DIY Chromecast - eviltoast

Hello everyone! I would like to part ways with my Google Chromecast. Fortunately, I had an extra Raspberry Pi 4B (4GB version) in my drawer, which I used to install LineageOS. Afterwards, I installed F-Droid and a customized launcher to give it a more AndroidTV-like appearance.

Now, I have a couple of questions:

  1. What can I use as an alternative to Google’s screencasting?
  2. Is it advisable to enable SSH with root access on the Raspberry Pi?

Thanks!

  • MrPear@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Do you specificly want to cast your screen? Or do you want to cast things like YouTube videos and music?

      • MrPear@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        In that case I’m afraid I don’t know any solution, hopefully you’ll find something that fits your needs. If you needed to cast Youtube-videos and such, I would’ve shared my own bodged method that combines KDE Connect, MPV and a regex-enabled fork of “handlr”.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        If you only want to cast your screen, maybe try thinking more in terms of “KVM” than “Chromecast?”