devices in the same way you have Airplay enabled devices. Has anyone asked Devialet about this?
Being an IT security guy, I could not avoid checking how 'chatty' the Phantom is once connected to a network. It does send UDP packets every few seconds to tell any listening Spark app it's there, and I have not seen it yet 'call home' like other devices do, I didn't check for very long though.
On the other hand, I noticed that when you start playing a song, the Phantom exchanges a couple of messages with the spark app, then downloads the entire song to its memory though a simple HTTP GET operation (the Phantom initiates the download). I have seen it download Flacs, mp3's, etc... Pretty funny, actually, the packets shows that the Phantom is running on Linux, and is using standard Linux software like gstreamer. Then, when you press play/pause/etc, the spark app just sends control messages to the Phantom, the music itself is already in the Phantom's memory. In a way, this is very similar to how the Chromecast works.
All that to say that really, it shouldn't be that difficult for Devialet to open things up a bit more and become more compatible with existing systems, they have all the building blocks already there. I suppose it is mostly a licensing issue, there are significant fees and royalties involved with making an "airplay/chromecast compatible" device...
I understand the sound synchronization protocol between Dialog and multiple phantoms is probably super complex, but the basic "send music to Phantom/Dialog" and control playback looks a lot more simple, and should really be more compatible with existing protocols...
Thoughts ?
