Chromecast

[onyx39]

onyx39 said:

Just trying to set mine up... The tv cannot see it

Eta now fixed ... Great piece of kit!

Edited by onyx39 on Sunday 13th April 14:00

Just upgraded my internet to Infinity 2, with unlimited download allowance, as opposed to the 40gb limit I previously had. I suspect that I will need it.

[oobster]

Chaps,

Got a Raspberry Pi downstairs attached up to a USB hard drive, and into my TV/AV combo. All working fine, films & tv shows etc selectable for watching on the main TV using either internet browser or our iPhones/iPad as remote controls.

Daughter has got a TV/DVD combo unit in her bedroom upstairs, with an unused HDMI socket.

Can I use the Chromecast to let my daughter watch files stored on the Pi hard drive (Pi is also connected to our wifi router) and control what she watched using the iPad as a remote?

[rich1231]

With Rasplex you should be able to.

That's Plex for the pi.

Plex is a great application.

[forest172]

james_tigerwoods said:

What are you using to draw on the screen?

Doodle cast

[marctwo]

JulianHJ said:

Just ordered one of these as I've been given a small TV which I'm going to use in the kitchen. Looking forward to it!

Make sure you install Plex!

[marctwo]

rich1231 said:

With Rasplex you should be able to.

That's Plex for the pi.

Plex is a great application.

This won't work. Rasplex and the Plex app for Chromecast are Plex clients. You will need to have Plex Media Server installed somewhere for the Plex clients to connect to and there isn't a version of Plex Media Server for the Pi.

The only way I can think of to do this would be connect the external drive to a PC and install Plex Media Server there. Then use Rasplex on the Pi and the Plex app on the Chromecast. You would have to make sure the PC was switched on when you wanted to watch something though.

[marctwo]

Actually, there may be another option:

Assuming you are running XBMC on your Pi, enable the UPnP/DLNA server function and then use a UPnP/DLNA client app on the Chromecast.

[Mr SFJ]

My Chromecast wonderfully decided to completely and spontaneously die on me whilst streaming a certain Mr Harris

Tried the usual stuff but no joy. Back to the shop it goes!

[richtea78]

Is Chromecast impacted by DRM?

I can watch Sky on my Ipad. Can I cast it to my TV with the module or is it limited?

[Mr SFJ]

It looks like you can't yet, but BT Sport, Netflix and iPlayer all do it so I doubt it'll be long before Sky jump onto the bandwagon aswell.

[gpb1]

I've got a spare 19" tv with an HDMI port that I want to use as a permanent digital photoframe. I was going to use an AppleTV, but could I use a Chromecast to show slideshows either from a shared drive or from cloud storage somewhere?

[Mr SFJ]

Whilst I expect you could, I wouldn't recommend it due to the bandwidth it'll suck up. If your tv has a usb port put the photos on that, wouldn't use any net connection then.

[gpb1]

Mr SFJ said:

Whilst I expect you could, I wouldn't recommend it due to the bandwidth it'll suck up. If your tv has a usb port put the photos on that, wouldn't use any net connection then.

Bandwidth isn't a big problem (I'm on 150MB/s unlimited broadband) and no USB port on the TV unfortunately.

[Tuvra]

gpb1 said:

Bandwidth isn't a big problem (I'm on 150MB/s unlimited broadband) and no USB port on the TV unfortunately.

The Chromecast will also need its own power socket if the TV doesn't have a USB slot. Not the end of the world but I have read a few reviews that bh about it.

[gpb1]

Tuvra said:

The Chromecast will also need its own power socket if the TV doesn't have a USB slot. Not the end of the world but I have read a few reviews that bh about it.

Yep I was aware of that - and plenty of power sockets available for the power supply.

[onyx39]

Mines broke

My fault too

[ZesPak]

onyx39 said:

Mines broke

My fault too

How?

[Glade]

Videostream for chromecast working well for me

Fitness dvd's ripped and done down in the front room.

[onyx39]

ZesPak said:

onyx39 said:

Mines broke

My fault too

How?

When I hung the tv back on the wall, I bent the connector

[LordGrover]

Bad luck fella.
The good news is they're cheap and plentiful.