pedropalhari / cast-to-web

This repo is being remodeled to "Cast to web". It can be used in a number of situations, eg: casting to TVs without Miracast, using the integrated browser. This readme will pass a reformulation shortly but the npx command is already poiting to the new repo and functional.

It will include more tutorials and support different video files to be a general tool to streaming video with subtitles easily.

(PREVIOUS) Cast to Chromecast with subtitles

Linux has a bug that Chrome cannot cast the screen to Chromecast with sound (making casting VLC with subs not viable), so you need to cast a tab instead. This project creates an express server that streams video by chunks. It also converts .srt to .vtt to be included in the video as subs.

Using

With npx

• npx pedropalhari/cast-to-web [filmpath].mp4 [subpath].srt
• Open http://localhost:8080 using Chrome and cast this tab to Chromecast.
• or open http://ip:8080/ using a browser in the desired device and play it there.

Without npx

• Clone this repo
• yarn
• yarn build
• yarn start [filmpath].mp4 [subpath].srt
• Open http://localhost:8080 using Chrome and cast this tab to Chromecast.

Both filmpath and subpath must be absolute, they also should be .mp4 and .srt in order.

Demo