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How can I watch paid videos on Chromecast ?
Right now it does not work for paid videos.
It only works with free videos
I am talking about paid channels for which I have already paid
Example: Willow TV
It gives an error 'cannot play this video, try some other video'
any pointers ?
Do you mean paid content from Play Store? Or from YouTube?
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cmstlist said:
Do you mean paid content from Play Store? Or from YouTube?
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No i mean content from paid channels like willow tv.. They route their paid content via YouTube.. I have already subscribed for it.. I pay for it.. Monthly.. Like Google Play music
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No i mean content from paid channels like willow tv.. They route their paid content via YouTube.. I have already subscribed for it.. I pay for it.. Monthly.. Like Google Play music
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Yes that is what I meant, paid content from YouTube. In theory that is supposed to work but I have never tried it.
cmstlist said:
Yes that is what I meant, paid content from YouTube. In theory that is supposed to work but I have never tried it.
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This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well
praddz said:
This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well
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What methods have you tried? You mention your laptop... so I'm going to assume you've installed the Google Cast extension for chrome.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Try:
Opening tab to desired site
Cast tab
Play video
Adjust settings as desired
What did you try in order to get the "Error:cannot play this video, try some other video." message?
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Also, did you google your question? There is a support page regarding Paid content and the Chromecast.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3285407?hl=en
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What methods have you tried? You mention your laptop... so I'm going to assume you've installed the Google Cast extension for chrome.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Try:
Opening tab to desired site
Cast tab
Play video
Adjust settings as desired
What did you try in order to get the "Error:cannot play this video, try some other video." message?
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Also, did you google your question? There is a support page regarding Paid content and the Chromecast.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3285407?hl=en
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I don't think this can be done, Google itself says viewing live channels is not possible
Yes I can use cast a chrome tab but it has its own disadvantages, in Google's own words:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3265953
I will try and open a ticket, lets see what they say..
Because they say we can see Paid channels if not live events
Are you casting paid content from the button inside the YouTube window on desktop Chrome? Or are you using the Android app? Have you tried both?
cmstlist said:
Are you casting paid content from the button inside the YouTube window on desktop Chrome? Or are you using the Android app? Have you tried both?
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I have tried birth the app and YouTube. Com on my laptop
Same error both the times...
There was an error playing this video. Please choose another video
Willlow TV is live tv streaming. Chromecast does not support live streaming channels on Youtube. The only way around it right now is to use screen casting in Chrome.
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Willlow TV is live tv streaming. Chromecast does not support live streaming channels on Youtube. The only way around it right now is to use screen casting in Chrome.
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I agree live tv is not supported but what about the videos uploaded by the channel.. I should be allowed to see them since they are not live
Have you been able to find a resolution?
praddz said:
I agree live tv is not supported but what about the videos uploaded by the channel.. I should be asleep to see them since they are not live
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Have you been able to find a resolution for this? It lets we match highlights but not replays.
I subscribed to UFC Select Youtube channel hoping it would work on Chromecast. The videos start playing but stop after about a minute or so with a similar message as the OP posted. Unsubscribed
praddz said:
This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well
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Im able to play League of Legends on my laptop, but I am unable to stream it through my chromecast.
Should I complain? No.
The Project said:
Im able to play League of Legends on my laptop, but I am unable to stream it through my chromecast.
Should I complain? No.
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still not able to find any resolution/fix..
Live streams could work but the Live Stream your talking about probably has some DRM method that won't currently work on the CCast.
Give it time though I'm sure all of those type services will support CCast when they get around to it.
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Live streams could work but the Live Stream your talking about probably has some DRM method that won't currently work on the CCast.
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YouTube doesn't support live streaming of any kind on the Chromecast or any of their other DIAL compatible apps on tvs and other devices. Why that is, I have no clue. It has been quite a while and they haven't said anything about live streaming so I wouldn't expect it any time soon.
