MacPorts' VLC cannot stream to my Chromecast

[Andrew Udvare]

On 18/08/2019 02:36, Dave C wrote:
>> On Aug 17, 2019, at 1:05 AM, Andrew Udvare <audvare at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> VLC built from MacPorts can see my Chromecast but it cannot stream to it. Seems to be a missing module based on the log. The version from the VLC website works fine.
> 
> Andrew,
> It looks like René has provided a solution for you. Now I can ask my noobie question:
> 
> If a version of VLC is available from the website, why build your own? Does the MacPorts VLC do something that the ready-made one does not?

I prefer to have all my software managed by one of two things: MacPorts
or the App Store.

I have a fairly large port collection I maintain for anything not in the
main tree (or René's) and not in the Mac App Store.

https://github.com/Tatsh/ports