cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/19441267
I have a 2nd-gen chromecast, it’s factory reset. If i plug it in all it tells me is to install the app to start configuring.
I don’t have a google account not do i want to install/use google-related stuff on my phone.
My home router doesn’t register any new device, which makes sense since the cast doesn’t know the SSID/pass of the WiFi.
Does it try to ping some service/port? Multicast perhaps? Where would it get an IP from without authenticating?
My (wired) PC runs gentoo.
How can i get it to work in these conditions?
Oh that’s smart. Would it essentially be just a miracast dongle thing?
Well I don’t know what OP is planning to use it as, but desktop VLC can cast to Chromecast on the LAN for example.
Mostly this.
Miracast is a separate, older protocol from what Chromecast uses.
Imagine how much more convenient the world would be if the Chromecast protocol was open source
The newer version is: https://w3c.github.io/openscreenprotocol/
I used to be on that team at Google and when I left they were working on an open source implementation of it.
That’s awesome if they’re implementing it.
My Google home and Chromecast at the moment are necessary evils because when I sit down to watch something I don’t want to have to worry about whether it’ll work with x or y, whether I’m getting good bitrate etc
Would however be really cool if I was able to cast my screen, cast YouTube etc from my Linux laptop
Have been able to do it in the past using chrome but I already need to keep two browsers installed don’t want a third
Less ewaste too. Less profits for google though…