Chromecast and Server-based Media

[paulrockliffe]

What's the simplest way to play server-based media with one?

I currently use Kodi on a Raspberry Pi, which does a great job of caching the library, downloading program or album data etc and letting me search for what I want without scrolling through tonnes of stuff.

I've seen a few solutions that work, but none that organise the library for you the way Kodi does.

I've been using the Yatse Android app as a Kodi remote, which also caches the library and can cast to Chromecast. So this does work as an option, but it needs a Raspberry Pi as an intermediary that is doing nothing more than telling Yatse what media there is and generating the streams.

Ta.

[bstw]

I'll be interested in others opinions but i'd suggest Plex, its what I'm currently using, I can use a phone or tablet to choose media then cast it. This is obviously dependent on your server being able to run it

[paulrockliffe]

I'd forgotten about Plex. I will have a look. My server can run it, but does it run as a programme on a Linux operating system? I have Mythbuntu operating as a mythtv server and it would have to play nicely with that.

The easiest option is anything that can take a Samba network share as that's what's already setup.

[bstw]

It's downloadable as an rpm for quite a few Linux distros. If not the source code is available to compile it but you need to be fairly proficient with Linux to get it working with the required dependencies.

Is your media available on a CIFS share? If so that should work