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Will Edge some day support TRUE Chromecast?
I was hoping that with Edge Chromium, Chromecast would be support just like in Chrome. Seems like that is not happening at the moment so I was wondering if there might be plans to change this? I ...
CDahl You need to enable 2 functions on the microsoft edge.
Enter edge://flags
1- Enable the Load Media Router Component Extension option #load-media-router-component-extension (This option is to recognize the chromecast device in the microsoft edge browser)
2- Enable the "Connect to Cast devices on all IP addresses" #media-router-cast-allow-all-ips (This option is for that broadcast icon to appear directy in player of video when a youtube video is playing).
Luiz_Fernando Have you tried that? As I mentioned earlier, I have already done that. Horrible experience. Its more like a default miracast solution but in extremely low quality. Its not the "true chromecast" experience as Im requesting.
CDahlI did it today, now the icon appears on the youtube video itself, just like in the google chrome browser.
TLuiz_Fernando So if you cast a youtube video from Edge and turn off your computer, then the video will continue to show? Like a normal Chromecast scenario.
I will give it a try again. Last attempt was about two weeks ago and maybe some updates to Edge since then have made it better. Last time after changing settings in flags, I got the icon and everything but when I did the cast to my Google Chromecast dongle, then it was actually just a screen mirroring but only the video showing up. Also the resolution was very low.
Hi CDahl
for me, disabling #load-media-router-component-extension and instead enabling #cast-media-route-provider did the trick. Now I have the full Chromecast experience in Edge, media is streamed directly on the TV and not via Edge, so I can shut down my PC/tablet while watching.
Don't know if this works with built-in Chromecast devices as well, but it does with my gen2 and gen3 sticks (disks?).
