• @CosmicRaptorOP
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    1510 months ago

    I do use newpipe, had to fire up the YouTube app for Chromecasting to a TV and was greeted by this.

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      Look into smarttubenext for Chromecast then. It takes like 30 seconds to install. It’s similar to new pipe. I believe it can even link with new pipe to download videos for offline use.

      It’s the entire reason I bought a Chromecast over a Roku or fire TV.

        • @odium
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          110 months ago

          That is for android

          • @[email protected]
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            110 months ago

            Well now I am confused, this is what it says for disadvantages:

            ❌ Disadvantages: no support for phones and tablets, no comments stability, voice search and casting support might be worse than in the official apps, depending on your device; give it a try!

            • @odium
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              10 months ago

              Here’s what it says on the compatibility section of the github readme.

              SmartTube requires Android 4.3 or above. It does not work on non-Android devices (incl. LG or Samsung TVs). On unsupported TVs, you can use a TV stick or TV box. Though this app technically runs on smartphones and tablets, it is not optimized for such and offers no official support!

              It has been successfully tested on TVs, TV boxes and TV sticks that are based on Android, including:

              Android TVs & Google TVs (e.g. Philips, Sony)
              Chromecast with Google TV & TVs with Chromecast built-in
              Amazon FireTV stick (all generations)
              NVIDIA Shield
              TV boxes running Android (many cheap chinese no-name boxes)
              Xiaomi Mi Box
              

              Looks like it isn’t officially supported on android phones. However, the way it’s built makes it automatically work on many android smartphones without the devs specifically trying to support it on phones.

    • blaine
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      10 months ago

      Revamped supports Chromecast as well. Does Newpipe not?

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Newpipe is a website scrapper. It is fully open source as well. It does not have Chromecast support.

        Revanced is a patcher for the official YouTube app, which is why it has chromecast support

          • @[email protected]
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            210 months ago

            Because some people like using FOSS apps. And don’t want all the trackers from the YouTube app.