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Screen Mirroring... Do we have ANY options?

I know there is no MHL - even tested to be positive and it doesn't work - however, wondering what other options potentially exist for screen mirroring to a TV?
Not interested in DLNA (I've used Skifka/similar and it's good) but I want to mirror so I can stream anything from the N7 (games, Hulu, etc.) to my TV.
Thanks!

|mpulse said:
I know there is no MHL - even tested to be positive and it doesn't work - however, wondering what other options potentially exist for screen mirroring to a TV?
Not interested in DLNA (I've used Skifka/similar and it's good) but I want to mirror so I can stream anything from the N7 (games, Hulu, etc.) to my TV.
Thanks!
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Roku juice if you own a Roku for some content, I don't think games, but I haven't tried...
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http://esrlabs.com
"Android transporter" with a raspberry pi may be an option in the near future. I already have a RPi, so this would be awesome for me.
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kisrita said:
Roku juice if you own a Roku for some content, I don't think games, but I haven't tried...
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Does it support Hulu or other streaming services, or just media that's on your local device? If the latter then it's the same as DLNA/Skifka.

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Does it support Hulu or other streaming services, or just media that's on your local device? If the latter then it's the same as DLNA/Skifka.
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if you have a Roku hooked up to your TV already, there are separate channels for things like Hulu and Netflix. You would stream to Roku direct over wifi from internet, not through the android device. The Roku juice channel and application just enables you to stream media from the android to the TV through Roku. I have only tried it for pictures, and not with Jellybean yet at all. I doubt it works unless the media is located on your android. I can test tonight when I get home, I'm at work now.
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I am not sure if it will even support WiFI Direct Display mirroring as has been demoed on the OMAP 4 series chipset. As, that was one of the advantages the OMAP4 had over the Tegra 3. In either case we haven't seen a lot happen with that either.

Just an update to my post, I tested the Roku juice demo on the nexus 7, it seems to work for local media and had a podcast option I didn't know what to do with. But no streaming of games.
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kisrita said:
Just an update to my post, I tested the Roku juice demo on the nexus 7, it seems to work for local media and had a podcast option I didn't know what to do with. But no streaming of games.
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If i get install the Nexus & with the plex app and use it to stream the content to the roku box ( $50) version would that work always for audio video and images? And when I have the roku and the tablet set u on the same wifi network...would streaming from my nexus to the roku use my data or bandwidth?

theshree said:
If i get install the Nexus & with the plex app and use it to stream the content to the roku box ( $50) version would that work always for audio video and images? And when I have the roku and the tablet set u on the same wifi network...would streaming from my nexus to the roku use my data or bandwidth?
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You would install Plex server on a PC, and the Plex media channel on the Roku, and/or Plex media app on the android device. With this setup, you could stream videos from your PC, or from the Internet (if using Internet channels like Hulu) to either the Roku, or to your Android device. The Roku uses your wifi network, android devices can use wifi or cellphone data.
If you are trying to stream a video saved on your android device to your TV, then you don't use Plex. You would need Roku juice installed on the android and on the Roku box too. Note, I only tried this with their demo app, which is limited to the first video and I did not see the Transformers video in the list. I don't know if that is a demo limitation, or if the Roku juice app can only stream videos you record on your android device.
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Miracast set top box!!

Hey,
I've just seen a Miracast set top box from Netgear. This could be the solution to the missing HDMI out of the Nexus 7!
http://www.netgear.de/products/home/hometheater/media-players/PTV3000.aspx
Can anyone remember nVidias demo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52zqNIeQso
Let's hope it will work SOON!!!

towlie288 said:
Hey,
I've just seen a Miracast set top box from Netgear. This could be the solution to the missing HDMI out of the Nexus 7!
http://www.netgear.de/products/home/hometheater/media-players/PTV3000.aspx
Can anyone remember nVidias demo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52zqNIeQso
Let's hope it will work SOON!!!
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It sais you need aNotebook, Smartphone or Tablet with Intel® WiDi oder Miracast™,
does our Nexus 7 has Inel WiDi or Miracast?
Is it just Software or do you need special Hardware Support for that?
It would be nice if i could stream from my Laptop or my Galaxy SII as well.

