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Casting To Chromecast On Linux

How to cast media files to Chromecast from Linux

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Category: Linux

Tags: linux, chromecast

Several options exist when it comes to casting media content from Linux to a Chromecast.

Casting the full desktop

You can use Google Chrome (audio is not supported).

Casting from Chrome

Alternatively, you can use Firefox with fx_cast.

Casting a browser tab

Same as above, use Chrome.

Casting a file

Two options:

With VLC, open it and go to Preferences. Open the tab 'Video' and set Output to 'X11 video output (XCB)'. Then, try to find your Chromecast in the menu Video > Renderer > Scan. If unsuccessful, close it and run vlc from the command line:

 vlc --sout="#chromecast{ip=192.168.1.X}" myfile.mp4

Make sure you replace the IP with the one allocated to the Chromecast.

Another option is to use castnow:

npm install -g castnow
castnow --address '192.168.1.X' myfile.mp4 --subtitles mysubs.srt

Enjoy!