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  • Mkchromecast (0.3.9) unreleased

    • New flag --loop to loop video indefinitely while streaming. Closes #113.
    • New flag --mtype to specify media type. Closes #128.
    • Modified how pyqt is used to accomodate pyqt 5.5, which is what comes in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    • Removed the -max_muxing_queue_size ffmpeg flag because it's not supported in ffmpeg 2.8.11.
    • Screencast with audio.
    • 10bits mkv files are now encoded to 8bits. This fixes #156.
    • node streaming updated to work with node v9.8.0.
    • Improved pause/resume when casting videos. Closes #97.
    • Added support for Fedora packages. Thanks to @leamas.
    • setup.py Linux support. Closes #173. Thanks to @leamas.
    • nodejs content is dropped. We provide now package.json and package-lock.json files. This will considerably reduce repository size. Thanks to @leamas.
    • Using the --youtube flag works for audio-only streaming.
    • Fixed inconsistency when node is not installed.
    • Refactored IP assignment. Thanks to Rick Brown.
    • You can attach devices to a running streaming audio session (experimental).

  • mkchromecast (0.3.8.1) 2017/12/24

    • A bug when no devices where found has been fixed in this release.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.8) 2017/12/23

    • Improved stability.
    • The macOS bundle is now renamed with capital M, and will not be showing in the dock.
    • Chunk size changed from 1024 to 64. Added two more variables that decreases the delay considerably.
    • Improved ffmpeg commands for pulseaudio part of the code.
    • node streaming updated to work with node v9.3.0.
    • Manpage is now shipped in main branches.
    • TypeError caused by a print statement for Soco devices has been fixed. Closes #80.
    • Added Opus codec support.
    • It is now possible to screencast using mkchromecast.
    • Using the --youtube flag works with all supported websites by youtube-dl.
    • Correct signal handling using the signal module. PR #87 by @Foxboron.
    • Renamed --reconnect to --hijack. Closes #25.
    • New flag tries to to limit the number of tries to connect to a chromecast. Closes #54.
    • Allow custom server port with ffmpeg or avconv. Related to #122.
    • Error with "width not divisible by 2 (853x480)". Closes issue #119.
    • The segment_time flag has been fixed. Closes issue #71.
    • New flag command for setting a custom ffmpeg command. Closes issue #109.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.7.1) 2017/05/21

    • macOS bundle built in Yosemite to add more compatibility.
    • Bumped version to match debian official release.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.7) 2017/05/20

    • node streaming updated to work with node v7.10.0.
    • Added ALSA device configuration in preferences pane.
    • Improved systray stability, and usability.
    • gstreamer support for capturing audio.
    • Fixed problem related to setting ogg and aac bitrate. Closes #21.
    • A --segment-time option added to modify the segment time when using ffmpeg.
    • A --reconnect option that monitors if mkchromecast has disconnected from google cast, and tries to reconnect. Closes #25.
    • ALSA device can be set from systray.
    • Add support for newer pychromecast versions. Closes #32.
    • Making ping code python 3 compatible. Closes: #35.
    • Fixed problem when having various Google cast devices. Closes #50
    • Added support to 192000Hz sampling rate support (Closes: #39).
    • Fixed a minimal problem with size of preferences pane.
    • Video support.
    • node is a supported backend for streaming video.
    • Added Sonos speakers support.
    • FLAC codec supports bitrate.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.6) released: 2016/09/19

    • The node streaming has been updated to work with node v6.6.0.
    • Ctrl-C now raises KeyboardInterrupt when using --volume option from console.
    • Improvements under the hood.
    • Now mkchromecast does not need pulseaudio to cast!.
    • You can play from stream using the --source-url flag.
    • -d option has been enable to discover available Google cast devices.
    • --host flag allows users to manually enter the local ip. Closes #17.
    • -n flag allows users to pass the name of their cast devices.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.5) released: 2016/08/26

    • Added close button for preferences pane. Closes #13
    • Improvements for cases where there are virtual network interfaces present.
    • Dropped -re flag from ffmpeg and avconv commands.
    • Renamed ffmpeg.py to audio.py.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.4) released: 2016/08/19

    • New white icons.
    • Added 96000Hz sampling rate support for ffmpeg and avconv backends. Closes #11.
    • Fixed 48000Hz sample rate case.
    • The node streaming has been updated to work with node v6.4.0.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.3) released: 2016/08/16

    • Improved MultiRoom support. Closes #8.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.2) released: 2016/06/15

    • Improvements for cases where chromecasts have non-ascii characters in their names. Closes #7.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.1) released: 2016/08/12

    • Improved Preferences window.
    • The node streaming has been updated to work with node v6.3.1.
    • Improvements in pulseaudio.py for preventing subprocess.Popen from displaying output.
    • Improvements in Check For Updates method.
    • Added new option --chunk-size to control chunk's size of flask server when streaming using ffmpeg or avconv.