fryroyal said:
It sais you need aNotebook, Smartphone or Tablet with Intel® WiDi oder Miracast™,
does our Nexus 7 has Inel WiDi or Miracast?
Is it just Software or do you need special Hardware Support for that?
It would be nice if i could stream from my Laptop or my Galaxy SII as well.
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Did you watch the Video? The Tegra 3 can do it. I don't know more... but I hope there will be a software update to do it.
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i do know the tegra 3 is miracast capable i dont think i can post a link so ill just post what i found, this is dated july 27 2012.
Nvidia, a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance, announced that it's supporting the new Miracast WiFi-Direct based protocol which is expected to launch by the Wi-Fi Alliance within the next few months.
For the uninitiated, Miracast will be an open standard, so any mobile device or display manufacturer will be able to implement the technology. It will also be a direct competitor to closed eco-systems like Intel's WiDi and Apple's AirPlay which enable users to wirelessly stream videos and games to external displays.
There are also other open standards for streaming media such as DLNA, but these are plagued with interoperability issues that have limited their traction in the market place. To address the limitations of these solutions, the Wi-Fi Alliance created its upcoming open wireless display standard called Miracast.
"Underpinning the Miracast specification is Wi-Fi Direct – a specification defined for peer-to-peer, direct wireless connectivity between devices," Nvidia said on Thursday in its whitepaper. "Miracast Certified devices will be able to connect with each other directly, without the mediation of a wireless access point, by leveraging the functionality introduced by Wi-Fi Direct. When two devices connect with each other directly, one assumes the role of the source (transmitting device) and the other becomes a sink (the devices receiving and rendering the content to the user)."
Nvidia said that it has developed a Miracast wireless display stack that is Tegra 3 optimized and can be integrated into the Tegra mobile platform. This source-side solution enables tablet and phone OEMs to implement a Miracast certifiable product by combining the Tegra application processor and compatible Tegra Android BSP package just as they do today.
"The Tegra optimized Miracast solution is comprised of two major components – the multimedia (video/audio) processing block and the industry compliant wireless display networking stack," Nvidia explained. "The multimedia processing block takes advantage of Tegra’s multi-core graphics engine and dedicated hardware video/audio codecs to accelerate the decoding of video content, render graphics surfaces and perform the final compositing operations before encoding into a H.264 bit stream to be wirelessly transmitted."

We are miracast certified, however there needs to be an app to activate this tech for us, I believe, but if they have the set top box, chances are there's an app for it, too.
All I can say is, yay! Step in the right direction. -Ara
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Hopefully it isn't $99. Maybe $49. I'm not paying a ton of money just to get video to my TV. $50 tops.
How is the 3000 compared to the PTV2000 that is already available at Best Buy and stuff?
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/hometheater/media-players/PTV2000.aspx
I don't see the PTV3000 on the US site.
The PTV2000 is $99 at Best Buy. eff that.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...309756217&skuId=2103213&st=netgear&cp=1&lp=22

Is this to mirror the display? Like HDMI?
Or is it just a file viewer? Like DLNA?

Cl8rs said:
Is this to mirror the display? Like HDMI?
Or is it just a file viewer? Like DLNA?
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Miracast is a new standard for wireless display. So basically a mirrored image or maybe a second screen. I'm hoping I could widi a video and control it all with my tablet/phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd6PkRqNxs0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
That's how you play full hd shows/movies/music with no dramas its been around for ages. Best part is wd keep updating the firmware so it plays anything I throw at it.
Gaming well you can't do that but if you can't see the 7" screen right in front of you well you'd probably find it more beneficial to invest in glasses.
It also has some other benefits too, bubble upnp is one of the best things I have come across.
Wdtvlive and Bubble upnp a match made in Sofia Vergara's underpants.
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player911 said:
Hopefully it isn't $99. Maybe $49. I'm not paying a ton of money just to get video to my TV. $50 tops.
How is the 3000 compared to the PTV2000 that is already available at Best Buy and stuff?
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/hometheater/media-players/PTV2000.aspx
I don't see the PTV3000 on the US site.
The PTV2000 is $99 at Best Buy. eff that.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...309756217&skuId=2103213&st=netgear&cp=1&lp=22
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The difference is that only the ptv3000 is miracast capable. At least that's what the product page says. I've already written an email to net gear Germany to ask them about this box. As soon as I have an answer I will post it.
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Cl8rs said:
Is this to mirror the display? Like HDMI?
Or is it just a file viewer? Like DLNA?
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Did you watch the YouTube video in the first post?
There you see what you can do with tegra 3 and miracast.
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towlie288 said:
Did you watch the YouTube video in the first post?
There you see what you can do with tegra 3 and miracast.
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Got it. I didn't see the video.
So I am assuming this is the first TV Box(similar to like a Roku or something) that allows us to wirelessly display our Nexus to our HDTV? That's what I am seeing. Also it's only in Germany at the moment.
But the question is, do our Nexus 7's natively support something like this? I am assuming this needs development, like an app or software update.
Any news on this?

