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I've been looking into how I can contribute code-wise to this project and was wondering if anyone was working on (or whether it would even be possible) to interface XBMC with ChromeCast, it looks interesting. I don't own one yet but if it's a possiblity I'll pick one up and get to work. Anyone have any info let me know please!
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I'm not even sure how the two would interface. Or why they would, may be a better question.
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Looking into it, it would be cool.
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natethomas
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The debate among users mostly has been whether to push content from XBMC to a Chromecast device or to have XBMC itself act as the Chromecast receiver. I, personally, am far more interested with XBMC as the receiver, given that I already have XBMC boxes on my TV and the TVs of all my family members. But you could probably attempt working on it from either direction.
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I'm thinking about pushing content from XBMC to ChromeCast. Going to do some further research, if anyone has anything they're working on already please let me know.
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nickr
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Have you searched? There are already a few threads.
I posted a howto on setting up am xbmc machine as a receiver.
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So you guys want to build a Chromecast app into XBMC to essentially simulate the device? Then clicking the button in Chrome would send the media to your HTPC? Because yeah, that would be cool.
I guess what some people are thinking, cost wise, would be to attach a Chromecast Dongle to their TV sets and use a tablet or something to stream the media.
Eitherway, yeah. I was being unimaginative.
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Exactly, that's what I'd like: to be able to attach a ChromeCast Dongle to my television and stream to it from my other XBMC devices.
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nickr
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Why don't you just put XBMC where it is designed to be - on an HTPC attached to your TV by an HDMI cable.
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w84no1
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I would like it to work the other way as I have 4 Raspberry PIs in the house. I would like to open the Netflix app on my phone or tablet and send the video to one of the TVs. Man, I wish Netflix would run on linux.
TV Mosaic on Windows 10 as PVR Backend | 1 RaspberryPI 3 Client (LibreElec) | Amazon FireTV box | 5 Amazon FireTV sticks | FireTV Cube | 2 Nvidia Shield TV
Tuners: HD HomeRun 4 ATSC (OTA) | IPTV