  • mkchromecast (0.3.0) released: 2016/07/12

    • Youtube URLs can be played piping the audio using youtube-dl.
    • New method for discovering local IP in macOS. This will improve the stability of the system tray application. Closes #5.
    • Now it is possible to select a different color for the system tray icon. This is useful when using dark themes.
    • The node streaming has been updated to work with node v6.3.0.
    • Improved stability when using system tray icon.
    • New method in preferences window to reset to default configurations. Closes #6.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.9.1) released: 2016/06/29

    • Fixing stop segfault.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.9) released: 2016/06/29

    • Improved stability when using system tray icon.
    • New search at launch option. When enabled, the system tray search for available Google cast devices at launch time.
    • The node streaming server has been updated to work with node v6.2.2.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.8) released: 2016/06/22

    • Preferences and volume windows always on top.
    • The node streaming has been updated to work with v6.2.1. This improves stability for macOS users when streaming with node.
    • It is now possible to check for updates using the system tray icon.
    • Scale factor added for retina resolutions.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.7) released: 2016/06/16

    • Volume now set to max/40 instead of max/10. I have remarked that changing volume directly in the chromecast is more stable and faster than doing it from the streaming part, e.g. pavucontrol, or soundflower.
    • General improvements in system tray's behavior.
    • An error when setting volume to maximum has been fixed.
    • Now the muted time when launching a cast session is reduced. This is possible given that Soundflower changes input/output devices automatically. Linux users have to select a sink in pavucontrol.
    • Change from Mac OS X to macOS.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.6) released: 2016/06/08

    • Volume now set to max/20 instead of max/10.
    • This release lets Linux users cast using parec with external libraries instead of ffmpeg or avconv.
    • The program does not import any PyQt5 module when launched without the system tray.
    • A deb package is now provided in this release.
    • The system tray will retry stopping the google cast before closing abruptly.
    • The Mac OS X application now supports models below the year 2010. See #4.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.5) released: 2016/05/25

    • This release fixes a problem with the system tray menu failing to read configuration files when changing from lossless to lossy audio coding formats.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.4) released: 2016/05/21

    • This release fixes the system tray menu for Linux.
    • Now avconv is supported.
    • Pass the --update option to update the repository.
    • It is now possible to control the Google cast device volume from the systray.
    • You can reboot the Google cast devices from the systray.
    • There is a Preferences window to control backends, bitrates, sample rates, audio coding formats and notifications.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.3.1) released: 2016/05/08

    • This release fixes the Signal 9 passed by error in the Stand-alone application.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.3) released: 2016/05/08

    • The code has been partially refactored to ease maintenance.
    • Printed messages have been improved.
    • Stand-alone application for Mac OS X is released. It only works for the node backend.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.2) released: 2016/05/03

    • Fixed error with Python2 when importing threading module.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.1) released: 2016/05/02

    • Method for monitoring ffmpeg backend. This update is useful for those who use the system tray menu.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.0.2) released: 2016/05/01

    • Fixed wav for Linux.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.0.1) released: 2016/05/01

    • Catching some minimal errors.

  • mkchromecast (0.2.0) released: 2016/05/01

    • Linux support.
    • Linux only plays with ffmpeg.
    • Now by default log level for ffmpeg backend is set to minimum.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.9.1) released: 2016/04/27

    • Fixed node bug introduced in f635c5d66649767a031ac560d7c32ba6bffe33fe.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.9) released: 2016/04/25

    • Play headless youtube URL.
    • Now you can control volume up and down from mkchromecast. So, no need of using the Android app for this anymore.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.8.1) released: 2016/04/21

    • Set maximum bitrates and sample rates values for node.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.8) released: 2016/04/21

    • Set maximum bitrates and sample rates values for both backends.
    • New icon when no google cast devices are found.
    • streaming.py was renamed to node.py.
    • Tested stability: 3hrs streaming at 320k with the ffmpeg backend.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.7) released: 2016/04/18

    • The bitrate and sample rates can be modified in both node and ffmpeg. These options are useful when you router is not very powerful.
    • node_modules have been updated.
    • An error preventing launching without options has been fixed.
    • If PyQt5 is not present in the system, mkchromecast does not try to load it.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.6) released: 2016/04/16

    • ffmpeg is now a supported backend. You can check how to use this backend by consulting python mkchromecast.py -h.
    • The following codecs are supported: 'mp3', 'ogg', 'aac', 'wav', 'flac'.
    • Improved screen messages.
    • Date format in changelog has been changed.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.5) released: Wed Apr 13 18:08:44 2016 +0200

    This version has the following improvements:

    • If the application fails, the process that ensures streaming with node will kill all streaming servers created by mkchromecast.

    • Now there is a systray menu that you can launch as follows: python mkchromecast.py -t.

    • To use it, you need to install PyQt5. In homebrew you can do it as follows: brew install pyqt5 --with-python. You can use the package manager of your preference.

    • In a future release, a standalone application will be provided.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.4) released: Mon Mar 28 19:00:28 2016 +0200

    • Now you can pass arguments to mkchromecast. For more information: python mkchromecast -h.
    • In this version you can choose devices from a list using: python mkchromecast -s.
    • Some improvements to the messages printed on screen.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.3) released: Sun Mar 27 16:17:11 2016 +0200

    • Updated requirements.txt.
    • Now some help can be shown.
    • The code is now licensed under MIT. I think this license is simpler.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.2) released: Sat Mar 26 18:49:18 2016 +0100

    This new revision has the following improvements:

    • mkchromecast has been ported to work with Python3. This is also possible because pychromecast works as well. The nodejs binary has been recompiled, and node_modules have been updated. The program seems to be more stable.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.1) released: Fri Mar 25 23:59:12 2016 +0100

    • In this new version multithreading is dropped in favor of multiprocessing. This is to reconnect the streaming server easily. Killing processes is easier than killing threading it seems.

    I strongly encourage you to upgrade to this version.

  • mkchromecast (0.1.0) released: Fri Mar 25 13:21:12 2016 +0100

    • In this beta release, the program casts to the first google cast found in the list. If the node streaming server fails, the program reconnects.