alexacast
Alexa skill to control local Chromecast devices. You will need to run it on the same network as your Chromecast.
- Setup the Alexa skill in Amazon Developer console and enable test mode for the skill.
- Login on Alexa enabled device (e.g. Echo Dot) with the same credentials as the Developer account.
- Python 3.4 is recommended.
Running Instructions
- Run the Alexa Service as above
$ pip install cryptography $ pip install alexandra $ pip install -r requirements.txt $ python server.py --device='Your Chromecast Name' - Expose local server to web
$ ngrok http -bind-tls=true -host-header=rewrite [port]
usage
Trigger word for the service is "chromecast"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to skip this"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to pause"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to play"
- "alexa, ask chromecast to reconnect"
- if everything stops working this might fix it
- "alexa, ask chromecast to reboot"
- sometimes the chromecast gets itself into dumb states and needs to be restarted.