It’s because of this that enabling desktop-to-TV casting will be tricky. The VLC team will need to get creative to offer it in the near future, mostly likely by working in tandem with the official Chrome browser extension. The delay in enabling desktop cast support lies squarely at the feet of Google as they’re yet to formally offer an SDK to desktop app developers. “In addition we are also working on a Windows / Linux / Mac implementation, which will take a bit longer because it’s harder.” Kühne, posting on the official VLC Forum, also says desktop users can expect to find casting functionality in the future, too: The official VLC for Android app will also be kitted out with the feature once the iOS version has been released.
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Speaking to Gigaom, Kühne says iPhone and iPad users can expect to receive an update featuring cast support sometime in the next 4-6 weeks. iOS First, Android Second, Desktop LaterĬhromecast functionality will appear first in the iOS app in the form of a plugin, says the project’s resident OS X and iOS developer Felix Paul Kühne. Google’s cheap media streamer is already supported by a number of leading mobile applications, including Netflix and BBC iPlayer, and is available to buy in a growing number of countries. VideoLAN, the development team behind the open-source app, which is often described as the Swiss Army Knife of video players thanks to its ability to play virtually any file format, has confirmed plans to include Chromecast support in future releases of its apps on Android, iOS and, most interestingly, desktop. Popular cross-platform media player VLC is about to get a whole lot more popular with Chromecast fans.
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