Not sure I see the point of this. I already have a WD Live that can stream all my video from my PC to my TV. Why would I put video on my N7, then send to my TV when I can just send it directly to my TV? Even the 16 GB N7 can maybe just barely hold a decently encoded movie at full 1080p. I just don't think I have any content on my N7 that cannot be sent to my TV in an easier, higher quality way.
Edit: Been thinking about this. Seriously, what do you use it for? The only thing I could come up with is letting your friends watch you play a game on the tablet or something. Every other scenario I can think of has a better solution.

brizey said:
Not sure I see the point of this. I already have a WD Live that can stream all my video from my PC to my TV. Why would I put video on my N7, then send to my TV when I can just send it directly to my TV? Even the 16 GB N7 can maybe just barely hold a decently encoded movie at full 1080p. I just don't think I have any content on my N7 that cannot be sent to my TV in an easier, higher quality way.
Edit: Been thinking about this. Seriously, what do you use it for? The only thing I could come up with is letting your friends watch you play a game on the tablet or something. Every other scenario I can think of has a better solution.
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It's not only for videos. I have a tf101 transformer and used it to give presentations at the university with HDMI out. The point is to mirror the screen content of your device and not only play back media.
And it looks promising with the low latency.
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towlie288 said:
It's not only for videos. I have a tf101 transformer and used it to give presentations at the university with HDMI out. The point is to mirror the screen content of your device and not only play back media.
And it looks promising with the low latency.
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My thoughts too, I am looking forward to be able to mirror my N7 screen to my 46" TV.

brizey said:
Not sure I see the point of this. I already have a WD Live that can stream all my video from my PC to my TV. Why would I put video on my N7, then send to my TV when I can just send it directly to my TV? Even the 16 GB N7 can maybe just barely hold a decently encoded movie at full 1080p. I just don't think I have any content on my N7 that cannot be sent to my TV in an easier, higher quality way.
Edit: Been thinking about this. Seriously, what do you use it for? The only thing I could come up with is letting your friends watch you play a game on the tablet or something. Every other scenario I can think of has a better solution.
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Emulation Gaming. Plug your tablet up to the TV and use a PS3 gamepad for true retro couch gaming.
I don't stream movies and such, as I'd rather just watch them off the device.

I'm curious about this as well.
Here's some more info about it that I dug up from arstechnica.
In most cases, Miracast can be implemented in software alone, Robinson said. It has a head start, because Android already supports WiFi Direct since version 4.0 . But hardware modifications will help optimize devices for the type of compression, decoding, and encoding Miracast equipment will have to perform, he said.
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http://arstechnica.com/information-...-promises-video-streaming-without-the-router/
It would be cool if there was a software update that could enable this for the Nexus 7! The Netgear box looks small and portable too.

towlie288 said:
Hey,
I've just seen a Miracast set top box from Netgear. This could be the solution to the missing HDMI out of the Nexus 7!
http://www.netgear.de/products/home/hometheater/media-players/PTV3000.aspx
Can anyone remember nVidias demo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52zqNIeQso
Let's hope it will work SOON!!!
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I've been watching for (complete) Miracast solutions for a while now. This capability is already starting to play a big role in education on the iPad courtesy of AirPlay mirroring. I have no idea why other vendors are sitting on this.
Anyway, the NTV200S is supposed to be compatible with a firmware update. Some more info here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5957/...otv-pro-ntv200s-widi-and-media-streamer-combo

Another big feature that miracast will add is the ability to display your phone's display on your tablet. This way you could always be on your tablet, but at anytime access all the features of your phone.

terminal addict said:
I've been watching for (complete) Miracast solutions for a while now. This capability is already starting to play a big role in education on the iPad courtesy of AirPlay mirroring. I have no idea why other vendors are sitting on this.
Anyway, the NTV200S is supposed to be compatible with a firmware update. Some more info here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5957/...otv-pro-ntv200s-widi-and-media-streamer-combo
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Thanks for the info, I really hope they bring something working soon !

