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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 sbochins »

squarefoot wrote: post #50

I don't understand the point behind "casting" something in a home environment, unless one keeps the client unsupervised. It could make sense in contexts where say one or more unsupervised signage displays are connected to small embedded boards that throw at the screens whatever feed is being streamed to them. That would be ok, but what about home environments? Let me give an example. I keep all my media in a home NAS…

If you have multiple smart TVs in your house, it’s simpler to have a single media server and connect to it via the smart TV software.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by seized »

squarefoot wrote: post #50

I don't understand the point behind "casting" something in a home environment, unless one keeps the client unsupervised. It could make sense in contexts where say one or more unsupervised signage displays are connected to small embedded boards that throw at the screens whatever feed is being streamed to them. That would be ok, but what about home environments? Let me give an example. I keep all my media in a home NAS…

Proper security, phones on a different VLAN.

No Bluetooth nonsense with notification sounds.

Better sorting via software like Plex or something else, then casting that stream to something else.

Casting doesn't mean transcoding either.

Casting to a group of devices that stays in sync.

My Chromecast Audios will be online for a very long time.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by joshtynjala »

squarefoot wrote: post #50

I don't understand the point behind "casting" something in a home environment, unless one keeps the client unsupervised. It could make sense in contexts where say one or more unsupervised signage displays are connected to small embedded boards that throw at the screens whatever feed is being streamed to them. That would be ok, but what about home environments? Let me give an example. I keep all my media in a home NAS…

If I discover a new movie trailer on my phone, and I want to watch it on my bigger TV screen, it's much easier to immediately cast the video that I've already pulled up than to try to find the same video with my TV remote.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

#54

Post by matthewfcarlson »

Completely unrelated but I would love a CLI/GUI type tool on my laptop that I could control a youtube client with. Most youtube clients on smart TV's, consoles, and streaming sticks support being controlled by a phone. I'd love to control it from my laptop instead of solely my phone.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by adinisom »

colordrops wrote: post #47
akvadrako wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the contrary, an open alternative to Google Cast is very welcome and much better than a Chomecast clone. The protocol is not very good so trying to re-implement it is just asking for trouble.

And even better would be to support the Google Cast protocol to increase adoption while offering a roadmap to transition to a better protocol.

Unfortunately that's not possible for receivers barring a break in crypto. Receivers are authenticated by the sending devices:

https://blog.oakbits.com/google-cast-protocol-receiver-authe...

An alternative Chromecast receiver needs cooperation from the sender one way or another.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by dragonwriter »

matthewfcarlson wrote: post #54

Completely unrelated but I would love a CLI/GUI type tool on my laptop that I could control a youtube client with. Most youtube clients on smart TV's, consoles, and streaming sticks support being controlled by a phone. I'd love to control it from my laptop instead of solely my phone.

If your stick uses Google Cast, one app meeting that description is “the Youtube website”.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by squarefoot »

sbochins wrote: post #51
squarefoot wrote: post #50

I don't understand the point behind "casting" something in a home environment, unless one keeps the client unsupervised. It could make sense in contexts where say one or more unsupervised signage displays are connected to small embedded boards that throw at the screens whatever feed is being streamed to them. That would be ok, but what about home environments? Let me give an example. I keep all my media in a home NAS…

If you have multiple smart TVs in your house, it’s simpler to have a single media server and connect to it via the smart TV software.

My example was with each Smart TV / PC / Media Box, etc. watching different programmes at the same time from the same NAS. By treating everything as a file it is being sent as compressed therefore not loading excessively the NAS or clogging the network with much higher bitrates.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by stuaxo »

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.

I'm guessing this won't work for the "cast" button from my computer or from apps or websites on my phone like Youtube, Vimeo or All Four (the uk channel 4 app).

I like what they've done, but Google has really locked this down unfortunately.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by oneplane »

akvadrako wrote: post #49
crispyporkbites wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes but it’s unusable in 99% of apps, so it doesn’t matter how technically brilliant it is

Chromecast is also unusable for 99% of apps. On Linux, there is no reliable way to use it to play movies with embedded subtitles on your TV. Probably because the protocol is too hard to implement.

Yet Linux is not 99% of the apps, 99% of the apps are the Android and iOS apps used by billions of users.

Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative

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Post by matthewfcarlson »

dragonwriter wrote: post #56
matthewfcarlson wrote: post #54

Completely unrelated but I would love a CLI/GUI type tool on my laptop that I could control a youtube client with. Most youtube clients on smart TV's, consoles, and streaming sticks support being controlled by a phone. I'd love to control it from my laptop instead of solely my phone.

If your stick uses Google Cast, one app meeting that description is “the Youtube website”.

I think only if you're using the Google Chrome browser...
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