cast player

Plays local videos on Chrome/Chromecast (with subtitles)

What is cast player?

"Cast Player" is a Chrome extension that enhances your media viewing experience by allowing you to play local video files (including movies on your desktop) directly on Chromecast or through Chrome. This extension gives you the power to easily control playback functions like play and pause. It is user-friendly; you can simply drag and drop a directory with .MP4 files or an individual .MP4 file into your Chrome browser to start watching. Additionally, 'Cast Player' supports subtitles – all it requires is an .SRT file named identically to the movie file, placed in the same directory. Among its latest features, it includes bug fixes, automatic subtitle loading, a refreshed video player interface, and supports picture-in-picture mode, although this last feature does not support subtitles yet. Sharing your experience on Facebook is also a click away with the provided integration.

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By: krakesh14638

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 2.87 (399)

Version: 0.8.1 (Last updated: 2024-02-26)

Creation date: 2019-06-28

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 207.87K

Email: kr*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2148 ▼ 13

Other rankings

#2440 in Just for Fun ▲ 5 #58 in player keyword 55 ▲ 18 #132 in video player keyword 45 ▲ 22 #266 in play keyword 25 ▼ 54

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Summary

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Now you can play local videos (movies on your desktop) on Chromecast (or Chrome) and control (play, pause, etc)

All you have to do is drop some directory with .MP4 files (supports subdirectories) or drop the .MP4 file into your Chrome browser

ALLOW EXTENSION: Access chrome://extensions/ and CHECK "Allow access to file URLs" from "cast player" extension.

SUBTITLES support! You just need to have an .SRT file with the same name as the movie and in the same directory or choose your subtitles in the video player. Share us on Facebook (with Facebook post)

Release notes: 0.8.1 fix bug css

0.8.0

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works perfectly.
Good for all
Video works smoothly without problems

Cons

Causes rendering issues on sites due to injected stylesheet
No support for .mkv files
No subtitle support
Doesn't work on macOS Big Sur M1
Unreliable, needs frequent reboot or reinstall

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Subtitle issues
Rendering problems on websites

Recent reviews

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Janie Lise Espander, 2019-08-17

This extension needs urgent care. It seems to inject a CSS file in every page that screws up the normal styling. Disabling the extension fixes the problem in my browser

Rafael Laboissière, 2024-02-17

This was causing rendering issues of a small number of sites. I was debugging a website I manage, finally found a "injected stylesheet" css that was causing issues. Disabling this extension fixed the issue in my browser.

Jay Edgar, 2024-02-15

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Safety

Risk impact

cast player is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install cast player if you trust the publisher.