How to cast a video from your laptop to your connected display without having to interact with the display or media player:Windows:>just right click the MKV file and select "cast to device">select which device to cast to>video is beamed to display and begins playing immediately>enjoy video!Linux:>right click MKV file on your Linux desktop>become confused because it's 2026 and Linux can't cast video natively>google around for an hour or two to find out how to cast a video from your desktop to a connected display>find out that Linux doesn't have native casting>go back to google to find out that you need to set up a DLNA server from the command-line>set up DLNA server with command line>find out that you can't beam video to the display from your desktop on Linux and that because Linux is simply a server OS, you can only pull videos from Linux rather than push them like you can with Windows>grab the remote for your display and pray that you set up the DLNA server correctly>find video using display's media player>after all that time, you finally get to enjoy video on your TV, making sure to remember that since Linux is so limited, you can only pull videos from a Linux PC while Windows can push videos to a connected display as well as behave like a server if needed.When is Linux going to get the ability to right-click a video and send it to a connected display like Windows does?No, you can't pretend that pulling videos off a Linux PC is the same thing, freetards.
thats nice but what if i want to disable that functionality entirely?
>>109276563idgi. if it's a connected display, then the video opens on that display when i open the file
>>109276568go to control panel and disable wmp>>109276581it's wirelessly playing content on your tv
>>109276595use case?
>>109276612having movies, tv shows, and cartoons that you want to watch on the big screen
>>109276618DLNA doesn't do that for you?I used to have a problem with this across wireless network segment boundaries
>>109276563>find out that Linux doesn't have native xlinux doesn't have native anything, that's not how it worksyou are comparing a single product that is sold for money to the concept of personal computing itself
>>109276644only on linux it does
>>109276665you know windows media center? same protocol, midwit. I could probably set up DLNA now on lunix to still play music and movies on my Xbox 360
>>109276678ya but you can't cast them wirelessly like on windows
dlna is cope for shit devices having shit software
>>109276684for some reason I think google chrome does this stillhow does chromeOS do it natively then smart guy
>>109276708chromecast =/ miracast, also casting your whole display sucks and not the same thing
>>109276720I don't know what miracast is but it sounds like you can treat that with PReP, faggot. why don't you just write your own since you're clearly like the one person who actually uses cast except from a smartphone?
>>109276758>spend hours creating a program just to cast media from linuxor>use the native cast to feature that comes with windows and works ootbi know which one i'll pick
>>109276595more disabled
>>109276595how is that "connected"?
>>109276831via the network
i installed gentoo recently and it's been great, having complete control over my os is wonderful. the whole system benchmarks faster now, it idles at 0.1% cpu and less than 1gb ram, and everything is as performant as possible while stripping out everything i dont need. like dlna video casting, who the fuck needs that lmfao i just plug my laptop into my tv and watch pirated movies and tv from my plex server.
>>109276864>plex>not jellyfincuck
>>109276563This looks like old as shit ui
>>109276890so, it just werks unlike linux
>>109276864>lincucks need to plug in a cable to play back videos on their tvlmao
>>109276563Wehrmacht lost.
>>109276989no, we all lost
>>109276563I tried to use the Windows 11 clock (to set a real world clock...)...it had to update before I could use the clock. Yes, really.
>>109276563>>109276618>>109276795>>109276911>>109276981See:https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.gnome.NetworkDisplayshttps://flathub.org/en/apps/app.go2tv.go2tvhttps://flathub.org/en/apps/net.mkiol.Jupiihttps://snapcraft.io/alfacasthttps://store.kde.org/p/2290729https://github.com/skorokithakis/cattThen fuck off back to reddlt or KYS.
>>109277033opening a program is not the same as right clicking the video file, also those are third-party so they don't count
>>109277050If you demand that this be built-in to your OS then you're an absolute retard and no one wants you to use anything but Windows. Stay there you filthy cattlenigger.
>>109277115>copes
>>109276814>>109276837well?
>>109277322well what?
>>109277533how to disable the feature entirely
>>109277551>windows firewall>allowed apps>uncheck cast to device
>>109276563You can literally do this on any and every platform with a Python library.
>>109277588is it native an doable via a right click?
>>109276563this nigger is giving his TV internet access
>>109277620my tv comes with android tv built-in so why not, i also get ad free youtube as well
>>109277627>why not?because your TV has Android, you mentioned the reason yourself
>>109277611KDE Connect can do it if the TV also supports KDE Connect.
>>109277634android is open source and degoogleable>>109277642can you do it via a right click of the video file?
>>109277644Yeah, probably. Just need to add a menu entry for it. You can do that with any DLNA server too btw, you lied in the OP.
>>109277644your Android TV isntAlso why do you need to right click on a video file in the first place? Dont you have a network share and can browse the file you want on the TV?Imagine having to run to your PC every time you are done with an episode like a caveman.
