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> Can stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively So excited to stream media to my TV via a non-crapware application.

orf 9y ago
I've found videostream[1] to be amazing. Kind of sucks for the small team making it that VLC has this built in now, but I guess their startup was always on shaky grounds. 1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google-ch/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-go...
- bpicolo 9y ago
  I've had issues with Videostream, but it worked ok. I don't think it sucks per se - VLC was always publicly planning to add Chromecast support (it's been out on a couple platforms for a while, just not the ones I care about)
- doughj3 9y ago
  Yup, I've been using videostream for years now. Seems like Chromecast support in VLC was always just around the corner, glad to see it's finally out there.
eterm 9y ago
This is also useful in case the amazon/google spat flares up again. With this I guess it should be possible to daisychain from twitch to chromecast via vlc if they start another game of brinkmanship over access to video.
- etix 9y ago
  Absolutely. You can play any Twitch stream from VLC and cast it on your TV.
  - book_mentioned 9y ago
    Is this possible without https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink ?
    - jbk 9y ago
      yes
    - eterm 9y ago
      You don't have to dig around for the underlying video stream, you can actually just paste a twitch stream link straight into the vlc network stream dialog, I'm not sure what magic it does but that's worked even well before this new version.
    - tyrust 9y ago
      In case you're confused, eterm was just proposing this as an option. At this time the Twitch app does support casting from the desktop, Android, and iOS [0]. This roundabout solution would only be needed if Amazon decided to remove that functionality. [0] - https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chromecast-support https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chro...
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
    Which is very useful, since Twitch's Roku app is complete and utter garbage.
    - gilrain 9y ago
      And, in fact, discontinued.
dTal 9y ago
For a standalone Python program, I have good results with Cast All The Things, which plugs into youtube-dl. https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt
rightos 9y ago
If you need this on a regular basis, check out Emby or Plex. They do transcoding on the fly for your entire media collection and fetch metadata online automatically for a really nice browsing experience. I certainly wouldn't describe either as crapware. VLC does seem great for a one-off use case though.
- akerro 9y ago
  Emby is awesome, unfortunately it has really low performance on Linux and they don't support raspberry pi.
  - Fnoord 9y ago
    Raspberry Pi works via Docker, and the previous non-Docker version also worked. I'm using it on 3 Raspberry Pis.
    - candiodari 9y ago
      And on raspberry pi, with my video collection, is so slow as to be unusable.
      - Fnoord 9y ago
        No offense, "my video collection" is vague. What are you trying to watch? With which applications? Like, do file file_name_of_file_which_doesnt_work and post it here, or on their forums. For MPEG2 and VC-1 you need a license key for hardware acceleration. [1] They already give you a H264 license with the device but I think the default ffmpeg doesn't have support for OpenMAX by default. So you gotta compile ffmpeg with that. Instructions are on the forums. [1] http://www.raspberrypi.com/license-keys/ http://www.raspberrypi.com/license-keys/
sondh 9y ago
I have been jumping between Videostream, Plex and VLC nightly in the last few months. They seem to play all kind of video files but subtitles remain to be a hard problem. VLC simply doesn't support it (or I didn't figure out how to enable subtitles). Videostream is buggy. Plex works with a specific version only (had to downgrade to get back subtitles)... The search continues I guess.
- rimher 9y ago
  I've been using SodaPlayer for a good chromecast+subtitles support! It's not as feature rich as VLC, but it gets the job done
- jbk 9y ago
  We have an ugly patch for subtitles over Chromecast. It will get there.
  - jumbopapa 9y ago
    Is Chromecast support only on Android? Or will it work on Mac too?
- Fnoord 9y ago
  How is Videostream buggy for you? I've been trying Videostream, VLC nightlies, and Emby. The latter two were buggy for me, but Videostream (although it is just Chrome embedded rly whatever that's called) works. So I just went for a one-time Premium tax and now I can stream. Including with a remote from my Android phone. PS: and it has Opensubtitles support. I do sometimes have to resort to using VLC to grab subtitles (for a diff language) but even VLC sometimes does not work. Then I gotta resort to, well, a web browser to grab the sub.
  - sondh 9y ago
    I think their node app has issues with Little Snitch on my laptop.
- hart_russell 9y ago

orf 9y ago

I've found videostream[1] to be amazing. Kind of sucks for the small team making it that VLC has this built in now, but I guess their startup was always on shaky grounds. 1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google-ch/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-go...

