Questions tagged [chromecast]
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How to enable the listing of Chromecast devices in the full network (mDNS): Chromecast devices are not showing in VLC or Chromium
Chromecast is working well in my home (trough multiple switches connecting different rooms) but I am unable to cast from my openSUSE Linux device. The Chromecast devices are not showing up neither in ...
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Building a universal screencasting display/presenter: WiDi/MiraCast, ChromeCast, etc
I'm in the process of building a 2nd-screen solution for my workspace; something that provides ubiquitous connectivity, so that I can simply toggle any of my machines/mobiles/laptops/etc to use the ...
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Trans-coding hevc / x265 video file using VLC and viewing it on a chromecast
I've been successful at getting VLC to stream a x264 encoded file from a network file share to an old chromecast (which mine doesn't support hevc / x265 directly) using the commands below.
vlc -vv --...
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How to listen to requests made on an open port
I am trying to make a masterQueue for Chromecast. It will enable inter-app queuing. I am stuck with few network basics. I am using an older cast sdk because it provided Java API.
It could be very ...
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How to cast pictures to castnow on the Linux command-line?
I am able to cast videos to my chromecast device using castnow, but I haven't had any luck casting images.
I tried to use a python cast library (pychromecast) in conjunction with the internal python ...
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Can't install mkchromecast
I'm trying to install mkchromecast.
Following the instructions on the website, I first tried:
$ sudo apt-get install mkchromecast
Which returned:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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Chromecast not detectable from chromium
I'm using mint 18 and chromium 55. I have chromecast set up and connected to the network. I can connect to it from my Android device but the chromium browser can't find it. I tried resetting the ...
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How do I stream to Chromecast using VLC?
I just downloaded VLC 3.0 Beta (using ubuntu ppa) and I wanted to know how to set it up to stream to chromecast. It's in the repo's NEWS that the feature has been added. Numerous news outlets are ...
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shorewall configuration for allowing chromecast
I am having difficulty setting up chromecast on my local network. The chromecast device is successfully connected to my network, but reports it cannot access the Internet. That is not true, because ...
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Forward multicast between two LAN segments (Chromecast)
I've found some rules but most are inconclusive. Chromecast uses DIAL and discovers via multicast from what I've understood..
I have an Ethernet-connected computer which I would like to route via my ...
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Chromecast / Cubetek Ezcast with Linux computer?
I was pondering getting a Google Chromecast or Cubetek Ezcast the other day, mostly for its novelty and maybe using it as a media player or device to conduct presentations.
The way they set up, with ...
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