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Re:Google cans the Chromecast Audio by philsnow on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:37PM (#18887351)
> I'm considering buying an HDMI->DVI/Audio adapter and just using a standard Chrome Cast.

I did exactly this about 6 years ago, worked fine. Shame to cast all those video bits through your wifi contention just to throw them away at the adapter, though.

Re:Google cans the Chromecast Audio by derefr on Friday January 11, 2019 @05:43PM (#18887906)
In the cases where the video is static, there are relatively few video bits. An MP4 on YouTube that just displays the album art is about the same size as an M4A.
Re:Google cans the Chromecast Audio by geitir on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:37PM (#18888276)
Not really
Re:Google cans the Chromecast Audio by mavhc on Friday January 11, 2019 @07:12PM (#18888487)
My problem is the Chromecast (plugged into AV amp) turns on the TV (via CEC), and if you turn off the TV, the Chromecast stops