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I have created a tool that greatly simplifies the task of streaming mp4's to the chromecast using html5.



Prerequisites

1. Python(2.7) with Environmental Variables set

2. Chrome as default browser



Installation Instructions

1. Go to chrome://extensions, and check the Developer mode in the upper right corner





Usage Instructions

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2. Go to Google Cast extension options3. Click on blue icon 4 times or until Developer Settings appear at the bottom of your screen4. Enter "localhost" and click add1. Open command prompt / terminal in the directory of cast.py2. enter "python cast.py NameOfFile.mp4"3. click the play video button to make sure the file works, then click the chromecast you want to stream it to.the simple http server version is cross platform, but extremely slow. If you are on windows, I strongly recommend that you use the mongoose version. I am looking into a faster cross platform solution.This also only plays H.264 mp4's but I am looking into real time transcoding with VLC in order to watch videos with any compression