I have a couple of chromecasts, what do I do with them?

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Headed to ewaste disposal otherwise. Also have a FireTV box which does not work. What is a hack that can make this somewhat useful? Repurposed? A Photoframe?

distalshores · Accepted Answer

This is a pretty niche case but my band sometimes puts on livestreams, for which I use an Atem Blackmagick and OBS with a plugin that automatically changes the camera input at random intervals. I use an old CC in one of the hdmi channels that has some random visuals streaming to it from the same laptop that we run the stream off of, which I bleed 50% with one of the other camera inputs for a fun little psychedelic effect. I&rsquo;m sure there are other ways to achieve this without hardware, but it works for me/us and gives the old thing something to do. ::shrug::

qup · Answer

I keep one on the extra HDMI port. Sometimes it's easiest to share something to the TV that way, sharing a browser stream maybe.

clintonwoo · Answer

Give it as a gift, or sell on a marketplace (eg. Facebook marketplace)

dalmo3 · Answer

Is there a thrift store you can donate to?