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YouTube doesn't support live streaming of any kind on the Chromecast or any of their other DIAL compatible apps on tvs and other devices. Why that is, I have no clue. It has been quite a while and they haven't said anything about live streaming so I wouldn't expect it any time soon.
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Likely it has to do with the authentication involved, but it could also have something to do with DRM fears.
Remember that Chromecast is essentially a headless micro-computer client - so it's accessing the media separately from the device making the cast request.
It's like if I called you on the phone and said "Hey, go to this YouTube link" - your YouTube session would have no knowledge of my laptop's session, and if the link I give you isn't available to your account, you won't see it.
Not to mention CCast only supports Widevine and Playready DRM...
It would not surprise me to find that the Live Channels on You Tube are using some other DRM or Encryption method.
You should write to the channel your paying the sub to and get them working on CCast support.
When i connect my iphones pandora to my chromecast the tv plays the music like it should, and the music on the tv matches what is displayed on my iphone, volume works, skip, pause all works like it should. However, when i go to the ipod app on my iphone and press play the iphone stops pandora and plays the ipod like it should, but the chromecast on the TV keeps playing pandora. when i go to the pandora app on the phone it has to restart (like it wasnt running in the background) and starts playing a song, but the song is different than the one chromecast is playing. the iphones controls no longer control chromecast like it did before and chromecast will continue to play song after song even when the iphone is turned off completley. when i change the input on the tv to cable or something else the chromecast will make the tv switch back to it when the next song starts, it will also turn my tv on if i turn the tv off. the only way i can get the chromecast to turn off is to unplug the power. does anyone know why its doing this? as far at i know the chromecast is just to transfer media from another device to a tv, not make its own media. where is it getting the pandora from?
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as far at i know the chromecast is just to transfer media from another device to a tv, not make its own media. where is it getting the pandora from?
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That's where you're wrong, you aren't 'slinging' the actual content to your Chromecast, just the login/tokens and content SELECTION to the chromecast... then it takes over, it runs a regular instance of chrome on the chromecast and does all the streaming of the media directly on the chromecast over the internet... for instance, I can start watching Netflix on my Chromecast from my Android phone... I can then put my phone into airplane mode (which turns off wifi), it will continue playing Netflix... luckily, on Android, when I reconnect, and open Netflix, it realizes that my Chromecast is already playing, and gives me control again. Probably just an iOS bug with Pandora, I would just stop playing it before jumping over to the standard music app, or... Use an an Android device.
*edit*: the exception to the above is if you're casting a tab from a desktop/laptop browser, then you are encoding whatever is on the tab to video, then decoding it on the Chromecast.... This would require the computer as a intermediary as the page itself will always be rendered on the PC.
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*edit*: the exception to the above is if you're casting a tab from a desktop/laptop browser, then you are encoding whatever is on the tab to video, then decoding it on the Chromecast.... This would require the computer as a intermediary as the page itself will always be rendered on the PC.
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Or if you have a rooted Chromecast and you are using AllCast to play media from your Android phone/tablet.
(depending on what you are watching)
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which app can I use on Android to cast from a NAS without transiting through my phone (Galaxy S4)??
I've tried LocalCast and the ES File Manager chromecast plugin and both stream my files to my phone and then on the chromecast... What a useless loop...
NAS -> wireless N router -> phone -> wireless N router -> chromecast
How can I make it stream directly from the NAS in that sort of way: NAS -> Router -> chromecast, and the phone as remote controller????
Thanks you
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How can I make it stream directly from the NAS in that sort of way: NAS -> Router -> chromecast, and the phone as remote controller????
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If your NAS supports DLNA you might have more luck. If it strictly supports only CIFS/SMB/AFP type file-sharing, I don't know of any apps whose Chromecast component can browse those.
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If your NAS supports DLNA you might have more luck. If it strictly supports only CIFS/SMB/AFP type file-sharing, I don't know of any apps whose Chromecast component can browse those.
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well, I say NAS but in reality it is a HDD conencted to a Asus RT-N16 router running tomatousb which (I think) runs minidlna of something similar.
