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castr - a CLI and C++ library to cast media files to Chromecast devices using the built in Default Media Receiver -- CLI usage -- Examples: castr my_video.mp4 my_second_video.mp4 castr https://www.example.com/some_video_on_the_internet.mp4 Controlling playback: SPACEBAR: Play/Pause n: Next p: Previous s: Stop r: Restart media from beginning* f: Seek forward 60 seconds* F: Seek forward 600 seconds* b: Seek backwards 60 seconds* B: Seek backwards 600 seconds* m: Mute on/off v: Volume down V: Volume up h: Help q: Quit * Note: Seeking is not supported by all media Supported file types: aac, mp3, wav, webm, mp4, gif, jpg, png, webp, mpd, m3u8 If you have ffmpeg installed and a computer that is fast enough to encode video in real time, all other common video formats are supported through the helper script castr-convert. Example: castr-convert my_video.mkv -- Build instructions -- Dependencies, and how to install them on Ubuntu: * protobuf - Protocol to communicate with Chromecast sudo apt install protobuf-compiler protobuf-dev * avahi - mDNS implementation used to locate Chromecast device sudo apt install libavahi-client-dev Building: mkdir build cd build cmake .. make
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