Can You Stream Media Player With Chromecast?

[ddillon80]

I ordered Chromecast from BestBuy the other day. The UPS tracking # says it will be delivered by Wednesday and I have a quick question:

If I am watching downloaded or streaming content on my phone or laptop in the device's native media player can I stream that to my TV via Chromecast?

 

[ddillon80]

From what I understand at the present time there are 4 apps that support Chromecast streaming - Netflix, YouTube, Play Music and Play Movies. In addition you have the tab casting feature from the browser. I've also read there is a way to stream local files but what about streaming from a device's native media player? It seems you cannot do this until 3rd party media player apps add Chromecast support. Is that correct?

 

[lostchild]

If you can play it in the Chrome browser on the PC/Mac, you could stream it. There is also the "experimental" full desktop mirroring for PC/Mac, but audio is not coming thru at this time. Also both the Chrome tab and Desktop mirroring seems to require powerful PC, router, internet combo. I could not get it to stream video on tab or desktop @ 720p settings. 480p seems to run smoothly though.

There is no option to mirror Android device Chrome tab or full screen at this time.

 

[ddillon80]

Also both the Chrome tab and Desktop mirroring seems to require powerful PC, router, internet combo.

What do you consider a "powerful" combo? I have a very average PC (dual-core 2.7ghz w/ 4GB RAM), Comcast router (it's only about a month old cuz I just traded in my old one) and my Internet connection runs between 60-80mbps down.

 

[lostchild]

What do you consider a "powerful" combo? I have a very average PC (dual-core 2.7ghz w/ 4GB RAM), Comcast router (it's only about a month old cuz I just traded in my old one) and my Internet connection runs between 60-80mbps down.

Well, I have a 2 years old HP Envy 17 laptop (i7 quad core, 8GB Ram), a 5 or 6 years old linksys wireless router, and my internet is around 35Mbps down 4Mbps up. I cannot get it to do 720p casting. Right now I think my router is the worst of the 3. There is nothing I could do about my internet provider as they are the only provider for house. And I am not ready to upgrade my laptop yet.

 

[ddillon80]

Well, I have a 2 years old HP Envy 17 laptop (i7 quad core, 8GB Ram), a 5 or 6 years old linksys wireless router, and my internet is around 35Mbps down 4Mbps up. I cannot get it to do 720p casting. Right now I think my router is the worst of the 3. There is nothing I could do about my internet provider as they are the only provider for house. And I am not ready to upgrade my laptop yet.

I'll just have to try it when it comes. It looks like my Comcast modem is decent. It's made by Arris (model # TG862G/CT) and supports DOCSIS 3 (speed 320/DOCSIS). I really have no idea what that means but those are the specs. I also have a Belkin wireless router that can handle speeds up to 300mbps and supports 802.11n. I can connect to the Internet wirelessly via both of them because the Comcast modem has wireless built-in. If streaming from the browser doesn't work while I'm connected using the Belkin router I can try the Comcast modem as well.

 

[ibbyj]

Honestly, don't count on being able to do this.

It's not what the device was designed to do. In many places the website stresses that it's for online content.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ast?playredirect=true&hl=en-US&token=DLRE0P6s

 

[ddillon80]

Honestly, don't count on being able to do this.

It's not what the device was designed to do. In many places the website stresses that it's for online content.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ast?playredirect=true&hl=en-US&token=QXcHfz1_

Don't count on being able to do what? What I asked in the OP or stream from the browser?

Nevermind...I see what you meant.