VLC to ChromeCast

[riahc3]

Im looking at ChromeCast because it looks interesting for YouTube videos (and general flash videos) but I want to know If I can download those videos and play them with VLC and stream them to ChromeCast.

Thank you

[riahc3]

Nothing about this?

[madLyfe]

hopefully it isnt to far off. you just never know.

[sherington]

vlc-git (presumably a future 3.0.0 version) can now send media to Chromecast. It is not available in the vlc-2.2 branch, so if you want to try it you'll probably have to build VLC yourself.

I tested with MP4 and MP3 and basic playback works.

Pausing and seeking doesn't really work, trying either seems to stop the stream entirely.

You can use it like this:

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./vlc video.mp4 --sout="#chromecast{ip=x.x.x.x}"

Replace x.x.x.x with your Chromecast IP of course.

My main use-case is playing DVD ISO, which does not work, as far as I can tell anyway.

[ebbe.dk]

Hi all, I am new at posting here, so bear with me

I have been monitoring this forum for a time now, waiting for a VLC version that supports chromecast. In the meantime, I have found a workaround that works quite well:

• From Chrome browser, set Chromecast extension to cast the whole screen
• Run VLC, set to full screen view
• Control VLC with Android app "VLC Mobile Remote"

This workaround occupies your computer, though

[Jonathan42]

vlc-git (presumably a future 3.0.0 version) can now send media to Chromecast. It is not available in the vlc-2.2 branch, so if you want to try it you'll probably have to build VLC yourself.

I tested with MP4 and MP3 and basic playback works.

Pausing and seeking doesn't really work, trying either seems to stop the stream entirely.

You can use it like this:

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./vlc video.mp4 --sout="#chromecast{ip=x.x.x.x}"

Replace x.x.x.x with your Chromecast IP of course.

My main use-case is playing DVD ISO, which does not work, as far as I can tell anyway.

1. Great info - thanks above for the different posts.

2. Can you explain how to use the code you list? Is it like vlc.exe./vlc video.mp4 --sout="#chromecast{ip=x.x.x.x} ?
I get the filename and I get the target IP. I'm just not sure where you type this in - command line? Another secret place? How do you specify the target's path or do you have to copy the entire path of the file (Tedious)?

[sherington]

Just type that command into a shell/terminal window.

The "./vlc" just means run VLC in the current directory (Linux/Unix), so you wouldn't do that on Windows.

Just "vlc video.mp4 --sout..." etc...

Or something like:

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vlc c:\videos\wherever\cat-video-3944.mp4 --sout="#chromecast{ip=10.0.0.12}"

Or put it in a batch/script file. It's nothing special.

[tbayer]

No luck with this one (and modified path and IP):
vlc c:\videos\wherever\cat-video-3944.mp4 --sout="#chromecast{ip=10.0.0.12}"

VLC window opens but nothing happens on PC or TV.

Anybody out there having luck?
What about Bitstream / audio passthrough with chromecast?

Thanks!