Customize screensaver in chromecast

Question

Is there a way to customize the Chromecast screensaver choosing your own images?

Alternatively can I write a receiver app that replaces the screensaver?

Wouldn't the recently added Backdrop feature solve this problem? — Price, May 18 '15 at 04:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 14 '14 at 15:28

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The screensaver is actually a web page (https://clients3.google.com/cast/chromecast/home). You can redirect this to your own page using your router.

edited Jun 14 '14 at 15:28

user3740639

answered May 06 '14 at 19:12

Gitesh

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I can't do it with https: my page certificate will never match the certificate of google.com – Zac May 07 '14 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 18 '14 at 12:09

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2 ways

edited Apr 18 '14 at 12:09

Zac

answered Apr 14 '14 at 00:40

Bruno Lévesque

Seems that rooting requires an old buggy chromecast... solution 2. is good but I think I need an external polling client, right? – Zac Apr 18 '14 at 12:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '14 at 17:06

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You cannot replace or customize the home screen.

answered Apr 07 '14 at 17:06

Ali Naddaf

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