Videostream

Videostream was an application that streamed video, music, and image files wirelessly to Google's Chromecast. It was originally a Google Chrome application, until Google announced the Chrome App Store discontinuation. As of February 2021, the app has been reduced to a tab within Google Chrome, which does not allow drag-and-drop. Several other features have also been removed.

Videostream
HeadquartersKitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
IndustryConsumer Internet
URLgetvideostream.com
LaunchedFebruary 2014 (2014-02)
Current statusActive

Stating that it's the simplest and most reliable way to stream videos to your Chromecast, in one click it will take any local video file and play it wirelessly onto any Chromecast. Under the hood, Videostream transcodes the audio and video of incompatible files into a format supported by the Chromecast. The product received favorable reviews by the sites Engadget, Lifehacker and Tekzilla, all of which praised the software's ease of use and ability to handle multiple video formats.[1][2][3]

Technology

The app makes use of a number of open source libraries including the FFmpeg project.

Major Features

Video Casting

Videostream currently supports over 200 different audio and video codecs with multiple quality options to allow playback under various network conditions, Videostream does fail to cast to chromecast if you have AVG and Avast internet virus software.

Mobile File Browsing

In a major update in February 2015, a media library was added to the application allowing file browsing from a mobile device.

Monetization

Videostream is free of charge and free of advertisements. A premium upgrade is offered which adds several non-standard features, but is notably unreliable and the app developers do not provide support for the premium version.

References
  1. "Play nearly any video on your Chromecast using this browser add-on". Engadget.
  2. Henry, Alan. "VideoStream for Google Chromecast Streams Any Video to the Big Screen". Lifehacker.
  3. "Best Chrome App For Streaming to Chromecast" – via www.youtube.com.
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