Cast mp4 media to chromecast

caster.py

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+import argparse
+try:
+    from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+except ImportError:
+    from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+import threading
+import socket
+from six import b
+
+import pychromecast
+
+
+def get_internal_ip(dst_ip):
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+    s.connect((dst_ip, 0))
+    return s.getsockname()[0]
+
+
+class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    content_type = "video/mp4"
+
+    """ Handle HTTP requests for files which do not need transcoding """
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        self.protocol_version = "HTTP/1.1"
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-type", self.content_type)
+        self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
+        self.send_header("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
+        self.end_headers()
+
+        with open(self.path, "rb") as f:
+            while True:
+                data = f.read(1024)
+                if len(data) == 0:
+                    break
+
+                chunk_size = "%0.2X" % len(data)
+                self.wfile.write(b(chunk_size))
+                self.wfile.write(b("\r\n"))
+                self.wfile.write(data)
+                self.wfile.write(b("\r\n"))
+
+        self.wfile.write(b("0"))
+        self.wfile.write(b("\r\n\r\n"))
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Caster - cast media to chromecast')
+    parser.add_argument('file', help='The file to play')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    file_path = args.file
+
+    name, dev = pychromecast.get_chromecasts_as_dict().popitem()
+
+    dev.wait()
+
+    server_ip = get_internal_ip(dev.host)
+
+    server = HTTPServer((server_ip, 0), RequestHandler)
+    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.handle_request)
+    server_thread.start()
+
+    mc = dev.media_controller
+
+    media_url = "http://{IP}:{PORT}/{URI}".format(IP=server_ip, PORT=server.server_port, URI=file_path)
+    mc.play_media(media_url, 'video/mp4')
+
+    server_thread.join()
+    server.server_close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()