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[Q] DLNA Mirroring to PC

- Idea: Want to play Mobile Games on my big HD TV (has no DLNA), only solution so far: MHL Cable, but this is a pain in the a s s you need a MHL Adapter, a Charging Cable and a 5 meter HDMI Cable. b*tch please. that's no fun.
- Problem: TV has no DLNA function where i could mirror the Mobile Phone screen, else it would be solved.
Is there a Solution?
my PC is connected with DVI-HDMI to the HD TV, so if i could make my PC work like a DLNA Receiver with VLC Player or something, maybe i could get the Xperia Z find my PC in the LAN as DLNA device and stream the Xperia Screen (Games, Videos) to the PC VLC Player and watch it on my TV then like i play games on my PC.
Is this possible and how ?

DLNA will not enable you to play games on your tv. It will allow the playback of media.
You need something to mirror the phone image. Like MirrorLink. Which isn't available yet.
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ok, that's what i thought in the first place.
i contacted the sony support today and they told me that i can not play games from my phone on my older sony bravia tv without a MHL Adapter Cable (Micro USB to HDMI), but with a newer DLAN TV (yes DLAN, he thought it is correct like this, in the end i told him it's called DLNA).
that's where my thoughts came from, that a pc may also be able to view the screen picture and act as a DLNA Receiver like the newer DLNA TVs.

It's not DLNA, it's Miracast. Currently no solution to have your computer act as receiver exists, but it is theoretically possible on any device with WiFi and WiFi Direct.
Remember though that wireless mirroring doesn't work simultaneously with regular WiFi and has over a second delay.
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Ambroos said:
It's not DLNA, it's Miracast. Currently no solution to have your computer act as receiver exists, but it is theoretically possible on any device with WiFi and WiFi Direct.
Remember though that wireless mirroring doesn't work simultaneously with regular WiFi and has over a second delay.
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You could play limited media through your laptops DLNA server from the phone, just select your computer from the throw settings. But of course you will have to have the computer connected to the TV.
One scond delay over wifi, dude you need a new router or network config, there is a delay, but I would suggest it shouldn't be one second, this would be due to the connected device rendering the image for display not WIFI lag.
Yes as for using your tv for what you are asking MHL is really your only option

danw_oz said:
You could play limited media through your laptops DLNA server from the phone, just select your computer from the throw settings. But of course you will have to have the computer connected to the TV.
One scond delay over wifi, dude you need a new router or network config, there is a delay, but I would suggest it shouldn't be one second, this would be due to the connected device rendering the image for display not WIFI lag.
Yes as for using your tv for what you are asking MHL is really your only option
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He asked about mirroring, not streaming. Streaming music or movies to your pc is easy, I just use foobar for that (music only).
Miracast doesn't use your router at all, it's WiFi Direct which means it goes directly from your phone to the receiving device. You obviously haven't tried it because there really is quite some delay. Your phone has to compress the display data on the fly, transmit it and then the receiver needs to decode it. Don't expect that too be to fast. Check some YouTube videos and you'll see there is a delay.
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Ambroos said:
He asked about mirroring, not streaming. Streaming music or movies to your pc is easy, I just use foobar for that (music only).
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Yep and what do you think DLNA is??? Only streaming of various media types. So the answer is clearly NO. That was his question. And that is what I told him
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Miracast doesn't use your router at all, it's WiFi Direct which means it goes directly from your phone to the receiving device. You obviously haven't tried it because there really is quite some delay. Your phone has to compress the display data on the fly, transmit it and then the receiver needs to decode it. Don't expect that too be to fast. Check some YouTube videos and you'll see there is a delay.
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Yes I wasn't referring to WIFI direct nor miracast, and neither were you in your quote stating about the over one second delay, well at least you didn't make that clear. I was referring to using wifi to mirror my screen on my Sony TV, and I state that quite clearly.
You ovbiously got out of the wrong side of the bed

[Q] Connect one device to multiple Chromecast ?

