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| Following is taken from: https://plus.google.com/111475821387295047208/posts/KDEfS6S2hyk | |
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| How to turn your Linux machine into a Chromecast Server | |
| Stream YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Etc. from your smartphone or tablet onto your server or laptop. ...without buying Chromecast hardware... | |
| Prerequisite- Install Google Chrome on your Desktop. Install Chromecast application onto your portable device. | |
| Copy and paste these commands: | |
| 1) sudo apt-get install git python-setuptools | |
| 2) git clone https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast.git | |
| 3) cd ./leapcast | |
| 4) python setup.py develop | |
| 5) leapcast --name MyNameHere --chrome /usr/bin/google-chrome --fullscreen | |
| Run the Chromecast application on your phone or tablet. Make sure your devices are on the same WIFI channel. Your phone will discover your device named MyNameHere. | |
| Now, when you run Netflix, YouTube, etc. your video streams to your computer and its sound system- when you click on the new little square Chromecast icon in your window. You'll figure it out. | |
| Does it work? Yes. Have fun! | |
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Are there any good replacements?
I don't know... I just noticed that, leapcast put this message on their github.
I want an alternative.
I'm going to try this out and see how well it works:
https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast/
It doesn't work with chromecast so you would need to get a linux machine like a raspberry pi or something to receive the content. Looks pretty promising. I have an extra PI Zero W so I will try it out when I get a chance.
Most of my content is stored in Plex and Plex lets you send movies/tv shows to other devices on the same network already. Example: if you have plex open in a tab on your computer you can play content from your phone by "casting" to your pc tab. Downside is this only works with content on Plex.
Another solution is to use screen mirroring. You can send your mobile display to your PC this way. The downside is your mobile phone is unusable during the stream as it is literally sending your mobile screen to the remote machine.
I think I am going to give NymphCast a try. I like the idea of being able to cast but also fallback to a mouse and keyboard for manually playing something without using another device. Every now and then I find a website that doesn't support casting and so having a fallback is always nice. This is one reason I do like the firestick over the chromecast as you can actually use the firestick without a phone/another device.
Some alternatives:
https://github.com/aykevl/plaincast
https://github.com/thangnd85/plaincast
Note that, leapcast has been deprecated.