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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by darklajid on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:34AM (#16013627)
I hate that Google has done nothing to enable me to stream things to my Chromecast.

Unless I use Chrome. Which I don't. Or Android. Which is annoying if I look at something on my laptop.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by figgis on Thursday December 28, 2017 @10:46PM (#16027355)
Just providing some helpful homebrew solutions.

Personally Recommended (due to no having zero issues using):

    https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast
Others that i've used successfully with varying results (usually problems relate to finding the chromecast):

    https://github.com/xat/castnow
    https://github.com/Pat-Carter/stream2chromecast
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by nickelbox on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:35AM (#16013806)
I agree it would be nice to be able to cast without Chrome on a laptop (looks like VLC had experimental cast support but removed it), but it's literally in the name...

As for Android, I was fairly certain iOS at least can cast as my Apple fanboy roommate was having fun messing with the volume and pausing playback.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by bornonline1 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:32AM (#16013985)
Use SodaPlayer.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by darklajid on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:38AM (#16014189)
I didn't know that app.

But it's a crutch AND doesn't allow the same stuff: If I watch a YT video, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV. If I watch Twitch, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV.

Maybe it can handle URLs. But if I have to copy the URL, paste it somewhere, fiddle to get to the same spot in the video ... then I can just launch Chrome and curse just as much.

(Highly ironic that the player offers the option to install a Chrome extension to open movies in SodaPlayer. For me the whole selling point of the thing would be to .. not need Chrome ofc)

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