Google is looking for your feedback!

I just got off the phone with Google technical support. In fact I spent about 40 minutes on the phone with them discussing bugs/problems and feature suggestions with the representative. Google is actively looking for our feedback to improve the devices so feel free to give them a call and contribute your two cents.
Google Play Support: 855-836-3987
Issues/Features I had contacted them about:
Low volume in Netflix
1080p content scaled to 1920x1200 on a 16:10 aspect ratio monitor (other devices scale properly)
Feature request to add an option for auto power off of the device after a specified amount of inactivity

I wonder if Google read these forums about their devices?

Darkk69 said:
I wonder if Google read these forums about their devices?
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I bet they do. I know oppo does for the find 5.
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Darkk69 said:
I wonder if Google read these forums about their devices?
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Yes, we do.
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Just left feedback about Netflix and Chromecast in general specifically:
The need for the Chromecast app to also act as a universal remote to play/pause/next/prev/stop playback from any source without having to go back into the app to make the notification appear.
A widget with basic controls for the above.
Netflix being able to auto-advance show episodes.
Being able to turn off the TV.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
Yes, we do.
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Thank you. Can you tell whoever the right person is to make the stock Play Store app Multi-DPI friendly? Or at least have an option for it?

We need webGL enabled.

Soldier 2.0 said:
Yes, we do.
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Well since you do read and follow this thread, I thought I'd point out my own first impressions and feature requests. I started my own blog for sharing thoughts on the deice and news and reviews of apps that use it and such. My first post has several feature requests. You can read it at http://chromecastcentral.com/2013/08/05/my-initial-thoughts-on-the-google-chromecast/

Louer Adun said:
Feature request to add an option for auto power off of the device after a specified amount of inactivity
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How can that work? I can't image going to my wall unit, opening up the door, reaching behind my Onkyo surround sound receiver, finding the Chromecast amongst a bunch of wires and pressing a button to turn it on. Can you imagine asking the wife to do that?
I hope they don't implement this feature.

TabGuy said:
How can that work? I can't image going to my wall unit, opening up the door, reaching behind my Onkyo surround sound receiver, finding the Chromecast amongst a bunch of wires and pressing a button to turn it on. Can you imagine asking the wife to do that?
I hope they don't implement this feature.
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Sorry I guess I should have been more specific...
It wouldn't actually power down the Chromecast, it would simply disable output of the video signal to the TV/Monitor. If your TV/Monitor has an "auto power off" option when no signal is present, then it will turn itself off. The Chromecast would turn the signal back on when a new cast has started. Pretty much the same idea as the monitor power saving features on a PC. The last thing I want to do is leave my TV/Monitor on all night after watching a show before bed.

Louer Adun said:
Sorry I guess I should have been more specific...
It wouldn't actually power down the Chromecast, it would simply disable output of the video signal to the TV/Monitor. If your TV/Monitor has an "auto power off" option when no signal is present, then it will turn itself off. The Chromecast would turn the signal back on when a new cast has started. Pretty much the same idea as the monitor power saving features on a PC. The last thing I want to do is leave my TV/Monitor on all night after watching a show before bed.
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If your TV has a usb port on it, you can power the Chromecast by plugging in its power cable to that usb port. When I shut off the tv, the Chromecast shuts off too. That's what I do with mine.

derekr44 said:
If your TV has a usb port on it, you can power the Chromecast by plugging in its power cable to that usb port. When I shut off the tv, the Chromecast shuts off too. That's what I do with mine.
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I have my Chromecast plugged into my AVR and it does the same. When I turn the AVR off the Chromecast also turns off.
I think the actual physical Chromecast device is just a transitional product. Future TVs and AVRs will have this software built into them.

TabGuy said:
I have my Chromecast plugged into my AVR and it does the same. When I turn the AVR off the Chromecast also turns off.
I think the actual physical Chromecast device is just a transitional product. Future TVs and AVRs will have this software built into them.
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I have my Chromecast set up this same way on my 40" TV in the living room. But in my Bedroom I have my Chromecast attached to a 28" computer monitor (so there is no remote). My only option for turning off the unit is to get out of bed and turn the monitor off directly. This previously worked just fine using my media center PC in the bedroom as the PC was smart enough to cut signal to the monitor after inactivity. Such a feature is not currently possible on the Chromecast (hence why I had requested it).

