Screen mirroring

[Drawweight]

I’ve just put F1 tv on my iPad but I’m struggling to mirror it to my Samsung smart tv.

When I go to screen mirroring on the settings my tv isn’t there but I can cast YouTube on to it from the YouTube app.

Any ideas?

[MYOB]

I think it only works through Apple TV?

[skyebear]

Can you enable Airplay on your TV? Google your TV model to check if it's supported and how to enable it. Your iPad should then discover it.

[Mont Blanc]

Drawweight said:

I’ve just put F1 tv on my iPad but I’m struggling to mirror it to my Samsung smart tv.

When I go to screen mirroring on the settings my tv isn’t there but I can cast YouTube on to it from the YouTube app.

Any ideas?

If you can stream YouTube to your TV from your iPad, by pressing the stream/cast icon on the Youtube player window, and it then appears on your TV, then it sounds like all is working with both the TV and the iPad.

The next question becomes: What app are you using to watch the F1 on your iPad?

I ask this, as some apps prohibit you streaming or casting the screen to a TV.

[Sixpackpert]

If YouTube casts to the TV I see no reason why F1TV wouldn’t.

It works fine for me, iPad to LG tv.

[dickymint]

I have a USB C to HDMI cable to my Samsung TV - whenever I plug that into my Chromebook (or iPhone) it mirrors whatever I'm viewing. Unplug it and it's back to TV mode.

[JimbobVFR]

Sixpackpert said:

If YouTube casts to the TV I see no reason why F1TV wouldn’t.

It works fine for me, iPad to LG tv.

That's a bit of a presumption as there's different ways to achieve the same thing.

YouTube has its own pairing mechanism so a TV or streaming device with the official YT app can be linked to the phone app, the phone is then controlling the TVs app. This isn't the same as mirroring or Chromecast or airplay, for example my EeTV Pro Freeview box has a YT app so will work for YouTube in that manner but doesn't support any other mirroring protocol.

It all depends on what method the OP is using to "stream" YouTube as to wether it's relevant or not.

Edited by JimbobVFR on Sunday 7th September 12:24

[illmonkey]

F1TV block casting from my experience. At work I can't get it to work on any of the TV's from F1TV but everything else (YT etc) works.

So I just run a HDMI cable to a converter for the USB-C and it works fine.

Errrr, on my lunch break, obvs...