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FOSS Alternative to Chromecast? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm in the process of degoogling and I'm stuck trying to find a reasonable alternative to Chromecast. It would be great if I could stream music/video from my phone to my TV from apps like RiMusic, Tidal, and NewPipe. Are there any good solutions? Even better if friends and family can use it with minimal additional setup.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

DLNA is going to be your best bet, but it's such a deep and convoluted rabbit hole. There's a lot of ways to configure a setup.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or use Miracast, AKA WiDi, Smart View, SmartShare if you just want to mirror a screen.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Miracast is not the same thing as WiDi and anyway it's just another bunch of competing proprietary protocols except for screen casting instead of streaming.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I setup miniDLNA once, many years ago and it just kept working. Downside is that I completely forgot how it's set up.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The trouble for me was always getting people to use the controllers. I had some success with some family members using bubbleupnp on their Android phones. But the separation between sources, renderers and controllers is a little confusing for non technical people

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