OK, I think I've understood all I need to regarding how people can make
the ChromeCast work, and that has helped me to realise that I may havfe
left my mirroring on! Well, perhaps I'm OK because they were only
interested in the music. I was thinking it would deal with other file
types as well as films.
Now I'm racing into the 21st Century, realising I'm a bit late! <Smiles>
Carol P
On 10/19/2017 12:31 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
The Chromecast don't have any memory, they are strictly streaming devices but
as Christopher pointed out, they work differewntly from Airplay, for example,
since once you start streaming via your Chromecast it takes over that stream.
For example, if you have a regular Chromecast or a 4K capable Chromecast Ultra
connected to your TV and you have Netflix on your iPhone, you can pick a movie
or show in the app on your phone, send it to the Chromecast and at that point
the Chromecast which is of course connected to your WiFi streams the content
and you could actually completely turn off your iPhone and the movie would
still continue to play/stream.
You can not save any music or other media to a Chromecast.
Regards,
Sieghard
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From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 4:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"]
I am fascinated! How much can you get onchrome cast in terms of memory, or
do they vary? At that price, most people can afford them! Do they sound really
good through big speakers? am I right to assume that the only way to put music
onto a chrome cast is in fact to send it across Wi-Fi? Now I will leave you in
peace! Good night and thanks!Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille
On 18 Oct 2017, at 9:37 pm, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
The ChromeCast is a small flat disk that fits in the palm of your hand. I'm
guessing it's a bit larger in diameter but a bit thinner then an Oreo cookie.
It has a micro-USB connection for power, connects to your wifi and has either a
3MM or HDMI connection.
I have a ChromeCast Audio which has the 3MM audio jack on it. You'd connect it
to a pair of audio speakers or anything else that takes audio input. It looks
like it costs $35, but I'm pretty sure I got it on sale for $25 last Christmas.
There's the original ChromeCast which has an HDMI connector on it. I don't have
this device, but it looks like it also costs $35.
Finally, there's the ChromeCast Ultra which has an HDMI connector and supports
4K video. I also have one of these hooked to my home theater receiver.
One thing I should have mentioned, is that once you start the streaming to your
ChromeCast device, your iPhone is taken out of the loop and is no longer
needed. This is nice since you're no longer using your smart phone resources.
You can go back into the app your casting though and cancel the casting.
There's an app on Android called Google Home that allows you to control your
ChromeCast devices. It looks like you have the same thing in the App Store at
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774?mt=8
When casting from an app, only the audio or video from that app is sent over to
your ChromeCast. Your TTS is not sent over. There is an option in Google Home
to mirror the audio from your smart phone though, and if you use this feature
then all of the audio on your phone is sent over to the ChromeCast including
the TTS.
On 10/18/2017 09:52 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone wrote:
OK, got the picture. Sounds interesting and, presumably, it's pretty small and
can fit with all your other items without difficulty.
Do you get better ones than others, or are they just one make and as good as
each other?
Carol P
On 10/18/2017 12:54 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
I don't think I've used Chrome Cast on an iPhone, but it is accessible from
Android, and I believe I've also used it from a browser, like Chrome. I don't
see why it woudln't be accessible with an iPhone.
Basically, you buy a Chrome Cast device which you add to your wifi network and
plug into the audio input of a device, such as to a home theater system with
HDMI or powered external speakers with a 3MM jack. Now you find an app that
supports Chrome Cast and double tap the cast button and choose your
destination. Like I said, I do this all of the time from my Android smart phone.
On 10/17/2017 08:03 AM, Simon Wong wrote:
Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well, I have a couple of iPhone questions
which I hope somebody can answer, when you put a appointment or schedule
something in your calendar, does it give you any notification or sound when
it's time to remind you? When I tried to put something in my calendar, I got no
sound or notification to let me know that there was something scheduled there.
Also does anybody know if Chromecast can be used by people who are blind or
visually impaired?
Sent from my iPhone
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Chaltain at Gmail
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