My smart TV, xbox, ps3, computers... they all see the files and stream it no problem.
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well, I say NAS but in reality it is a HDD conencted to a Asus RT-N16 router running tomatousb which (I think) runs minidlna of something similar.
My smart TV, xbox, ps3, computers... they all see the files and stream it no problem.
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OK. Check BubbleUPnP or maybe Avia. I'm pretty sure there as one early app that later started pulling directly, but I can't remember which one it was at the moment. I think it was discussed in a thread here.
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OK. Check BubbleUPnP or maybe Avia. I'm pretty sure there as one early app that later started pulling directly, but I can't remember which one it was at the moment. I think it was discussed in a thread here.
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Thank you. I'll look into it right now!
If you're lucky @Asphyx might remember
I think Bubble may be the answer provided no transcoding is required.
I know the dev was dabbling in limited in device transcoding as well but not sure where that is at or if it is even needed for Music.
aVia most definitely runs everything through the phone if I'm not Mistaken but that too could have changed since I least used it.
Pretty much everything I stream to CCast now is via Plex which does not require the launch device to stay on.
Most 3rd party Content providers whose content is on the web and who support CCast via the casting icon will send the stream direct.
That would include Pandora, Hulu Etc...
Bubble or Plex is probably the best option but both will require a PC to handle the streaming.
It doesn't take much or affect the PC's ability to function but it will require an always on PC.
I think last time I checked (which was more than a year ago, probably closer to 2), Avia kept streaming from my server running Serviio (UPnP server) even after I rebooted my phone, but I'm not in a spot that I can retest this.
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I think Bubble may be the answer provided no transcoding is required.
I know the dev was dabbling in limited in device transcoding as well but not sure where that is at or if it is even needed for Music.
aVia most definitely runs everything through the phone if I'm not Mistaken but that too could have changed since I least used it.
Pretty much everything I stream to CCast now is via Plex which does not require the launch device to stay on.
Most 3rd party Content providers whose content is on the web and who support CCast via the casting icon will send the stream direct.
That would include Pandora, Hulu Etc...
Bubble or Plex is probably the best option but both will require a PC to handle the streaming.
It doesn't take much or affect the PC's ability to function but it will require an always on PC.
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I've just tried Bubble and it works with the launch device turned off. Exactly what I was looking for :good:
Avia is a paid app, I didn't try it. I'll look into Plex, thanks!
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I've just tried Bubble and it works with the launch device turned off. Exactly what I was looking for :good:
Avia is a paid app, I didn't try it. I'll look into Plex, thanks!
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In some respects Plex is a semi-paid app...
You don't need to pay to use it with a CCast but to get everythig requires a Plex pass account which has grown very expensive from the day when I bought my lifetime membership.
If Bubble works and the interface is not an issue then stick with it...
Plex is a little prettier and does full scraping of titles for a better display but if all you want to do is fling content you might not need all of that.
I don't have a chromecast but I just updated to TMO 4.4.2 for Moto X and I noticed that under display in settings, there is a cast screen option. I don't think its miracast as that is the option above Cast Screen. Does anyone know if this works with a chromecast? Screenshot:http://i57.tinypic.com/3027uqr.png
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Yes, it is for Chromecast. You have to set up Chromecast by installing the Chromecast extension in the Chrome browser on a PC. Follow the instructions to connect the Chromecast to your wifi network. Then with certain apps on your mobile device, you can 'cast' or stream content to the tv. It is still limited by available apps and does not yet mirror the screen for mobile devices, but you can get most local pics, videos, and music to the tv. And you can cast from cloud storage or from Chrome browser media content.
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Yes, it is for Chromecast. You have to set up Chromecast by installing the Chromecast extension in the Chrome browser on a PC. Follow the instructions to connect the Chromecast to your wifi network. Then with certain apps on your mobile device, you can 'cast' or stream content to the tv. It is still limited by available apps and does not yet mirror the screen for mobile devices, but you can get most local pics, videos, and music to the tv. And you can cast from cloud storage or from Chrome browser media content.
