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Ironically the one thing the Otter Cast Audio doesn’t do is act as a target to Cast to. Protocol support is more flexible than the original, with AirPlay, a web interface, Spotify Connect, Snapcast, and even a PulseAudio sink to get your Linux flavored audio bits flowing.
#Pulseaudio airplay plus#
The Otter Cast Audio is a disc about the shape and size of standard Chromecast (about 50mm in diameter) and delivers a nearly complete superset of the original Chromecast Audio’s features plus the addition of a line in port to redirect audio from existing devices. What’s a prolific hacker to do about this clear case of corporate malice? Why, reinvent it of course! And thus the Otter Cast Audio V2 was born, another high quality otter themed hack from one of our favorite teams of hardware magicians. For evidence of this, look no further than your favorite auction site where they now sell for significantly more than they did new, if you can even find an active listing. Fans of the device loved the single purpose audio streaming dongle that delivered wide compatibility and drop-dead simplicity at a rock bottom $35 price. When Google halted production of the Chromecast Audio at the start of 2019, there was a (now silent) outcry. Posted in digital audio hacks, google hacks, hardware Tagged airplay, amplifier, analog audio, ARM Cortex-A7, audio, buildroot, chromecast, chromecast audio, Class D amp, Embedded Linux, linux, pulseaudio, snapcast, spotify, streaming audio If home fabrication is a little much it looks like there might be a small manufacturing run of these devices coming soon.
#Pulseaudio airplay full#
Full fab files and some hints are linked in the repo mentioned above. Rounding out the feature set is an Ethernet jack and some wonderfully designed copper PCB otters to enjoy inside and out.Īs before, it looks like this design is very close to ready for prime time but not quite there yet, so order at your own risk. Though it may drive a theoretical 30W or 60W peak across its various outputs, with a maximum supply power of 100W (via USB-C power delivery, naturally) the true maximum output will be a little lower. And the raft of connectors in the back (and mountain of inductors on the PCBA) make it clear that this is a fully fledged class D amplifier, driving up to 120W of power across four channels. The face of the OtterCastAmp is graced by a luscious 340×800 LCD for all the cover art your listening ear can enjoy. One look at the chassis and it’s clear that unlike the OtterCastAudio this is not a simple Chromecast Audio replacement. And there’s still a separate line in so it source audio as well. It can be targeted by Snapcast, Spotify Connect or AirPlay if those are your tools of choice, or act as a generic PulseAudio sink for your Linux audio needs.
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In turn it offers the same substantial set of features and audio protocol support. It shares the same Allwinner S3 Cortex-A application processor and runs the same embedded Linux build assembled with Buildroot. The Amp is fundamentally a very similar device to the OtterCastAudio.
#Pulseaudio airplay series#
If you looked at the previous entry in the series – the OtterCastAudio – and thought it was nice but lacking in the pixel count or output power departments then this is the device for you. Our favorite raft of otters is back at it again with another display of open source audio prowess as they bring us the OtterCastAmp, the newest member of the OtterCast family of open source audio multitools.