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Asked: 2022-05-09 06:08:26 +0800 CST

What software to cast a .mp4 with subtitles?

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I have a .mp4 and a .srt for English subtitles. I would like to play my video and cast it to Chromecast. What software should I use?

On Google Chrome, I am able to Chromecast it but the subtitles are not displayed.

On VLC the subtitles are displayed but I could not find a cast option.

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  1. Best Answer

    Chromecast has these restrictions:

    Your subtitle resources must implement CORS.

    • TTML - Timed Text Markup Language
    • WebVTT - Web Video Text Tracks
    • CEA-608/708

    None of the regular players supports it.

    You can use castnow. It is a 3rd party tool, not available in the repositories and it is a command line player. You can do it like this:

       castnow --address '192.168.1.X' {file} --subtitles {subs}

    Installation requires npm so:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm

    and

    sudo npm install -g castnow
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