Little Green Yoda
Member
So I've been trying out the Chromecast with the mirroring...is the mirroring not HD? And when I mirror a webpage that streams video, I'm seeing a lot of jittering - is that normal?
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Chromecast |OT|
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
From a phone or from a computer? Stupidly it works great from my cellphone, but my PC which can play battlefield 4 at 1080p and simultaneously record a stream of it, isn't powerful enough to stream a webpage to the chromecast at 720p.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What's the best way to Steam video files over chromecast?
From your PC or something? I use Plex, which I find pretty much perfect. Its a variant of XBMC if you are familiar with that is a server program you install on your PC, and Chromecast enabled clients you put on your phone or tablet.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
From my phone, but I guess that solution is perfectly fine too.
Well from a phone, if you have a modern android phone it just works as you can just mirror your phone screen on the chromecast.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh really? Is it just a a setting in the chromecast app?
Its a setting in android. At least on 'pure' android theres a cast screen option in the settings which does screen mirroring.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hmm, weird. I found the case screen option but it can't find my Chromecast.
I think I'll try the Plex option though because most of my videos are on my PC anyway.
I think I'll try the Plex option though because most of my videos are on my PC anyway.
I have the same issue, using CM11 on my S4. Don't know why it doesn't find it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
OMG Plex with the plex mobile app is absolutely perfect for what I want.
Yeah. I love it.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
G+ got a cast option. Good for video hangouts.
The chrome browser.
You could use plex.
Not sure how many mac app makers can be bothered to support it. They probably prefer to support airplay.
Podcast addict also has an option for chromecast as well. It's my new player of choice because of its cost (free) and BeyondPod requires the pay key to chromecast.
question, why is this necessary? I just bought the Chromecast (godlike that you can keep browsing other tabs while it plays) but I thought you could mirror any tab? Why did you have to "adapt" to Chromecast?Hey guys.
I've just enabled Chromecast support on our stream player. Could some of you give it a try a tell me if 1080p60 works? For me it gets out of sync and it pauses, it doesn't seem to be buffering but simply the Chromecast not being able to handle the bitrate, but I'd rather be sure
All other resolutions starting with 1080p30 and below (include 720p60) work perfectly well.
My test video is the MGSV E3 trailer, but it's enabled for all videos:
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_m..._phantom_pain_e3_60_fps_trailer-32536_en.html
Make sure you use the html5 version and you should see the Cast button in the lower right corner of the actual player.
Thanks!
CrankyKong
Member
Can I stream a video I bought from itunes from my iphone to chromecast?
Thats pretty doubtful given the apple drm on video.
CrankyKong
Member
damn, thanks
You'd need an ios app that can play those videos and has chromecast support. Which I guess limits it to apples own apps, and they would never support chromecast.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
How good/bad does the desktop streaming work? I want to stream my desktop without having to run my long hdmi cable anymore. Is it still problematic or is it solid?
How fast is your computer? It really depends on how much horsepower you have.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
My desktop is a gaming rig.
How fast do you need? I was also considering my surface pro 1 since that's my laptop.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I've streamed from a surface pro 1 and it works fine, but not in full HD.
The Faceless Master
Member
heads up, refurbs are $15 on Groupon with a coupon code. saw it on slickdeals.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I have an A10-6800K and a GT760. Not great specs but pretty good but not good enough for chromecast streaming.
my i5-4670k can steam 720p, but it's not smooth all the time. I would think at least a i7 if you want it to be perfect.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Wow, really? I'll probably just skip on chromecast then. That's terrible.
Those impressions on tab casting seem kind of insane.
I was just experimenting with 1080p60 casting via the beta plugin (older gaming desktop, i5 2500k) and I was able to play a 1080p video off Vimeo full-screen and windowed with no stuttering (aside from a slight bit of pause when I full-screened the video.) Looking at Task Manager, CPU is at about 26% utilization when casting a windowed 1080p video, about 40% fullscreen, definitely not taxing my system.
That said, I'm running gigabit from the desktop to a high-end ASUS router sitting maybe ten feet from the dongle. Are you guys sure you're not network constrained?
I was just experimenting with 1080p60 casting via the beta plugin (older gaming desktop, i5 2500k) and I was able to play a 1080p video off Vimeo full-screen and windowed with no stuttering (aside from a slight bit of pause when I full-screened the video.) Looking at Task Manager, CPU is at about 26% utilization when casting a windowed 1080p video, about 40% fullscreen, definitely not taxing my system.
That said, I'm running gigabit from the desktop to a high-end ASUS router sitting maybe ten feet from the dongle. Are you guys sure you're not network constrained?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
My computer is ethernet to an airport extreme sat maybe 10 inches from my chromecast, it's definitely not a network issue, besides my Galaxy S4 can stream just fine.
hey Chromecasters! i had this little device for a while and love it! though, I do have an issue that is driving me nuts, I'm tab casting a flash video of a CFB I'm watching, the thing is whenever i command tab a game I'm playing, the video start losing audio feed then stops. The thing is, when I command tab back to Chrome the video resumes without a hitch. Any tips?
I've had that happen and just shrugging it off as annoying random disconnects. Mirroring & Tab casting are still big iffys for whatever reason. I feel Chromecast is underpowered for these even with a beefy rig. I run WiFi AC and had the router right next to my Chromecast and this still happens. I think it really depends on the how demanding the tab is, I've had longer stable success streaming Soundcloud than I have Twitch (in the past) for example.
Noticed this too, had to uninstall Crunchyroll, load up the webpage and mirror the webpage on my Android phone when wanted to use it. They obviously don't know about how bad the app user experience is.
Also, I loaded up the new Sunset Overdrive youtube videos this morning on my iPhone to Chromecast and noticed there was my normal Chromecast display AND Xbox-SysOS or something like that? I'm wondering if I can beam Youtube to my Xbox One (ala Chromecast style) somehow, I don't even know why it would display. I'll have to test this when I get home.
That's odd. I find Chromecast streaming quality, specially Netflix, pretty great.
Granted, I do not have a PS4. So it's possible that via the PS4 you get a much better bit stream.
How far is it to the router?
Basically, it's bandwidth and signal strength determinate.
I have a PS4 and typically prefer to just use Chromecast if possible - haven't noticed anything lacking in the quality comparatively (Netflix, Crunchyroll, HBO GO is what I typically use my Chromecast for)
Yeah. I have a PS4 (among other things) and I tend to prefer just using the Chromecast for streaming. I guess the limitations are related to bitrate (hopefully a wired AndroidTV box would solve this) and audio codecs.
it's probably a foot and a half to two feet away. I also tried using my iPad Mini retina & I still seem to have the same problems. Netflix will tend to have a grainy look to it. maybe I need a better router? the video quality is passable don't get me wrong but it's definitely not up there with what I was getting with my ps4. just a little annoyed and hoping there's some sort of technical thing I can do to maybe help I appreciate your guys advice
I'd check the following:
1. Wifi bandwidth
2. Hard reset the chromecast
3. Use an app like Wifi Analyzer to see if you should switch channel
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Was the PS4 hard wired?