Closed juanfadev closed 8 months ago
@balloob could you please check this PR or get someone to check it? I think it will improve a lot the posibilities for playing any media.
Is the shaka player chromecast interface documented somewhere, what arguments does it accept and so on?
We document the bubble upnp player as a backup in the Home Assistant documentation, should we document also the ShakaPlayer?
Google says, they will switch to Shaka player as the default media player as soon as its mature enough: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/web_receiver/shaka_migration
The Web Receiver SDK will transition to using Shaka Player as the default player for HLS content playback. This will be done in a phased approach to guide partners through the migration process.
- Oct '22 The Cast Web Receiver SDK introduces APIs to opt-in to play HLS content on Shaka Player.
- H2 '24 The Cast Web Receiver SDK changes the default player to Shaka Player for HLS content playback.
I dont think pychromecast needs to be extended while shaka player is still in this beta-ish phase. If you want to use it, you can still do it, based on a custom controller.
ShakaPlayer is a much more versatile and improved player over the default one. It allows for HLS and DASH play with custom arguments such as DRM. I have included an example of this DRM usage using ClearKey but Widevine or others can be used.