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I hate that Google has done nothing to enable me to stream things to my Chromecast. Unless I use Chrome. Which I don't. Or Android. Which is annoying if I look
by darklajid 9y ago
I hate that Google has done nothing to enable me to stream things to my Chromecast.
Unless I use Chrome. Which I don't. Or Android. Which is annoying if I look at something on my laptop.
- nickelbox 9y agoI agree it would be nice to be able to cast without Chrome on a laptop (looks like VLC had experimental cast support but removed it), but it's literally in the name... As for Android, I was fairly certain iOS at least can cast as my Apple fanboy roommate was having fun messing with the volume and pausing playback.
- bornonline1 9y agoUse SodaPlayer.
- darklajid 9y agoI didn't know that app. But it's a crutch AND doesn't allow the same stuff: If I watch a YT video, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV. If I watch Twitch, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV. Maybe it can handle URLs. But if I have to copy the URL, paste it somewhere, fiddle to get to the same spot in the video ... then I can just launch Chrome and curse just as much. (Highly ironic that the player offers the option to install a Chrome extension to open movies in SodaPlayer. For me the whole selling point of the thing would be to .. not need Chrome ofc)
- figgis 9y agoJust providing some helpful homebrew solutions. Personally Recommended (due to no having zero issues using): https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast Others that i've used successfully with varying results (usually problems relate to finding the chromecast): https://github.com/xat/castnow https://github.com/Pat-Carter/stream2chromecast