Play music from streaming services or content sharing platforms on Chromecast

[darthy_sanchez]

I am trying to include any of these actions in my HE scenarios (without any Google Home devices) . So far, I've managed to send TTS commands to my Chromecast and play music from my local DLNA media server, by using a local http link.
If I try an external link, like Youtube or Soundcloud, I get this error message:
su.litvak.chromecast.api.v2.ChromeCastException: Unable to load media (playTrack).
Questions are:

1. What kind of external links are supported?
2. For streaming services that require authentication, like Tidal, is there any way to do this?

[Ryan780]

@darthy_sanchez

What kind of external links are supported?

The link must be direct play. As in, it does not require any clicking or any action at all after the link is entered into your browser.

@darthy_sanchez

1. For streaming services that require authentication, like Tidal, is there any way to do this?

Not that I am aware of. This is a limitation of all of the cast implementations.

[darthy_sanchez]

Isn't a youtube video link the direct play type? At least, in my browser, it is.

[Ryan780]

No, it still brings up a webpage. You need a link that provides the media directly. Like you get from a github raw link.

[darthy_sanchez]

Thanks for explaining this!