#How to cast vlc to chromecast 2016 how to#
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#How to cast vlc to chromecast 2016 movie#

Meanwhile, the easiest way to push out your VLC movie to your AirPlay compatible receiver, either an AppleTV unit or a TV like the Vizio that has AirPlay built in to the system, is to use the MacOS AirPlay screen sharing feature. Indeed, what I would like to see is a new button right on the player bar that is a “share” icon and offers quick access to both AirPlay and ChromeCast for its many, many fans. Why none are integrated into VLC is a puzzle, however. While Apple traditionally holds its tech licenses pretty tightly, there are quite a few open source AirPlay programs available for various platforms.

#How to cast vlc to chromecast 2016 how to#

HOW TO VIEW A MOVIE FROM VLC ON YOUR TV VIA AIRPLAY I like watching a movie while I’m working on my computer too, so it’s a great matchup. In my experience it works great and is a rock steady connection with no hiccups, glitches or other problems. That’s how you “Cast” a video from VLC directly to your Chromecast-compatible device. You just get the playlist window with the controls (rather confusingly) on the bottom: Notice on the source computer that you still have all the controls. Yes, the “Warning” is from the opening titles of Harry In Your Pocket, not some sort of VLC warning! Again, my hopes are that this is one of the obvious things to fix in the next version of VLC.īe that as it may, however, choose your Cast-compatible device - in my case “Family Room TV (M65Q7-H1)” - and that video window will be wirelessly sent to my TV, along with the audio. Does it list them as “Chromecast” or does it prompt “Cast to…” or have anything that would clue in a user that “Renderer” is also “Cast…” or similar? Nope. If you choose “ Renderer” from the Playback menu, it will list the Chromecast capable devices it can find on your local wifi network. To Cast the video to a Chromecast capable device, bring up the “ Playback” menu: But notice along the very top: The Mac version – VLC Media Player – has quite a few menus because it’s really incredibly flexible.

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The play controls, volume, progress bar, even full window zoom feature are all along the bottom, so it’s pretty darn easy to work with. In this case, it’s the amusing 1973 comedy Harry In Your Pocket starring James Coburn, as shown in the title bar. Here’s VLC on my MacOS 11 system, ready to play a movie: So for now, let me show you how I “Cast” my VLC window to my Vizio TV with built-in Chromecast and then how I use AirPlay on my Mac to also push out the video window onto my AppleTV device… HOW TO CAST A MOVIE FROM VLC WITH CHROMECAST To be fair, there’s a new 4.0 release of VLC coming some time this year – 2021 – that is supposed to introduce a completely new user interface, but whether that makes Casting and AirPlay easier remains to be seen.

Having said that, however, the user interface does take a bit of getting used to, and while it supports Chromecast, it’s incredibly non-obvious where that feature is found, to the point that most people have probably long since just accepted that VLC and Casting are just not compatible. Really, one of the best open source apps I use on a daily basis. It also works great on Windows, MacOS, you name it. You’re spot on that I am a big fan of VLC, the open source video player that can handle just about every possible video format on the Internet, along with tons of additional useful features and capabilities.