Kiran wrote:

So basically, it works like Beolink Multiroom without the need for the Beomusic app?? And as long as the speakers have Google Cast?

I did not know this!!!

No, not quite - you can't just 'join-in' like with BeoLink Multiroom.

You will have to adress a single speaker or one or the grouped speakers, that you have configured with the Google Home app.

One of the adventages over AirPlay is that the device itself fetches the stream - the 'sending device' is just a controller, the initiator.

With AirPlay the 'sending device' is permanently engaged and thus occupied with streaming..

On the other hand you/iOS users can airplay litteraly anything. You can only cast from cast enabled apps!

MM

Puncher wrote:

On my next trip to the US I will be bringing back a Google Home for use in the kitchen, mainly for music control. In preparation I'm partway through uploading my music collection to Google Play Music (you're allowed up to 50,000 tracks at 320Kbps for free, - I don't intend to pay for a music service subscription!) I set up a new Google account so that I can share it with family without them having access to my emails etc. - it can be used by up to 10 devices.

While waiting for the Google Home I've been using Google Play Music with an audio chromecast in my BM5000 controlled by either, phone, tablet or laptop. Once a selection is made the stream is direct from router to chromecast therefore phone/tablet is for control only, it is not involved in the streaming process and so can be used as normal for other things without any impact on battery etc. - it works fine without any freezes or dropouts todate (about two weeks so far).

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peterafox wrote:

The way you can mimic the multi room join concept is just be having a speaker group with all your speakers in it. So if you go into another room just turn on that speaker (B&O/BeoPlay or otherwise) that has Google cast (either built in or via Chromecast Audio dongle) and it will join in whatever is being already cast to the group.

If you make a group of (all) your Google Cast B&O devices and start playing to them, they will all start to play.

If that is, what you want, this will be ok.

But if you just want some of them playing, you'd have to adress these as one group respectively.

The purpose of 'Join-in' is, that you can participate in an event/something playing on one speaker on a particular speaker(or more) by tapping on it....

....alternatively use the x in the Beomusic app or using the 'Join' command on a B&O remote.

And you stay inside the UI of B&O/NL in order to use the other possibilities of all connected multiroom devices.

However, if you only need to cast (and want every speaker to play), 'mimicing the multiroom join concept' should be sufficient.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

peterafox wrote:

The way you can mimic the multi room join concept is just be having a speaker group with all your speakers in it. So if you go into another room just turn on that speaker (B&O/BeoPlay or otherwise) that has Google cast (either built in or via Chromecast Audio dongle) and it will join in whatever is being already cast to the group.

If you make a group of (all) your Google Cast B&O devices and start playing to them, they will all start to play.

If that is, what you want, this will be ok.

But if you just want some of them playing, you'd have to adress these as one group respectively.

The purpose of 'Join-in' is, that you can participate in an event/something playing on one speaker on a particular speaker(or more) by tapping on it....

....alternatively use the x in the Beomusic app or using the 'Join' command on a B&O remote.

And you stay inside the UI of B&O/NL in order to use the other possibilities of all connected multiroom devices.

However, if you only need to cast (and want every speaker to play), 'mimicing the multiroom join concept' should be sufficient.

MM

This seems related to what I am trying to do. I like the idea of mimic NL. While I indeed cannot join, I am thinking whether the following would be possible?

1) I can play to all speakers as one google cast group.

2) I can pause/resume individual B&O NL speakers via "tap" or via the B&O app

If this works, this would indeed be somewhat similar to mimicing NL. has anyone tried whether indeed works?

peterafox wrote:

Curious to hear if others have been experimenting with Chromecast and ideas or applications you've got.

CB wrote:

peterafox wrote:

Curious to hear if others have been experimenting with Chromecast and ideas or applications you've got.

Hi

A CCA is attached to my BL5s.

This way I can play/cast (Deezer, TuneIn, DS Audio) simultaneously on them and on M3s and/or on a (wired) BS35.

Sure - that is the group function of ChromeCast.

MM

steve1977 wrote:

This seems related to what I am trying to do. I like the idea of mimic NL. While I indeed cannot join, I am thinking whether the following would be possible?

1) I can play to all speakers as one google cast group.

2) I can pause/resume individual B&O NL speakers via "tap" or via the B&O app

If this works, this would indeed be somewhat similar to mimicing NL. has anyone tried whether indeed works?

I would not even call that ‘mimicing NL’.

Of course you can play to all speakers.

But the only way to ‘pause/resume’ that stream via the physical touch on a NL device would be to turn down the volume and turn it up again.

Whether you using the Bang & Olufsen app can stop that stream on a specific device and then resume it (with the play button there) or not, I don’t know - it must be tried out first.

Anyway that is not a very handy way of controlling multiroom.....running around with the phone/tablet with the app open all the time 🤔

MM

Tried it out over the weekend. Unfortunately, neither the A9 nor the BS1 have "mute" tap. You can pause but not mute.

Chromecast works well for multi-room though.