Chromecast

[ajprice]

Has anybody tried sending BT Sport to a Chromecast? Either by the website on Chrome browser, or BT Sport Android app?

[bigandclever]

edeath said:

Corso Marche said:

Not having a Chromecast, that was going to be my question.

So I take it if I want to cast the entire screen from my laptop or tablet to the tv I should go for a Miracast device ?

Yes Miracast is what you need for that - plus I think it is only Nexus Devices that have this functionality. You can check by going to settings --> Display --> Check if there is a Cast Screen option (on non skinned Android). On the plus side a Miracast device will also be picked up by Windows 8(.1?) and can be used as a wireless 2nd screen!

You can display the whole screen with a Chromecast.

In Chrome, when you click the Google Cast icon, next to "Cast this tab to..." there is a little grey drop down arrow that has 3 options:
Cast current tab
Cast entire screen (experimental)
Audio mode

Obviously choose the middle one and it works fine.

[JDiz]

ajprice said:

Has anybody tried sending BT Sport to a Chromecast? Either by the website on Chrome browser, or BT Sport Android app?

Tried it with the chrome browser, lags slightly, but no sound due to silverlight. flash streams will work with sound but not bt website

[bigandclever]

ajprice said:

Has anybody tried sending BT Sport to a Chromecast? Either by the website on Chrome browser, or BT Sport Android app?

I can do it from Chrome, not got the Android app though. I find I have to use 480p (the lowest setting) to get anything like watchable video though. 'Extreme' (720p high bitrate) barely works at all. 'High' (720p) is better but still useless. Unfortunately, watching the same content on the laptop is perfect, so (I'm assuming) there's something not quite right with the Chromecast setup.

[ajprice]

Cheers JDiz and bigandclever

Been round to the parents, they have BT Sport as they've always had BT internet, no Youview box or fibre broadband, so they've got a laptop connected to the TV by HDMI cable today to watch the Moto GP quali, dad was asking about a Chromecast.

[james_tigerwoods]

I think I need one of these to work with my NAS.....

[bigandclever]

james_tigerwoods said:

I think I need one of these to work with my NAS.....

That's why I got one and it works fine ... up to a point.

.mp4 (specifically H.264 video and AAC audio) videos are great, no problems there.

My NAS (Synology ds413j) hasn't got the grunt (or the capability) to transcode other file types such that the Chromecast wlll play them; check that yours can, or you have another mechanism (like Plex running on another box and doing all the work). Right now, I'm struggling to find an acceptable way to play .avi files, with the kit at my disposal. If it's not abundantly clear, I'm no expert. This is doing my nut!

[tvrforever]

on slight irritation was nothing on the box, TV display or setup app on PC to show the Chromecast's MAC address - which meant setting up MAC Filtering on my Wifi Router was more painful than it should have been

But all working great now

[james_tigerwoods]

Thanks for the heads up - I usually use of have mp4 but I also have mkv files too..

My NAS, it seems, doesn't present the files in a proper web browser and when I click on the file, my browser tries to download the file and not just play it.

If I wanted to view my files in a UNC manner - is that possible?

[bigandclever]

(Not sure if this answers your question, but...) What you can do is map a network drive in Explorer to the NAS file structure. Then in Chrome use ctrl+o to find your file. Click the file you want and drag it to the Chrome address bar (so it Moves, not Copies) and then cast that tab. It works but, for me anyway, the video is now streaming to both laptop and Chromecast so there is definite juddering.

[james_tigerwoods]

bigandclever said:

(Not sure if this answers your question, but...) What you can do is map a network drive in Explorer to the NAS file structure. Then in Chrome use ctrl+o to find your file. Click the file you want and drag it to the Chrome address bar (so it Moves, not Copies) and then cast that tab. It works but, for me anyway, the video is now streaming to both laptop and Chromecast so there is definite juddering.

I tried that and but it didn't seem to work in my browser - I must have done something wrong.

I need to work out if I can present my movies in a different, http acceptable, way otherwise, this may be a non starter

[james_tigerwoods]

james_tigerwoods said:

bigandclever said:

(Not sure if this answers your question, but...) What you can do is map a network drive in Explorer to the NAS file structure. Then in Chrome use ctrl+o to find your file. Click the file you want and drag it to the Chrome address bar (so it Moves, not Copies) and then cast that tab. It works but, for me anyway, the video is now streaming to both laptop and Chromecast so there is definite juddering.

I tried that and but it didn't seem to work in my browser - I must have done something wrong.

I need to work out if I can present my movies in a different, http acceptable, way otherwise, this may be a non starter

I tell a lie - it now works. Odd.

Does the juddering go away when you close the laptop? How close is the ChromeCast to the data source?

[james_tigerwoods]

Very odd....

I have a ChromeCast now but when it's on and connected to the TV, it kills my internet connection and NO device can access the internet....

[LordGrover]

Does its IP address default to the same as your router or sopmething?

[bigandclever]

Is your router compatible?

https://support.google.com/chromecast/table/347783...

[james_tigerwoods]

It seems to be working now, in a fashion - It's a little jerky and sometimes just stops when I'm using Chrome.

Videos - well, that's working too, I can just open movies through UNC from in the browser, but that's jerky when casting.

More research needed I think

[Engineer1]

Is the Chromecast compatible with the new sky branded routers?

[Alex]

Engineer1 said:

Is the Chromecast compatible with the new sky branded routers?

I have one (Sky Hub 2) and the Chromecast works fine.

[james_tigerwoods]

I can see I can set the "Tab projection quality" to 480p, but I can't see how to save that setting as whenever I navigate away, it resets to 720..

[Glade]

Any way of streaming from the DVD drive on my PC direct to the chromecast.

E.g. DVD PC software that supports chromecast.

(Without ripping the DVD to the PC and playing it in chrome)

I don't want to stick a dvd box downstairs with the telly, because I hardly ever sit down there and watch TV, and I can stream films fine, but I'd like to do some fitness DVD's in the front room rather than smashing the floorboards to bits upstairs.