mkchromecast VS miraclecast

Compare mkchromecast vs miraclecast and see what are their differences.

miraclecast

Connect external monitors to your system via Wifi-Display specification also known as Miracast (by albfan)
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mkchromecast miraclecast
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2,164 3,584
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9.0 3.8
20 days ago 5 months ago
Python C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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mkchromecast

Posts with mentions or reviews of mkchromecast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.

miraclecast

Posts with mentions or reviews of miraclecast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-22.
  • Screen mirroring.
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 22 Apr 2023
    If you can confirm that your TV supports Miracast, try https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast and see if that works for you. It's got packages in the AUR with and without Systemd.
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 22 Apr 2023
    With that said, there are ways to do it. Miraclecast (see https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast ) is the most well-known Miracast implementation, but I've never been able to get it working - I got it to work as a sink, i.e. I was able to cast to it, but only at about 0.5 fps, and as I said, I was never able to get it to work to cast to another device. It looks like you might need to use a special branch of Miraclecast to do it, and it's a work-in-progress - I'm not sure if it's possible to do at this stage.
  • I have two chromebooks and want them to run as one computer
    2 projects | /r/chromeos | 6 Feb 2023
  • Casting to Ubuntu as to TV
    2 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 25 Dec 2022
  • Dec 12, 2022 FLiP Stack Weekly
    20 projects | dev.to | 11 Dec 2022
  • Miracast
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Dec 2022
    Kick ass to see progress continuing on this great project. There's a PR for getting miraclecast working as a source for external displays, which would be a great addition. https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast/pull/455
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Dec 2022
  • Screencasting
    4 projects | /r/kde | 16 Aug 2022
  • Init system
    2 projects | /r/Gentoo | 15 Jul 2022
    https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast and https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asusctl are prime examples of this second case, there is nothing they do that actually requires systemd itself, but they have no real way to run them without it.
  • Noob (wanting to learn)
    2 projects | /r/OrangePI | 3 Jul 2022
    Install the Ubuntu version of Armbian and then try following the build guide. https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast/wiki/Building

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mkchromecast and miraclecast you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-network-displays - Miracast implementation for GNOME

gnomecast - Chromecast local files from Linux - supports MKV, subtitles, 5.1 sound and 4K!

open-sonos-controller - Lightweight sonos remote cotrol for linux

dashcast-docker - Persistent Chromecast dashboards with dashcast and pychromecast in a docker container.

raspotify - A Spotify Connect client that mostly Just Works™

NymphCast - Audio and video casting system with support for custom applications.

AirConnect - Use AirPlay to stream to UPnP/Sonos & Chromecast devices

lazycast - A Simple Wireless Display Receiver

docker-lirc-watcher - Listens to LIRC daemon and sends it to MQTT

spotifyd - A spotify daemon

catt - Cast All The Things allows you to send videos from many, many online sources to your Chromecast.

Kodi Home Theater Software - Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.