Has anyone tried to connect and cast multiple chormecast to one device? if u have 2 tvs with 2 chromecast hook up to them, can u use a tablet or a phone and cast a video to 2 tvs at a same time ? Or u need to have a second tablet to cast to the second tv?

Thebugs said:
Has anyone tried to connect and cast multiple chormecast to one device? if u have 2 tvs with 2 chromecast hook up to them, can u use a tablet or a phone and cast a video to 2 tvs at a same time ? Or u need to have a second tablet to cast to the second tv?
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wont work or at least wont be synced. I own 3 (will be 4 soon) total. 2 in a single house on the same connection so I know.

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Has anyone tried to connect and cast multiple chormecast to one device? if u have 2 tvs with 2 chromecast hook up to them, can u use a tablet or a phone and cast a video to 2 tvs at a same time ? Or u need to have a second tablet to cast to the second tv?
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It looks like the app will "search for chromecast" on the network and it looks like it has room for more than one on the list, and im assuming (since I dont have mine yet) that you can send it to each one individually but not at the same time.

Let's say with YouTube - when you are casting from the app, if you back out and open a new video by default it does not push that straight to the TV. Instead you can either add it to TV Queue, or cast it instantly to Chromecast, or switch it back to the phone/tablet and play locally without affecting the Chromecast. So I would presume you could open a second video, switch to the second Chromecast, and cast a second video there. The only issue is you may no longer be able to pause the first Chromcast with the same device.

NyPlaya513 said:
wont work or at least wont be synced. I own 3 (will be 4 soon) total. 2 in a single house on the same connection so I know.
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That's a bummer, I was hoping to do multi room audio with this. So, if i had 2 cast devices, one upstairs and one downstairs, you are saying I would be able to see both cast devices on my phone/tablet when I click on the cast button, but would only be able to select one of the 2 devices to play to?
So, in other words, I can only play to 1 cast device at a time and not simultaneously play to both?

Yes
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So far, anyway. There could be future innovations. Perhaps the SDK would allow an enterprising dev to create group Chromecasts.

Ok, I've done what the user want's but totally by accident. Here's how it transpired.
- I cast a Netflix video to the TV in the family room.
- Right after that I rebooted my phone. Netflix still running on my Chromecast. Doesn't need the phone to keep streaming Netflix.
- I then went into YouTube and cast a video onto the bedroom Chromecast.
So, it can be done. I don't recommend rebooting the phone every time but force closing appropriate apps should do the trick.

TabGuy said:
Ok, I've done what the user want's but totally by accident. Here's how it transpired.
- I cast a Netflix video to the TV in the family room.
- Right after that I rebooted my phone. Netflix still running on my Chromecast. Doesn't need the phone to keep streaming Netflix.
- I then went into YouTube and cast a video onto the bedroom Chromecast.
So, it can be done. I don't recommend rebooting the phone every time but force closing appropriate apps should do the trick.
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1) You don't even need to do that. You can cast a Netflix video, then go into Youtube and press the cast button to send a video to a different Chromecast.
2) The OP was looking to simultaneously push the same content, synchronized, to two Chromecast units at once. Not possible so far.

Chromecast freezes TV control after use

After I stream something to Chromecast on my old 2007 LG HDTV all the physical TV controls on the TV and the remote don't do anything, and I have to unplug the power to my TV to regain control over my TV.
Is this a common issue?

I don't have that problem on two Samsungs.
Are you powering from the TV or the charger?
Do you have CEC enabled? Yes or no, have you toggled that in your tv settings?

Precog29 said:
After I stream something to Chromecast on my old 2007 LG HDTV all the physical TV controls on the TV and the remote don't do anything, and I have to unplug the power to my TV to regain control over my TV.
Is this a common issue?
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Similar thing happened on my Seiki TV but only caused the favorite list freezing and caused several channels disappearing so that I had to rescan to get the channel list back.
My TV is still operational but it's quite annoying to rescan the channels.
BTW: I am using the USB port on the TV.
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Try your charger instead - just an idea for troubleshooting, you never know.

