still no uproar bec Moto removed Mircast

[huungryshark]

* Miracast / INTEL Wireless Display

I don't understand, people don't share their screens on TV's ?

i do regularly, I'm missing that standard android feature so much on my Z

 

[Soundtallica]

I know you're disappointed, but you've complained about this in several Z Play threads here now. We get it. But there's nothing we can do. If it's bothering you so much, you can always hop to another phone.

Prior to seeing your posts though, I've never heard of Miracast.

 

[PowrDroid]

* Miracast / INTEL Wireless Display

I don't understand, people don't share their screens on TV's ?

i do regularly, I'm missing that standard android feature so much on my Z

I sometimes use my phone to mirror YouTube videos to my Smart TV's YouTube app. It's easier to search for videos using my phone. And it's easier to fast forward and rewind with my phone than it is with the app on my TV. Can you confirm if this will work with the Play Z?

I'm thinking it might work since YouTube is owned by Google.

 

[Go Liath]

I sometimes use my phone to mirror YouTube videos to my Smart TV's YouTube app. It's easier to search for videos using my phone. And it's easier to fast forward and rewind with my phone than it is with the app on my TV. Can you confirm if this will work with the Play Z?

I'm thinking it might work since YouTube is owned by Google.

Maybe you mean the Cast option? That is present.

 

[PowrDroid]

Maybe you mean the Cast option? That is present.

Isn't that what is being discussed? Or is there a Miracast function AND a Cast function?

 

[Go Liath]

Isn't that what is being discussed? Or is there a Miracast function AND a Cast function? View attachment 241515

Not sure but Miracast is something else I would wager.

 

[Sailindawg]

Miracast was a standard that never got support. Samsung kind of used it, but it was laggy. Google came out with Chromecast & its a much better device / standard than Miracast. Is CC perfect, no but it does what it does real well. The TV manufacturers didn't help Miracast by coming out work their versions that didn't work as well either.

Forget Miracast, get a chromecast. CC is still supported.

 

[huungryshark]

Miracast is the the facto standard for full screensharing with audio and baked into the android OS since early Android ICS days.

it's definatly not working

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-Z-Force/Wireless-Casting-Not-Working/td-p/3385031


https://m.reddit.com/r/Moto_Z/comments/4vta0f/wireless_casting_not_working/

 

[Ry]

I don't use it so no uproar from me. Good luck. Maybe this isn't the phone for you.

 

[Bl00dRunzC0ld]

I don't understand, people don't share their screens on TV's ?

Nope.

 

[Go Liath]

Nope.

They do, but mostly with Chromecast.

 

[Ry]

They do, but mostly with Chromecast.

I don't share my screen. I use Google Cast to cast content.

 

[huungryshark]

chromecast is not the same.

Miracast doesn't use any data, it's simply (full-) screensharing with audio.

Moto should not advertise miracast in their Z manuals, when it's not available.

 

[Ry]

chromecast is not the same.

Miracast doesn't use any data, it's simply (full-) screensharing with audio.

Moto should not advertise miracast in their Z manuals, when it's not available.

Yup. They should recall the manual.

 

[huungryshark]

Yup. They should recall the manual.

or just re-activate miracast in next OS update.

 

[Ry]

or just re-activate miracast in next OS update.

Updating the manual is way easier.

 

[Sailindawg]

Guys, the days of ICS are over. Yes, Miracast was part of ICS, but we are up to android OS 7. I think one can say that Miracast is no longer supported by Google & is effectively dead. There are far more efficient ways of streaming content to a TV.

MHL seemed to be another standard that few phones support. I don't think there is a single new phone that supports MHL.

I have been trying to find a non-network way of streaming content from 2014 Moto X and Samsung Active 6 to a TV and found the only standard supported is a network method called Chromecast. Stinks if there is no cable Internet or mobile data because Chromecast won't work until it checks in with Google.

 

[Sailindawg]

Read here.

No USB C to HDMI support either. They want you to buy the projector mod. Nice, i guess, but the direct connection standards for cell phones used in the recent past have been outside of the HDCP standard for devices. It seems it all comes down to DRM. I can't think of a single cell phone that complied with the HDCP standard for streaming content.

 

[Sailindawg]

Another good read here regarding the failure of Miracast as a standard. This article was written in 2013.

 

[huungryshark]

yeah they want you to sell the projector, I get that, but is mlb, nhl, nfl, sky go streaming even working with it?

don't think so, maybe blocked " licence problems" and then?