VLC, the free and open source multimedia player that so many of you play your legally purchased DVD rips from, received a beta update today on Android that brought with it Chromecast support. While I’m not as up-to-speed on VLC development as I probably should be, this seems like a big deal.

Previously (almost a year ago), VLC picked up Chromecast support through a nightly build that was labeled as experimental. As far as I can tell, this is the first time it’s added Chromecast support to a beta. It’s still labeled as “experimental” though, so keep that in mind.

With Chromecast support, you will see Cast icons from the main screen, as well as in videos, with lists of available Cast locations through a tap. You should be able to stream all of the video files you have on your device to a Chromecast that way.

This new beta drops in as VLC v2.9.0 and is available if you are in the beta track. You can sign-up for it at the bottom of its Google Play listing, which you’ll find at the link below.

WHAT’S NEW

Chromecast support (experimental)

Playlist files detection

Faster seek

SDCard files deletion

Fixed deletion on Oreo

Option to disable subs auto-loading

Fixed artists/Album classification

Chromebook & Samsung DeX support

Misc. fixes

Google Play Link

Cheers Scott!