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dart_chromecast

Pure dart package to cast videos to your ChromeCast device and control their playback

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flutter pub add dart_chromecast

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A pure Dart package enabling seamless video casting to ChromeCast devices with full playback control. It provides a straightforward API to discover, connect to, and manage media playback on Chromecast devices across multiple platforms. Ideal for apps needing integration with Google's casting ecosystem without relying on platform-specific code. The package supports Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux, making it highly versatile for cross-platform development.

Use cases

  • Casting videos from mobile or desktop apps
  • Controlling playback remotely
  • Building media streaming applications
  • Integrating Chromecast support in Flutter apps
  • Enabling multi-device media synchronization

Key features

  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Simple API for casting and playback
  • Support for media metadata and playback controls
  • Real-time device discovery
  • Built-in error handling and connection management

Suitable for

  • Developers building media apps
  • Apps requiring remote playback control
  • Cross-platform TV and streaming solutions
  • Flutter projects targeting multiple operating systems

Considerations

  • Requires a compatible Chromecast device
  • Network configuration may affect connectivity
  • Limited to video casting (not audio-only)
  • May require additional permissions on some platforms
  • Depends on stable network conditions for reliable casting

Original README

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dart_chromecast

Dart package to play videos to a chromecast device. Pub.dev package: https://pub.dev/packages/dart_chromecast

This package is currently under development and the API can change completely at some point. Use at your own risk.

Simplified port of https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client.

Update 0.2.0: added MDNS finder, you can now omit the --host parameter and it will ask you which chromecast to use

Find the IP address of your chromecast on mac OS

This is the way I found the IP address of my ChromeCast on my Mac. This is not guaranteed to work for everyone, but if it helps anyone, here are the terminal commands:

$ dns-sd -B _googlecast local

Copy the instance name

$ dns-sd -L <IntanceName> _googlecast._tcp. local.

Copy the name (without the port) directly after the text ' can be reached at '...

$ dns-sd -Gv4v6 <Paste>

See https://github.com/terrabythia/flutter_chromecast_example for an example implementation in Flutter of both the flutter_mdns_plugin and this repository.

usage

options

media space separated list of one or more media source urls

host (optional) IP address of a ChromeCast device in the same network that you are on.

port (optional) port of the ChromeCast device. Defaults to 8009.

flags

--append (-a) whether to append the passed in media to the current playlist and not replace the current playlist (if reconnecting was successful). Defaults to false.
--debug (-d) whether to show all info logs, defaults to false.

usage

dart example/main.dart <media> [--host <host> [--port <port> [--append [ --debug]]]]

playback control

In this demo the following keys can be used to control the playback of the video:

space toggle paused state
s stop playback
esc disconnect device
left arrow key seek -10 seconds
right arrow key seek +10 seconds

example

dart example/main.dart http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerFun.mp4

reconnecting to active session

When you exit the command line without disconnecting the device, the video will keep playing. To reconnect without messing with the current playlist, just run the command without any media urls. Eg:

dart example/main.dart --host=192.168.1.1

Categories

TV, Watch & Cars

Dependencies

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Source repository

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