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Cast it to a TV (for non-chrome users)

• a_imho 9y ago
  Could you elaborate a bit? Does this mean the phone proxies the video to the TV instead of the TV connecting directly to the youtube service?
  • cosmie 9y ago
    There are two different versions of Casting that I'm aware of. One is using a Chromecast (or something that exposes itself like a Chromecast, such as the new Vizio tvs). In which case your device is essentially acting as a remote that's negotiating the stream to execute, but the stream itself is between the Chromecast device and the source, not proxied via the phone. Once it's going, your phone or Chrome browser no longer has anything to do with it (unless you use it as a remote to change the stream or pause it or whatever). There is a special case where you can cast your device screen itself. In which case your phone is the source the Chromecast is negotiating with, rather than an external service. The other version of casting is using the Miracast protocol, in which case the TV is just a wireless display that's showing what's on the phone or Chrome browser's screen. My last TV supported Miracast and it was really handy to get around the fact that Amazon is too anti-competitive to make a Chromecast app for their Instant Video service.