Cast

Protocols

• Miracast
• DLNA
• Google Cast (proprietary)

Implementations

Samsung Smart View uses Miracast.

Chromecast uses Google Cast.

Terminology

Mirroring v. cast

Flutter packages

Casting

cast

• based on bonsoir
• ❌ unmaintained

dart_chromecast

• Google Cast
• ❌ unmaintained

flutter_cast_video

• Google Cast
• ❌ unmaintained

Service Discovery

bonsoir v3.0.0+1

• network discovery/broadcast
• ✅ active

multicast_dns v0.3.2+4

• service discovery over multicast DNS (mDNS), Bonjour, and Avahi
• ✅ active, from flutter.dev

dlna v0.0.5

• DLNA DMC library
• ❌ unmaintained

discomposed v0.0.1-alpha03

• service discovery via SSDP, MDS, NSD, UPNP, N-UPNP
• ❌ private repo
• ❌ need fork

upnp2 v3.0.11

• service discovery via UPnP
• ❌ fails to find clients/services

upnp_client v0.0.7

• service discovery via UPnP
• full device info

dlna_dart v0.0.8

• DLNA client

Active Packages	Discovery	Actions	Hosting	Comment
discomposed v0.0.1-alpha03	✅	❌	❌
upnp2 v3.0.11	✅	✅	✅	slow inconsistent discovery no preconfigured media actions
upnp_client v0.0.7	✅	❌	❌
dlna_dart v0.0.8	✅	✅	❌