Windows 11/10 supports Media Casting in Microsoft Edge, which enables the browser to cast video, picture, and audio content to any Miracast or DLNA-enabled device on its network. The capability can be tested through ‘Cast Media to device‘ option given in the browser.
Microsoft Edge Chromium browser supports video, audio, and picture casting to any Miracast and DLNA enabled devices. Microsoft has provided a few scenarios to try out, such as casting a video from YouTube, a Facebook photo album, or music from Pandora.
You can cast Microsoft Edge (Chromium) content to a Wireless Display, and the procedure is simple. Simply connect your wireless device to your PC, open Edge and search for multimedia content.
Enable Cast Media to device in Microsoft Edge
For casting a video from YouTube, go to YouTube.com in Microsoft Edge. Click on the ‘Settings and more‘ option (visible as 3 dots) in the extreme right-hand corner.
Then, select ‘More Tools‘ from the list of options displayed and then, ‘Cast media to device’.
The browser will then start looking for a Miracast or DLNA device you want to cast to.
To cast a Facebook photo album, simply login to Facebook in Microsoft Edge and click on the first photo in one of your photo albums to cast. Click on the “…” menu and select ‘More Tools‘ > ‘Cast media to device’ and select the Miracast or DLNA device you want to cast to. Later, navigate through your photo album by accessing the forward and backward buttons.
To cast your music from Pandora, log in to Pandora in Microsoft Edge to get to your music and click on the “…” menu and select ‘More Tools‘ > ‘Cast media to device’ and select the Miracast or DLNA device you want to cast to.
Disable Cast Media to Device in Microsoft Edge from Context Menu
If you would like to disable or remove the entry ‘Cast Media to Device’ from your context menu, for some reason, you could use Nirsoft’s ShellExView and disable the ‘Play To menu‘ entry. The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer and allows you to disable and enable each of them easily. Get the utility from this page.
Alternatively, create a system restore point first and then copy-paste the following in Notepad and save it as a .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{7AD84985-87B4-4a16-BE58-8B72A5B390F7}"="Play To menu"
Having done this, double-click on this .reg file to add its contents to your Windows Registry.
TIP: This post will help you if Cast Media to device is not working on Microsoft Edge.
