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As someone who works day-in and day-out with Miracast devices, you're a little bit off. The problem isn't really with features and DRM leading to incompatibilit
by eclipxe 13y ago
As someone who works day-in and day-out with Miracast devices, you're a little bit off. The problem isn't really with features and DRM leading to incompatibility. The HDCP portion of Miracast is pretty straightforward and isn't often the problem. The problem (as seen with the charts) is manufacturers that are sorta-kinda-using Miracast but not really. For example the Samsung AllShare devices were never advertised as Miracast capable, but they happen to work (sometimes). Same with the HTC Media Link. Customers get these dongles or TVs and expect it to work with other Miracast devices, even though they aren't really Miracast. Give the standard 2014, 2015 and let's see where we are.
The Chromecast comparison is really a bad one - yes you can tabcast, but really it is designed around a "send this URL to play" experience which is much much easier to accomplish than real-time streaming. For the real-time streaming, you only have a single sink device to worry about and it only works on desktops (for now). Your surface area is much smaller, so of course interop is going to be better.
- UnoriginalGuy 13y ago> Give the standard 2014, 2015 and let's see where we are. People said exactly the same thing about Miracast in 2013 and 2012. We still aren't anywhere with it. It is more broken than it is working, it is a giant mess. > The Chromecast comparison is really a bad one - yes you can tabcast You can fullscreen cast. > but really it is designed around a "send this URL to play" experience which is much much easier to accomplish than real-time streaming. Except for the tab casting and full screen casting..? > For the real-time streaming, you only have a single sink device to worry about and it only works on desktops (for now). You're strangely contradicting yourself. First you acknowledge that tab casting is a thing,then you pretend that tab casting isn't something it does and use that as justification for Miracast's superiority? Very confusing. Also "only have a single sink device" is total gibberish. Even assuming the word "sync" it is still nonsense, both Miracast and Chromecast only support a single device on either end (sender and receiver). PS - Chromecast works with other devices. It isn't just desktops. People already made apps that could send a full Android "desktop" to the Chromecast back in the early days before Google killed it with an update. I'm sure it will return with the release of this SDK. > Your surface area is much smaller, so of course interop is going to be better. It is an identical surface area between the two.
- lsaferite 13y ago> "only have a single sink device" I'm sure the OP was referring to source (sender) and sink (receiver) devices. And more specifically that the only current sink device is the Chromecast dongle.
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoThat isn't accurate. The YouTube app on several TVs (e.g. Samsung) can receive Chromecast streams.
- upbeat_addict 13y agoI've also noticed recently that I can cast to my PS3 from the Chromecast icon in the YouTube app, so long as the PS3 YouTube app is running. I see it alongside my chromecast as an option. Presumably, the PS3 Netflix app behaves the same way.
- eclipxe 13y agoThat isn't a Chromecast stream. It is an open standard called DIAL (http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/ http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/) Specifically, only Tab casting/full screen casting works to Chromecast. Go ahead and cast your tab/screen to your Samsung TV. I'll wait.
- lsaferite 13y agoJust as a gee whiz, DIAL is also what is used to send video from the NetFlix phone app to the NetFlix PS3 app.
- eclipxe 13y agoCorrect, thanks.
- Kudos 13y ago> You can fullscreen cast. Since when? Source?