From 4169c1e78646de23995a84b3e5efe8f95eeac4f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hensm
- Network discovery for Chromecast devices relies on mDNS, the implementation of which is reliant on being able to send UDP packets. Communication with the Chromecast device itself relies on a TCP connection. The current workaround is to offload that work to a native companion application that the extension can then launch communicate with. + Network discovery for Chromecast devices relies on mDNS, the implementation of which is reliant on being able to send UDP packets. Communication with the Chromecast device itself relies on a TCP connection. The current workaround is to offload that work to a native companion application that the extension can then launch and communicate with.
It's possible that this functionality will be re-exposed to extensions, in which case the bridge will be made redundant: