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Thanks for this, I can't wait to test it out. Are there other ways to control chromecasts from Linux? I used to be able to cast straight from Chromium, but that hasn't worked for me in at least a couple years.
Thanks for this, I can't wait to test it out. Are there other ways to control chromecasts from Linux? I used to be able to cast straight from Chromium, but that hasn't worked for me in at least a couple years.
VLC has a native client afaik. Edit: included since v3.0 https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
Seeking is supported tho, as are audio-only files.
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VLC has a native client afaik. Edit: included since v3.0 https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS
Good to know, thanks. Usually I'm interested in either casting a browser window, or even the whole screen usually, which I've been coming up short on.
If you redirect a tab which is mostly a single video file, it is smart enough to do the video decoding directly on the chromecast, so you get much better quality/framerate.
Any way to cast zoom calls from my android zoom app to TV via Chromecast ?
You can cast your device's screen, but you'll still have to rely on the device's camera and mic. You'll probably want to avoid outputting the sound on the TV or you'll get a feedback loop. And there's going to be a slight delay, which might be annoying with a realtime conversation. So it might not be a great idea from the start.
Does this also allow you to cast arbitrary media to the Chromecast? I couldn't tell from the readme.
How would this work on macOS?
If you don't want a Google device on your LAN and are willing to put in a little bit more work for that, I've found that remotely controlling an instance of mpv over the JSON IPC interface works well for me. I can send it URLs from the web or paths to local files. My client for this isn't currently public, but it's a rather easy interface that some of you may find it easy enough to integrate into your other systems.…
If you don't want a Google device on your LAN and are willing to put in a little bit more work for that, I've found that remotely controlling an instance of mpv over the JSON IPC interface works well for me. I can send it URLs from the web or paths to local files. My client for this isn't currently public, but it's a rather easy interface that some of you may find it easy enough to integrate into your other systems.…
does chromecast still require WAN access to operate?
I believe so, and it's less than useful on network with a captive portals like hotel rooms. At least the upcoming Chromecast with Google TV comes with a remote, so you should be able to interact with the captive portal and use it that way.
Author of pychromecast here, the underlying library that this project uses to control the Chromecast. I wrote this lib initially for use in Home Assistant, https://www.home-assistant.io For Home Assistant I made a rule that all device drivers are stand-alone Home Assistant agnostic Python packages. That way more projects can use it. Glad to see that strategy is working out and it powering projects like this