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I don't quite think so. AirPlay is a proprietary Miracast, long before Miracast existed. Although it's proprietary and the payload is protected with DRM, Apple
by niftich 10y ago
I don't quite think so. AirPlay is a proprietary Miracast, long before Miracast existed. Although it's proprietary and the payload is protected with DRM, Apple uses it as an encrypted tunnel between approved (and first-party) devices.
Meanwhile, Google Cast is a media-streaming negotiation, handoff and control protocol marketed as a wireless streaming solution. It's not so much about packets on the wire as control commands and metadata. That, I feel, is a significant difference.
- dingo_bat 10y agoYou can cast your desktop using Chrome cast. I'm pretty sure that's more than negotiation, handoff and control.
- matchu 10y agoI don't think that's actually part of the Cast protocol. Google just built a desktop streaming app on top of the Cast protocol, and bundled it with the client.