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> So why fool with either the Amazon Fire Stick or Chromecast? Because I want to receive streams with my own software, and I want to stream from all kinds of d
by kuschku 9y ago
> So why fool with either the Amazon Fire Stick or Chromecast?
Because I want to receive streams with my own software, and I want to stream from all kinds of devices.
Having many competing standards sucks.
- scarface74 9y agoIf you want to stream "from all kinds of devices", why getba ChromeCast instead of an Android based Nvidia Shield? It gives you more flexibility.
- kuschku 9y agoBecause I want the stream receiver to be my own software. A common use case is that I play a game and want to stream it, but also want to have music in background, and control that from my phone. So currently I use YouTube TV mode in a browser elemnent integrated into OBS as audio-only stream, with the youtube app’s cast mode to control it. But obviously I’d like to make this nicer. And I also want to stream music to my raspberry pi, so it can play it on my sound system (which is dumb speakers with custom amp and setup)
- scarface74 9y agoI’m still not getting it. If the Chromecast can support your use case, how could the Nvidia Shield - a more flexible Android based device that also supports the same protocol, not support your use case?
- kuschku 9y agoChromecast, the device, can not. Chromecast, the protocol, could – if Google wasn’t banning developers from using it.