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2015-01-12, 11:49
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-12, 11:50 by [Ad0].)
I would love XBMC to be a ChromeCast receiver since ChromeCast is locked to 60Hz... XBMC would integrate it nicely and change refresh rates based on video FPS.
People are making addons for things like netflix etc, and all these support ChromeCast. Adding internal receiver support would eliminate the need for these addons.
I know leapcast is out there, would it be impossible to integrate it into KODI and it's built in video player?
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Please search before posting, as this have been requested loads of times before, just search using keywords like "chromecast".
Though for integrations of Python based specific code like Leapcast you might want to try posting in the addons forums instead.
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I have already posted a thread detailing how to do this. I am not sure whether it still works though.
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I have searched, but again it is pretty darn relevant and important to support. I am baffled that it isn't in already.
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Its not really that relevant to kodi. The functionality to be a upnp receiver is sufficient isn't it? I had family around last night, someone mentioned a funny YouTube video. Searched it on the YouTube app on my phone, shared to kodi (via yatse). Job done.
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I guess netflix might be possible to run in kodi but no dev has tackled it yet. The same way amazon prime works, netflix might work as well.
If I had netflix here, I wouldn't subscribe it but I wouldn't mind to spend a bit of time trying to reverse it and make it work in kodi with no browser, but unfortunately I don't.
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Yeah, there's actually a whole Netflix client on the Chromecast, and it doesn't actually stream the video from the phone to the Chromecast. The phone just tells the Chromecast which video to play and controls playback buttons.
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Ok... I am still confused.
Can one send Chromecast streams to Kodi, or is it coming soon? Without any hacks or add-ons like Airplay does..