


Now SMPlayer 17.3 has just added the possibility to display subtitles on Chromecast (still an experimental feature). SMPlayer 17.1 added support for Chromecast. You can change some of the settings for the server (like the port to use) in the SMPlayer preferences: Network -> Chromecast. In order to server local files (from your computer) to Chromecast, SMPlayer will run a tiny web server. There’s also an option in the context menu of the playlist to open the selected video on Chromecast. Important: although SMPlayer will open the web page with your default web browser this will probably only work with Google Chrome and Chromium.

You’ll find options to connect/disconnect, start playback and controls for play, pause, volume, seek… This web page can communicate with your Chromecast device. Otherwise Chromecast won’t be able to access the files in your computer.Ī web page will be opened in your web browser with the URL of the video. Note: at this point Windows users will probably get a notification from the Windows firewall. (After that you can stop playback in SMPlayer). Start to play a video in SMPlayer, then select the option Play on Chromecast from the Play menu. This is a tiny web server that SMPlayer will run in order to serve local files to Chromecast.
