Related
y2cast is released.
You could download it from google play store.
y2cast is a DLNA/UPnP media render, which could forward media to chromecast.
You could push media from iphone/ipad, android phone/pad, PC (windows, linux, mac) etc to y2cast.
e.g.: wondershare, moliplayer, pptv, kuaishou, targetv.
Keyword: chromecast, googlecast, DLNA, UPnP
User guide:
code.google.com/p/y2cast
1. Select your chromecast.
2. Press "Home", go to your video APP, e.g.: wondershare, moliplayer, pptv, kuaishou, targetv.
3. Play a video in your video APP.
4. Select "Push" in your video APP.
5. Select y2cast as DLNA/UPnP render.
6. Done.
You could cast local media, LAN, online video to y2cast, then to chromecast.
y2cast could let xbmc cast to chromecast too:
http://www.xbmchub.com/forums/threa...oid(Y2Cast-amp-Moliplayer)-to-Chromecast-Free!
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.liby2cast.app
Thanks I'll check this out when I get home.
making CCast a DLNA Renderer is one of the things I always thought CCast should do but doesn't.
It should really do it as part of the default home page as Google insists on a 5 Min receiver app timeout if idle.
I'm assuming that timeout is present and if you don't select media within that time frame we will have to re-activate the renderer app?
Or have you found some way around that on the sending side instead?
Neat idea! I'd like to see a PC app/service that could present a DLNA renderer for every Chromecast on the network and do transcoding. I'd rather not use up my batt on the phone and a universal dlna->chromecast mapper running on a fast PC would be sweet!
rkirmeier said:
Neat idea! I'd like to see a PC app/service that could present a DLNA renderer for every Chromecast on the network and do transcoding. I'd rather not use up my batt on the phone and a universal dlna->chromecast mapper running on a fast PC would be sweet!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually, y2cast is only a render (DMR), not a player (DMP).
After you push media to y2cast, y2cast will forward media to chromecast.
chromecast will get the link of media, and starts to play it.
After chromecast started to play it, you could even quit y2cast.
Media file will keep playing on chromecast since chromecast already gets the link.
If you want to push a new media or control playback (pause/seek), you could run y2cast again.
After connected y2cast to chromecast, you could pause/seek the media which is still playing.
heres a dropbox link for them in a zip file.
its 172 files. not sure what happened with my chrome extension but i got them, probably with duplicates. I'm too lazy to sift through them though
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7a8zruliyilz7l/Chromecast Wallpapers.zip
mimepp said:
Actually, y2cast is only a render (DMR), not a player (DMP).
After you push media to y2cast, y2cast will forward media to chromecast.
chromecast will get the link of media, and starts to play it.
After chromecast started to play it, you could even quit y2cast.
Media file will keep playing on chromecast since chromecast already gets the link.
If you want to push a new media or control playback (pause/seek), you could run y2cast again.
After connected y2cast to chromecast, you could pause/seek the media which is still playing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting... Thanks for the clarification.
I don't understand step 4. Select "Push" in your video APP. Basically I play a video in my favorite app moliplayer or mxplayer but I can't see an option to "push" at all. What am I doing wrong?
kawaiichi said:
I don't understand step 4. Select "Push" in your video APP. Basically I play a video in my favorite app moliplayer or mxplayer but I can't see an option to "push" at all. What am I doing wrong?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In moliplayer there's an option (select the settings menu while playing a video, render to : ) to select a external rendering device
If you have ys2 running in the background, then it will show up in moliplayer, which will then cast it to your cc
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk
drivenby said:
In moliplayer there's an option (select the settings menu while playing a video, render to : ) to select a external rendering device
If you have ys2 running in the background, then it will show up in moliplayer, which will then cast it to your cc
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I found it in moliplayer, but not in mxplayer
kawaiichi said:
Thanks, I found it in moliplayer, but not in mxplayer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it should be noted that this requires using a player app that can target DLNA Renderers.
I do not believe MX Player supports that feature.
Hi,
To push from an Ipad, you have to first start the y2cast program from an Android phone. So, why wouldn't you just also push from the Android phone instead of the Ipad. Am I missing something or is an Ipad version of y2cast coming where you wouldn't need the Android phone? Or would this work with 2 Chromecasts at the same time once you started y2cast, one for the phone and one from the Ipad?
Thanks
Think about this case:
You have an Android phone, your wife has a ipad.
She'd like to use ipad to push media file to chromecase, not operate on your Android phone, right?
