chromecastize vs castblock

chromecastize

Bash script to convert video files into Google Chromecast supported format. (by petrkotek)

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castblock

Automatically skip sponsor segments and ads in YouTube videos playing on Chromecast. (by erdnaxeli)

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chromecastize		castblock
	Project
1	Mentions	4
178	Stars	178
-	Growth	-
1.8	Activity	3.0
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
Shell	Language	Crystal
MIT License	License	MIT License

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chromecastize

Posts with mentions or reviews of chromecastize. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-20.

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2 projects | /r/PleX | 20 Aug 2021

since I consume most of my contents in chromecast I typically use https://github.com/petrkotek/chromecastize to "pre-transcode"

castblock

Posts with mentions or reviews of castblock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-21.

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7 projects | /r/Android | 24 Oct 2022

I think if you block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in your router, the Chromecast will be forced to fallback on your router's DNS which you can set up to be pihole. You can set up CastBlock in docker to handle sponsorblock for chromecast
YouTube for Android rolls out redesigned video player that lets you do more in fullscreen
11 projects | /r/Android | 1 Feb 2022

It doesn't but castblock does.
Thoughts? In response to blocking YouTube ads
24 projects | /r/Piracy | 27 Jan 2022

If you use a chromecast, look in to castblock as well, it skips sponsors on your chromecasts.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chromecastize and castblock you can also consider the following projects:

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PotPlayer-SponsorBlock - Modified version of the default PotPlayer YouTube extension that adds SponsorBlock support.

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Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements

wallset - A wallpaper manager that makes it possible to put videos as wallpaper

no-google - Completely block Google and its services

FFMPEG-gif-script-for-bash - Turn your videos into palette-mapped gifs with this easy script

hblock - Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.

bash-folders - Small collection of Bash scripts to launch functionalities in folders when new files appear, such as optimizing videos, converting images or battery management.

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