CastBuddy

This extension finds videos on the web sites you are browsing and allows you to play them on your Chromecast device.

What is CastBuddy?

CastBuddy is a browser tool which enhances your Chromecast experience by finding videos from any websites and allowing direct streaming to your device. It supports a variety of video formats and control options. It even offers options to manually enter a video URL or add videos to a queue. It continues to improve and tackle issues with frequent updates.

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By: b4t

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Users: 80,000+

Rating: 3.63 (602)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2021-12-31)

Creation date: 2019-02-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus

Size: 259.07K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2958 ▼ 36

Other rankings

#2450 in Just for Fun ▲ 2 #83 in device keyword 4 ▼ 31 #235 in stream keyword 59 ▼ 48

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Summary

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Stream web videos directly on your Chromecast from websites which have not added Chromecast support yet.

This extension finds videos on the web sites you are browsing and allows you to play them on your Chromecast device.

When it finds Chromecast comptible videos ( .webm, .mp4, .mkv etc), count of videos is shown over extension's menubar icon, which you can click to Select a video and extension will send it to your Chromecast device. Once a casting session is established, you can control video playback from Extension's popup page.

Instructions for using CastBuddy: https://castbuddy-extension.bitbucket.io/help/index.html

Features:

Find compatible videos and allows you to stream directly on your Chromecast
Control playback ( Play/Pause/Seek) from extension's menu
No need to keep your computer running once streaming starts on Chromecast
Allows you to manually enter a URL for Video to play on your Chromecast
Support for adding videos to Queue

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