Have you guys seen the thing about Netflix?

[s44]

(I can't even cast my music unless I use Google Turd Music)

Well maybe *you* can't, but BubbleUPnP works great with a Chromecast target.

 

[Rifter]

Chromecasts are not stand alone boxes. Even if I got them for free, I wouldn't use them (I can't even cast my music unless I use Google Turd Music).

I have no issues casting spotify music to them.

 

[Raduque]

I have no issues casting spotify music to them.

I use PowerAMP exclusively.

 

[sweenish]

That sounds like a personal problem, then. Just state that up front, instead of making stuff up about the deficiencies of the Chromecast.

Most popular media apps, even quite a few that rely on local storage, can cast. And if you REALLY wanted to, you could just cast your screen.

 

[Oyeve]

Chromecasts are not stand alone boxes. Even if I got them for free, I wouldn't use them (I can't even cast my music unless I use Google Turd Music).

I just cast my phone or device completely to chromecast. Poweramp or any app actually gets cast to it.

 

[Raduque]

When Chromecasts first came out, you could only cast using Google Music or YouTube. It may have changed now, I don't know and I don't care.

The other reason I don't use one is because I don't want my phone being the media provider for my entertainment system - I have much bigger iron (only a Xeon, but compared to a phone might as well be big iron) for that.

 

[ummduh]

When Chromecasts first came out, you could only cast using Google Music or YouTube. It may have changed now, I don't know and I don't care.

The other reason I don't use one is because I don't want my phone being the media provider for my entertainment system - I have much bigger iron (only a Xeon, but compared to a phone might as well be big iron) for that.

It would appear that you really have no clue how any of it actually works then, and the options available for casting. I have a standalone chromecast, and one of my sets has chromecast built in. I watch nearly everything through casting from either my phone, the tablet my tv came with, my wife's icrap, a notebook, or any of the 4 other computers currently setup.

 

[WelshBloke]

I just cast my phone or device completely to chromecast. Poweramp or any app actually gets cast to it.

What happens if someone phones you?

(I'm thinking of getting a 'cast just because Google play music doesn't work on the fire TV)

 

[ummduh]

What happens if someone phones you?

(I'm thinking of getting a 'cast just because Google play music doesn't work on the fire TV)

Your phone works as normal. Almost everything immediately offloads to the chromecast, and the chromecast handles the data fetching duties. Your phone/device just tells the chromecast what to do. You can even shut your phone off after it starts casting and it'll just continue on. If it reaches the end of a playlist it'll just revert to the home screen and await instructions. Netflix will just keep playing until you get a "are you there?" request.

Main except of course would be if you're casting a locally stored file from your device to the chromecast.

 

[WelshBloke]

Your phone works as normal. Almost everything immediately offloads to the chromecast, and the chromecast handles the data fetching duties. Your phone/device just tells the chromecast what to do. You can even shut your phone off after it starts casting and it'll just continue on. If it reaches the end of a playlist it'll just revert to the home screen and await instructions. Netflix will just keep playing until you get a "are you there?" request.

Main except of course would be if you're casting a locally stored file from your device to the chromecast.

Even in the situation below?

I just cast my phone or device completely to chromecast. Poweramp or any app actually gets cast to it.

 

[Raduque]

It sounds like that would be mirroring. In which case, the Chromecast turns your TV into a big phone display.