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Looking for a privacy friendly chromecast alternative (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title says it all, I'm looking for something as user-friendly as a chromecast but not made by a company like google. I'm familiar with linux and if some open source software exists that can do this I would love it.

Ideally it would be able to stream things like Netflix and Disney+ using a smartphone. Would be great if it can also play local files from an external hard drive, but I have a raspberry pi with Kodi for that so that's not a hard requirement by any means.

Price range: preferably under €/$/£100 but for something truly excellent it can be a bit more than that.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've tried setting up a pi for a Chromecast replacement but I soon realized it was never going to "just work" like my Chromecast did

What would be cool personally is some way to root a Chromecast and strip out all the telemetry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Miracast is pretty good, but I don't think it supports DRM-content. Also it seems to be getting phased out in favor of chromecast.