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diff --git a/cast/README.md b/cast/README.md index cb63bb33..8af2b47d 100644 --- a/cast/README.md +++ b/cast/README.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ applications and streaming to Cast-compatible devices. ## Using the standalone implementations To run the standalone sender and receivers together, first you need to install -the following dependencies: FFMPEG, LibVPX, LibOpus, LibSDL2, as well as their -headers (frequently in a separate -dev package). From here, you just need a -video to use with the cast_sender, as the cast_receiver can generate a -self-signed certificate and private key for each session. You can also generate -your own RSA private key and either create or have the receiver automatically -create a self signed certificate with that key. If the receiver generates a root -certificate, it will print out the location of that certificate to stdout. +the following dependencies: FFMPEG, LibVPX, LibOpus, LibSDL2, LibAOM as well as +their headers (frequently in a separate -dev package). Currently, it is advised +that most Linux users compile LibAOM from source, using the instructions at +https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/. Older versions found in many package +management systems have blocking performance issues, causing AV1 encoding to be +completely unusable. From here, you just need a video to use with the +cast_sender, as the cast_receiver can generate a self-signed certificate and +private key for each session. You can also generate your own RSA private key and +either create or have the receiver automatically create a self signed +certificate with that key. If the receiver generates a root certificate, it will +print out the location of that certificate to stdout. Note that we assume that the private key is a PEM-encoded RSA private key, and the certificate is X509 PEM-encoded. The certificate must also have @@ -33,12 +37,12 @@ the cast_receiver with `-g`, and both should be written out to files: These generated credentials can be passed in to start a session, e.g. ``` -./out/Default/cast_receiver -d generated_root_cast_receiver.crt -p generated_root_cast_receiver.key lo0 -x +./out/Default/cast_receiver -d generated_root_cast_receiver.crt -p generated_root_cast_receiver.key lo0 ``` And then passed to the cast sender to connect and start a streaming session: ``` - $ ./out/Default/cast_sender -d generated_root_cast_receiver.crt ~/video-1080-mp4.mp4 + $ ./out/Default/cast_sender -d generated_root_cast_receiver.crt lo0 ~/video-1080-mp4.mp4 ``` When running on Mac OS X, also pass the `-x` flag to the cast receiver to |