General discussion • Configure a Pi 4 as a Chromecast receiver for Amazon Music

Hi. I have searched and there doesn't seem to be any info specifically on the following.

I have an Amazon Music Unlimited Hi Res account on my Android phone which I can Cast from the Amazon Music app on my phone to my Chromecast Ultra 4K and into my Yamaha receiver amp via HDMI.

This gives me a max of 24 bit at 48Khz sample according to the info on the amp.

And a lot of tracks in Dolby Atmos.

Sound's really good for the money.

But the Hi Res files are mostly 24/96 and I want to stream the full resolution.

The bottleneck seems to be in the Chromecast Ultra 4K hardware rampling limit of 48khz as far as I can tell.

My Network FLAC files at 24/96 play as that and the amp displays that streaming info so its not the amp.

So my question is: Does anyone know how to configure a Raspberry Pi 4 as a Chromecast receiver that can (by casting from my mobile phone's Amazon Music app) stream the full original Amazon Music Unlimited files un-transcoded/passthrough to the Pi's HDMI port?

I'm not interested in screen mirroring or any of that stuff.

Pure casting the URL from the app sender to the receiver.

Or is it impossible as I've heard Amazon doesn't share SW usage to 3rd parties.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by DigitalAV — Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:56 pm — Replies 0 — Views 28

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