pyCast Commandline Generate Chromecast Slideshow! 💯

Play a slideshow on the chromecast

This program allows the user to cast images to their chromecast. The images are of a particular type ie: ".JPEG" or ".jpg" or ".png", and contained in a single folder. These parameters are provided, among others, at command line invocation - or through tuning of the default parameters in code.

Arguments

--show-debug Show debugging information. False if not provided.

--do-random Select image order at random. Directory order if not provided.

--media-flag '*.jpeg' Indicate via a command line regex file type to show

--media-tag 'image/jpeg' Indicate http object type

--cast 'MyKitchenChromecast' Provide friendly name of chromecast

--directory '/home/barack/SecretPix' Provide absolute path to directory for slideshow

--pause 69 Number of seconds to hold each image in slideshow

Returns

does not return. Ctrl-C to exit, or launch with "&" and kill process

Examples

yourName@yourComputer:~$ python pyCast.py --show-debug --media-flag '*.JPEG' --media-tag 'image/jpeg'
--cast 'YourChromecast' --directory '/home/yourName/Pictures' --do-random