Casting

The cast button in the player sends the episode to a Chromecast, a DLNA TV or Kodi on the same network. Most smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Sony, Hisense, Philips) are DLNA renderers and show up in the list on their own. The last entry, Any phone, TV or console on this network, shows a link and a QR code: open it in any browser on the network and the episode plays there.

While casting, the player controls drive the TV. Stop casting ends it.

No TVs found

• The TV must be on (not in deep standby) and on the same network as this device, not a guest Wi-Fi.
• On a DLNA TV, check that its "media renderer" or "DLNA" setting is on.
• On a computer, a firewall is the usual cause. TVs answer the search over UDP, which ufw and firewalld drop by default. A quick test on Linux: sudo ufw disable, search again, sudo ufw enable. If the TV shows up with the firewall off, allow your home network in, for example:

bash sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 comment 'otakase cast'

Replace 192.168.0.0/24 with your own network. On Windows, allow Otakase on private networks when Windows asks.

The TV shows nothing, or stops partway

The TV fetches the video from this device, so the same firewall can block it after the TV was found. Allow your home network as above and cast again. If it still fails, open Diagnostics (in More or Settings) and send what it shows in the support forum on Discord.

No subtitles on the TV

Some TVs ignore separate subtitle tracks. On a computer with ffmpeg installed, Otakase draws the subtitles into the picture instead, on its own.