Spotify Binding with Chromecast offline

[gnorg (Georg Gilstein)]

Hey there!
I finally got the Spotify binding running and it kind of works
The problem is i use a Chromecast, and when it turns into Inactivity mode the Spotify Connect Thing goes offline, so all rules etc. don’t work anymore.
Did someone find a way around this? Maybe you could send a command to start the spotify app. The problem here is that (at least in my case) when reconnecting the Spotify Connect Thing didn’t go online again, instead it got into my inbox with a new ID.

Thank you in advance!

Greetings
Georg

[vzorglub (Vincent Regaud)]

@gnorg

Did someone find a way around this?

Yes, add the network binding.
Add a thing to your chromecastIP
Connect an item to the “Online” switch channel
This will ping the chromecast and it will not go on inactive mode anymore.

[gnorg (Georg Gilstein)]

Thank you!

@vzorglub

This will ping the chromecast and it will not go on inactive mode anymore.

But doesn’t draw the Chromecast more power then? And i’m not allowed to press on the stop button on my phone, right?

[vzorglub (Vincent Regaud)]

@gnorg

But doesn’t draw the Chromecast more power then?

A tiny as the Chromecast is always awake now

@gnorg

And i’m not allowed to press on the stop button on my phone, right?

What do you mean?

[ferraramax (Massimo)]

in this way, problem for me is not solved… do you have other suggestion?

[ca29 (C)]

This does, alas, not work, since the device is pingable but not active for the Spotify binding.
Has anyone found a solution thus far?