When you stream music from your computer or mobile device to your TV via Chromecast a fast internet connection is not necessary, but when you want to do the same thing but with a movie there’s another story. Tweak Chromecast’s Settings for a Better Playback It’s good to know that the quality of the streaming doesn’t depend on your Wi-Fi connection or your PC’s capabilities, but on your friend’s server and network. Run Plex in your Chrome browser and cast it to your TV. With this program your friends can create a server on their Windows or Mac computer and grant you full or limited access to their files. Thanks to Plex now you can even watch movies or listen music with your friends from each one’s house without having to own them. From the menu that appeared, click on “Cast entire screen (experimental)”. This feature is still experimental and the audio will not work, but if you want to try it just click on the “Cast” button in Chrome and search in the drop down menu “Cast this tab to…”. Not many of you that already bought a Chromecast device know about this thing, but you can actually mirror your entire screen with the help of the Google Cast extension. For more information about the Google Cast extension go to Chrome Store. The other way says that you should press the key combination CTRL + O for Windows or Command + O for Macs.ĭon’t forget to press the “Cast” button when the file started playing.
The first one implies that you should write in the Chrome’s address bar “ file:///C:/” followed by the path of the file, for Windows, and “ file://localhost/Users/yourusername” on a Mac. To do this, you have two variants that can be used on both Windows and Mac OS computers. This is a great advantage which makes this amazing digital media streaming adapter one step ahead its competitors. People have seen that Chromecast is not so dependent of Internet as Google say, because they discovered a way of streaming videos and other compatible files that are stored locally on their computer. Now here’s what you can actually do with this tiny device: 1.
Note that they have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network with the Chromecast in order to work. The device has to be plugged into the TV’s HDMI port and anyone can take control of what’s playing and choose what to watch from their tablet, phone or computer.
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