Zeroconf workaround host not being an ipaddress

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Community post: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/spotcast-custom-component-
 _Now with support for speaker groups, transferring playback to and between chromecast devices and using HA entity id instead of device_name_.
 
 ***Important***
-Release 2.6 has a dependency to zeroconf 0.24.3 to make HASS work until proper upstream fix exists.
+Release 2.6.1 has a woraround for zeroconf 0.24.4 so it is no longer needed to use older version.
 
 ## Installation
 

custom_components/spotcast/__init__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import random
 import time
 
-_VERSION = '2.6.0'
+_VERSION = '2.6.1'
 DOMAIN = 'spotcast'
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -215,9 +215,14 @@ def getChromecastDevice(self, device_name):
         known_devices = self.hass.data.get(KNOWN_CHROMECAST_INFO_KEY, [])
         cast_info = next((x for x in known_devices if x.friendly_name == device_name), None)
         _LOGGER.debug('cast info: %s', cast_info)
+        host = str(cast_info.host)
+
+        if host.startswith('record'):
+            host = cast_info.host.rpartition(',')[-1]
+
         if cast_info:
             return pychromecast._get_chromecast_from_host((
-                cast_info.host, cast_info.port, cast_info.uuid,
+                host, cast_info.port, cast_info.uuid,
                 cast_info.model_name, cast_info.friendly_name
             ))
         _LOGGER.error('Could not find device %s from hass.data, falling back to pychromecast scan', device_name)