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does Google consider adding HLS support ?
Or at least provide guidelines on how to map existing M3U8 playlists that we have to DASH .MPD ?
Thanks !

Soldier 2.0 said:
Yes, we do.
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If you have a voice with Google or work for them...let them know that all they got to do is put that final SDK out with the quickness. With the dev community as a whole there is and will be a slew of apps that would project this $35 dollar piece of hardware to the moon. People would say Apple what? Roku what?
Just my $.02. I am sure u and/or Google knows this already though. I just can't contain my excitement knowing the potential that the chromecast has.
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1920x1200 display scalling wrong
Louer Adun said:
1080p content scaled to 1920x1200 on a 16:10 aspect ratio monitor (other devices scale properly)
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Was this bug fixed? Here is another description: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388453

SGH-i200 said:
Was this bug fixed? Here is another description: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388453
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I am no longer using my chromecast or the display in question, however I do still have both. I will test for you shortly.
I have since moved to using Nvidia Shields for all the TVs in the house, they are quite wonderful media player devices.

Louer Adun said:
I am no longer using my chromecast or the display in question, however I do still have both. I will test for you shortly.
I have since moved to using Nvidia Shields for all the TVs in the house, they are quite wonderful media player devices.
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I just plugged the Chromecast in, and it updated (had been sitting on the shelf for a while). After the update, the same problem is exhibited. I have 2 aspect ratio options in the monitor settings, "Full" and "Fit". Both provide a 16:9 1920x1080p signal stretched to the 16:10 1920x1200 resolution.

Nvidia Shield on 1920x1200 display
Louer Adun said:
I have 2 aspect ratio options in the monitor settings, "Full" and "Fit". Both provide a 16:9 1920x1080p signal stretched to the 16:10 1920x1200 resolution.
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Thanks for testing this out for me! To bad Google did not fix the bug you mentioned here back in August 2013...
Louer Adun said:
I have since moved to using Nvidia Shields for all the TVs in the house, they are quite wonderful media player devices.
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Which Nvidia Shield do you use?

SGH-i200 said:
Thanks for testing this out for me! To bad Google did not fix the bug you mentioned here back in August 2013...
Which Nvidia Shield do you use?
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I am using an NVidia Shield 2015 and 2017 model, both 16GB. However I am not using them on the 32 inch monitor with the 16:10 aspect ratio so I can't comment on whether they would do the same thing with their signal. I actually got a new TV a month ago (Samsung 60KS8000) with 4K and HDR. Shield 2017 had 0 issues streaming a 65mbit/s bitrate HEVC/x265 movie from Plex on my local desktop, I was blown away at the quality.
The other pro to the Shield is it has Gamestream if you have an Nvidia card and a decent network. It also has a Chromecast baked in, so I didn't lose any features when I upgraded from my Chromecasts.

Display aspect ratio options
Louer Adun said:
I have 2 aspect ratio options in the monitor settings, "Full" and "Fit".
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Maybe a option to show 1:1 pixel is missing? I will see what the Chromecast 2 looks like on a 1920x1200 Display tomorrow.

[Q] Resolution Question

Hey, I'm about to buy a chromecast, but there are something that stops me. If I have a phone with quad hd resolution, does it stream in that resolution on the tv, or does it stream up to 1080P?
Another question is, is there any known issues with the chromecast? I just want to be sure.
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Well you can't tab cast from your phone. It streams directly from the internet and doesn't display mirror. So it will stream whatever the source content and your TV resolutions are.
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PortalOfGaming said:
Hey, I'm about to buy a chromecast, but there are something that stops me. If I have a phone with quad hd resolution, does it stream in that resolution on the tv, or does it stream up to 1080P?
Another question is, is there any known issues with the chromecast? I just want to be sure.
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Quad HD? Like UltraHD (3840x2160)?
Casting local media directly (via Avia, RealPlayer Cloud, or Allcast for rooted Chromecasts) is as-is, no conversion of the media happens, and Chromecast will play the media if it is capable of decoding it.
I don't think Chromecast can decode UltraHD as it tends to have trouble with 1080p and high (>10 Mbps) bitrates, but I'm not 100% on that. I can use AllCast to send a 1080p video I shot on my phone, but there's a little bit of pause now and then.
As far as known issues, some old TVs that report 1080p support but don't actually display correctly have trouble. Some Yamaha receivers are having some trouble with the latest firmware.
Most other issues are either in progress or have already been taken care of via updates on the application side.
A tiny number of reports of Chromecasts being "bricked" but probably normal or better for the number of Chromecasts out in the wild.

