How to Play Local Video Files through Chromecast

Chromecast is popularly meddled with today. But before we discuss it any further, we wanted to point out a feature that you may not have been aware of after watching the demo from Google last week. Chromecast can play local video files from your computer to a TV. This is good news as it means that you are no longer stuck with YouTube or Netflix or uploading your current collection to a cloud service. You may readily grab files already on your computer and then stream them to a TV.

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If you own a Chromecast device, you only need to install the Chromecast extension on your PC and then find the file path of a local video file that you’d like to play. Paste install the Chromecast extension on your PC, then find the file path of a local video file that you’d like to play and press the Chromecast button to cast it on over. Yes! It is this simple.

Some of our readers noticed a slight frame rate drop, but relax, it is not noticeable. The video looked pretty damn good on your screen.

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We are experimenting with Chromecast and hope to come up with some more later.

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