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CastLab

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Cast your media to DLNA/UPnP and FCast devices

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About CastLab

Cast your photos, videos, and audio to DLNA/UPnP and FCast devices on your local network.

Features:

- Cast media from your gallery, file picker, or online sources to any DLNA/UPnP or FCast receiver

- Automatic device discovery (SSDP and mDNS)

- Screen sharing to cast your Android screen in real time

- Browse media by albums with date range and media type filters

- Create and manage playlists

- Player controls: play, pause, stop, seek, volume, autoplay

- Background playback with notification controls (play/pause/stop)

- Extract and cast videos from web pages (HTML parsing)

- Cast from PeerTube and YouTube via Invidious instances (no direct YouTube connection)

- Import M3U/M3U8 playlists (IPTV, online streams)

- Open files directly from the file picker

- Light, Dark, Auto, and Custom themes with 8 presets

- Material Design 3

What's new in 1.6.0

Added - Cast the phone audio to a speaker - Cast a stream directly from its web address - Share pictures, videos and audio from any app - Share a link to extract its video - Quick Settings tile to start screen sharing - Working Invidious instances are picked automatically Fixed - Storage no longer fills up with copies of cast media - Screen sharing no longer buffers on FCast receivers - Audio-only speakers are not offered videos and images - Hex color values can be typed in the theme editor - Y

How to install CastLab

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open CastLab from your app drawer.

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