To stop casting a video, close the tab or click on stop casting under the device name as shown in the below image. If you do not select any source, the Chromecast device will automatically start casting the opened tab by default. Whatever video, you have opened, will be cast to the Chromecast device. From the sources drop-down, select the Cast tab option. From here, you can select the Casting device (2) and the Source (3) which you want to cast. Then on the top right side of the Chrome browser, you will notice Chromecast icon (1), click on it to open a pop-up window.ĥ. Click on Cast to start casting the video on the Chromecast device.Ĥ. Click on three vertical dots on the right corner of the chrome browser to open up the menu.ģ. Launch Google Chrome in Ubuntu and open any video.Ģ. Send Media to Chromecast using Google ChromeĬhrome browser is another way that allows you to cast online videos to Chromecast.ġ. It will start casting the media on your media streaming device.ģ. Hover the mouse over the Renderer, it will show the list of available Chromecast devices.Ĥ. Then play any video in VLC player that you want to cast on your streaming media device.ģ. The VLC media player has built-in Chromecast support.ġ. We can also cast videos from Ubuntu to Chromecast using the most popular VLC player. Using VLC player to send Video to Chromecast To stop casting a video at any time, press Ctrl+C. However, make note that casting the YouTube video using this way will first download the video in your system and then will cast that downloaded video on your Chromecast. For that run the command in Terminal using the following syntax: $ mkchromecast –y -video We can also cast YouTube videos directly from the Terminal. IP Information about the streaming media device i.e TV.Then run the command by using the following syntax to cast a video: $ mkchromecast -video -i īelow in the Terminal, you can see the following information: To cast a local video from Ubuntu to your Chromecast device, open up Terminal application in Ubuntu. You can also configure various settings from here.ģ. If there is no device listed, click on Search for media Streaming Devices. Select the name of the device you want to cast to. It will list the available devices on the network.Ĭlick on the Chromecast icon in the system tray area in the desktop’s top right corner to search for a media streaming device. Open up the Terminal and then run the following command: $ mkchromecast –t Then, we will need to pair the Chromecast device with Ubuntu. Wait for a while until the installation is completed.Ģ. First, launch the Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and then enter the following command in order to install Mkchromecast: $ sudo apt install mkchromecast So let’s get started with its installation.ġ. Mkchromecast is a program that we can use to cast media (Audio and video) from macOS X or Linux to your Chromecast device. For that, we have to install Mkchromecast. We can use Terminal to cast local or YouTube videos to Chromecast. Send a Video stream to Chromecast using Terminal We can cast videos from Ubuntu to Chromecast devices using the following ways:īefore starting, make sure the Chromecast device and the source device i.e mobile or computer are on the same network. Three ways to cast videos from Ubuntu to Chromecast In this article, we will see how to cast video from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Chromecast. It is the best and affordable way of casting media on your television using a Chromecast device. You can use Chromecast to cast media from your mobile devices or from your computer to your TV. It is plugged into your Televisions’ HDMI port. Chromecast is a device that allows you to seamlessly cast content like audio, video on television over your home network.
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