Play back content to laptop via HDMI?
My laptop has an HDMI port, but it's for output and not for input. I don't know much about directionality of the HDMI signal, but I don't want to cast content from my laptop to my TV. I want to go the...
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Dave, I've never heard of Miracast used in this manner. I don't think it will do what you want.
What you need to watch video on your laptop is an HDMI USB3 or USBC capture dongle. This will bring an external HD video source via HDMI cable into your laptop.
HDMI capture dongle's have become quite inexpensive in recent years. This one is $18.99 on Amazon.com. Though don't have any experience with this particular brand. You don't need to install extra drivers, WIN10 has the drivers built-in. Just plug it in.
I bought another similarly priced dongle so I can use an older Sony sports camcorder as a webcam, as is has a zoom lens and image quality is far superior than any off the shelf webcam available. Quality of 1080HD is amazingly good.
What you need to watch video on your laptop is an HDMI USB3 or USBC capture dongle. This will bring an external HD video source via HDMI cable into your laptop.
HDMI capture dongle's have become quite inexpensive in recent years. This one is $18.99 on Amazon.com. Though don't have any experience with this particular brand. You don't need to install extra drivers, WIN10 has the drivers built-in. Just plug it in.
I bought another similarly priced dongle so I can use an older Sony sports camcorder as a webcam, as is has a zoom lens and image quality is far superior than any off the shelf webcam available. Quality of 1080HD is amazingly good.
