Seeking "help for dummies" re my Chromecast
I have tried in vain to cast from my laptop to my flatscreen TV in the coach using Chromecast and my Android "hot spot". I can get the TV to recognize and connect to my galaxy network. I use the An...
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I have never considered chromecast but I just got a new computer with Windows 8.1
The Windows app store has an application to work with Chromecast.
YOU need something on your computer (A TSR or background app) that can monitor the video and "Cast" it to the chromecast receiver.. Or you need a hardware device to do it external to the computer. I'm considering getting a Chromecast since two of my 3 TV's can support it and on one of them the USB functions are a pain and do not work reliably (The thing uses a USB stick to time shift shows, but it does a sloppy job of it and can only delay one show and if you return to live you loose the rest of the recording, the other one plays MP3 or MP4 files just fine if you load the flash drive from a computer. NOT sure if it can do MP2, yet.. (Will find out) I have a lot of MP2) The chrome case would go on the 1st.. NOTE: that one already monitors one computer (VGA though) There is an issue with the VGA so putting Chromecast app on the XP box it monitors might work too.
The Windows app store has an application to work with Chromecast.
YOU need something on your computer (A TSR or background app) that can monitor the video and "Cast" it to the chromecast receiver.. Or you need a hardware device to do it external to the computer. I'm considering getting a Chromecast since two of my 3 TV's can support it and on one of them the USB functions are a pain and do not work reliably (The thing uses a USB stick to time shift shows, but it does a sloppy job of it and can only delay one show and if you return to live you loose the rest of the recording, the other one plays MP3 or MP4 files just fine if you load the flash drive from a computer. NOT sure if it can do MP2, yet.. (Will find out) I have a lot of MP2) The chrome case would go on the 1st.. NOTE: that one already monitors one computer (VGA though) There is an issue with the VGA so putting Chromecast app on the XP box it monitors might work too.
