spudy12 wrote:Prehaps a send to Chromecast button could be implemented to if Serviio is updated to support it?
(websites can be optimised for it so I imagine it just needs to User Agent?)
Chromecast support requires a number of components to be done properly.
1. A working profile added to Serviio, probably based around HLS, the serviigo_gtv one would be one a starting point
2. A reciever application (web app type thing) that runs on the Chromecast. This is needed because the genetic players only support non-transcoded formats i.e. mp4. This could either be ServiiGo specific, or be a more general Serviio one used by ServiiGo, MediaBrowser, and anything else the knew how it works. Ideally it would incorporate support for Serviio's time based seeking that is required for transcoded content.
3. Sender app intergration, i.e. Chromecast button in ServiiGo or MediaBrowser. I hacked together some basic intergration a few months ago using the preview SDK, once the final SDK is out (its not being released properly to developers until the Google Play Servicies rollout completes) I can look at it again.
In the mean time, 1 can be tested by overriding the ServiiGo profile and playing via an external player that supports chromecast, with the aim being to create a profile that transcodes as little as possible while still enabiling playback. If this can be done before 1.4.1 is released then that would be great.