That you can play the stream via VLC, and then render this stream to the Chromecast. I wondered if I could stream from OBS to my Chromecast but it seemed as if it did not support this protocol.Īfter some Googling though, I came across a forum post somewhere (don't seem to be able to find the link) which mentioned Stream but also record videos, and initially I had tried it out before to try record videos to maybe create a trainingĬourse at some point (still an idea for me, but maybe you'll see me create a Pluralsight or Udemy course someday).Īnyway, OBS Studio supports streaming via the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP). Most people appear to use OBS Studio to compose video and images and other things in setting up their stream. I thought this was pretty cool and wondered if I could do it myself someday. I've also recently started seeing people do streams of live coding, That he thinks are worth keeping up onto YouTube. I'm a long time viewer of Baumi's DotA videos on YouTube, and he actually runs a Twitch stream and later uploads his videos Though is that if you switch to another app then you're streaming the other app on your desktop and not what you were You can cast your tab, or cast your entire desktop to the Chromecast, which is also pretty cool! One downside to this Not all apps support streaming to Chromecast though, so you sometimes need to do other tricks like in Chrome for example

I bought myself a Chromecast while staying in Tilburg last year and I really enjoyed being able to finally watch Netflix Often I will watch YouTube or Netflix and would rather watch it on the big screen instead of on my laptop or phone.

Cast vlc to chromecast laptop