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CDN Load Balancer for Chromecast

CDN Load Balancer supports integration with Chromecast. The Google Cast SDK enables you to extend your Android, iOS, or Chrome app to direct its streaming video and audio to a TV set.
 

For CDN Load Balancer to work, you need to build a custom receiver application. A custom receiver is an HTML5 app that you host on your servers and must be implemented using the JavaScript Receiver API.
 

For more details about how to build a custom receiver application with the Receiver API, refer to Google's Custom Receiver guide.

Install and set up CDN Load Balancer

If you use the default receiver application and do not import any additional player, Shaka Player is the default player on Chromecast. In this case, use the following steps:
   

Step 1: Install Mesh Delivery build

                <!-- CDN Load Balancer/Mesh Delivery plugin -->
<script src="//cdn.streamroot.io/shakaplayer-dna-autowrapper/1/stable/shakaplayer-dna-autowrapper.js"></script>

Step 2: Set up Mesh Delivery
 

In the HTML <body> 

                // Streamroot-injected informations
window.streamrootDna = {
  streamrootKey: 'YOUR_STREAMROOT_KEY',
  dnaConfig: {
      compassProperty : 'YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_PROPERTY'
  } 
};

Parameter name

Mandatory

Description

dnaConfig

No

The object in which you can pass Mesh Delivery options (property, contentIdGenerator, id, etc.).

YOUR_STREAMROOT_KEY

Yes

 The unique Streamroot key that we have assigned to you; make sure it is identical to the one provided in the Account section of your dashboard.
YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_PROPERTY Yes The name of the Orchestrator Property you want to use. See Configure CDN Load Balancer  for more details.

If you use any other player, refer to our Web Player documentation to integrate and set up the appropriate Mesh Delivery plugin in your custom receiver application.