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    News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    However rival Miracast dongles are almost as cheap and are readily available.
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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    One thing that confuses me is do miracast receivers work with Intel WiDi transmitters? If not, why do people recommend miracast only receivers when WiDi ones would work with both technologies?

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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    From Wiki

    "As of Intel Wireless Display version 3.5, the Miracast standard is additionally supported"

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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    I was considering Chromecast for streaming my local media from laptops, smartphones etc to to my large screen monitor (no speakers). Until the 'do no evil' kill local, I thought the only problem was, Google didnt think to include audio-out sockets for those that prefer to hear the audio through a separate Hi-Fi audio system. (most TV's have lousy speakers, certainly not High Fidelity).

    I also wantto use the 'sink' to stream just music albums to a stereo Active Speaker system (RCA input only) without having to power up the co-located Monitor.

    Until hearing of Chromecast, I had searched for a 'Miracast' sink dongle to connect video to the Monitor, and audio via preferably RCA plugs to the adjacent Active Speakers, but was surprised to find a dearth of information on such a sink, and then a few posts stating that Miracast had lots of interoperability issues and was NOT easy to use !

    Having given up on both Chromecast & Miracast, have searched amongst the many more general purpose 'Android TV boxes', with separate Audio & HDMI outputs, which are typically of the 5"x5"x1.5" size with 3 or 4 USB in addition to SPDIF-Out, eg Minix NEO X7. However, I then read they usually suffer from 2 probs: a) 1080p films stutter unless transcoded down to 720p, although they may have both Audio-Out, and Video-Out sockets, you cannot use both at same time !! i.e connecting a Monitor to the HDMI-out, disables the Audio-out sockets.

    Can anyone suggest any economical solutions for streaming over WiFi (preferably sender agnostic platform, no lockin) either just sound to my RCA-input Active Speakers when listening to music only, or video to my Monitor, with soundtrack to my Active Speakers when watching films ?

    I saw a 'HDMI passtthrough' dongle that extracts audio to a 3.5mm headphone socket but it is quite expensive compared to a Chromecast or v. cheap 'tv box', makes the livingroom look messy, which is why I prefer a single sink dongle to feed both the monitor and the active speaker system.

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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    The hexus link to the alternative miracast device has 2 dire reviews on amazon....

    *Still* not there yet... why am I not surprised?

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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    Is this device controlable over TV remote control or does it uses its own controller? Would be fine wathing full movies over youtube...

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    Re: News - Google updates Chromecast to block the AllCast (AirCast) app?

    Quote Originally Posted by will2 View Post
    I was considering Chromecast for streaming my local media from laptops, smartphones etc to to my large screen monitor (no speakers). Until the 'do no evil' kill local, I thought the only problem was, Google didnt think to include audio-out sockets for those that prefer to hear the audio through a separate Hi-Fi audio system. (most TV's have lousy speakers, certainly not High Fidelity).

    I also wantto use the 'sink' to stream just music albums to a stereo Active Speaker system (RCA input only) without having to power up the co-located Monitor.

    Until hearing of Chromecast, I had searched for a 'Miracast' sink dongle to connect video to the Monitor, and audio via preferably RCA plugs to the adjacent Active Speakers, but was surprised to find a dearth of information on such a sink, and then a few posts stating that Miracast had lots of interoperability issues and was NOT easy to use !

    Having given up on both Chromecast & Miracast, have searched amongst the many more general purpose 'Android TV boxes', with separate Audio & HDMI outputs, which are typically of the 5"x5"x1.5" size with 3 or 4 USB in addition to SPDIF-Out, eg Minix NEO X7. However, I then read they usually suffer from 2 probs: a) 1080p films stutter unless transcoded down to 720p, although they may have both Audio-Out, and Video-Out sockets, you cannot use both at same time !! i.e connecting a Monitor to the HDMI-out, disables the Audio-out sockets.

    Can anyone suggest any economical solutions for streaming over WiFi (preferably sender agnostic platform, no lockin) either just sound to my RCA-input Active Speakers when listening to music only, or video to my Monitor, with soundtrack to my Active Speakers when watching films ?

    I saw a 'HDMI passtthrough' dongle that extracts audio to a 3.5mm headphone socket but it is quite expensive compared to a Chromecast or v. cheap 'tv box', makes the livingroom look messy, which is why I prefer a single sink dongle to feed both the monitor and the active speaker system.
    Its a bit OT, but any DLNA compliant renderer will do that. Android + app (crap hardware design notwithstanding) as would anything off this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ender_hardware or a raspberry pi running xbmc

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