NymphCast: Casual attempt at open alternative to Chromecast

Re:NymphCast: Casual attempt at open alternative to Chromecast by sneak on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:18PM (#22461630)

I think the real issue here is that streaming to these things requires buy-in to support the client inside of eg the video player app or the audio player app.

I have an iPhone, and it can only send system-level audio to AirPlay. The Spotify app itself also supports streaming to Amazon devices. The YouTube app will also stream to a Chromecast.

It’s all so balkanized. I’m not sure making a new format/protocol will solve that problem, although if it is solvable that’s certainly the first step.

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Re:NymphCast: Casual attempt at open alternative to Chromecast by hackkitten on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:04AM (#22463088)

One idea I have to perhaps get around this issue is to fudge in an external/new audio/video output that can be targeted instead of the standard outputs. This of course gets into some heavily platform-specific nonsense, which is why I haven't pursued it further yet. Maybe after the first release of NymphCast it's something to look at in more depth :)

(I'm the NymphCast author)

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Re:NymphCast: Casual attempt at open alternative to Chromecast by fyfy18 on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:28AM (#22461875)

My wife uses Bluetooth to avoid that issue. For some reason the receiver we got (new last year) only supports one device paired at a time though >_<

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