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Julian Bond - 2015-04-03 17:46:05+0000 - Updated: 2015-04-03 17:46:05+0000

So here's the challenge. How would you listen to http://ntslive.co.uk/ via Chromecast?

Dig around and you'll find the listen.pls file. In there you'll find a stream, http://stream-relay-geo.ntslive.net/stream which appears to play in a chrome tab. So you could then cast the tab, or maybe even re-purpose one of the Chromecast API example programs so it actually played in the Chromecast not by being streamed across from the laptop.

That's all a bit of a hassle. So is that Google's problem or NTS' problem? What about with Cast For Audio, because playing an internet radio station feels like a pretty strong use case.

At which point, I feel like Google should provide an official and supported solution to de facto standards like Shoutcast rather than expecting 3rd parties to support it.

At least if I was a middle manager in the Chromecast support group in Google, that's what I would do. ;)

NTS RADIO | DON'T ASSUME

Akshay Sharma - 2015-04-03 19:34:52+0000

You could use the Chromecast app to 'Cast Screen' of your Android device. Any app or browser window you will open on your device will be mirrored on your large screen.

Julian Bond - 2015-04-03 21:41:17+0000

Desktop, not Android.

Luis Carlos - 2015-04-04 12:45:25+0000

The same applies to desktop, you can screen mirror the desktop.

Julian Bond - 2015-04-04 13:22:07+0000

Yes, you can cast the tab. It can be awkward where the web site pops open a new small window for the player that doesn't have the cast icons on it. And that's not as good as an app that gets the Chromecast to play the stream directly, because it involves the PC rendering the stream and the Cast extension then packaging it to stream it across to the Chromecast where it's un-packed again. It's generally not too bad with audio, but can introduce a lot of lag in video.

I've also had some problems with buffering with Shoutcast Audio radio streams which seem to come down to limitations in the HTML5 audio tag.

You could try using Tunein, but they don't yet have Chromecast support in their web version.

Fred McIntyre - 2015-04-04 16:54:10+0000

I'm still on 4.4.4 on the Moto X 2013, when I go to settings/display, there is an option to cast screen, have you checked this location on your device?

Mehdi Krit - 2015-04-04 18:45:54+0000

Works perfectly using Chrome on Android

Scot McSweeney-Roberts - 2015-04-08 14:32:38+0000

Fire up Tune In Radio, search for NTS, start playing NTS and then use Tune In's Chromecast functionality to send it to the CC.

Julian Bond - 2015-04-08 15:58:33+0000

Except that TuneIn desktop doesn't yet have Chromecast support.

Although Tunein does know about NTS.
http://tunein.com/radio/NTS-Radio-s150238/