How do I change the default Chromecast background?

[ghost]

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3.1.6

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When using the default Cast Receiver ID, the Chromecast initially shows the default "Ready to try Shaka's Chromecast support?" Is it possible to add a custom background?

[theodab]

There's no built-in way to do it. The default cast receiver is meant to be a demo that shows how you can make your own receiver. It's not meant to be a production app, per-se.

I don't see why it would hurt to include an optional flag in the appData passed into the default receiver using shaka.cast.CastSender.setAppData, though. Like, an URL you can provide that will override the images provided in the CSS. The code changes would entirely be in the demo and the default cast receiver, rather than the library proper, so it'd be a fairly safe change.

[avelad]

@theodab I'm not sure we want to support this, since we want to do #4214 in the future

[ghost]

I don't see why it would hurt to include an optional flag in the appData passed into the default receiver using shaka.cast.CastSender.setAppData, though. Like, an URL you can provide that will override the images provided in the CSS. The code changes would entirely be in the demo and the default cast receiver, rather than the library proper, so it'd be a fairly safe change.

@theodab I would like to remove the "Ready to try..." text as well. Basically, I want to display only a specific image (or custom HTML file) in its place

[joeyparrish]

I think this team should focus on #4214 and drive users toward styled media receivers once they are more capable and better integrated with Shaka.

In the meantime, you can make whatever changes you want to our demo receiver, or build your own on top of our receiver APIs. Either way, you'd be publishing a custom receiver.

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