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Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by voltagex_ »

mikeryan wrote: post #13
lelandbatey wrote: post #6

The use cases they list (images and google maps) are great for static or slow loading sources. Does this work for video? Can I stream video that's playing on my phone to the Chromecast and have it look decent? Because that'd be amazing and I would be extremely happy!

I doubt it. I've not yet seen a consumer device were video rendering is done on one device then displayed wirelessly on another that works well at all. (Note, most Chromcast apps - Netflix etc) just tell the Chromecast what to play and it does the rendering.

Steam streaming works pretty damn well (over fast, high signal strength wifi)

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Post by Too »

nnutter wrote: post #4

"these things came to iOS two, maybe three years ago"

Android has had it for quite some time also if you have a smart tv with dlna support(most of the newer ones). What's new is the support in chromecast. Does the ios solution work with any smart tv or do you need an airplay?

Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by kayoone »

Both my TV and my HTC One have Miracast support so i had this working a couple of months ago, making the connection is very unreliable though, so i hope the Chromecast can improve this.

A general thing is that as more and more devices become "smart" in terms of features and protocols etc, it becomes more and more apparent to me how bad the software is on many of these devices. My TV and my router are just some recent examples of buggy firmwares on top of very good hardware. The router supports lots of features like DLNA and VPN which can hardly be called stable and the interface and usability is really dated. Hardware and performance (Netgear R7000 Gigabit Wifi Router) is pretty awesome though.

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Post by notatoad »

sandesh247 wrote: post #9

This is much smoother than I thought it would be. Even full screen youtube videos seem to have a passable framerate. Too bad the audio doesn't work. Edit: Yep, restarting did the trick. Have media apps without Chromecast support suddenly become Chromecast capable? This is pretty awesome. Edit 2: Why yes, yes they have! Now if only I could stream audio only ...

full screen youtube videos work pretty well with the cast button in the youtube app, no?

Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by microtonal »

notatoad wrote: post #24
sandesh247 wrote: post #9

This is much smoother than I thought it would be. Even full screen youtube videos seem to have a passable framerate. Too bad the audio doesn't work. Edit: Yep, restarting did the trick. Have media apps without Chromecast support suddenly become Chromecast capable? This is pretty awesome. Edit 2: Why yes, yes they have! Now if only I could stream audio only ...

full screen youtube videos work pretty well with the cast button in the youtube app, no?

But that's different, it will effectively send the URL of video to the Chromecast, which will directly get the compressed stream.

Screen casting with Youtube is a good benchmark of screen casting. Of course, for daily use you'd want to cast from the app directly.

Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by microtonal »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #17

I bought a Moto E, and am running the stock firmware (Android 4.4.3). I can't use Google Cardboard because the device doesn't have the sensors to detect movement or the magnetic 'tap'. I can't use GoShow (which seems to be the most popular app for watching 3D video) because it crashes. Today I finally had a reason to buy a Chromecast, until I saw no Moto devices are on the list of supported devices. :(

[1] says that support for other devices is coming soon. Given that Motorola is at the moment still Google, runs nearly vanilla Android, and is usually quick to get new features, I wouldn't be surprised if at least the Moto G and X get this soon as well.

The Moto E is really a low-end device, with a relatively weak CPU, so I wouldn't expect too much at all. Of course, having a Chromecast is still great for apps that support Chromecast.

[1] https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461

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Post by microtonal »

supercoder wrote: post #20
mikeryan wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt it. I've not yet seen a consumer device were video rendering is done on one device then displayed wirelessly on another that works well at all. (Note, most Chromcast apps - Netflix etc) just tell the Chromecast what to play and it does the rendering.

Airplay on iOS and the Wii U controllers both do a fantastic job at this.

Video streaming, but the Chromecast can do that perfectly fine as well. Screen streaming of video is terribly laggy and has an ugly quality, at least on our home network (with an Airport extreme).

Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by avighnay »

fenomas wrote: post #3

Will this let me broadcast my device screen to my laptop, asked everyone who's ever given a presentation on Android app development ever? (serious question)

We have always been using AShot successfully till now, though the name is misleading, it basically streams the Android screen to your laptop, try it http://sourceforge.net/projects/ashot/

Re: Mirror Your Android Screen to the TV with Chromecast

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Post by rahimnathwani »

microtonal wrote: post #27
rahimnathwani wrote: post #17

I bought a Moto E, and am running the stock firmware (Android 4.4.3). I can't use Google Cardboard because the device doesn't have the sensors to detect movement or the magnetic 'tap'. I can't use GoShow (which seems to be the most popular app for watching 3D video) because it crashes. Today I finally had a reason to buy a Chromecast, until I saw no Moto devices are on the list of supported devices. :(

[1] says that support for other devices is coming soon. Given that Motorola is at the moment still Google, runs nearly vanilla Android, and is usually quick to get new features, I wouldn't be surprised if at least the Moto G and X get this soon as well. The Moto E is really a low-end device, with a relatively weak CPU, so I wouldn't expect too much at all. Of course, having a Chromecast is still great for apps that s…

> The Moto E is really a low-end device, with a relatively weak CPU

Yes. Low-end CPU I can handle, as it's still turing-complete :)

It hadn't occurred to me that I would soon want to use apps that require a compass and gyroscope :(

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