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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Is there any open source chrome cast? I know of one project but it required a special server as well. I just want to plug something into my HDMI port so I can cast dumb YouTube videos, why does it have to be this hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's literally what a chromecast is.

I have multiple generations of them, and casting a YouTube video is 2 clicks.

  1. Cast button
  2. Pick what device to cast to.

Done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The new Chromecast TV bullshit makes it a bit more complicated, but the article also says that Google is making changes.

I agree with you though, I have used a Chromecast as my main way to get stuff on my TV for years and years. I don't want them to complicate it or make me sign in to it, etc.

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