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Chromecast (the device) is dead, what can I use now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've had a Chromecast for almost a decade, and it had mostly been great. They cost £30 at the time, and let you cast from most media apps, even if they didn't really have their own UI. You could take it to a friends house / hotel, power it off of the USB port on the back of most TVs and you'd be off to the races.

Given that they are now discontinued and my old one doesn't support 4K and casting from some newer apps (maybe a lack of AV1 / h265 support?), I'm looking for a replacement.

I'm looking for a privacy-respecting device in a vaguely stick-like format that will support casting from Android. It having support for apps is a nice to have for me.

Before you say "well if you use YouTube / Plex it's not private because they collect data about what you watch", sure, that may be true, but I'd rather not have the stick itself also do ACR on everything I cast as well.

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[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My solution was a refurbished thinkcentre running Linux. Works, but is more involved than a put of the box solution. But Bein able to customise it to the users need (my mother in this case) was pretty much the point for me.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have a server and all, but I'd need the right software to make the casting work and perhaps get a nice GUI + remote if I want to use actual apps.

[–] frischkaesbagett@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

KDE Connect basically is a good remote control.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

In addition to KDE Connect, I use Plasma Big screen and a small wireless keyboard, to pretty much make a libre smart TV interface.