Control YouTube in your browser from your smartphone or tablet. Enables the YouTube for TV interface in your browser, which is normally blocked on desktop. YouTube TV supports casting from a mobile device.
"Cast YouTube in Browser" is a Firefox add-on that enables control of YouTube in the browser from your smartphone or tablet. It activates the YouTube for TV interface, typically restricted on desktops, allowing users to cast videos seamlessly. To use, simply click the YouTube TV button in the extension’s pop-up menu or visit the YouTube TV site, link it with a TV code, and enjoy full-screen viewing. Adblock users may experience a black screen initially, but playback will proceed normally afterward.
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Control YouTube in your browser from your smartphone or tablet. Enables the YouTube for TV interface in your browser, which is normally blocked on desktop. YouTube TV supports casting from a mobile device.
Click on the YouTube TV button in the extension's pop-up menu and follow the instructions.
Or visit https://www.youtube.com/tv.
Press the ⚙ button at the bottom left.
Select "Link with TV code".
Optionally toggle full-screen mode in the browser by pressing F11 on your keyboard.
If you're using adblock, you might get a black screen when you open a video. This is in place of the ad that would normally play. The video will play normally after that.
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spammy, or outdated.
This works pretty well.
Some caveats like having to use the tv version of the site in the browser which is understandable due to enabling cast options (you could just have it in a separate tab/window out of the way anyway), the other is that the cast name is Xbox 360, I'm assuming its spoofing the header in your browser so YouTube site thinks it is one. Would be nice to be able to change that but probably not possible.
All in all, this is useful for those that have a pc connected to a nice sound system and the tv is off and you can now cast music videos all from your phone. Nice job.
Edit: Just noticed you have to have the tab active or it just pauses. Is it possible to have it continue working while looking at other tabs?
Edit 2: A workaround for the annoying pausing for now is to have the youtube.tv tab in a new window instead and set this in about:config to false: media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground
Works as descibed, been using it for 3 days now. Pretty straightforward to set up really, so I'm quite happy with it. People complaining about functionality this extension never claimed to support should read the desciption a bit more extensively.
TY M.K.
