castlab

#CastLab 1.0.1 has been published. It should now work with Kodi

While this account is mainly dedicated to #Fedilab, we also build some other apps.
Currently, we are working on an app called #CastLab. We made great improvements on it. This app can be run on Android or iOS

The goal of this app is to easily cast media from your device to TV or devices supporting apps such Kodi.

CastLab will be published only on #FDroid and no Google services will be involved such a Chromecast support.

This week, on their community news #FDroid wrote some words about #CastLab

https://f-droid.org/2025/10/17/twif.html

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We published the very first version of #CastLab in our #FDroid repo.

In the readme file, we added the next goals (cf the ToDo section).

https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab

Thank you for your future feedback to improve this app.

PS: CastLab is an app that allows you to cast media from your device albums to your television without Google services.

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As we might publish several messages concerning #CastLab, we don't want to spam you with our main account.

Updates will be published through @castlab now. Don't hesitate to follow that account if you're interested with this project.

https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/115215210706683591

Currently, the only way to install #CastLab is to use #FDroid with our custom repository https://fdroid.fedilab.app

#CastLab 1.0.3 has been published.

- Display a notification when the app is in the background to manage actions such Play/Pause and Stop.

- Media can now be filtered by date ranges, to easily retrieve them from an event (holidays, birthday, etc.)

- Player Controller has been improved to change the volume or mute/unmute. It also has a Stop button.

Release notes: https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.0.3

PS: We added the apk to release notes.

#CastLab 1.0.5 has been published.

- Create and manage playlists
- Autoplay support with automatic advancement to next media
- Remote casting from #PeerTube and Youtube through #Invidious
- Configurable Invidious instance settings
- Multiple theme modes: Light, Dark, Auto (Day/Night), and Custom

More about the project: https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab

The app is currently available on our #FDroid repo but soon in the official repo.

APK also attached to: https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.0.5

For #CastLab we plan a Google version that will also support Chromecasts.
But if we do that, we will make this version a paid one to support our work. We also plan to publish it on AppStore with the AirPlay support.
We thought about a one time payment around 3$.
What do you think about that?

Thanks to the help of two persons #CastLab will be available on #FDroid 🎉

#CastLab should be available on #Fdroid in coming days 🎉
This app allows to cast media (pictures, videos and audios) from your galleries to devices supporting UPnP protocol (such TV or softwares like Kodi).

You can get more details about this project here (full description and screenshots): https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab

We created a project on #Weblate to translate strings at https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/castlab/

Currently, you can download the app through our custom FDroid repo to test it.

#CastLab is available on #FDroid 🎉

https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab

We are really happy that #CastLab reached the official #FDroid repo. This was not so easy for us, but thanks to the help of two volunteers, they made it possible. So a big thank you to them.

https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab

Concerning #Fedilab, we keep working on fixes and enhancements thanks to your feedback. We already fixed several of them.