Extension: Chrome Media Router (Chrome Cast)

[jonathansampson]

Extension: Chrome Media Router
Setup Page: chrome-extension://pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm/cast_setup/index.html

The process for loading this extension differs from the process of loading other extensions. This extension is not available via the Chrome Store, and must be copied from the user's machine. On Windows, you can find this extension here:

%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm

With the above directory duplicated into app\extensions\, and registered/loaded via app\extensions.js, you should be able to access the setup at the above URL, or via https://www.google.com/chromecast/setup.

See also Media Router & Web Presentation API

Errors & Exceptions

Attempting to load chrome-extension://pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm/cast_setup/index.html#devices will produce the following messages in the page console:

chrome.tabViewInternal is not available: 'tabViewInternal' is only allowed to run in webuis, but this is a privileged page

Error in response to guestViewInternal.createGuest: TypeError: Cannot read property 'getTabID' of undefined

Needed APIs:

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/chrome/#chrome.cast

chrome.cast

• chrome.cast.ApiConfig
• chrome.cast.AutoJoinPolicy
• chrome.cast.Capability
• chrome.cast.DefaultActionPolicy
• chrome.cast.DialAppState
• chrome.cast.DialLaunchData
• chrome.cast.DialLaunchResponse
• chrome.cast.DialRequest
• chrome.cast.Error
• chrome.cast.ErrorCode
• chrome.cast.Image
• chrome.cast.Receiver
• chrome.cast.ReceiverAction
• chrome.cast.ReceiverAvailability
• chrome.cast.ReceiverDisplayStatus
• chrome.cast.ReceiverType
• chrome.cast.SenderApplication
• chrome.cast.SenderPlatform
• chrome.cast.Session
• chrome.cast.SessionRequest
• chrome.cast.SessionStatus
• chrome.cast.Timeout
• chrome.cast.VERSION
• chrome.cast.Volume
• chrome.cast.addReceiverActionListener
• chrome.cast.initialize
• chrome.cast.initializeWithContext
• chrome.cast.isAvailable
• chrome.cast.logMessage
• chrome.cast.precache
• chrome.cast.removeReceiverActionListener
• chrome.cast.requestSession
• chrome.cast.requestSessionById
• chrome.cast.requestSessionByIdWithContext
• chrome.cast.setCustomReceivers
• chrome.cast.setPageContext
• chrome.cast.setReceiverDisplayStatus
• chrome.cast.timeout
• chrome.cast.timeout.leaveSession
• chrome.cast.timeout.requestSession
• chrome.cast.timeout.sendCustomMessage
• chrome.cast.timeout.setReceiverVolume
• chrome.cast.timeout.stopSession
• chrome.cast.unescape
• chrome.cast.usingPresentationApi

chrome.cast.media

• chrome.cast.media.DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APP_ID
• chrome.cast.media.EditTracksInfoRequest
• chrome.cast.media.GenericMediaMetadata
• chrome.cast.media.GetStatusRequest
• chrome.cast.media.IdleReason
• chrome.cast.media.LoadRequest
• chrome.cast.media.Media
• chrome.cast.media.MediaCommand
• chrome.cast.media.MediaInfo
• chrome.cast.media.MetadataType
• chrome.cast.media.MovieMediaMetadata
• chrome.cast.media.MusicTrackMediaMetadata
• chrome.cast.media.PauseRequest
• chrome.cast.media.PhotoMediaMetadata
• chrome.cast.media.PlayRequest
• chrome.cast.media.PlayerState
• chrome.cast.media.QueueInsertItemsRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueItem
• chrome.cast.media.QueueJumpRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueLoadRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueRemoveItemsRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueReorderItemsRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueSetPropertiesRequest
• chrome.cast.media.QueueUpdateItemsRequest
• chrome.cast.media.RepeatMode
• chrome.cast.media.ResumeState
• chrome.cast.media.SeekRequest
• chrome.cast.media.StopRequest
• chrome.cast.media.StreamType
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackEdgeType
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackFontGenericFamily
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackFontStyle
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackStyle
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackType
• chrome.cast.media.TextTrackWindowType
• chrome.cast.media.Track
• chrome.cast.media.TrackType
• chrome.cast.media.TvShowMediaMetadata
• chrome.cast.media.VolumeRequest

chrome.cast.media.timeout

• chrome.cast.media.timeout.editTracksInfo
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.getStatus
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.load
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.pause
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.play
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.queue
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.seek
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.setVolume
• chrome.cast.media.timeout.stop

chrome.cast.timeout

• chrome.cast.timeout.leaveSession
• chrome.cast.timeout.requestSession
• chrome.cast.timeout.sendCustomMessage
• chrome.cast.timeout.setReceiverVolume
• chrome.cast.timeout.stopSession

Related Issues

#7402

[bridiver]

actually that extension is part of chromium src and we can bundle it directly

[jonathansampson]

@bridiver I was hoping for that kind of response ;)

[darkdh]

Vivaldi supports it now (1.12.955.48)

@bsclifton ,@bbondy

[VoR0220]

When can we expect this feature? If it's bundlable directly, shouldn't this be an easy plug and add to the UI? Not trying to be a nag here just would really like this feature here so that I can use Chromecast without having to use the dreaded Google product.

[MoltenB]

I would love to see this implemented soon. It's a feature I use every day in different situations.

[devlob]

Same. Just started using Brave, but I use this feature every day to listen to music and stream it to my TV.

[bsclifton]

There's a large amount of work needed to get this working and I think it's safe to say that we won't deliver it with the current Muon based browser ("browser-laptop"). I'm going to close this issue as wontfix

However, I did create an issue for our new Brave Core browser:
brave/brave-browser#209

Getting support for Chromecasting should be easy with Brave Core since the Chromium UI has full extension support. We would just need to verify it's being included with our GN setup and determine whether we want to enable/disable by default