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terminalcommand on May 2, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to send local files to Chromecast with Python

Chromecast even stops working if you do not have a working outside internet connection. On many occasions I've been unable to cast movies to chromecast simply because my internet connection was broken.

After some time it bothered me that I had a machine plugged in 24/7 connected to both my local LAN and Internet, owned by Google. So, every night I unplug the chromecast and then plug it again whenever I want to cast something.

bogle on May 2, 2018 [–]

If physically disconnecting it is easy enough then I'd agree that is preferable. Only plug it in when required.

How about creating a firewall rule and then toggling that instead of physically disconnecting the Chromecast? I found a likely configuration: https://blog.g3rt.nl/allow-google-chromecast-host-firewall-i...

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