v0.7

General

• #65: Multi-room casting. Any groups that are created for Audio cast devices will appear as separate cast devices.
• Better support for audio devices. CastStatus.is_active_input and CastStatus.is_stand_by will report None for audio devices as this information is not available.
• The socket timeout value (timeout) can be specified when fetching cast devices.
• Improved information on Cast devices by primarily using the Dial information.
• New fields on DeviceStatus.
  • uuid, the unique ID for the cast devices. Stored as UUID type.
  • cast_type, type of cast device, one of "cast" (regular Chromecast), "audio" (Audio cast) or "group" (Grouped devices/multi-room). See dial.CAST_TYPES for details.
• Better __repr__ strings on some classes.
• ConnectionStatus now reports the host/port pair using a namedtuple called NetworkAddress.

Client

• Specify socket port using the new port parameter to Chromecast class. This is part of the multi-room support as groups use a different port but the same IP.
• New properties on Chromecast class for ease of access. uuid, name, model_name and cast_type.

Detailed changes