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Chromecast Apps Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    Future Android version may support turning off the display while screen casting to save battery
    The ability to cast a phone’s screen to other devices like the Google Chromecast is an often understated feature. It can allow for a number of different types of content to be projected onto your TV screen. You can stream games, show off photos in your gallery, and a whole lot more. It’s even possible at times to stream normally uncastable content, such as content you may need a VPN to view.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    Did a chromecast with bluetooth support get release yet?

    I was hoping to get an update to the first generation in the sales.

    But looks like it is not available yet.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    corkie wrote: »
    Did a chromecast with bluetooth support get release yet?

    I was hoping to get an update to the first generation in the sales.

    But looks like it is not available yet.

    Never heard of such a thing, how would that work?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    Never heard of such a thing, how would that work?

    At a guess it would feed sound by Bluetooth, while casting a show. or the link suggests:-
    It’s possible that this would be for connecting peripherals like keyboards and gaming controllers.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    corkie wrote: »
    At a guess it would feed sound by Bluetooth, while casting a show.

    How would that offer any advantage over WiFi streaming?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    How would that offer any advantage over WiFi streaming?

    Cast a show to your TV and have sound on a Bluetooth device (coming from chromecast). Still stream over wifi.

    Old non smart TV's don't have Bluetooth.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    corkie wrote: »
    Cast a show to your TV and have sound on a Bluetooth device (coming from chromecast). Still stream over wifi.

    Old non smart TV's don't have Bluetooth.

    I'd have my doubts that would work very well. I've had the odd issue with audio sync with some lossy codecs using HDMI passthrough and that's over a cable. Google have only just allowed video Chromecasts be added to audio groups, their reason up to now was that they had no control of the latency over HDMI


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,836 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Rte player has been updated, looks decent and casting is now available.... Finally!

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    Rte player has been updated, looks decent and casting is now available.... Finally!

    Still no Android TV support


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,836 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Still no Android TV support

    A decent android TV should have chromecast built in.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    A decent android TV should have chromecast built in.

    Of course it does but I'd prefer a native TV app


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    [IrishTechNews] The New Chromecast Comes to Ireland

    Google Store €39.00

    ^^^ Other bricks and mortar (argos, harvey and currys) might also have the updated version soon


    It maybe over kill for some people's needs but a Mi Box S has chromecast ultra builtin.


    Also a rumor on reddit that there maybe a Google Android TV dongle in the works.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    corkie wrote: »
    [IrishTechNews] The New Chromecast Comes to Ireland

    Google Store €39.00

    ^^^ Other bricks and mortar (argos, harvey and currys) might also have the updated version soon


    It maybe over kill for some people's needs but a Mi Box S has chromecast ultra builtin.


    Also a rumor on reddit that there maybe a Google Android TV dongle in the works.

    The google link didn't work for me. I thought I read somewhere that the Chromecast Audio was also discontinued?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 jimdavey


    i used to work this yoke. it worked just briiiant. even worked with GARDA website!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    If you want a feature rich device, you need to pay for it... Get a Nvidia Shield, it has Bluetooth... Although it doesn't have the APTX Latency codec, but then you need expensive headphones for that functionality too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,374 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Bluefoam Why quote a 2018 post from a dead thread?

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Sorry for upsetting you... It was up close to the top of the category, so I just assumed it was recent. Just shows how little activity is happing on boards in general these days...



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