Hi Again,
I was trying to get this working on my computer without a phone using Bluestacks, an android emulator. It works the same as on the phone except the cast button doesn't show up on Y2Cast. Is there any way to get the cast button to show up that you know of or is it not possible.
Thanks
I do not try bluestacks, but please make sure y2cast and chromecast is under the same LAN, otherwise, it could not find chromecast.
it seems bluestacks has different IP address, and it could not be changed.
vincent1964 said:
Hi,
To push from an Ipad, you have to first start the y2cast program from an Android phone. So, why wouldn't you just also push from the Android phone instead of the Ipad. Am I missing something or is an Ipad version of y2cast coming where you wouldn't need the Android phone? Or would this work with 2 Chromecasts at the same time once you started y2cast, one for the phone and one from the Ipad?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Depends on what people are watching. Because not all apps on Ipad are available on Android and vice versa. Or you may prefer how smoothly certain apps run on Ipad versus Android, or vice versa. I've tested it from our Ipad Air and I think it's brilliant.
Yes, it would be nice and tidy if y2cast was available for IOS. But this is a very cool work-around. Keep in mind you're still relegated to using apps that support DLNA. What would make y2cast even cooler is if it supported Airplay. Because I also tested apps on the Ipad that only support Airplay and the Airplay button was grayed out. I was hoping for some miracle that it would allow me to Airplay to y2cast. LOL! But it can't. You need DLNA supported apps.
The seekbar is definatelt smoother than allcast, shows the timer changing but the seek head returns to the beginning
ermacwins said:
The seekbar is definatelt smoother than allcast, shows the timer changing but the seek head returns to the beginning
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which app are you using with y2cast? moliplayer?
mimepp said:
Which app are you using with y2cast? moliplayer?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep moliplayer, forgot to mention it
All cast .avi video support from my android
I'm finding that I can't cast .avi files with Allcast or this app. Will there be any support? Mp4 files are the only video types I see. Further more, I've tried a lot of other cast apps for .avi files on my android nexus 7 and they just give a black screen and broken audio. Anyone had any success? Do tell!
Thanks.
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
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
wakkaday said:
how much internet do you think the player will need ? for a movie for example
...
i believe miracast doesnt uses another technology which doesnt use data, but another way of using the internet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
wakkaday said:
how much internet do you think the player will need ? .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
wakkaday said:
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
\
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???
wakkaday said:
\
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???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
I directly sent both local media from my device and internet media to chromecast connected to WiFi AP in tethered mode from same device: a thing that was deemed impossible.
Procedure:
1) started WiFi tethering on main device (Galaxy Note 2, N7100, 4.1.2 firmware, N.E.A.K kernel);
2) long pressed chromecast button to reset and start configuration;
3) used a second android device, with chromecast application, to configure the chromecast dongle with main device WiFi cloud;
4) turned off second device;
5) started Bubbleupnp on main device;
6) in devices tab, selected chromecast as renderer and "local media server" as library;
7) then in library tab, chose a video, and believe it or not it started playing on chromecast yabbadabbadoo!
I also successfully casted music files, Google plus photos, dropbox files, and whatnot from Bubbleupnp.
Then I tried another app, mirror4cast, which mirrors the android device screen to chromecast, and you know, this worked perfectly too
Finally, I got arrogant and decided to try YouTube. The official app does not recognize the chromecast dongle in this setup, so instead of using it, I opened my browser (mobile Firefox) and loaded a web page with several embedded YouTube videos. To send them to the chromecast dongle, I used another third party application, Web Video Caster. Full success, in fact I am enjoying a Rolling Stones video while writing this
Now people please experiment and confirm my findings, to exclude I am hallucinating or I got an happily defective unit…
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
mirror2cast? can't find an app in that name, can I get the link?
Sorry, it's mirror4cast
Mirror4cast
Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.libmirror4cast.app.free.trial
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
debernardis said:
I directly sent both local media from my device and internet media to chromecast connected to WiFi AP in tethered mode from same device: a thing that was deemed impossible.
Procedure:
1) started WiFi tethering on main device (Galaxy Note 2, N7100, 4.1.2 firmware, N.E.A.K kernel);
2) long pressed chromecast button to reset and start configuration;
3) used a second android device, with chromecast application, to configure the chromecast dongle with main device WiFi cloud;
4) turned off second device;
5) started Bubbleupnp on main device;
6) in devices tab, selected chromecast as renderer and "local media server" as library;
7) then in library tab, chose a video, and believe it or not it started playing on chromecast yabbadabbadoo!
