Hello Guys, please help me ti establish if this is a fixable issue or this is the standard behaviour of the CC.
I cast a photo to an LG Smart TV, I see a poor quality of the CC against sharing with DLNA smartshare function of the TV.
I tried to take a shot of the issue, do you see the differences?
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What do you think? If this is the CC quality I will send it back...
Thank you
The CC images seem to be scaled down, probably to less than 1080p, and the scaled up to fit the screen. But that is, what can happen when using the cloud. The images casted locally look fine with the apps I tried.
The important question here is exactly how are you using Chromecast to send those images?
Screen mirroring happens as device resolution - unless you have a 1080p device, you will not get fully quality.
Apps casting to Chromecast - that depends on the app.
It is also possible your Chromecast is negotiating a lower resolution with your TV. Can you tell from the TV what resolution input it is receiving?
bhiga said:
The important question here is exactly how are you using Chromecast to send those images?
Screen mirroring happens as device resolution - unless you have a 1080p device, you will not get fully quality.
Apps casting to Chromecast - that depends on the app.
It is also possible your Chromecast is negotiating a lower resolution with your TV. Can you tell from the TV what resolution input it is receiving?
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Also not out of the question that the 1K+ TV has a much better scaler than the $35 CCast! lol
TV can probably display the picture via DLNA at the Picture's native resolution where the CCast is scaling it to 1080P which on some images that are higher resolution would be compressed.
Try using this app second screen which let's you cast in your TVs native resolution
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free
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In order to run demos and project (for large audiences) what appears on the screen of my Nexus S, I'm looking for the best app (not necessarily free) able to do that via USB or WiFi.
Have you addressed the same need in the past?
Any suggestion?
Thanks
P.S. Being able to do that without installing any special software on the pc would be a plus
As far as I know, our phones don't have mhl support, so I don't think that you can do this. However there is an app Team viewer, where you can get your pc desktop on your phone. If that doesn't work maybe you can do a gallery of screenshots from the phone to the pc to show what you want? I don't know, hopefully that helps.
its low res but check out webkey in the market. it has a web based screen viewing function as part of its security features, pretty handy.
Hey,
There is an app called "MirrorOP" in the Googleplay market. Install it and then install "MirrorOP Reciever" for PC. Then you will be able to get your phone screen to PC. In the settings you can change the resolution and quality, so you can incerase fps to 25 fps (on the lowest settings).
PS: your nexus must be rooted
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Nevermind. Read the OP wrong.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitmaptest&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iaXRtYXB0ZXN0Il0.hey, try this. Crystal screen in play store.
If you just want static real-time screenshots, e.g., no animation, try AirDroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid). Your phone must have root and grant AirDroid root access to capture screenshots.
This is overkill but if you have the options, it works great.
If you have a Samsung SmartTV connecting to the same network your phone is on, download the app called SwipeIt on both the TV and the phone. You can then use SwipeIt to project your phone screen to the TV.
Thank you all for the kind help.
I really thought this was easier to do.
I tried most of the apps you recommended and they generally require an internet connection rather than a simpler one-to-one connection to the PC (in my case this could be an issue).
I'm now oriented to just record a session, download the video to the PC and play it to demo what I had to demo.
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I dont have the phone, but if i did, i would want to use it with a lapdock. Obviously, there is no webtop, just hdmi mirroring.
Someone had posted a picture showing that it basically uses the same resolution as the phone, just stretched out.
So my question is, do you think there will be the ability to scale that up to the full resolution?
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I dont have the phone, but if i did, i would want to use it with a lapdock. Obviously, there is no webtop, just hdmi mirroring.
Someone had posted a picture showing that it basically uses the same resolution as the phone, just stretched out.
So my question is, do you think there will be the ability to scale that up to the full resolution?
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Good question!!! well i dont knw about a lapdock but when i mirrored it to my TV i think it kept phones native resolution.... it didnt bump it to 1080p and since hdmi mirroring should be same through out... i think it will just keep 720p resolution.
since the resolution of lapdock is 1366x768 pix i think you should be fine with 720p resolution!!!
When I hook mine to my HDTV it does 720p 16:9 flawlessly. When I hook it to my LED monitor 16:9 1600x900 display it defaults to an anoying 1024x768 and it won't let me scale it vertically just horizontally so I get a distorted streched image with lame black bars on top. Does anyone know why or how I can fix this?
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When I hook mine to my HDTV it does 720p 16:9 flawlessly. When I hook it to my LED monitor 16:9 1600x900 display it defaults to an anoying 1024x768 and it won't let me scale it vertically just horizontally so I get a distorted streched image with lame black bars on top. Does anyone know why or how I can fix this?
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are is there a resolution setting in your settings>display menu ? i have on my a2.
try it with it and without connected, if it shows up
Overscan (aka scaling)
teeth_03 said:
I dont have the phone, but if i did, i would want to use it with a lapdock. Obviously, there is no webtop, just hdmi mirroring.
Someone had posted a picture showing that it basically uses the same resolution as the phone, just stretched out.
So my question is, do you think there will be the ability to scale that up to the full resolution?
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In the Display setting for the Atrix HD is an option called Overscan. It bassically allows for scaling the HDMI display when connected via the micro-HDMI port.
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Question...
There´s no way to turn off the soft buttons while gaming like in vids?
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hotrod010 said:
since the resolution of lapdock is 1366x768 pix i think you should be fine with 720p resolution!!!
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yup, the overscan option will pump the hdmi out to ,... 768p resolution ...
At least that's what it is doing on my Atrix 4G lapdock. the Atrix HD is able to fill the screen completely .
edit : yes I'm also stuck with the 3 buttons everywhere except Videos
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Is there a way to force the chromecast to display what is on the screen as rotated. I have a tv that is turned vertically and I want my vertical devices display to take up the whole screen.
If you stretched the image everyone would look like aliens...what I'm saying is it would massively distort the image.
Well thats good to know?!? So bavk to the question at hand... can the mirroring be forced to be displayed in a rotated state? Heres an example of my tvs orientation...
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Well thats good to know?!? So bavk to the question at hand... can the mirroring be forced to be displayed in a rotated state? Heres an example of my tvs orientation...
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No because the TV would have to do the rotating....
No matter how you turn the TV the TV still considers the TOP to be the TOP!
CCast has no ability to change that or re rotate its output on it's own....
The only way I can think of to do what you propose would be the use of an expensive device that can take any input and rotate it before it gets into the TV.
And those would cost in the thousands.
Do you have an example or a link to such a device?
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Do you have an example or a link to such a device?
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http://www.flexiblepicturesystems.com/images/FPS_OS-200_datasheet.pdf
I work in digital signage and we have 1,000s of screens which work like this. And software and hardware which deals with it. Its all commercial grade though, which the Chromecast isn't.
I'm sure technically the CC *could* do it, but I don't think google would spend time enabling it to be honest. So without rewriting a large chunk of the firmware, then no you can't.
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I work in digital signage and we have 1,000s of screens which work like this. And software and hardware which deals with it. Its all commercial grade though, which the Chromecast isn't.
I'm sure technically the CC *could* do it, but I don't think google would spend time enabling it to be honest. So without rewriting a large chunk of the firmware, then no you can't.
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You could perhaps code a custom app and CCast Receiver that could allow you to rotate video to the proper orientation.
The Difficulty would be in how you would go about doing that...
Two Methods I can think of are:
1 - rotate the video during transcode before sending it to the receiver app. (key issue will be power of a mobile unit to Transcode the Video)
2 - Create a receiver app that can rotate it's input on the fly. (probably difficult to pull off due to sandbox and memory limitations of the CCast)
The device I linked to above might very well work with a CCast since it has an HDMI input. But you may have to trick the device into multi Monitor upscaling mode to get the right effect.
I don't have any experience with the quicks or cheats on that device so be sure to give it a test run to ensure it meets your needs before you buy!
I would like to buy either the upcoming LG G6 or Samsung S8, but I'm afraid of how Chromecast mirroring will work with these new phones. Both phones have an ultra wide aspect ratio of roughly 18:9 in landscape mode, which would result in black bars on the top and bottom if mirrored directly to a standard 16:9 TV. What I'm *hoping" to learn is if the Chromecast app is smart enough to lop off the portion of the phone display that contains the nav buttons, which would conveniently leave a roughly 16:9 area to be mirrored.
Anybody know how this is going to work, and whether there are any workarounds to get mirrored images to fill the entire display area of a 16:9 TV?
"SecondScreen" - App for better mirroring of rooted devices
If you have a 16:9 TV and want to mirror the display of Android device which has a 18:9 ratio, use this app the app "SecondScreen" (https://www.xda-developers.com/cast-device-second-screen/) to set the resolution to 16:9 before casting to the Chromcast.
"Second Screen aims at providing you with a way to properly cast your screen so that it looks is best whenever you are showing it off to your friends and family. It does so by allowing for a user selectable resolution and even DPI in order to take full advantage of your TV."
UI Tuner
Pretty sure the manufacturers of those 18:9 2:1 PoSes will have this well sorted out, or at least they should.
It's already crappy enough to browse internet sh1te in 16:9 landscape with all of those squatter bars you can usually find in lots websh1tes (including THIS ONE, ffs).
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Alternatively, you can select a more standardized 16:9 resolution via UI Tuner and then cast the screen.
not to me
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If you have a 16:9 TV and want to mirror the display of Android device which has a 18:9 ratio, use this app the app "SecondScreen" (https://www.xda-developers.com/cast-device-second-screen/) to set the resolution to 16:9 before casting to the Chromcast.
"Second Screen aims at providing you with a way to properly cast your screen so that it looks is best whenever you are showing it off to your friends and family. It does so by allowing for a user selectable resolution and even DPI in order to take full advantage of your TV."
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have 2560x1600 tablet and 1920x1024 tv, with second screen app modifying resolution nothing happens, can only change over and down size only inside the 4:3 tv window, black lines ard almost there, does someone can help to solve?
I can't find my Chromecast when clicking on Smart View on my S21 Ultra. It still works on my Tab S4. What gives? Is there a fix or work around for this? Streaming still works with Google Home, but Google home does not work with, for example with Samsung TV. Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
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I can't find my Chromecast when clicking on Smart View on my S21 Ultra. It still works on my Tab S4. What gives? Is there a fix or work around for this? Streaming still works with Google Home, but Google home does not work with, for example with Samsung TV. Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
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Do you find your Samsung tv via smart things?
Just pull down the notifications and click on devices.
Smart view + chromecast has been disabled since One UI 3 I think. It'll still work with Samsung TVs. You now have to use the Google home app and enable screen mirroring.
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Smart view + chromecast has been disabled since One UI 3 I think. It'll still work with Samsung TVs. You now have to use the Google home app and enable screen mirroring.
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Well that's kinda annoying
Since SmartView 8.2.20.14 now has the "Google Cast" option which re-enables SmartView to find and mirror the screen on Google Chromecast, is there a way to force the app to update on my phone as it is a system app?
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I just got a message saying smart view services will end 10/2020 and to use the smart things app https://tutuapp.uno/ https://vidmate.cool/ . Then the app force closed I'm currently trying to connect the smart things app to my TV but it's super slow
I'm talking about Samsung's Smart View (com.samsung.android.smartmirroring)