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Sorry, I might have worded it the wrong way. I know about casting app content such as Youtube and Play music. That being said, a separate option has appeared on my phone in Settings > Display. If you look at the photo that I attached earlier, there is a list item called "Cast screen". This item is separate from "Wireless Display", leading me to believe it is for the chromecast. I realize that currently there is no known NATIVE way to mirror the phones screen onto a chromecast (Other than Allcast/shou?/etc.). That is why I decided to post here to ask if anyone with a chromecast has tried the option or if it is even available on other devices. Thanks nevertheless.
I have a CC, but when I select "cast screen" it simply tells me no devices found. Guessing this is a work in progress that may work in the future.
will i be able to play local files without biting into data i have? from my macbook / android phone to google chromecast
please advise?
also is there a way to play xbmc to chromecast
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wakkaday said:
will i be able to play local files without biting into data i have? from my macbook / android phone to google chromecast
please advise?
also is there a way to play xbmc to chromecast
thank you
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Yes only the Player will use Internet, The actual local streaming does not need Internet access.
CCast uses Internet to load the player and then the file stream over local network no net required once the player is loaded.
As for playing XBMC to CCast best solution I have found is Yatse Remote but it requires in app one time payment to unlock local cast, Once there Install the cast Addon and the content on your XBMC HTPC can be streamed to your CCast.
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
ok thats good to know, could i play local files and continue browsing on my tablet / macbook for example....
would you reccomend getting one? or is roku streaming stick better
i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
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how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
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i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
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The player is just a download of a HTML5 app (except for Netflix), it should be tiny, and doesn't matter what you're playing.
Miracast is screen mirroring, so it requires your device to play the movie, and what you see on your device is what goes to the TV.
The advantage is that often times the device can play more via software like MX Player. The disadvantage is that you cannot do other things with your device while playing the movie as exactly what you see on your device is what appears on the TV. Not so good if you get an embarrassing text message or something, and it'll use a lot of battery power.
The advantage to Chromecast is that Chromecast itself does the playback.. Once you make the request to play a video, you can do whatever you want on your device - even turn it off. Your device (or another device on your network) acts as the remote control.
Personally I really like it - I can browse YouTube and add videos to the TV Queue while stuff is playing full-screen on the TV.
I can play a movie in Netflix for my family to watch while I browser other movies they might like.
If I need to leave, my wife can run the same app and connect to Chromecast so she can pause/play/change things.
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Probably no more than a few K to one MB.
thats good to know...
i will be mainly using my mac for downloaded content (so i need to install mac server) and then i need to install plex app for the chromecast right?
and for my android phone local files that will be via allcast?
whats the situation of playing local files via iphone?
and anything can be streamed across using the chrome browser...
i guess i will have to buy and experiement around and work it out, but thank you for your information
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thats good to know...
i will be mainly using my mac for downloaded content (so i need to install mac server) and then i need to install plex app for the chromecast right?
and for my android phone local files that will be via allcast?
whats the situation of playing local files via iphone?
and anything can be streamed across using the chrome browser...
i guess i will have to buy and experiement around and work it out, but thank you for your information
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No you do not install anything on the CCast it does that automatically to load whatever player App is required to work with your Mobile App...
Plex App will tell it to load the Plex player, aVia will tell it to load the aVia Player, Netflix tells it to load the Netflix player.
Once the player is loaded into the CCast (ie in Plex it says Plexc ready to cast) no further internet should be required to stream local content.
For local on device media I suggest BubbleUPnP or aVia but that local content needs to be compatible with CCast.
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ah ok thats explains it. i will be getting it delivered tomorrow....
when you say local content needs to be compatible, do you think i will be ok with the following...
i will be mainly trying to play avi and mkvs movies...
i know you can rename mkv to m2ts which some players will play
is real player cloud not a good app? thats free???