I also successfully casted music files, Google plus photos, dropbox files, and whatnot from Bubbleupnp.
Then I tried another app, mirror4cast, which mirrors the android device screen to chromecast, and you know, this worked perfectly too
Finally, I got arrogant and decided to try YouTube. The official app does not recognize the chromecast dongle in this setup, so instead of using it, I opened my browser (mobile Firefox) and loaded a web page with several embedded YouTube videos. To send them to the chromecast dongle, I used another third party application, Web Video Caster. Full success, in fact I am enjoying a Rolling Stones video while writing this
Now people please experiment and confirm my findings, to exclude I am hallucinating or I got an happily defective unit…
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will try this method...
Is this Different than just using AllCast. Doesn't AllCast stream directly?
player911 said:
Is this Different than just using AllCast. Doesn't AllCast stream directly?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AllCast streams media directly from the device to Chromecast.
mirror4cast streams what's on the device's screen (including UI) to Chromecast.
"Normal" aka "optimized" streaming with Chromecast is not dependent on the controlling device (after the cast is started) - Chromecast itself goes and retrieves the video stream directly.
bhiga said:
AllCast streams media directly from the device to Chromecast.
mirror4cast streams what's on the device's screen (including UI) to Chromecast.
"Normal" aka "optimized" streaming with Chromecast is not dependent on the controlling device (after the cast is started) - Chromecast itself goes and retrieves the video stream directly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea I know how it normally works. So this just does screen mirroring vs local streaming as with AllCast.
Mirror4Cast = Mirroring phone screen content to TV
AllCast = Media Streaming content to TV
Nice
debernardis said:
I directly sent both local media from my device and internet media to chromecast connected to WiFi AP in tethered mode from same device: a thing that was deemed impossible.
Procedure:
1) started WiFi tethering on main device (Galaxy Note 2, N7100, 4.1.2 firmware, N.E.A.K kernel);
2) long pressed chromecast button to reset and start configuration;
3) used a second android device, with chromecast application, to configure the chromecast dongle with main device WiFi cloud;
4) turned off second device;
5) started Bubbleupnp on main device;
6) in devices tab, selected chromecast as renderer and "local media server" as library;
7) then in library tab, chose a video, and believe it or not it started playing on chromecast yabbadabbadoo!
I also successfully casted music files, Google plus photos, dropbox files, and whatnot from Bubbleupnp.
Then I tried another app, mirror4cast, which mirrors the android device screen to chromecast, and you know, this worked perfectly too
Finally, I got arrogant and decided to try YouTube. The official app does not recognize the chromecast dongle in this setup, so instead of using it, I opened my browser (mobile Firefox) and loaded a web page with several embedded YouTube videos. To send them to the chromecast dongle, I used another third party application, Web Video Caster. Full success, in fact I am enjoying a Rolling Stones video while writing this
Now people please experiment and confirm my findings, to exclude I am hallucinating or I got an happily defective unit…
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is this dependent on the ROM and/or kernel you are using? Did the kernel developer do something special?
rkirmeier said:
Is this dependent on the ROM and/or kernel you are using? Did the kernel developer do something special?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Might just be some built-in intelligent routing or bridging.
I am using the N.E.A.K. kernel for the Note 2. Stock firmware 4.1.2.
I don't know if this kernel has any special features which allow what I described.
Still hope that someone tries on his own to confirm my findings.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
debernardis said:
I directly sent both local media from my device and internet media to chromecast connected to WiFi AP in tethered mode from same device: a thing that was deemed impossible.
Procedure:
1) started WiFi tethering on main device (Galaxy Note 2, N7100, 4.1.2 firmware, N.E.A.K kernel);
2) long pressed chromecast button to reset and start configuration;
3) used a second android device, with chromecast application, to configure the chromecast dongle with main device WiFi cloud;
4) turned off second device;
5) started Bubbleupnp on main device;
6) in devices tab, selected chromecast as renderer and "local media server" as library;
7) then in library tab, chose a video, and believe it or not it started playing on chromecast yabbadabbadoo!
I also successfully casted music files, Google plus photos, dropbox files, and whatnot from Bubbleupnp.
