This project comes from FUTO, which is now making a name for itself by releasing and maintaining OSS alternatives like this, as well as sponsoring development of other OSS options. I personally first came across them when Louis Rossmann announced his affiliation. Very excited to see where this goes!<p>As an aside, I wonder what it will take to get the protocol integrated into browsers? I presume Chrome is a foregone conclusion, but maybe Firefox and/or Brave would be interested in an integration?
Now we're talking! The experience of casting has recently become a bigger headache for me than ever. Last month, I made a comment on HN about how the original Chromecast was great and that I'm disappointed in the state of the current Chromecast devices; a lot of people seem to agree with this. I've also had trouble with Airplay since streaming from Quicktime seems to only support h264, and even that hasn't really worked for me even though my 1st gen Chromecast worked great before my TCL television fried it.<p>Casting video should be simple, straight forward, and open. Glad to see there's projects like this trying to solve this problem rather than leaving it up to advertising firms.
How does FCast differ from Matter Casting?<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41171060&p=2#41172407">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41171060&p=2#41172407</a><p>"What Is Matter Casting and How Is It Different From AirPlay or Chromecast?" (2024)
<a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-matter-casting-and-how-is-it-different-from-airplay-or-chromecast/" rel="nofollow">https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-matter-casting-and-how-is-...</a> :<p>> <i>You can also potentially use the new casting standard to control some of your TV’s functions while casting media on it, a task at which both AirPlay and Chromecast are somewhat limited.</i><p>Feature ideas: PIP Picture-in-Picture, The ability to find additional videos and add to a [queue] playlist without stopping the playing video
NymphCast has been around for years but it's still basically unheard of. This has more polished marketing (and a less weird name) but other than that I don't see what makes it any more likely to succeed.<p>* <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22457351">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22457351</a><p>* <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27482699">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27482699</a>
Seems to use confusing terminology?<p><pre><code> In FCast, a "client" is a device or software application that discovers and
communicates with a "receiver".
The client, which can be a terminal client or an Android application, uses
the FCast protocol to send media content to the receiver, such as a TV or
media top box. The client initiates the media streaming by connecting to the
receiver, launching the media, and then the receiver begins playing the media.
Once the media is launched, the client can control the playback, allowing
operations like pause, resume, seek, and volume adjustment.
</code></pre>
Seems like basically a client-server relationship, but with the "client" acting as a server and a "receiver" acting as a er... client?<p>But with the "client" being the thing to control the start/stop/etc of the media, which is a weird thing for a server to do.