How to Cast Blu-ray to TV via Chromecast?

Diana Joan

Mar 12, 2018 08:14 am / Posted by Diana Joan | Categories: Blu-ray, TV

Chromecast is small and easy to take, you can stream videos from PC to your TV with Chromecast. For many Blu-ray fans, they want to it’s possible to stream from the multiple Blu-ray drive in PC to Chromecast or not? You can realize this goal. You can screencast, but you better have a great PC and a great network connection. You can use one HDMI or separate blu ray player for your TV. Sometimes, you get the latest Blu-ray movies which are protected by the advanced copy protection, like the bLu-ray region code, you have to fiind tool to remove the region code firstly.

Is there possible to stram Blu-ray to TV without any internet and protection? To stream Blu-ray/DVD movies to your TV using Chromecast, you just need to convert the Blu-ray to digital video formats, you can save the videos on the PC, Mac or the smartphone which you don’t worry about including a separate remote. This post will tell you how to finish this great goal.

Necessary Tool: One Blu-ray/DVD Ripping Software

There are many programs out there that allow you to to make copies of your Blu-rays/DVDs and let your watch them the way you want to view them, such as: MakeMKV which is free and easy to use, in addition, MakeMKV has the ability to open a disc and share it via DLNA streaming. You could then use one of the Chromecast-capable DLNA apps (like BubbleUPnP) to share this stream to the Chromecast device. You also can get the MKV video in it, but if you want to get more video formats and enjoy better DVD and Blu-ray copy, I’m afraid MakeMKV is not the best option.

If you are looking for an ease-to-use yet powerful one, try the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate which is the best video converter, DVD ripper, Blu-ray copy software, it can solve most Blu-ray and DVD protection issues, like the Disney DVDs, AACS, Blu-Ray BD+, Bluray Region codec: A, B, C, etc. Just 3 clicks, you can get the desired video formats from the Blu-ray or the DVD discs, like the MP4, MOV,WMV, AVI, MKV, H.265, etc.

You not only can get the multiple video formats, also can select different video quality, like the SD videos, HD videos, 4K videos, best of all, for 3D fans, you even can get the 3D videos form the common Blu-ray, DVDs. Even you are not a old PC user, you can choose the media players directly. This software provides the best device preset, especially when you want to play the Blu-ray on other devices in digital video formats, like the PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, etc. You can select the device nae direclty. Reading this Blu-ray ripper review and get more information.

Steps: Rip and Convert Blu-ray to Chromecast Supported Video Formats

Step 1. Insert Blu-ray disc to PC, start the Blu-ray Ripper on your computer, click “File”> “Load from disc” to load Blu-ray into the program, apart from Blu-ray disc, you can also use the program to load Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO image file.

Step 2. Click “Format” bar, from its drop-down list, select Chromecast supported file format by following “Common Video”, user can choose 4K video by “H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4)” which can bring the high video quality. Also you can click the TV name and choose the video format that Chromecast supports.

output h.264 mp4

Chromecast Main Supported Video Formats
Video Format AAC, MP3, MP4, WAV, WebM
Video Codec H.264 High Profile Level 4.1(the processor can decode up to 720/60 or 1080/30)
VP8
Audio Codec HE-AAC
LC-AAC
MP3
Vorbis
WAV(LPCM)

If necessary, you can click “Settings” to open the “Profile Settings” window, here you can adjust output video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels. If you don’t know how to set these video parameters, just keep the original setting, this DVD Ripper has preinstalled the best setting for you.

profile settings

Step 3. After all setting is done, go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom “Convert” button to begin the conversion from Blu-ray to Chromecast Ultra playable format encoding process.

When you are waiting for the result, you can watch the Blu-ray movies at the preview window, you can adjust the video volume. Finally, you just need to cast Blu-ray to Chromecast for TV Streaming

  1.  Make sure your PC is connected to the router either through a cable or through wireless.
  2. Install Google Chrome: Chromecast only works with Chrome browser. So, if your computer does not have Chrome browser yet, download one online and follow the instructions to install the browser.
  3.  Download the Chromecast App: In your browser, navigate to here. Save the file or run it once it is downloaded. If you choose to save the file, you will need to double click on the file to begin the installation process.
  4. Once the app is started, it will automatically start to search for the Chromecast device nearby. When the Chromecast was found, the device’s name will be shown on your PC. You will see the screen of “Ready to setup ChromecastXXXX”. Click “Continue” in the installer.
  5. Check the code shown on your TV screen and the App window. Click That’s my Code if the codes match. Then, you will be asked to provide the info of the wireless network to be used for Chromecast. Chromecast will connect to this network automatically next time. If the setup is successful, you will see the “ready to cast” screen.

cast dvd

By the way, if you like the blu-ray movies and want to share the Blu-ray or DVD clips on, Facebook, Youtube, etc, you can take full use of the built-in video editor and edit the video for better effect.

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