Then I tried another app, mirror4cast, which mirrors the android device screen to chromecast, and you know, this worked perfectly too
Finally, I got arrogant and decided to try YouTube. The official app does not recognize the chromecast dongle in this setup, so instead of using it, I opened my browser (mobile Firefox) and loaded a web page with several embedded YouTube videos. To send them to the chromecast dongle, I used another third party application, Web Video Caster. Full success, in fact I am enjoying a Rolling Stones video while writing this
Now people please experiment and confirm my findings, to exclude I am hallucinating or I got an happily defective unit…
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Question in order to use bubbleupnp do you need to install any server application or software on the desktop which need to on when you want to use bubbleupnp or no as I am having problem casting trough that thanks
Of course the setting I described doesn't include any external desktop server , only phone and chromecast. This allows to show only chromecast - compatible media, not those that have to be converted on the fly.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I'm replying to let you know that this method works perfectly. I just bought a Chromecast yesterday for work. I assumed before buying it that I could just stream directly from my phone to the Chromecast without a WiFi network, not realising what an issue this was. I spent about an hour fooling around with it and stumbled upon bubbleupnp by accident. I hadn't figured out the streaming from online part yet though so well done on that. If it's of any use to anyone I am doing this from a galaxy S5 using the stock ROM with no root so I don't think the OP's custom ROM or Kernel enable anything special. I tried most of the other DLNA and upnp apps and none worked as well for me as bubbleupnp did.
OP, I found bubble plays the MP4's just fine but I can't get AVI's working, have you figured out a way to transcoded on the fly without the need for a PC?
I can get some avi files to show, other not, and haven't investigated yet where is the difference. I don't think it's easy to transcode on the fly with the phone's processor, even if maybe with the most recent ones that might be feasible. We should look for something like the bubbleupnp server.
Maybe running it in a Linux session on the same phone?
I'll look into that.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Apps can only stream video that the Chromecast supports naitively. I found a short list of other apps that work this way on my Nexus 5.
Real Player Cloud - free. Stream videos and music directly from device or the 3GB of online storage you get, also for free.
Tv Portal - donate for the Chromecast patch. Stream a pretty large list of recent TV and movies.
Vevo - free. Stream full concerts and music videos.
Google+ photos - free. Stream pictures and videos from your online backup.
Stevie - free. Facebook and Twitter as a stream.
Google Play Music - free app paid subscription (it should stream without a subscription if you buy music by the track or upload your own). Stream music from Google Servers.
I gave it a try and it worked great, but I thought, what will happen if my phone doesn't have a data signal? So I made a bogus APN so that I wouldn't have any signal and then turned on the hotspot and tried it. No luck, chomecast wants to verify that it is connected to the internet before you can cast anything to it. Can anyone find a way around this little problem?
Yes, I second that. When I tried to hook my Chromecast to the wifi ap *without* a second device (giving the Chromecast the sid of my WiFi ap and - only afterwards - starting WiFi tethering) it worked for a while than stopped complaining that it could not authenticate with Google Play Services.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
New mirror feature works over AP on my nexus 5!!!
Also mirror4cast mirrored on internal AP in tethering mode. Good for presentations on the go.
debernardis said:
Also mirror4cast mirrored on internal AP in tethering mode. Good for presentations on the go.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm trying to have the chromecast connect to my phones wifi tether hotspot but in doing so I cannot enable a wifi connection to then connect to the chromecast. The chromecast app says it needs to turn wifi back on and thus tethering off. I'm using the MirrorEnabler for chromecast.
Is there any way to force data to be used for internet while my phones wifi is connected to a internetless router along with the chromecast? This is the closest ive got aside from the chromecast still needing some sort of validation from the internet to allow me to stream to it. I was able to test this locally and after setting up screencasting, I disconnected the router and was still able to stream the screen. I however lost the ability for my phone to get content as well.
A usually hidden chromecast wifi network also popped up on my phone once and I was able to directly connect to my chromecasts wifi and screencast that way. I haven't seen it since however.
So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
sawyerbenjamin said:
So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Popcorn Time
I noticed I get the icon to mirror my phone to my LG tv immediately when I'm using my youtube app but not when I play a movie with the stock video player. Is there a video app that has built in Miracast? I'll try VLC since it mentions Miracast and see when I get home.
jeffrimerman said:
I noticed I get the icon to mirror my phone to my LG tv immediately when I'm using my youtube app but not when I play a movie with the stock video player. Is there a video app that has built in Miracast? I'll try VLC since it mentions Miracast and see when I get home.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Native miracast is hit and miss as Google seems to have coded it to not fully work as to move users to Chromecast. Try LocalCast on playstore and play with the settings to see if that works.
I personally have never been able to cast successfully on my N6. I caved in and bought a Chromecast lol
I'll probably get a roku and I think it can cast to it but it might need a casting app for the roku and for the phone