There is a phone with QuadHD resolution?!??!??!??!? LOL
There is a lot of Misinformation regarding resolution in the Phone business I assure you...
Cameras that say they shoot 1080P in most cases don't. The Chip (CMOS for the most part) does not have a REAL 1080P resolution. What it does is take the native resolution of the camera (usually much lower) and SAVE THE FILE in 1080P by simply upconverting it.
And Upconverting doesn't ADD resolution or Quality it just doubles the size of each pixel to fill in all the pixels of the higher resolution.
You may find a phone or Camera that says it supports 4K but in truth it is not a REAL 4K! The File will read and display on a 4K device but your not really getting the FULL RESOLUTION a 4K video has when captured natively in a TRUE 4K.
The Chips that receive the image from the lens are not large enough to do a true 4K. It is merely upconverted when saved to that format.
Like taking a single pixel and repeating it 3 more time to make a pixel 4 times the size of the original where in a REAL 4K each pixel can be different and rarely are the same (maybe similar but not the same)
Now these chips are improving by leaps and bounds so in time they may even do these resolutions for real...But by then we will also have things like 16K because the bigger cameras with have 3/4" and 1' CCDs or CMOS' will advance from the technology as well.

I'm sorry regarding quad hd, english is not my first language, and when I meant quad hd, I actually meant 960x540. I know alot about resolution, but I didn't mean 4K. Before 2K and 4K, there was quad hd as 960x540.
I have good internet, so I don't worry about that.
Thank you all for your answers, I'm going to buy a chromecast when I come home.
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PortalOfGaming said:
I'm sorry regarding quad hd, english is not my first language, and when I meant quad hd, I actually meant 960x540. I know alot about resolution, but I didn't mean 4K. Before 2K and 4K, there was quad hd as 960x540.
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Ahh, I see qHD from the computer realm. Thanks for teaching me something new! :good:
I have some VGA (640x480) videos and from Avia they play picture-boxed (black border on all sides, because Avia does not alter the video). So it will likely depend on what application you use and what Chromecast decides to do in terms of scaling, if it has any (I don't know).

I think the biggest reason it can't do 1080p natively is because it's wireless G. I can only hope Google decides to release another chromecast or something else like it with wireless AC.
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It's wireless N which is more than adequate. It depends more on latency and bitrate of their media compared to that processing power of the Chromecast hardware.
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bhiga said:
It's wireless N which is more than adequate. It depends more on latency and bitrate of their media compared to that processing power of the Chromecast hardware.
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It can't do 5GHz, and its horrible at streaming HD movies from Google Play movies. You mention processing as if the Chromecast is transcoding. None of this would be a problem if it could do 5GHz and had an AC chip.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7186/google-chromecast-review-an-awesome-35-hdmi-dongle/2
Edit - My Samsung UN46F6300 is also terrible at streaming HD content over it's Wi-Fi (also 2.4GHz), but connecting the tv's Ethernet to my WD wireless AC bridge alleviates all this.
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Yes the 2.4 GHz band is not optimal as it's crowded but latency issues aside, it's fine.
The hardware still matters because most hardwareand appliance-oriented decoders have limits to the maximum bitrate it can decode due to buffer and memory limits.
It's much different to more general CPUs which can allocate more memory and have more CPU power to adjust.
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Jocelyn said:
It can't do 5GHz, and its horrible at streaming HD movies from Google Play movies. You mention processing as if the Chromecast is transcoding. None of this would be a problem if it could do 5GHz and had an AC chip.
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Well I'm pretty sure GPlay does some transcoding but not 100% sure. In any case If the unit is having issues playing the video over 2.4Ghz the issue is really the Video Bitrate needs to be lowered enough to stream without issue. In the end no one is getting full HD 1080P on any device over ANY wired or wireless network because Full HD uncompressed has a Bitrate of over 1.49 Gbps. Far beyond standard Ethernet standards which is why we use Fiber Optic for broadcast and even then we compress the hell out of it before you ever see it.
So pretty much all HD we are playing is not really full HD.
Can you play 1080P locally?
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I'm sorry regarding quad hd, english is not my first language, and when I meant quad hd, I actually meant 960x540. I know alot about resolution, but I didn't mean 4K. Before 2K and 4K, there was quad hd as 960x540.
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Ahhh no Problem...You meant quarterHD actually...
You wouldn't have confused us if NHK and a Consortium hadn't actually invented QuadHD for Broadcast! bhiga and I both work in broadcast and were recently talking about it.

