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Alternative to chromecast? (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm looking for a wireless HDMI cable essentially, as that's the only way I use my chromecast. So I don't care about it running android or apps.

Anyone got ideas or suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

https://fcast.org/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You can look for a tv box that can run libre elec or core elec (Linux distros) through a mounted sd card

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Literally a wireless HDMI? What's the source you're thinking of?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They make wireless hdmi adapters to just stream from one device to a display.

What are you trying to send and receive on?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What are you trying to send and receive on?

Laptops mostly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

miracast

[–] stardust 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This might work for kodi

https://github.com/enen92/script.tubecast

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

TubeCast is not a full Chromecast implementation nor will it ever be. It only supports the first revision of the Cast protocol and will only keep working while Google keeps backwards compatibility with the Cast V1 protocol in their youtube mobile applications (at least for service discovery).

This disclaimer doesn't sound too confident, but if it works for op, then it should be good in the meantime.

[–] cyborganism 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

De-Google (Coke)

Is Microsoft (Pepsi) ok?

I don't know if they still sell it but I have a Miracast hdmi dongle. (Wireless display adapter)

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

its so ridiculous though that miracast somehow cannot work with a wired network, but only directly through wireless

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

its so ridiculous though that miracast somehow cannot work with a wired network, but only directly through wireless

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

Yeah that hurts my brain too, but I have given up asking these questions?

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

I don't have an answer but I am piggybacking off your question:

Is it possible to flash another OS on the last gen Chromecast? Considering what's happening to the gen 2, I don't see a very bright future for my Chromecast.

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

Raspberry Pi with Plex?

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

For casting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the Plex app casting to a Chromecast

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You are right. My bad

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the Roku. They do other things too, but the casting seems to work well.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Roku is a privacy nightmare now.