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instructables

Raspberry Pi As Chromecast Alternative (Raspicast)

by Maggie Shah

In this Instructables, I will show you how to use Google that allows users to play online content such
raspberry pi 3 as Chromecast alternative. It is also as videos and music on a digital television.
worth mentioning that this is not a direct clone to The adapter is a dongle that plugs into the TV's HDMI
Chromecast and that there are limitations. This port; a cable connects to a USB port to power the
method does not support the cast button but will device. A mobile app makes it possible to essentially
stream Youtube videos as well as local audio and use a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer
video files directly from your smartphone using an as a TV remote. Once the streaming begins, it's not
Android application. And I believe this application is necessary to keep the app open, and the device can
only for android devices. be used for other purposes. Chromecast can stream
content from an increasing number of sources
So, actually what is Chromecast? including Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Google Play
music and movies and the Chrome browser.
Chromecast is a streaming media adapter from

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Step 1: Hardware Required

Raspberry Pi 3 (All model will work, but then it will require a USB Wifi dongle).
Raspberry Pi Case.
Heatsinks for Raspberry Pi.
Micro SD card for storage.
Micro Usb charger and Cable

HDMI cable

SD card reader to load Raspbian onto the SD card

Mouse And Keyboard

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Step 2: Assembling the Case and Adding Heatsink to the Board

Here Heatsink in not mandatory, but while watching full 1080p videos for long time makes the cpu warm much. So
it's better to add these.

The case which I've is used is easy to assemble and work with.

Step 3: Download and Install Raspbian Onto SD Card

Download Raspbian operating system for the Pi here.

Now carefully follow the instructions to install it onto the SD card (Mac and Windows) here.

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Step 4: Getting Started

Plug the mouse and keyboard dongle. Power through the micro USB cable and connect HDMI cable to a Screen.

After booting up, connect to a WiFi network.

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Step 5: Enable SSH

You can enable SSH by navigating to Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configurations and click Interfaces then
select SSH

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Step 6: Essential for Software

We need to grab some software required by the omxiv so it can be compiled.

Now click on the black terminal icon on the top bar of the Raspbian desktop to open the Terminal.

Type,

$ sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev libpng12-dev

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Step 7: Download and Compile the OMXIV for Casting

In terminal and type these commands in to download and compile the software, one by one

$ git clone https://github.com/HaarigerHarald/omxiv


$ cd omxiv
$ make ilclient
$ make -j4
$ sudo make install

Step 8: Download Raspicast on Android

Download and install Raspicast from Playstore. Download

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Step 9: Retrieve Your IP Address of Your PI

Once everything is compiled discover your Pi's IP address so that you can connect to it over the network. To do
this, click on the black terminal icon on the top bar of the Raspbian desktop to open the Terminal.

Type "ifconfig" and then find the wireless IP address ("inet addr") under "wlan0" that will look something like
192.168.43.252 and make a note of it. Note it is not "192.168.43.252", there should be a different address under
"wlan0".

Make sure your raspberry pi and phone are connected to same WiFi network.

$ ifconfig

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Step 10: Casting Your Content to Raspberry Pi

After everything is downloaded Open the software Now you can open your YouTube app and select a
and click on the three dots on the top right corner, video to cast. Then but clicking the share icon look for
then you will be asked for an Hostname or IP the “raspicast”.
address. At this point you now insert the IP address
you got earlier along with the Username and You can also cast Pictures, Music and Videos
password on your raspberry pi. which or on your Device directly to target destination.

The default username will be "pi". Leave port to 22


as itself

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