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You can actually stream the file directly to the chromecast as it's transcoding. I've got this working in my own chromecast app mkvcast: https://github.com/mah
by maherbeg 12y ago
You can actually stream the file directly to the chromecast as it's transcoding.
I've got this working in my own chromecast app mkvcast: https://github.com/maherbeg/mkvcast https://github.com/maherbeg/mkvcast
See https://github.com/maherbeg/mkvcast/blob/master/lib/controllers/stream-file.js https://github.com/maherbeg/mkvcast/blob/master/lib/controll... for the parameters to use.
- mumrah 12y agoI got something similar working in Java by simply exec'ing ffmpeg and getting a handle on the stream. Not being able to seek kind of sucks, and Chromecast does not like infinite streams. However, I've seen that he Chromecast will actually stream some MKVs just fine (so long as the underlying codecs are supported).
- thefreeman 12y agoThanks for the reference! This looks like just what I need.