Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. The PC or Mac you're using to stream needs to be on the same local network as your Chromecast device, wired or wireless.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. Oh, and of course you'll need a Chromecast device, or an Android TV device like the NVIDIA SHIELD (because they can accept Chromecast-standard streams, too), or a television that uses Android TV as its software (like one of Sony's newer TVs).
This feature is currently only available in version 3.0 of VLC for Windows and Mac, so you'll need a Windows PC or Mac and an up-to-date version of VLC to continue. Your experience may vary, but it's worth trying to see if it works for you-and it should only get better over time. Some people report it works perfectly for them, while others report it doesn't and has problems with certain types of media files. Note: even though this feature is in the stable version of VLC, it can be finicky. That means now, you can stream video and audio files from VLC media player on your PC to your Chromecast connected to your TV.
VLC's developers have been working on Chromecast support for some time, and it's finally available in version 3.0.
