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> Open Screen Protocol exists and is very similar. Like any client-server protocol, it's useless if the devices and apps you use don't support it. Exactly zer
by kelnos 2y ago
> Open Screen Protocol exists and is very similar.
Like any client-server protocol, it's useless if the devices and apps you use don't support it. Exactly zero of the apps I use to cast to my Chromecast supports Open Screen Protocol. And this isn't a case where I can just switch to a new client app. Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Jellyfin, etc. would have to all support it.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoIt's still in draft (but seemingly has stabilized a lot in the past 2 years). And there's such a a chicken & egg between software & devices neither supporting OpenScreenProtocol. I get your skepticism but what do you want? The same could be said about any other option than Chromecast: it doesn't exist on devices or software. The really good news is that At least for many many apps, the effort to port to OpenScreemCast should be reasonably minimal. Chromecast for much of it's life has - under the covers - been web o ly, and rejiggering for the mild differences between Cast and OSP shouldn't be that wild. Where-as Matter Cast requires native apps on the target device, and the app has to be pre installed to work.