>>109277664>DLNA servercasting =/ setting up a dlna server, also having to set up the menu entry sucks and it should just be built-in>>109277667you can cast more than one video at a time
Linux cannot do:Creating shortcuts with one click instead of using links2nd drive not auto-mounted on bootAudio driver doesn't automatically change to headphones when plugged inPrinter doesn't work straight out of the box
>>109276563I used DLNA over 14 years ago with my PlayStation 3.I stopped doing it about 10 years ago, because i don't use the TV anymore.Get with the times, boomer.
>>109277677>2nd drive not auto-mounted on bootyou know there is a specific fstab setting for this? it's noauto.
>>109277675yeah, DLNA and basic network shares allow you to simply browse the files on your TV and select what you want.No right click needed.Its not the same, it's far superior, far more convenient and it is what everybody does. Even fucking normies have NAS.
>>109277675Yeah, I knew you'd just move the goalpost.
>Windows features that Linux doesn't have:bsod?
>>109277689>simply browse the files on your TV and select what you wantstill not as quick as right clicking some videos and casting it>it's far superiorto you maybe but not for me>>109277694but i never did?
>>109276563i use an hdmi cable because that's what they're for
>>109277700>browsing the movies on your tv is not as quick as running to the PC every single time you want something differentok
>>109277698So how would linux users know if they have failing hardware?
>>109277698linux has that now
>>109277704Dmesg will tell you in big red letters what the problem is, where the issue is in memory, what CPU core it occured on, and the library it happened in. Windows, by comparison, will tell you "ERROR fuck off."
>>109277701not as elegant as casting it>>109277703i was talking about laptops, browsing via the tv is better then walking to your desktop every time you want to cast video(s) i'll give you that
>>109276563>because Linux is simply a server OS, you can only pull videos from Linux rather than push them>simply a server>can only pull>rather than push>server
>OP waiting for his dox to get posted
>>109277869meds
>>109277869I don't even need anyone to tell me.. it reads between the lines
>>109276563I have never heard of anyone doing this and were unaware that it was ever a feature>this is how far wintoddlers have to go to justify eating shitI'm just not gonna eat the shit. Linux fills my use cases perfectly.
>>109277704MACHINE CHECK ERRORthanks AS*S for blowing up my fucking ryzen 1600>>109277717Something happened!
>>109281995>xhe bought poozenlmao, intel chads don't have this issue
>>109276563cast to what exactly? only devices in my network are my computers
>>109276563>Windows features that Linux doesn't havereliable suspend and hibernate
>>109277050>third partyEverything on linux is pretty much third party because you roll your own. It breaks down to linux being able to do it forever through "third party" programs. Your argument is the same argument Itoddlers tried to make for it to seem like Apple was better even though they were behind by at least a decade based on features.
>>109282687to tvs and monitors
>>109276563>>109277050You absolute retard X is a server already
>>109282829were not talking about display servers
>>109282891I can display over another host, this is native already to the userland. If you want a specific protocol then having a binary to push that protocol makes sense.
>>109283007Just to extra mog you fags here is netcathttps://pastebin.com/DjJs9v4E
>>109276618"Casting to device" wirelessly will reduce quality and the video will play like shit, also that requires the tv to be on the local network (and most people don't even set it up properly and allow their tvs to send a ton of personal data straight to nsa).
my buddy on windows 10 uses an HDMI switcher to switch between his TV and his monitor when he wants to watch anime not everyone using windows is using the cast optionI tried it on my PS3 to watch some anime but I found the process annoying...I use Arch btw
>>109283007mirroring your display =/ casting media, also that requires a scrond computer which sucks>>109283193looks fine to me, plus it's better then being tethered to a cabe>>109283205>animegrowup
>>109283990second*
>>109282561>*oxidizes*
>>109276563I have never once in my life had DLNA casting work properly. As far as I'm concerned, it's a complete and utter fucking scam.
can you even do that in windows anymore thowindowsfags right click an mkv file right now and see if you can cast
>>109277869
Fuck u jannies for deleting my post>>109283990(To reiterate)>growupKeep seething about Linux microcuck
>>109285030keep on enjoying the lack of basic features then freetard
>>109277050>those are third-party so they don't countHAHAHAHAWhat a fucking moron. Embarrassing.
>>109285124freetard coping for the lack of basic features
>>109276684True. Its a MAJOR flaw with linux imo. I have to RDP from my windows into my linux to cast to tv and roku. For quality, i use a raspi i converted to remotely toggle to be a wireless USB. From my phone i run a script that copies the movies or shows I want to the raspi then it toggles to otg usb mode and acts like plugging a flash drive with videos into the tv. Takes forever. But its better quality than even cable tv. Even direct streams from the best LAN systems is going to be poor quality, good enough for like youtube or whatever but big screen movies you need to direct link it.
