Airplay Vs Chromecast

[MsGraceBlade]

New here and not sure if this has been mentioned:

I have had three WiiM Minis for a few years now and used them for casting Amazon/Tidal or Airplay at different times.
I just got a Wiim Ultra and since it doesn't' have Airplay I used Chromecast with it. I tried to connect my Minis to it and found they would not accept the signal from the Ultra. However, I tried the reverse, and it worked fine using Airplay on a Mine and connecting the Ultra.

TL;DR Chromecast will not work with Ultra-master to Mini-slave, but Airplay will work with Mini-master, Ultra-slave.

 

[Mr Ee]

New here and not sure if this has been mentioned:

I have had three WiiM Minis for a few years now and used them for casting Amazon/Tidal or Airplay at different times.
I just got a Wiim Ultra and since it doesn't' have Airplay I used Chromecast with it. I tried to connect my Minis to it and found they would not accept the signal from the Ultra. However, I tried the reverse, and it worked fine using Airplay on a Mine and connecting the Ultra.

TL;DR Chromecast will not work with Ultra-master to Mini-slave, but Airplay will work with Mini-master, Ultra-slave.

Yes, this is as expected.
As you probably know, the mini does not have chromecast.
Even if it did, when wiims that do support chromecast are in a wiim group and you chromecast to the parent of that group then only the parent will play.

 

[Bozzz]

New here and not sure if this has been mentioned:

I have had three WiiM Minis for a few years now and used them for casting Amazon/Tidal or Airplay at different times.
I just got a Wiim Ultra and since it doesn't' have Airplay I used Chromecast with it. I tried to connect my Minis to it and found they would not accept the signal from the Ultra. However, I tried the reverse, and it worked fine using Airplay on a Mine and connecting the Ultra.

TL;DR Chromecast will not work with Ultra-master to Mini-slave, but Airplay will work with Mini-master, Ultra-slave.

You can easily add add AirPlay to your Ultra.

 

[harkpabst]

You can easily add add AirPlay to your Ultra.

Yes, and @MsGraceBlade just described one way of doing it without losing and input on the WiiM Ultra.

 

[jed1]

Chromecast grouping is only possible with Google Home. WiiM Home App grouping is not for chromecast. It is due to limitation / restriction of chromecast. I have Pro and Pro Plus and group them in Google Home with a name. I can do chromecast to the named group.

 

[adias]

Yes, and @MsGraceBlade just described one way of doing it without losing and input on the WiiM Ultra.

Is that right? Mini has an AirPlay tx but can Ultra receive AirPlay? I think not. Am I wrong in this context?

 

[onlyoneme]

but can Ultra receive AirPlay

It cannot, but it can be still a slave in the MRM group controlled by the Mini.

 

[Pragmatist]

It cannot, but it can be still a slave in the MRM group controlled by the Mini.

He wrote "slave". Ban him

 

[Burnside]

Is that right? Mini has an AirPlay tx but can Ultra receive AirPlay? I think not. Am I wrong in this context?

I think they mean airplaying to a mini that is grouped with an ultra works.