Yes, I’m fully aware that the best way to have a streaming box is to run Linux on a Raspberry Pi, and if anyone has a guide for how to best set that up, connect to various streaming services, and allow casting from a phone then I’m very happy to check it out. However, I’ve heard Android TV boxes/sticks are still relatively customisable so I’d really just like something I can run SmartTubeNext on and cast YouTube to the TV without any ads. I’m not going to be putting much in the way of personal data on it so it’s obviously doesn’t need to be the most secure/hardened thing in the world, but I’d still rather avoid the dodgiest of boxes. Any recommendations for something cheap-ish and private-ish?
I already have a Chromecast and being able to cast to it from your phone is very convenient, however the unblockable YouTube ads are not. Is it possible to cast from a phone to anything running on a RPi?
Yeah, there is a software you can install on the Pi called
scrcpy(which is a terminal utility), you can get a GUI for it withguiscrcpyHere’s the link going over it: here
And for the GUI part here
I haven’t use it, so not sure how well it works. There could also be other software to support casting that I’m not aware of.
Oh that’s pretty cool, I guess it’s only for screen mirroring and not casting video streaming apps though?
Yeah it would be screen mirroring
Fair, not exactly what I’m looking for now but still sounds like a fun project to try out so cheers for the link