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by encryptluks2 1837 days ago
First, that isn't how Chromecast works.. however, for me to cast a movie from my laptop to Kodi I just enable file sharing on the directory that I want to share and then I can access it in Kodi and play it using the remote. I can also serve it via HTTP or SFTP.
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akvadrako 1836 days ago
That is how Chromecast works. And it doesn't require you to setup a local file share, then browse to it via another interface.

For example you can open a video in a player (like VLC) and choose "Render -> to Chromecast".

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encryptluks2 1836 days ago
That is because VLC would act as the streaming device and that functionality exist with Kodi as well.
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encryptluks2 1837 days ago
Update: Saw that NewPipe even offers a stream to Kodi option. NewPipe is a popular open source YouTube interface.
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