Jellyfin on windows, how do I cast to my Chromecast? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 52616e646f6d20557365726e616d65@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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As the title says really. I am using Jellyfin on a windows laptop and Firefox as my default browser.

When I try to get my media to stream to my chromecast dongle it keeps showing as Google cast unsupported. I know there is no problem with the laptop or the dongle, as using plex I am able to stream fine. I don't seem to be able to find any info online how to do this, can someone help clear this up for me please

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[-] Mountaineer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure Firefox doesn't know how to cast, that's a chrome feature.
Secondly, a chromecast dongle can either be targetted locally by an app (such as chrome) or over the internet via https.
If you are just hosting on your windows laptop, you probably don't have a domain with TLS, yes?
From localhost (the laptop itself), if you run chrome, you can probably cast to your dongle whilst on the same LAN.

If you have one of the newer Chromecasts with the remote, you can simply install the Jellyfin app on it directly, and address your Jellyfin install by IP and port.

Plex uses some fancy redirection work around these limitations, but it relies on an external service that they provide.