Yep, depends what media and which apps. If all you want to do is stream video content from your PC, anything I can open in Chrome just plays. (That includes all the video files from the local filesystem that I've tried to stream).
For apps that understand Chromecast, it's a better experience. For example, if I open YouTube, it has a Chromecast button that appears, lets you pick which Chromecast device, then plays it pretty much full screen with nice looking headers, etc. Same deal from iOS apps. There are a few that already understand Chromecast. Any of those just stream easily. >From what I've seen, this is pretty painless. I really can see this catching on. I thought AppleTV was pretty slick but I've had some issues with AirPlay. This is even more slick and seems more reliable on my short testing. It's interesting to see that there's already an ecosystem building around it. For example, you can design themes for it. On the Google site, there are a bunch of themes that Google has produced, and a bunch that designers and artists have created. Here's an example: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/theme/48-by-artists?utm_campaign =en <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/theme/48-by-artists?utm_campaig n=en&utm_source=en-et-na-us-oc-themes&utm_medium=et> &utm_source=en-et-na-us-oc-themes&utm_medium=et 99% of the time, I'm just wanting to watch technical mp4's that I've downloaded, on one of the TVs in the house. For that, this is perfect. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 1:13 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Google Chromecast So, are you able to play media from your laptop to the Chromecast device? I couldn't work out if that was possible from the interwebs. Cheers Ken From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Low (gregATgreglowDOTcom) Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 1:59 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Google Chromecast Hi Folks, Just to follow up about the Win8.1/DLNA/Miracast, etc. discussion the other week. I spent so many hours trying to make that stuff work. The Google Chromecast devices arrived today. Slotted straight into the back of the TVs, with a short USB cable to get power from a USB port on the back of the TV too. 10 minutes later they were both installed, working and so neat and tidy. Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation. And well done Google! Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com
