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by etix 3051 days ago
Chromecast support took much more time to implement than we originally expected, that was probably the major reason for the delay.
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undocumented protocol or overly complex ?
We had to redesign a new kind of module called a renderer that has some weird capabilities and of course the Chromecast being kind of undocumented didn't help.
Is there a good reason for Google not to help vlc, as it's making the Chromecast more accessible? Chromecast doesn't seem that innovative?
Chromecast isn't free software. You need google sdk, which obviously a project like vlc can't use.