why can't Chromecast use Wifi-Direct and stream local media store on the phone?(without wifi router)
why can't Chromecast use Wifi-Direct and stream local media store on the phone?(without wifi router)
You might be able to hack it to make that happen, but it's getting all of it's information from the cloud. It's more closely related to a web browser than to a mirror device and, if it is implemented in any way the way that Google TV/YouTube was, then your device isn't actually talking to it directly at all. Your device would be talking to their servers and their servers are talking to the device. If that is correct here, then your device would have to upload your content to their servers and stream back down to your Chromecast device, causing way more traffic then is actually taking place, thus lag, extra expense and a overall poorer experience.
So when you chromecast your pc desktop it's making a round-trip through Google's servers?
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So when you chromecast your pc desktop it's making a round-trip through Google's servers?
I was curious about this, so I checked my router's WAN traffic while casting my laptop's desktop with local content and there is none, as it should be. The display of your desktop is not making a round-trip through Google's servers.I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's just a sync via the cloud, not a direct connection from device to device.
why can't Chromecast use Wifi-Direct and stream local media store on the phone?(without wifi router)
So when you chromecast your pc desktop it's making a round-trip through Google's servers?
Posted via Android Central App
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's just a sync via the cloud, not a direct connection from device to device.
I was curious about this, so I checked my router's WAN traffic while casting my laptop's desktop with local content and there is none, as it should be. The display of your desktop is not making a round-trip through Google's servers.