{"id":2677,"date":"2018-02-06T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2018-02-06T13:05:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T07:35:18","slug":"vlc-beta-android-adds-chromecast-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/vlc-beta-android-adds-chromecast-support\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC Beta for Android Adds Chromecast Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/vlc-beta-android-adds-chromecast-support\/vlc-chromecast\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2678\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/vlc-beta-android-adds-chromecast-support\/vlc-chromecast\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vlc-chromecast.png?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlc-chromecast\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vlc-chromecast.png?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vlc-chromecast.png?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vlc-chromecast.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vlc-chromecast.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.videolan.vlc\"><strong>VLC<\/strong><\/a>, the free and open source multimedia player that so many of you play your legally purchased DVD rips from, received a beta update today on Android that brought with it Chromecast support.<\/p>\n<p>With Chromecast support, you will see Cast icons from the main screen, as well as in videos, with lists of available Cast locations through a tap. You should be able to stream all of the video files you have on your device to a Chromecast that way.<\/p>\n<p>This new beta drops in as VLC v2.9.0 and is available if you are in the beta track. You can sign-up for it at the bottom of its Google Play listing, which you\u2019ll find at the link at the bottom of the page <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.videolan.vlc\">click here to download<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VLC, the free and open source multimedia player that so many of you play your legally purchased DVD rips from,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[17,400,439],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app","tag-android","tag-chromecast","tag-vlc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-Hb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1529,"url":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/swiftkey-keyboard-one-best-android-keyboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":2677,"position":0},"title":"SwiftKey Keyboard one of the best Android keyboard","author":"saifuddin","date":"February 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In Android you could choose to install any keyboard you like. 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