Is it possible to send customData?

[AbeEstrada]

Have you read the Tutorials?
Yes

Have you read the FAQ and checked for duplicate open issues?
Yes

What version of Shaka Player are you using?
^3.3.2

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I'm migrating from VideoJS to ShalaPlayer and VideoJS has a plugin to add the cast button silvermine/videojs-chromecast, that plugin can send customData to the receiver as part of the requestData.media (ChromecastTech.js#L172), I already tried with controls.getCastProxy().setAppData({}) but it is different and I do not control the receiver web app. I see the receiver can handle it (cast_receiver.js#L786)

My questions is: Is there a way to include customData as part of the request?

[joeyparrish]

The shaka.cast APIs are meant to be used on the sender side with shaka.cast used also on the receiver side. For a receiver you don't control, you should probably use the Cast SDK directly. In a future release, Shaka Player's shaka.cast API will be replaced with a cast button in our UI that talks directly to generic receivers.

See also #4214

Are you using the Shaka Player UI or a custom UI? If your UI is custom, you can just choose not to use shaka.cast and talk directly to the Cast SDK.

If you are using our UI, it will use shaka.cast.CastProxy no matter what. You could choose not to configure it with an app ID, but you would still need to hook into or replace the various UI elements to make them communicate with your receiver.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

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