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ah ok thats explains it. i will be getting it delivered tomorrow....
when you say local content needs to be compatible, do you think i will be ok with the following...
i will be mainly trying to play avi and mkvs movies...
i know you can rename mkv to m2ts which some players will play
is real player cloud not a good app? thats free???
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CCast compatible means:
Container type MP4
Video Codec H.264
Audio Codec AAC or MP3
Video Bitrate not higher than 8Mbps
4-6 is a good compromise for compatibility with many devices and network conditions
RealPlayer Cloud is okay - but if your media is not Chromecast-compatible you have to upload it to their cloud and their servers will transcode it for you via their SurePlay feature.
You get 2GB of cloud for free and can get some additional storage by completing some tasks (referrals, share).
wakkaday said:
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
ok thats good to know, could i play local files and continue browsing on my tablet / macbook for example....
would you reccomend getting one? or is roku streaming stick better
i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
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Please download EZCast App from Google Play, it can cast local video,music,pdf,word,excel,PPT to your chromecast and show on TV.
i tried this with my chromecast
and it was quite fiddly getting files to play (i could change some files from mkv to mp4 and they played but some files the sound didnt play. however using plex server on mac and i beemed it across it played fine... however i noticed the data took a hit
i was just messing about wiht a few files video and it took around 300mb? it seems its playing over wifi...rather then locally...
am i doing something wrong
Casting uses all my home network bandwidth
I can use my Lenovo A7000-a phone to cast to a windows display. It works well. No 3rd party software is used on either the phone or my desktop. However, it consumes my entire (abysmally low - Hey! its the Philippines) 5MBps network bandwidth. No other user on the local home router can access the internet. I would have thought the casting would just be a connection across the router, is this NOT the case? How can I improve this so no other users are affected?
When I right click on a pic or vid it gives me the option to "cast to device", but it never finds the Chromecast. Everything that's supposed to see my Chromecast sees it, except this. Anyone get this to work?
Nope. I've had to do it through chrome browser. Allcast too.
Yeah that only works for devices Win 10 has installed as devices which the CCast isn't because Google has never made anything for the PC to cast other than the Browser.
Google really should look into opening up the cast screen function to work over any networked device wireless or not and create a CCast APp for PC that allows it to use the CCast with Windows Wireless Display adapter functions.
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Google really should look into opening up the cast screen function to work over any networked device wireless or not and create a CCast APp for PC that allows it to use the CCast with Windows Wireless Display adapter functions.
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Absolutely G should look into the way you advise.
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That Win10 function only works with Miracast (WiFi Direct) devices. I can get it to work with my Roku 3, for example, although only if I reduce the Win10 desktop resolution.
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That Win10 function only works with Miracast (WiFi Direct) devices. I can get it to work with my Roku 3, for example, although only if I reduce the Win10 desktop resolution.
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It also works on MS' own Wireless Display device....
I'm surprised it works on a Roku.
Truthfully it should work with any DLNA Target on the network and CCast should also identify itself as a DLNA Target.
The Roku 2/3/4 firmware optionally advertises a Mircast/WiDi Screen Mirror capability (still noted as beta-test status though). The MS Wireless Display device is also Miracast/WiDi (see https://www.microsoft.com/accessori...s-display-adapter/cg4-00001#devkit-highlights)
Not sure what you mean about DLNA - that's a different media streaming standard, nothing to do with screen mirroring. Are you thinking of DIAL? Roku also supports DIAL in their firmware, as did the original Chromecast firmware, but Google has moved on and customized the Chromecast protocol so that it is no longer DIAL compatible. Most Chromecast-compatible apps don't see the Roku DIAL receiver, but Youtube and Netflix still support DIAL, and they do see the Roku as an eligible DIAL cast receiver.
