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Using a chromecast without a google account?

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/19441267

I have a 2nd-gen chromecast, it’s factory reset. If i plug it in all it tells me is to install the app to start configuring.

I don’t have a google account not do i want to install/use google-related stuff on my phone.

My home router doesn’t register any new device, which makes sense since the cast doesn’t know the SSID/pass of the WiFi.

Does it try to ping some service/port? Multicast perhaps? Where would it get an IP from without authenticating?

My (wired) PC runs gentoo.

How can i get it to work in these conditions?

NeoNachtwaechter ,

How can i get it to work in these conditions?

Borrow an android phone from some friend/neighbor for an hour…

avidamoeba , (edited )
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I don’t think you can. On the other hand, if you register a Google account, use a secondary user on your phone to login, install the app and activate the Chromecast, I think you can subsequently use it without the Google account. Delete the secondary user once you’re done with the setup. You wouldn’t have given Google any useful data and you’d have cost them some.

Extrasvhx9he ,

Oh that’s smart. Would it essentially be just a miracast dongle thing?

avidamoeba , (edited )
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Well I don’t know what OP is planning to use it as, but desktop VLC can cast to Chromecast on the LAN for example.

lolcatnip ,

Miracast is a separate, older protocol from what Chromecast uses.

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