So, will this enable someone to write an app to mirror your whole device to the tv?
understood man
Think im gona start checkin out prices. We recently finally got home broadband and wifi so i can use one but until todays news i didnt really see the point since we can stream netflix and youtube through the wife's old wii. Hopefully this will open up some imaginative uses for it
understood man
Think im gona start checkin out prices. We recently finally got home broadband and wifi so i can use one but until todays news i didnt really see the point since we can stream netflix and youtube through the wife's old wii. Hopefully this will open up some imaginative uses for it
Thanks mate. We actually got a 2month free trial of home internet but not sure if were gona keep it yet. Ill have to do some reading on the chromecast lol i dont think i understand it fully.
I get that cloud services get streamed to it over wifi and the android device is really just a controller but what would be cool is if allcast worked by your device beaming straight to the dongle.
So what youre saying is even without home internet, i should be able to use phone hotspot for the tab and dongle and do it that way?
AllCast update brings Chromecast support
Allcast updated, you need version 4.2.34 of Google Play Services though.
You can sideload that by visiting Android Police if there's any trouble getting it from the Play Store.
Be sure to use it only with a compatible Android version and make a backup first.
I like the idea of being able to cast local media from the phone/tab, but I don't really have any practical need for it.
There is stuff on my phone it would be nice to cast, but plex and tabcasting generally work ok for me.
I thought about MHL, but I'd need to mess around with cables every time I wanted to watch something AND according to my other half, we don't need any more cables.
I'll probably mess about with allcast at some point, see if it gives better streaming results than plex and tabcasting.
MHL, is that just using a cord to plug into the tv?
plex now supports chromecast directly if you have their paid membership. I tried to get plex set up but kept having connection issues and thus had to give up on it. I tried to play some movies that I've ripped for playing on my tablet, but have been met with various issues (either no picture or no sound). I'm think the no sound is the same issue as always with .mkv files, but I think the no picture on other files might be allcast.
Yep. Some micro usb ports really aren't - they're Mobile HD Link ports that can work as either micro usb or output to HDMI with a powered adapter.
Mine sits just in front of the TV on the pedestal stand, it's not noticeable, and easy to just plug in my phone when I want.
And Avia is filling this role as well.
In addition to codecs matching, you have to limit the bit rate to whatever the casting app will support.
Container, codecs and bit rates lining up - required for Plex, Avia and Allcast.
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I understand the point of getting device casting to work, and I can dig it.
It's less hardware and more convenient to just have one hardware setup and then do everything else with software.
Once you get through the requirements.
I'm not knocking it, it's just not for me because I've been using MHL for years, it's cheap ($20 or less with cables) and it just works for me.
My home media goes through a third HDMI port from my HTPC and I have a remote for that. Been doing that since 2008.
If you don't have all that, casting probably makes a lot more sense.
But if have spare hardware, there are alternatives, that's all I meant.
Yeah, it's not a huge deal because my tablet has regular hdmi out that I can use. I just like to still be able to use my tablet while I watch something. First world problems, eh?
Are you casting from your home media server and controlling with your tablet, or using the tablet as the server?
You probably know this, but for those that don't, there's no such thing as a free lunch, so - for the second case, you can't expect high device response for normal use while having it serve high-density media.
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