stanislavche / chromecast-fallback

A fallback implementation of the Chromecast Sender/Receiver using CAF

Chromecast Fallback

Receiver

CAF receiver app attempts to fallback when an error occurs.

1. Receiver intercepts a load request
2. Attempts to load
3. Captures an error event
4. Attempts to load the fallback url

Sender

Sender app provides a fallback option when making a load request:

const session = cast.framework.CastContext.getInstance().getCurrentSession();
const mediaInfo = new chrome.cast.media.MediaInfo('http://wrong-url-to-simulate-error');

const request = new chrome.cast.media.LoadRequest(mediaInfo);
request.fallback = 'http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4';
session.loadMedia(request);

Setup

1. Open the file below:

├── sender/
│   ├── index.js

2. Set the APPLICATION_ID

Serve

yarn serve