How do you enable casting for Sora AI?
Neither kind of casting works anymore — OpenAI shut the Sora app down on April 26, 2026. "Casting" in Sora meant Cameos: recording a short video of yourself so the model could place your likeness in videos, with per-person permission controls. Screen-casting a Sora clip to a TV is just standard AirPlay or Chromecast on any exported file.
Why — the first-principles explanation
This search hides two different questions, so here are both.
Casting a person into a video (Cameos). Sora's feature for this was called a Cameo. You recorded a short clip of yourself with audio, and Sora built a reusable likeness you could drop into generated videos. Later, Character Cameos let you do the same for non-human characters from an uploaded clip. The interesting part was the permission layer: an "Edit Cameo" settings area let you choose who could use your likeness, block categories like political content, ban specific keywords, or shut off reuse entirely. That design existed for an obvious reason — a likeness you can hand to strangers is a deepfake engine unless consent is built into the plumbing. Sora's answer was to make the person, not the prompter, hold the switch.
Casting a video to a screen. This one has nothing to do with Sora. AirPlay and Chromecast operate at the operating-system level, on any video file. Sora never needed a casting feature, because once a clip is in your camera roll it is an ordinary MP4 — your phone handles the rest.
Either way, the answer as of July 2026 is the same: the app is gone. OpenAI announced the shutdown March 24, 2026, closed the web and app experiences April 26, and permanently deleted consumer videos left on its servers. Cameos went with it, and so did every likeness people had registered. The API — which never carried the consumer Cameo feature anyway — ends September 24, 2026. If you exported clips before the cutoff, they're normal video files, and you cast them to a TV like anything else.
An example that makes it click
Think of a Cameo like giving a theater company a mask of your face. Once they have it, they can put you in any play they like — so the only thing standing between you and starring in something you'd hate is the rulebook. Sora's rulebook was unusually strict for a consumer app: you decided who could wear the mask, and you could ban whole subjects, like politics, outright.
The other meaning is much more boring. Casting a Sora clip to your TV is like handing someone a photograph — it doesn't matter who took it or with what camera. It's just a picture now. Once a video is on your phone, AirPlay and Chromecast don't know or care that an AI made it.
And today the theater is closed, the masks are shredded, and the only thing left is whatever photographs you took home before the doors shut.
How to do it
- Check what you're actually trying to do — Sora used 'casting' to mean placing a person or character into a generated video (a Cameo), which is different from casting video to a TV screen.
- For Cameos: this is no longer possible. The Sora app closed April 26, 2026, and registered likenesses were removed along with it. No third-party site can offer it, since Sora's model was never released publicly.
- For casting an exported Sora clip to a TV: use your device's built-in casting. On iPhone or Mac, open the video and use AirPlay. On Android or Chrome, use Cast. The file is a standard video — no Sora feature is involved.
- If the clip won't cast, the problem is the file or the network, not Sora. Confirm both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network and that the file plays locally first.
- If you never exported your Sora videos before April 26, 2026, there is nothing left to cast — OpenAI permanently deleted consumer content remaining on its servers after that date.
- For new AI video with likeness features, check the current consent and permission terms of live tools such as Google's Veo or Runway before uploading anyone's face, including your own.
Key facts
- Sora's Cameo feature let users create a reusable digital likeness by recording a short video with audio; Character Cameos extended this to non-human characters via the app's Profile screen.
- Sora's Cameo settings allowed users to control who could use their likeness, block categories such as political content, ban specific keywords, and limit reuse.
- The Sora app and web experiences were discontinued April 26, 2026, ending all Cameo functionality.
- OpenAI announced the Sora discontinuation on March 24, 2026; the API is scheduled to end September 24, 2026.
- Consumer videos left on OpenAI's servers were permanently deleted after April 26, 2026; export was offered at sora.chatgpt.com/sunset.
- Casting video to a TV via AirPlay or Chromecast is an operating-system function that works on any exported video file, independent of Sora.
▶ The 60-second explainer (script)
How do you enable casting in Sora? Short answer: you can't — the app shut down April 26th, 2026. But your question has two possible meanings, so let's do both. Meaning one: casting a person into a video. Sora called this a Cameo. You recorded a short clip of yourself with audio, and Sora built a reusable likeness you could drop into generated videos. Later you could do it for non-human characters too. The clever part was the permissions. An Edit Cameo screen let you choose exactly who could use your face, block whole categories like political content, ban specific keywords, or switch off reuse completely. And that mattered, because a likeness you can hand to strangers is a deepfake engine unless consent is built into the plumbing. Sora's answer was to put the switch in the hands of the person, not the prompter. Meaning two: casting a video to your TV. That has nothing to do with Sora. AirPlay and Chromecast work at the operating-system level on any video file. Once a clip is in your camera roll, it's just an MP4 — your phone handles it. Either way, today the app is gone, and the likenesses people registered went with it. If you exported clips before the cutoff, they're ordinary video files. Cast them like anything else.
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People also ask
What was a Cameo in Sora?
A reusable digital likeness. You recorded a short video of yourself with audio, and Sora could then place you into generated videos. Character Cameos did the same for non-human characters.
Could other people use my Cameo without permission?
No. Sora required the person to opt in, and its Cameo settings let you choose who could use your likeness, block topics like political content, and revoke reuse.
Do my registered Cameos still exist anywhere?
No. The consumer app ended April 26, 2026 and OpenAI deleted remaining consumer content from its servers after that date.
How do I cast a saved Sora video to my TV?
Exactly like any other video — AirPlay on Apple devices, Cast on Android or Chrome. Nothing in the file requires a special Sora feature.
Did the Sora API support Cameos?
Cameos were a consumer app feature, not an API one, and developers asked about API support without it arriving before the shutdown. The API ends September 24, 2026 regardless.