VLC, the free and open source multimedia player that so many of you play your legally purchased DVD rips from, received a beta update today on Android that brought with it Chromecast support. While I’m not as up-to-speed on VLC development as I probably should be, this seems like a big deal.
Previously (almost a year ago), VLC picked up Chromecast support through a nightly build that was labeled as experimental. As far as I can tell, this is the first time it’s added Chromecast support to a beta. It’s still labeled as “experimental” though, so keep that in mind.
With Chromecast support, you will see Cast icons from the main screen, as well as in videos, with lists of available Cast locations through a tap. You should be able to stream all of the video files you have on your device to a Chromecast that way.
This new beta drops in as VLC v2.9.0 and is available if you are in the beta track. You can sign-up for it at the bottom of its Google Play listing, which you’ll find at the link below.
phendrome on January 30th, 2018 at 18:19 UTC »
This is awesome -- people have been wanting this for a very long time.
Well done VLC!
530farm on January 30th, 2018 at 17:55 UTC »
The best part of VLC is it's ability to play any format, wonder if it's going to be able to chromecast any format or only the supported formats.
fawg141twga on January 30th, 2018 at 17:54 UTC »
So when is it coming to the desktop client, or has that already happened?