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       Show HN: ytcast - cast YouTube videos to your smart TV from
       command-line
        
       hi, this is a project I've been working on and off for the last
       three months, it's my first non-trivial, non-hello-world, actually
       useful (at least to me) go project. it would be very nice if you
       could just try the program and see if it works on your setup!  the
       readme[0] explains how it works, why I wrote it and how it fits in
       my "command-line centric" computing environment (there is also a
       video demo[1] :)).  if you know go, feel free to take a look at the
       code and review it! I'm still pretty much new to go and I'd love to
       hear opinions, feedback and tips from more seasoned go developers
       :)  [0]: https://github.com/MarcoLucidi01/ytcast#ytcast  [1]:
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07aWOpi8DVk
        
       Author : marcolucidi
       Score  : 70 points
       Date   : 2022-02-16 18:49 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | brunoqc wrote:
       | Can it remove ads?
        
         | marcolucidi wrote:
         | nope
        
       | jlkuester7 wrote:
       | Nice! Projects like this give me hope for Chromecast support one
       | day from Android devices not running Google Play Services (e.g.
       | GrapheneOS)...
        
         | andrewshadura wrote:
         | ytcast uses a different protocol.
        
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       | sdoering wrote:
       | Cool. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks.
        
       | stavros wrote:
       | CATT (which I wrote) does the same, except it supports whatever
       | site youtube-dl supports (which is basically everything):
       | 
       | https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt/
        
         | igravious wrote:
         | groobiest@NH5xAx ~/Code/ytcast [master]  ytcast -l
         | ab5d4550 192.168.1.2     "[LG] webOS TV OLED55C16LA"
         | groobiest@NH5xAx ~/Code/ytcast [master]  ytcast -d lg
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZx-rLoV4do
         | groobiest@NH5xAx ~/Code  ~/.local/bin/catt scan        Scanning
         | Chromecasts...        Error: No devices found.        x
        
         | rahimnathwani wrote:
         | OP seems to work for any Smart TV with a YT app (e.g. a Samsung
         | or Roku TV), whereas CATT requires a Chromecast?
        
           | stavros wrote:
           | There are various protocols for TVs to cast things, it seems
           | like this one uses DIAL, whereas CATT uses Google Cast. I was
           | thrown off by the icon, it does seem like the two are
           | slightly different, thanks for the correction.
        
             | rahimnathwani wrote:
             | FWIW I didn't know about CATT, and I actually have some use
             | for it. I sometimes want to cast local video files from my
             | PC to a projector on the other side of the room. That
             | already has a Chromecast so CATT should make it easy.
        
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       | genericacct wrote:
       | Very useful, i dislike using yt's UI on televisions
        
         | epa wrote:
         | Try a Google TV and side load SmartTubeNext, no ads and better
         | UI. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext
        
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