NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
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Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
#2Someone got really tired of there not being any good complete cross platform streaming alternatives to Chromecast ;-)
That's a huge amount of effort between, love it!
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#3Now, that's an esoteric choice of language.
I'm curious about the rationale to chose Angelscript over the more common scripting languages.
Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
#4Although often confused, the term Chromecast refers[0] to the product brand. The protocol is called[0] Google Cast. This is an open-source alternative to the software and the protocol (as it isn't a Cast implementation) rather the hardware.
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#5This is excellent, finally we'll be able to cast to Raspberry Pis and other Linux-running computers. Well done!
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#6Is this a completely independent effort or is it piggybacking on DLNA?
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#7But this is still dependent in Google hardware and firmware?
To be more specific, I will need to "onboard" a fresh chromecast into my network with Google Home before i can use this?
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#8But this is still dependent in Google hardware and firmware? To be more specific, I will need to "onboard" a fresh chromecast into my network with Google Home before i can use this?
Where does it say that?
Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
#9This is excellent, finally we'll be able to cast to Raspberry Pis and other Linux-running computers. Well done!
Will we? Seems like it's an entirely different protocol from Google Cast?
Re: NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
#10But this is still dependent in Google hardware and firmware? To be more specific, I will need to "onboard" a fresh chromecast into my network with Google Home before i can use this?
> software solution which turns your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers
That's literally the first line in the repo description.