bpicolo 9y ago
I've had issues with Videostream, but it worked ok. I don't think it sucks per se - VLC was always publicly planning to add Chromecast support (it's been out on a couple platforms for a while, just not the ones I care about)
doughj3 9y ago
Yup, I've been using videostream for years now. Seems like Chromecast support in VLC was always just around the corner, glad to see it's finally out there.

eterm 9y ago

This is also useful in case the amazon/google spat flares up again. With this I guess it should be possible to daisychain from twitch to chromecast via vlc if they start another game of brinkmanship over access to video.

etix 9y ago
Absolutely. You can play any Twitch stream from VLC and cast it on your TV.
- book_mentioned 9y ago
  Is this possible without https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink ?
  - jbk 9y ago
    yes
  - eterm 9y ago
    You don't have to dig around for the underlying video stream, you can actually just paste a twitch stream link straight into the vlc network stream dialog, I'm not sure what magic it does but that's worked even well before this new version.
  - tyrust 9y ago
    In case you're confused, eterm was just proposing this as an option. At this time the Twitch app does support casting from the desktop, Android, and iOS [0]. This roundabout solution would only be needed if Amazon decided to remove that functionality. [0] - https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chromecast-support https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chro...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
  Which is very useful, since Twitch's Roku app is complete and utter garbage.
  - gilrain 9y ago
    And, in fact, discontinued.

dTal 9y ago

For a standalone Python program, I have good results with Cast All The Things, which plugs into youtube-dl. https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt

rightos 9y ago

If you need this on a regular basis, check out Emby or Plex. They do transcoding on the fly for your entire media collection and fetch metadata online automatically for a really nice browsing experience. I certainly wouldn't describe either as crapware. VLC does seem great for a one-off use case though.

akerro 9y ago
Emby is awesome, unfortunately it has really low performance on Linux and they don't support raspberry pi.
- Fnoord 9y ago
  Raspberry Pi works via Docker, and the previous non-Docker version also worked. I'm using it on 3 Raspberry Pis.
  - candiodari 9y ago
    And on raspberry pi, with my video collection, is so slow as to be unusable.
    - Fnoord 9y ago
      No offense, "my video collection" is vague. What are you trying to watch? With which applications? Like, do file file_name_of_file_which_doesnt_work and post it here, or on their forums. For MPEG2 and VC-1 you need a license key for hardware acceleration. [1] They already give you a H264 license with the device but I think the default ffmpeg doesn't have support for OpenMAX by default. So you gotta compile ffmpeg with that. Instructions are on the forums. [1] http://www.raspberrypi.com/license-keys/ http://www.raspberrypi.com/license-keys/

sondh 9y ago

I have been jumping between Videostream, Plex and VLC nightly in the last few months. They seem to play all kind of video files but subtitles remain to be a hard problem. VLC simply doesn't support it (or I didn't figure out how to enable subtitles). Videostream is buggy. Plex works with a specific version only (had to downgrade to get back subtitles)... The search continues I guess.

rimher 9y ago
I've been using SodaPlayer for a good chromecast+subtitles support! It's not as feature rich as VLC, but it gets the job done
jbk 9y ago
We have an ugly patch for subtitles over Chromecast. It will get there.
- jumbopapa 9y ago
  Is Chromecast support only on Android? Or will it work on Mac too?
Fnoord 9y ago
How is Videostream buggy for you? I've been trying Videostream, VLC nightlies, and Emby. The latter two were buggy for me, but Videostream (although it is just Chrome embedded rly whatever that's called) works. So I just went for a one-time Premium tax and now I can stream. Including with a remote from my Android phone. PS: and it has Opensubtitles support. I do sometimes have to resort to using VLC to grab subtitles (for a diff language) but even VLC sometimes does not work. Then I gotta resort to, well, a web browser to grab the sub.
- sondh 9y ago
  I think their node app has issues with Little Snitch on my laptop.
hart_russell 9y ago