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FCast Receiver

Receiver for displaying multimedia content from FCast sender applications

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org.fcast.Receiver
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FCast is an open source protocol that enables wireless streaming of audio and video content between devices, supporting various stream types such as DASH, HLS, and mp4.

Unlike proprietary protocols like Chromecast and AirPlay, FCast offers an open approach, empowering third-party developers to create their own receiver devices or integrate the FCast protocol into their own apps.

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Screenshots

The player window of the FCast Receiver showing video content playing with media controls shown.
The player window of the FCast Receiver showing video content playing with media controls shown.
The player window of the FCast Receiver showing audio content playing.
The player window of the FCast Receiver showing audio content playing.
The main window of the FCast Receiver showing the connection information.
The main window of the FCast Receiver showing the connection information.

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Upstream releases

Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.

3.0.426 Aug 2026
  • Settings menu in the UI, backed by a config file that covers every setting and can be edited by hand
  • UI scaling for TVs and high-DPI displays
  • Keyboard navigation of the playback controls
  • Warnings and errors are shown as detailed popups instead of only going to the log
  • External subtitle tracks can be added while the media is still loading
  • A button to stop the current media from the GUI
  • HEIC/HEIF image decoding on all platforms
  • Google Cast is now off by default, turn it on in the settings menu
  • Fix the missing system tray icon in the Flatpak
  • Fix HLS playback failing when the ABR track changes
  • Fix YouTube (UMP/SABR) livestreams not always starting
  • Fix external subtitle tracks not coming back after being switched off
  • Fix the mouse cursor not always reappearing after playback
  • Respect the audio output latency, fixing lip-sync on Bluetooth devices
  • Improved playback and rendering performance
  • Many stability and robustness fixes, mostly crashes and hangs on unusual sources and malformed data from senders
3.0.323 Jul 2026
  • YouTube (UMP/SABR) stream playback support
  • Support for FCast protocol v4
  • HDR10 metadata passthrough to the video renderer
  • Wayland subsurface video sink (experimental, enable with `FCAST_VIDEO_SINK=wayland-subsurface`)
  • Debug inspector view (Ctrl+Shift+I)
  • Enable system tray icon on macOS
  • Rework track selection and fix subtitle deselect freeze
  • Improve RAOP synchronization and fix RAOP playback crashes
  • Fix Google Cast optional volume handling
  • Fix subtitle timing when the end time is unknown
3.0.216 Jun 2026
  • Downgrade session version if sender is higher than receiver instead of rejecting the connection
  • Fix subtitles flickering in certain situations
  • Added `--headless` option to run without a GUI and only play audio
3.0.12 Jun 2026

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