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NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by akvadrako »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #21
sofixa wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as i understand it, no. It allows to turn hardware running Linux ( like a Pi) into a Chromecast ( the dongle), to which you can stream video/audio from another device ( but not compatible with Google's protocol, so you can't click on YouTube's cast button to use it, you need extra software)

So then this is the same as Kodi, Plex, etc

No, it operates just like a Chromecast, but with a different protocol.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by xenomachina »

akvadrako wrote: post #30
alias_neo wrote: post #22

There is clearly a lot of misunderstanding in the comments here. I feel like the repository is causing confusion by referring to Chromecast. This has nothing to do with Chromecast, nor does it have anything to do with Google Cast, nor will it let or help you "Cast" anything like YouTube to your Cast capable devices. What this is, is an (early) software implementation to stream media from a control device (your phone…

You say this has nothing to do with Chromecast and then describe the #1 use-case for casting, to play movies that sit on your device (phone, laptop) on your TV. Jellyfin, based on their website, looks like just another media server.

> the #1 use-case for casting, to play movies that sit on your device (phone, laptop) on your TV

Is it really, though? I've used "casting" many times, and it was always to cast something that was "on the cloud", never something that was on my phone, to my TV. For example, it's a lot easier to find a specific YouTube video with my phone than with my TV remote.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by akvadrako »

xenomachina wrote: post #32
akvadrako wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You say this has nothing to do with Chromecast and then describe the #1 use-case for casting, to play movies that sit on your device (phone, laptop) on your TV. Jellyfin, based on their website, looks like just another media server.

> the #1 use-case for casting, to play movies that sit on your device (phone, laptop) on your TV Is it really, though? I've used "casting" many times, and it was always to cast something that was "on the cloud", never something that was on my phone, to my TV. For example, it's a lot easier to find a specific YouTube video with my phone than with my TV remote.

Well NymphCast does that too. The 2nd feature mentioned in their README:

> Streaming online content by passing a URL to the server.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by solarkraft »

tucosan wrote: post #3

Now, that's an esoteric choice of language. I'm curious about the rationale to chose Angelscript over the more common scripting languages.

IIRC Maya has responded to this with something along the lines of “It’s a pet project and I like AngelScript”, which I’d deem fair.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by kingosticks »

StavrosK wrote: post #17
kokx wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't expose a Google Cast device. It only allows streaming media from a Jellyfin instance to that device.

Oh, then it's very different from what I want...

What exactly do you want? If you want to have some device appear in the target list when using google cast in apps then I think you are stuck waiting for Google to (never) open that up.

Edit: although maybe some apps still support DIAL and that might be an option.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by kingosticks »

Technically it might be an "open-source Google Cast" alternative but it's definitely not an "Open-source Chromecast" alternative. If it was, I would be able to open any app that supports Google Cast and control a device running this software like I can control a Chromecast. But it doesn't support that, and that's what most people are expecting/wanting. It might be a great project but it's not able to provide the tight integration that makes Google Cast so good.

And this title is misleading.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by gizdan »

I'm curious. Usually when something like an open source alternative to a product is highly sought after feature, someone will often attempt to reverse engineer the apis or something mostly so it works with the current ecosystem. What has made Google Cast so resistant to this? I can't imagine the protocol being a complex one. Does anyone know?

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by ghostly_s »

gizdan wrote: post #39

I'm curious. Usually when something like an open source alternative to a product is highly sought after feature, someone will often attempt to reverse engineer the apis or something mostly so it works with the current ecosystem. What has made Google Cast so resistant to this? I can't imagine the protocol being a complex one. Does anyone know?

from what I've heard it's actually quite complex, using different "streaming" strategies (often not streaming from the source device at all, but instead loading the desired content directly on the chromecast device) depending on the nature of the content.
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