How to create a pocket TV antenna using an old Chromecast to watch DTT on any TV
Let’s explain to you how to turn a Chromecast into an antenna for DTTso you can watch it on any television. So, if you have one of these devices around the house, you can use it for this purpose and always take it with you for your trips, especially if you go to places where there are slightly older TVs. The Chromecast is no longer sold, Google killed it in 2024, but you may still have one at home. We won’t really turn it into an antenna, what we are going to do is install the necessary applications so you can use it to connect to a television and watch DTT. Therefore, the only requirement is that it be a Chromecast with Android TV or Google TV to be able to install applications. Your Chromecast converted into a DTT player The first thing you have to do is install an application where you can load and play a list IPTV on your Chromecast. Some of the most important and recommended are kodi either VLCand other more specific ones such as wiseplay. There are also other specialized ones such as DTT Channelsalthough Wiseplay’s should be sufficient and easy to use. Once you have the application installed, you will have to add an IPTV list. These lists are a delicate issue, because without being strictly illegal, some are persecuted for broadcasting paid content. However, you can use free IPTV lists that are limited to offering you DTT channels. Some of the main IPTV lists that you can download are, as explained on Xataka Android: IPTV.org, available on the project’s GitHub and Free TV, which you can also get on your GitHub. These are lists where the addresses are stored with which you can access the broadcasts of IPTV channels using remote IP addresses. The format they usually have to reproduce is m3u, in addition to others such as m3u8 or w3u, and hence they are also known as “m3u Lists”. Image by Eva R. de Luis What you have to do is enter the application you have chosen, such as Wiseplay, and go to the section to add a new list. This will take you to a screen where you have to type the URL to this list. Here, you have to paste address from list that you have chosen or the m3u or w3u file, and then it will be added to the application. From now on, using this application you will be able to watch any DTT channel on this list through your Chromecast. You will need to have access to the Internetalthough you can do this by sharing your mobile data network. And that’s it. With these steps you have converted your Chromecast into a device to watch DTT. Now you can always take it with you, and this way if you go to a place with a television where you want to watch a local channel, even regional, you will be able to do so. In Xataka Basics | Free football on DTT: all the channels that offer the First Division of LaLiga EA Sports this season