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The Roku 2/3/4 firmware optionally advertises a Mircast/WiDi Screen Mirror capability (still noted as beta-test status though). The MS Wireless Display device is also Miracast/WiDi (see https://www.microsoft.com/accessori...s-display-adapter/cg4-00001#devkit-highlights)
Not sure what you mean about DLNA - that's a different media streaming standard, nothing to do with screen mirroring. Are you thinking of DIAL? Roku also supports DIAL in their firmware, as did the original Chromecast firmware, but Google has moved on and customized the Chromecast protocol so that it is no longer DIAL compatible. Most Chromecast-compatible apps don't see the Roku DIAL receiver, but Youtube and Netflix still support DIAL, and they do see the Roku as an eligible DIAL cast receiver.
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Actually what I meant was UPnP which can also be identified as a DLNA renderer. The Cast To feature of Win10 is not a screen casting feature it is merely a way of sending media to other devices from the computer (similar to how DIAL operates).
To do screen casting you actually set that up in a different area of WIndows (where you add the wireless display adapter Miracast or MS) and configure it as part of a Multi-Monitor display array.
The Cast feature will work with Kodi Devices and other devices that identify themselves as Media Players/Renderers. Which most DLNA Target devices do.
Unfortunately the CCast doesn't do that. Mostly because it really just loads Webpages, doesn't think of itself or have the software to be considered a Media Player and requires a webpage to be loaded that can be targeted as a Media Renderer before you can send media to it.
It's something all the other Media Sticks and Devices do.
Just not there with the CCast.
I guess I haven't tried the Cast feature then, only the Screen Mirroring. I'll have to try Cast...
Cool, I didn't realize that was supported in Win10. Works perfectly to cast photos and videos from Win10 to my Roku 2.
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I guess I haven't tried the Cast feature then, only the Screen Mirroring. I'll have to try Cast...
Cool, I didn't realize that was supported in Win10. Works perfectly to cast photos and videos from Win10 to my Roku 2.
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Yep it's a nice feature that Win10 added.
Unfortunately they did not go all the way and include Pictures and Powerpoint to the Castable media types, Just Video and Audio.
I suppose because those items are not normally supported by DLNA/UPnP devices without specific software on the device to handle it.
But If MS put their mind to it they could use a video encode to trick those devices into thinking a Video was being sent.
I think they may have this option (or something similar) on Office 2013 and 365 but I'm still using 2007.
Going back to the post I made before this one....
I wonder if it would be possible to create an App that would throw the CCast into a DLNA Renderer mode?
I'm guessing the biggest hurdle would be the Google Automatic Timeout of idle Apps.
I wish Google would just make the default screen also identify as a DLNA/UPnP target. So you could send media to it outside of just what supports DIAL.
I can Cast photos from my Win10 laptop. Did you mean something different by Pictures?
I think the difficulty with turning the Chromecast into a DLNA renderer has already been mentioned: the Chromecast only plays streams from a web server, and DLNA is a different protocol. I suspect that Google's dev kit for Chromecast doesn't allow generic apps that don't fit their model.
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I can Cast photos from my Win10 laptop. Did you mean something different by Pictures?
I think the difficulty with turning the Chromecast into a DLNA renderer has already been mentioned: the Chromecast only plays streams from a web server, and DLNA is a different protocol. I suspect that Google's dev kit for Chromecast doesn't allow generic apps that don't fit their model.
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Well technically the CCast only loads Webpages and it is the WebPages that can receive and play streams.
So the CCast is whatever the webpage it loaded makes it be.
The Default screen makes it a Slideshow.
There is no reason why that default screen can't also add code to identify as a DLNA Renderer so you can send Content directly to it via means other than DIAL.
When you DO use DIAL it will go off the default page and load up the webpage and when the Webpage unloads it will go back to default making it into a DLNA Render target again.
In fact I think there maybe an Android app that does allow CCast to become a DLNA Render Target but because Google has a Idle TImeout period for all receiver apps you have to enable it each time you want to send content to it.
By putting that functionality in the Default screen it would always be available when the Device itself is in idle without any timeout due to idle because that is what the default screensaver is there for.
As for the Pictures you are right...Win10 Can send pics as well....