Hi,
I read that Nokia 8, being pure Android, supports only Chromecast and not Miracast. Is that only for casting the screen? If I wish to connect to a Fire Stick to type in details etc., is that possible? Similarly, is it possible to cast a video played over YouTube to the TV using Fire Stick?
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It's driving me nuts. The only thing that stops the the Nexus 7 being nothing more than a toy or glorified ebook for me is the fact I cannot find any form of big screen streaming for it. My 2 year old phone has MHL abilities which is okay but someone must know if there are any plans for the Nexus 7? It seems to be ridiculous to have such a powerful device and not be able to use it on a bigger screen.
I've searched back 10 pages on this subject and found nothing so welcome any fresh perspectives on it.
BubbleUPnP and make a DLNA server, I use it to connect to my TV and Xbox.
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moosh3 said:
BubbleUPnP and make a DLNA server, I use it to connect to my TV and Xbox.
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+1 to BubbleUPnP...
Though screen mirroring is not possible in BubbleUPnP, you can throw any media from it to your TV or other
DLNA enabled devices...
Luckily, my TV has WiFi dongle and Wi-Fi direct feature...
so, once my device is connected to the TV via WiFi-direct, launch BubbleUPnP and select the TV as renderer, I can
throw any media to the TV...
I'm also hoping and wishing for the screen mirroring...
Hi I will look at BubbleUPnP, I've been using Skifta for the time being which does DNLA quite well.
I use my PS3 as a receiver but it doesn't support many file formats.
It's a real shame the Nexus doesn't at least support MHL.
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Except mkv files, right?
With a raspberry pi and tassadar's android transporter rom mirroring is possible with reasonable response times
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maizein said:
Except mkv files, right?
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I haven't tried mkv files yet...
I will try it out...
I love tab casting from my pc, but it's in another room. I can't pause video that I'm watching. Will chrome for android be getting an update to allow tab casting?
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I love tab casting from my pc, but it's in another room. I can't pause video that I'm watching. Will chrome for android be getting an update to allow tab casting?
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i have been trying to find this out myself.... i wonder if this is possible with a rotted chromecast? any thoughts?
You could use splashtop to connect to the pc casting, and control like that. I do not have a chromecast yet, but that is what I plan on doing as my main pc is several rooms away from the living room tv.
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You could use splashtop to connect to the pc casting, and control like that. I do not have a chromecast yet, but that is what I plan on doing as my main pc is several rooms away from the living room tv.
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I use Splashtop to cast tabs to my TV via my tablet and it works brilliantly :good:. My PC is in another room but is cabled to the router which sits next to the TV.
So I read that only the new nexus 7 has the updated Netflix app that allows for HD Netflix streaming using chrome cast.
I found this out because everything I streamed from Netflix (from my s4) was in standard def.
Anyone have a workaround for this yet??
I streamed from my S4 a few days ago. It was standard def for a minute or two, then went to full HD.
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So I read that only the new nexus 7 has the updated Netflix app that allows for HD Netflix streaming using chrome cast.
I found this out because everything I streamed from Netflix (from my s4) was in standard def.
Anyone have a workaround for this yet??
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1: any 4.3 device streams in 1080P
2: the Chromecast doesn't stream from your device. Your device is a glorified remote. It will stream the highest resolution it can from Netflix with your bandwidth
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1: any 4.3 device streams in 1080P
2: the Chromecast doesn't stream from your device. Your device is a glorified remote. It will stream the highest resolution it can from Netflix with your bandwidth
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1. I was under the impression that 4.3 devices still need the right DRM support - so a 4.3 custom ROM may not support full HD in Netflix.
2. Right, Chromecast will stream up to 1080p no matter where the cast is initiated from.
Although since my TV is only 720p, I wish I could save bandwidth by limiting the streaming to that resolution.
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Is there any Netflix movie that really streams at 1080p? If so let me know which one please.
All the movies I tried on my computer didn't even had a real 720p quality even if the HD button was activated. So if it really was 720p, it definitely didn't look like so good as some 720p videos that you can find on torrent sites, youtube or vimeo...
On my Galaxy Note 2 it's even worst, the quality is similar to 480p at his best.
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Streaming on your computer will be lower quality than through Chromecast. Many of the content providers for Netflix do not trust desktop OSes to provide a sufficient level of DRM, so they limit the streaming resolution. On Chromecast it streams at the highest possible resolution. However I can't vouch for which content streams at true 1080p because I only have a 720p TV.
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So I read that only the new nexus 7 has the updated Netflix app that allows for HD Netflix streaming using chrome cast.
I found this out because everything I streamed from Netflix (from my s4) was in standard def.
Anyone have a workaround for this yet??
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The new Nexus 7 can stream 1080P on the device since it has a 1080P screen. It has nothing to do with streaming through Chromecast. The new/old Nexus 7 and any other Android device will stream the same exact quality through Chromecast to your TV.
When you setup your chromecast on your S4 you didn't have an update for the Netflix app? It may have just been random but when I set mine up last week on my s4 there was an update available. Anyway it streams at 1080p to Netflix really well. I'm sure there are older shows/movies on Netflix that are still in SD but I tried that new show orange is the new black and it steams at 1080p and looks awesome. The post above me seems the most logical way it would work.
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1: any 4.3 device streams in 1080P
2: the Chromecast doesn't stream from your device. Your device is a glorified remote. It will stream the highest resolution it can from Netflix with your bandwidth
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cmstlist said:
1. I was under the impression that 4.3 devices still need the right DRM support - so a 4.3 custom ROM may not support full HD in Netflix.
2. Right, Chromecast will stream up to 1080p no matter where the cast is initiated from.
Although since my TV is only 720p, I wish I could save bandwidth by limiting the streaming to that resolution.
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1. Only the Nexus 7 streams full HD from Netflix. (When referring to android devices)
2.Chromecast will pull the stream from the internet (not your device) and stream what it can. Not sure if it does full HD though (1080p).
Edit: It seems that the chromecast will stream 1080p Netflix and YouTube, Tab-casting is limited to 720p however.
I can confirm that the Nexus 7 limitation is hard coded in the app. It specifically checks for the Nexus 7 device, not for a certain feature. I have removed that check in my modified Netflix App, it might be what OP is looking for. I have not yet tried to disable the check for Android 4.3, as I've for now simply assumed that that is actually important.
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I can confirm that the Nexus 7 limitation is hard coded in the app. It specifically checks for the Nexus 7 device, not for a certain feature. I have removed that check in my modified Netflix App, it might be what OP is looking for. I have not yet tried to disable the check for Android 4.3, as I've for now simply assumed that that is actually important.
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Hey Keychar, I sent you a PM regarding continuing your netflix HD hack.
Now that you can use a TV remote to control the Chromecast using HDMI-CEC, would there be any way in the future to install an Android TV ROM, say from the Nexus Player, and use the Chromecast with the TV's remote as an Android TV?
Thanks,
Nick
Thats not possible. Chromecast doesnt have a os installed and android tv has 3gb of size while chromecast has only 1 gb of memory
Chromecast is same as screen mirroring??
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Rohan12345 said:
Chromecast is same as screen mirroring??
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Chromecast is a hardware and it has its own app called chromecast too. Screen mirroing is an ability to copy and reproduce the same thing you are watching on your phone/tablet/pc on your tv
Hello,
I would like to know if Fire 7 or 8 is able to play videos on a local Plex server with the Plex application ?
Is wifi good enough for this ?
Does the tablet support 1080p files?
Thanks
My wife uses a fire 7 tablet from 2015 to watch plex. Works on wifi with no issue.
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