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#CAST SMPLAYER INSTALL#
#CAST SMPLAYER TV#
#CAST SMPLAYER FREE#

#CAST SMPLAYER FREE#

Note: you can actually select a subtitle in srt or any other format in SMPlayer, but the SMPlayer Chromecast Control will try to use a subtitle file with the same name but with the vtt extension. W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web.

#CAST SMPLAYER TV#

The subtitles should be displayed on the TV screen. Now connect to Chromecast and start playback as usual.

Select the option Play on Chromecast from the Play menu.

Play the video in SMPlayer and select the vtt subtitle from the menu Subtitles -> Primary track.

Store the vtt file in the same folder of the video. Or just use any other tool you may find on the Internet. You can convert subtitles in srt format to the vtt format here.

First you need to convert the subtitles to vtt.

The subtitles must be in the same folder of the video.

However currently there are some limitations: Now SMPlayer 17.3 has just added the possibility to display subtitles on Chromecast (still an experimental feature). SMPlayer 17.1 added support for Chromecast. You can change some of the settings for the server (like the port to use) in the SMPlayer preferences: Network -> Chromecast. In order to server local files (from your computer) to Chromecast, SMPlayer will run a tiny web server. There’s also an option in the context menu of the playlist to open the selected video on Chromecast. Important: although SMPlayer will open the web page with your default web browser this will probably only work with Google Chrome and Chromium. You’ll find options to connect/disconnect, start playback and controls for play, pause, volume, seek… This web page can communicate with your Chromecast device. Otherwise Chromecast won’t be able to access the files in your computer.Ī web page will be opened in your web browser with the URL of the video. Note: at this point Windows users will probably get a notification from the Windows firewall. (After that you can stop playback in SMPlayer). Start to play a video in SMPlayer, then select the option Play on Chromecast from the Play menu. This is a tiny web server that SMPlayer will run in order to serve local files to Chromecast. All you have to do is open a video in SMPlayer and then select the option Cast to -> Smartphone/tablet within the Play menu.

#CAST SMPLAYER INSTALL#

Ubuntu and debian users must install the package webfs (sudo apt-get install webfs).Google Chrome browser (or Chromium) with the Google Cast extension installed.Click here to see the list of supported media. Notice however that Chromecast only supports a limited list of formats and codecs, so some videos won’t play. Now you can send videos from SMPlayer to your Chromecast device, including local files from your computer and online streams such as TV channels or videos from sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more. SMPlayer 17.1 features experimental support for Chromecast.