GNOME’s Native Screencasting Feature is Taking Shape
GNOME’s Native Screencasting Feature is Taking Shape
As you may be aware (or you may not - we all lead busy lives) one of GNOME's Google Summer of Code projects for this year (2023) was to add support for
The developer working on integrating network display functionality into GNOME Shell shared short video clip to the GNOME sub-reddit [...] the feature adds a “screencast” button to the row of actions in the Quick Settings menu. Clicking this opens a modal picker where the user can select any Miracast or Chromecast compatible displays on the network.
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Btw, is there any casting device/service available that's not spyware (i.e. AppleTV/Chromecast)?
Miracast is basically just wireless HDMI
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If you're just going to stream video like this you could use any linux hdmi/wifi capable device connected to your TV. If you want to up that with popular streaming services you throw in a remote controlled browser on the device.. which is what I believe a chromecast does under the hood.
Miracast on Sonys and Huaweis. My Huawei can screencast to more or less any smart TV minus Apple TVs. We have many Sony TVs and all work with my phone, unlike Samsung's buggy Smart cast that does not know how to cast the correct screen orientation.
Isn't samsung smart view also miracast?
It seems to be a bit modified and is not 1:1 Miracast. Compatible though.