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Chromecast - what can it cast?

  • 04-11-2018 8:44pm
    #1
    noelfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I would appreciate help using Chromecast to cast onto a TV from my phone (Huawei Y6 2018).



    I can get ‘All 4’ and ‘CNN’. I use Virgin Media Full House, 100, 240 Mb on my TV. What other apps should cast onto the TV? I can get Netflix from my TV (channel 300 and 999). So far I cannot get Youtube.


    Is Chromecast really worthwhile?


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  • #2
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,264 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    YouTube should cast first time. I use Videostream player within Chrome on the laptop to play videos.


  • #3
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,691 ✭✭✭s3rtvdbwfj81ch


    VLC and Soda player also have cast features iirc, although there are privacy issues with Soda apparently.

    Spotify casts, so does the BBC player if you can vpn I think.

    What's the CNN thing?


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


    Open the play store and search for Chromecast will give you a decent list.

    https://www.google.com/chromecast/built-in/apps/


  • #5
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Millie Nice Moth-eaten wrote: »
    VLC and Soda player also have cast features iirc, although there are privacy issues with Soda apparently.
    I think VLC can cast but think it is not officially supported, so might be missing from offical lists and might not have a simple "cast" button.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apps_with_Google_Cast_support


  • #6
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Cannot fault Chromecast. It was the best £20 I ever spent.


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  • #7
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Cannot fault Chromecast. It was the best £20 I ever spent.

    Nor can I but I eventually replaced a Chromecast with an official Android TV box which has Google Cast built in (and also Google Assistant)


  • #8
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Eirsports


  • #9
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    can't you just screenshare and put what ever you like on the screen no ?


  • #10
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Can't you use google Home to to cast your phone? So could use that for anything that doesn't have casting capabilities like rte player. Though could you bear to not use your phone while watching something? :)


  • #11
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,799 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Cannot fault Chromecast. It was the best £20 I ever spent.

    Was something I was meaning to buy for yonks before finally getting one in July, have 3 of them now :o So unbelievably handy, probably wouldn't be subbed to Netflix without it


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  • #12
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    fergus1001 wrote: »
    can't you just screenshare and put what ever you like on the screen no ?

    That's mirroring not casting. With casting a direct stream from the media source is created to the cast device without passing through the device. If you cast a YouTube video from your phone to a Chromecast once it starts you can turn your phone off it will keep playing


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