Anybody have any suggestions?
Hey People, just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for Casting Music from my PC using my phone to a speaker
My current setup:
Windows 10 PC (where my music is)
Android Phone (using like a remote control)
Wonderboom (bluetooth speaker)
also have a Google Home hub
I'm wondering if there are any good apps (Free or paid) that I could use to cast from my PC to my speaker (bonus if it can cast to Google Home Hub) using my phone
Previously I used Emit but the program was on my old Win7 image which doesn't work anymore and can't find the app on the Google Play store anymore
Obviously the simpler the better but if it works well then I'm willing to tinker
Anybody have any suggestions?
I've never casted music with a 3rd party app like you're suggesting, but could you connect your PC to the bluetooth speaker and then use a remote desktop app on your phone to control your computer?
That's kind of what im doing now but wanting to have a little better of a setup
Ah okay. Sorry I couldn't be of more help! ^^;
Edit: Actually @(you need an account to see links), I will say that with Spotify, you can cast from your PC to your speaker, and then you can remote control your spotify from your phone. Your phone and PC just have to be on the same wifi/spotify account. If your music is not on spotify you can still import mp3s, wavs or whatever into your "Local Files" on spotify. If you already knew about this then I'll keep thinkin!
Last edited by funnybell; 07-12-2021 at 02:00 PM.
@(you need an account to see links): I use a similar setup but only for casting from spotify. I have a premium subscription and just cast my playlists with the music that's available on spotify but you can also add your own music to spotify if i recall correctly so that could be a solution perhaps?
Last edited by Mario2302; 07-12-2021 at 02:01 PM.
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Thanks, I do use Spotify for general music but haven't looked into adding local files. I don't have premium and don't want to have to upload 100GB+ of music onto the account but I'll take a look to see if it works with a basic account
you shouldn't have to upload it to the account. it's basically telling spotify on your pc where the source folder of your music is (or multiple if you have them spread out in different locations).
You should have a toggle in settings for using spotify for local/offline music and if you toggle that too on you should get the option to select the source folder(s).
if you want screenshots just let me know and i can provide them when i get home from work.
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Ok so I just tried it out and Google Home's a no go. Spotify does not like playing local files to a google home lol.
But! Since you have local files working on your PC, you should be able to play on "This Computer" and switch your audio device (on windows, not spotify) to the bluetooth speaker. And then you can still control spotify from your phone. At least, that's what's working for me.
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