Well, I forgot that it was Quarter HD, but it's okay now, since I have aleardy ordered it. Again, thanks for your help guys.
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exotic resolutions (21:9, 4K, 2560x1080 aso.) on chromecast?

Does Chromecast support exotic resolutions like the 2560x1080p for 21:9 screens or 4K? Which HDMI-Version is used in Chromecast?

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Does Chromecast support exotic resolutions like the 2560x1080p for 21:9 screens or 4K? Which HDMI-Version is used in Chromecast?
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With a rooted Chromecast it should be possible when someone optimizes the resolution selection during HDMI handshake - how well it would work with casting is a another question. (I intend to try this as I'm running the Chromecast on a 1366x768 display).

While it could probably display at those resolutions there is no way the WiFi could handle those streams to make it work.

The maker of the SoC is known, there should be technical specs on their site. I think the SoC is several years old and was developed as a FullHD multimedia device, and nothing more.

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Does Chromecast support exotic resolutions like the 2560x1080p for 21:9 screens or 4K? Which HDMI-Version is used in Chromecast?
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Pretty sure it's HDMI 1.3 or 1.4
4K won't happen unless it's at 30p (which is poopy)
But mostly it's designed for standard televisions, so I doubt there is any testing or attention given to resolutions that aren't 4:3 or 16:9 720p or 1080p Heck, given the number of times support for 720p devices has been broken, I don't think they test on anything other than Full HD 1080p.
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The maker of the SoC is known, there should be technical specs on their site. I think the SoC is several years old and was developed as a FullHD multimedia device, and nothing more.
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I once went looking and couldn't find any specs published. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
It's a Marvell Armada 1500-mini

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I once went looking and couldn't find any specs published. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
It's a Marvell Armada 1500-mini
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Apparently it displays everything at 1080P being it's highest Res, But can display 4K content as they have software that renders 4K content @ 1080P.
So it can play the content but it downconverts it to 1080P for display.
http://www.marvell.com/digital-entertainment/armada-1500/qdeo/

Okay, there's not much in terms of numerical specs to see in the product brief. The upper limit is the HDMI 1.4 spec, but below that, who knows?
Apart from limiting fps, you could use interlacing, or omit sync signals usually needed by crts only. This was necessary to display 1080p, 1200p and 1600*1200 via single link DVI, upon which HDMI is based. But probably the HDMI's link speed is higher, so you could go beyond DVI limits.

How could you connect chromecast to 1366x768 resolution monitor?

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How could you connect chromecast to 1366x768 resolution monitor?
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Depends on the monitor. Chromecast sends out a video signal on HDMI, not a computer signal, so unless the monitor accepts 1280x720 or 1920x1080 it probably won't work and you'll need a device to convert it. You could use a HDfury Nano GX or similar, but that would cost more than the Chromecast itself and closer to a new 1080p monitor.
If it's a 1366x768 projector or one of the early 720p televisions, or the display has native HDMI and supports HDCP 1.x, then it might stand a chance of working, but in general, unless that monitor is really special, it's probably not worth the trouble to try to make it work. If you already have a Chromecast you can try it though, it won't hurt anything.

Could you please answer which HDMI version Chromecast Ultra has? I have not found any information that there is exactly HDMI 2.0. And 4K 30 FPS is supported with HDMI 1.4.

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Could you please answer which HDMI version Chromecast Ultra has? I have not found any information that there is exactly HDMI 2.0. And 4K 30 FPS is supported with HDMI 1.4.
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This forum is Chromecast 2012, the original model.
It's HDMI 1.x and not HDMI 2.0, supports only up to 1920x1080 resolution.
You might try asking in Google Chromecast (2015) - maybe someone there knows, but generally speaking non-standard resolutions are not of interest to mass-consumer devices - dealing with them requires more than just supporting the actual output resolution/rate, but involves have the applications handle the scaling for different aspect ratios as well, which is extra programming for little/no reward, not to mention extra testing/QA.