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Questions related to the Google Cast screen-sharing technology. Includes questions about creating a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device, and about creating a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

Google Cast is a technology suite that brings TV's into the multi-screen era. In simpler words, Google Cast is a screen-sharing technology that lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone, tablet, or laptop to a large display device like a television.

Developers will need to create a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device. They also must create a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

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Why doesn't Chromecast respect fractional playbackRate values on video elements?

Using the debugger on the sample cast app I try to set a fractional playback value: document.getElementById("vid").playbackRate = 0.5; And the video will not change speed. If I set playbackRate to zero the video will pause. And if I set it to 1.0…
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Using Chromecast Android API to push a URL to the "ChromeCast" App

So far I've been able to write a webpage that pushes a url to the (what I'm calling) native app in the chromecast device. Through this API I can open a "video_playback" app that sends the URL and some other info, just like in this webpage…
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How to launch a receiver app in Chrome once Chromecast device has been whitelisted?

I am trying to launch my custom receiver application from the Chrome browser. The first step in doing so appears to add a receiver listener for the activity type I'm interested in: cast_api = new…
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Displaying the MediaRouteButton for Chromecast in the action bar

The Netflix and YouTube apps supporting Chromecast show the MediaRouteButton in the action bar, but the Sender App Tutorial only shows how to display it in a layout. How do you display it in the action bar?
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Will Chromecast device play videos encoded as HLS?

It apparently works on Google TV (for Android apps, not html5 apps), so I'm curious if we'll be able to encode them as HLS (Http Live Streaming) for use with Chromecast?
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Google cast SDK not working in Apple M1 Pro chipset

I am trying to integrate Google cast SDK but not working in Apple M1 Pro chipset. pod 'google-cast-sdk' I am tried with every possibilities but not worked well and it's throwing as error like attached image. Any idea to get rid of this error. Any…
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Retrieve media info from the current track being played on a specific Chromecast

I'm working on a webpage controling what is being played on a specific Chromecast (there are several on the network) but I'm having trouble with the Google Cast SDK. I don't want a sender app, nor register a for an API key, just retrieve the media…
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Does the Chromecast support casting videos from Reddit? (HLS and Dash videos)

Called proxy with URL http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/3hyw7hwoajn21/HLSPlaylist.m3u8 Called proxy with URL http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/3hyw7hwoajn21/HLS_540_v4.m3u8 Called proxy with URL http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/3hyw7hwoajn21/HLS_AUDIO_160_K_v4.m3u8 Called…
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How to listen to progress on Google Cast in iOS

How can I listen to progress on Google Cast in iOS? I have implemented cast support in my app based on https://github.com/googlecast/CastVideos-ios but I don't want to use their GCKUIExpandedMediaControlsViewController class to control playback. I…
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How do I make a game for the chromecast

I want to create a simple game for the Chromecast, where the game is on the TV and the phone is the controller. I found two possible ways to do this: Google Manager API and Remote Display API, but both seem to be deprecated according to the…
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Stream overlapping audio files to Chromecast Audio

Short I would like to stream multiple overlapping audio files (some sound effects that play at certain random times). So kind of a generated audio stream that will NEVER repeat exactly the same way. Some audio files are looping, some are at specific…
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Chromecast receiver - extremely poor framerates

We are experiencing severe issues with playback fidelity on Chromecast. Using the most basic implementation of CAF or v2 on the receiver, the video serves perhaps 2 frames per seconds, showing a lot of artifacts. We are using HLS (served via…
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Can headless-chrome cast webgl dashboard to a google cast TV?

I have a web-GL based analytics dashboard. The Google Cast device does not render WebGL content internally. Can chrome-headless running on a local server be used render and cast a dashboard to a google-cast device? I do not want to have a desktop…
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Casting Youtube video to custom CAF receiver using IFrame approach

I am trying to create a custom receiver app, which can play youtube videos using Iframe approach. I am not able to find documentation to link the YouTube player to in the cast framework. Note : I am using the CAF receiver framework. Basically i…
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How does Chromecast determine inactivity?

I've made a Chromecast app that displays multiple quotes and the whole idea is to basically connect it to a spare tv/monitor you have lying around and use it to have inspirational quotes change on the screen. But the problem is, Chromecast…
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