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Chromecast runs an app inside that does the streaming.

Phone/tablet just setup the URL for the stream.

You can easily verified this by setup the chromecast to stream from youtube with a phone after it start play, you can turn off the phone and and it would still be playing.

The phone/table for chromecast is just a fancy remote control.



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