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FOSS Miracast/WiDi receiver for Android TV? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] Imonobor@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No, I haven't found such an app yet, all those that claim to do so fail on my device, so I guess they really require something more hardware-side. There are some that work with their own proprietary apps, but I guess they have their own protocols and the performance is not great anyway.

FOSS Miracast/WiDi receiver for Android TV? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] Imonobor@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I see. I thought all it would need would be a Wifi Antenna, seeing as almost any phone or laptop can act as a Miracast sender, but it seems it's more complicated from the receiver side. Then that means that all the proprietary apps either don't work and outright lie that they "act as miracast receivers", or they implement their own protocols?

FOSS Miracast/WiDi receiver for Android TV? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] Imonobor@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is actually something I haven't thought of. I'll check it as soon as they deliver it. :D Although wouldn't switching between HDMI input and miracast be janky, or does it happen automatically?

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FOSS Miracast/WiDi receiver for Android TV? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Imonobor@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Greetings, fellow FOSS fanatics! I've been scouring the internet in the past month for any kind of open source implementation of the Miracast protocol that could run on Android (or Android TV) as a receiver with no luck.

I installed LineageOS 20 (Android 13) on my TV Box (Dynalink 4k / wade), but even though LineageOS for phones has retained the Miracast sender functionality after Google removed it from AOSP in favor of their stupid proprietary Chromecast, it seems the ATV version hasn't received a similar treatment as a receiver.

I think this is a real shame and a massive oversight, forcing us privacy-loving folk to either use Goolag services for Chromecast (if you're lucky enough that your device has it built-in), or resort to disgusting proprietary apps filled to the brim with ads, tracking and in-app purchases.

Is there a reason no FOSS Miracast / WifiDisplay receiver has ever been developed for Android? I found receivers made for Raspberry PI and Linux, but no Android, could one of those be adapted or compiled for Android? Note that I'm not a developer, so I might be talking mumbo-jumbo, sorry if that's the case :D

Open-source Screen Mirroring in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] Imonobor@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I got BJCAST working (https://github.com/WirelessPresentation/WirelessDisplay) by installing the BJCastTV.apk on the TV and BJCast-v2.2.2.apk (from the Aug 18, 2021 release) on my phone. It also has windows/mac clients. It claims to also work with Miracast (so the phone app shouldn't be necessary), but I wasn't able to get it running that way. Maybe you'll have better luck. Also it seemed rather laggy to me, and kinda shady too, despite being open-source, it's all in chinese and displays "Trial Version" in the corner.

EDIT: Actually, I read now that it's not FOSS, only part of the code for the demo version is available. Sad.