I'm streaming from my phone with my WiFi disabled... anyone else manage to do this?

Hey all,
Really weird thing is happening right now with my Chromecast. I started streaming a YouTube playlist of all 82 episodes of Dr. Katz, and when I longpressed home to clear my recent apps, I just clicked the "clear all" button like always. This took the Chromecast icon away from the notification bar and killed my YouTube session, but the video was still streaming. My curiosity piqued, I turned my WiFi off to see what would happen. Lo and behold, the videos are still playing. Anyone have an explanation for this? I'm not complaining, just curious as to how this is even possible.
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This is perfectly normal and how it's supposed work. You are not streaming from your device but rather your device is the remote. Once the link or signal has been sent to the cc you can go as far as pulling the battery on your device and the video will still play.
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45ACP1911 said:
This is perfectly normal and how it's supposed work. You are not streaming from your device but rather your device is the remote.
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Exactly this. It's also in the FAQ Part 1, 1.d

45ACP1911 said:
This is perfectly normal and how it's supposed work. You are not streaming from your device but rather your device is the remote. Once the link or signal has been sent to the cc you can go as far as pulling the battery on your device and the video will still play.
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Oh...huh. Well, I sure do feel stupid. I knew CC doesn't "stream" in the traditional sense but for some reason I thought it required the device of origin to always be connected to the same WiFi network as the CC. Anyway, thanks for the heads up guys!
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In the Plex thread we also tested and verified that the Chromecast does not need an internet connection during local streaming from Plex media server on your PC.
It does need an internet connection to phone home to Google when you first connect to the Plex media server on your local network. But after that it will keep on interacting with the controller and playing new selections from the server over the local wifi network even with the internet disconnected. It only needs to connect to the internet again if you disconnect the controller from the Chromecast and then try to reconnect it. At that point the Chromecast goes to black screen and freezes in a wait state if there is no internet connection. But it resumes the local connection seamlessly if you restore the internet connection.

cmb3497 said:
I knew CC doesn't "stream" in the traditional sense but for some reason I thought it required the device of origin to always be connected to the same WiFi network as the CC.
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It's only the case (that the device of origin needs to stay connected) when "forwarding" video from another source and when the source data exists on the origin device. For example, Avia can pull from a DLNA source and push that to Chromecast, and both Avia and RealPlayer Cloud can cast local files to Chromecast.
If Chromecast is using its regular "optimized" playback from a streaming provider (HBO GO, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Viki, Pandora, etc) then the origin device is not needed after the cast starts. That's one of the things I like about Chromecast - you can start playback on one device then move to another device to control playback if you want or need to (for example, your kid decides they really want to play Angry Birds on your phone).

A few hiccups with Chromecast?

Hey there,
I recently transitioned from an AppleTV to a ChromeCast. However, I seem to be having a small problem with Chromecast.
I have Chromecast running perfectly, it streams as it needs to stream from my phone on Youtube, Viki, and Netflix. However, when I go back to my homescreen or I lock my device, the streaming stops altogether.
If i'm not mistaken, wasn't Chromecast the device that allowed phone users to minimize the app and then proceed to browse the net using their phone?
Is anyone having this problem? I'm currently using an iPhone 5S , I also tested this on the S3 and it was the same problem.

I have three running in my household all phones and tablets work as remotes. Try updating your app on the phone. Never tried with apple
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SirPoola said:
I have Chromecast running perfectly, it streams as it needs to stream from my phone on Youtube, Viki, and Netflix. However, when I go back to my homescreen or I lock my device, the streaming stops altogether.
If i'm not mistaken, wasn't Chromecast the device that allowed phone users to minimize the app and then proceed to browse the net using their phone?
Is anyone having this problem? I'm currently using an iPhone 5S , I also tested this on the S3 and it was the same problem.
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Your understanding is correct - normal (optimized) playback of content from the Internet should not require the casting device. You should be able to reboot or turn off the casting device without interrupting the stream.
What applications are you casting from?