Windows 10: Requirements to Cast video?

Anyone know what are the hardware/protocol requirements to use the Windows 10 "cast to device" feature, from within the Edge browser and/or the context menu? I've got an older Roku and older laptop, and the Windows 10 DLNA server works just fine with Roku Media Player as as the playback-initiating client. But attempting to initiate video playback from the laptop, using "cast to device" in Edge, does nothing. Acts like it's looking for a device to connect to, but then times out.

This laptop does NOT support WiDi or Miracast, but I've read unofficial commentary that Windows 10 casting can use simple DLNA. I've not, however, been able to find any official statement on what is required for casting to work. Anyone have this information?

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Projecting to this PC

Yes... I tried to run the cast just after Windows Anniversary Update...

may I know the minimum requirement for casting ?

my notebook model is HP 15-g002AX

 

Is Miracast required to Cast from within Edge Browser?

There's no definitive information about what hardware/protocols are required in order to use the Cast feature from within the Edge Browser. Is Miracast absolutely required? Is DLNA alone sufficient? Something else? (Please note, I am NOT asking about
screen mirroring; this question is about the casting feature within the Edge Browser.)

 

Plex works great. There is also VLC.. Microsoft's crippled version of Casting has not really worked out for anyone at this point.

 

Not for anyone? I must be the exception that proves the rule. *Biggrin
Windows 10 'Cast to...' has worked flawlessly for me to both a Panasonic and Samsung SmartTV - casting video, audio, photos or (my favourite) YouTube from Edge.

 

What I'm really wondering is, according to Microsoft, what are supposed to be the requirements for casting to be supported? I just haven't been able to find this anywhere.

 

That is because it was a failure from the beginning. Low adoption rate by manufacturers and only Sony was the main one who tried it with their systems, which in turn would have cost the consumer way too much.

Intel developed the tech in conjunction with Microsoft and the Wireless Alliance for Miracast, but it has been abandoned as of 2015.

 

You have to remember that each manufacturer has applied their own form of Miracast for their devices, which Wireless Alliance will still allow.

What I am talking about is Intel's Widi, which Microsoft did not completely remove that code out of ten, since there are still users who have the Intel chipset with Widi built into it. Miracast is not going away anytime soon. But you will not see Microsoft pushing too hard for it with Windows, because they continue to not look at the fact that almost every home and user today stream online media to their tv's and home theaters.

I have gone from 1st Gen Roku to the NVidia Shield. In between was two other Generations of Roku's, two different Blu-Ray players, 1st Gen Amazon Fire box, the worst being the Matricom G Box Q2. Out of all of them, the Shield TV works seamless when using Chrome Cast and casting from Youtube and Netflix to the device.

 

Yeah, I get that Intel WiDi didn't catch on, and Miracast seems maybe to be a mess. But Windows 10 Casting, supposedly, doesn't need WiDi or Miracast, can do its thing with DLNA. At least, so says the internet. Maybe so, but it's not working for me, and, dammit, why can't I find anyplace where Microsoft says what hardware/protocols are needed to get casting to work?

 

Casting from Edge was introduce with Insider Preview Build 10576. On it's release, Microsoft said:

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexp...w-build-10576/

Does "any Miracast and DLNA enabled device" answer your question?

 

It may not be the Microsoft end that isn't working. My SmartTV has, under its Network options, a setting to turn 'DLNA remote control' on or off. It could be your TV you need to reconfigure, not Windows.

 

Maybe! Just read it a little bit differently; does it mean "any device that is enabled with both Miracast and DLNA"? I've been thinking that it meant "to any Miracast enabled device and to any DLNA enabled device."

 

There are a lot of devices out there that do not work with Miracast or DLNA. Samsung is one that uses their own proprietary form of casting between their tablet and tv.

Android TV is supposed to start taking over where Google jumped out of the interactive tv & streaming box market. The biggest issue is that it is taking a lot longer for the a/v market to decide what they think that consumers want and what consumers think that manufacturers should offer. Streaming boxes are always going to be the best way to go instead of depending on what is under the hood on a tv.

 

Hi there

@mc510

IMO although not specifically the answer you want is to use a Google CHROMECAST device (up to full 1080p). You can connect the device to an HDMI slot on your TV and it can be driven either by Wifi or if you get the optional adapter you can also use Ethernet.

I find the device absolutely excellent -- I can cast / stream video from by NAS server (using PLEX media server) or even anything direct from a phone / tablet etc. In fact you will have to as it acts as the handset for the device. Note once the casting starts you can switch phone off etc -- the phone is merely acting as the handset controller.

Only costs around 30 USD - brilliant piece of kit.

The other good news is that the Free android / IOS PLEX app means you can control the whole kybosh from a smart phone -- just remember though on the phone when starting the PLEX app to cast to the googlecast device !!!

There's arguments over whether or not Ms should fix their cast system -- I'm not getting involved in that -- just to say that the googlecast device is cheap and performs absolutely without problem - --I haven't bothered with any of the googlecast's own applications - I simply use PLEX but there are some built in ones too if you use things like Netflix / Amazon Prime etc.


I believe a ROKU stick can also work but I haven't got one of those.

The next generation ofg the google CHROMECAST will probably handle full 4K UHD too --warning though you'll need seriously good wifi to stream those - especially from the Internet.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Jimbo Google announced around the 20th that the NextGen ChromeCast will be announced on the 4th, along with their competition to Amazon's Alexa, along with their Pixel phone. I imagine that they have something up their sleeve as to what they are going to do after releasing Nugget to finally give users back the CPU and battery on Android devices.

• Chromecast for 4K streaming (to be called either Chromecast Plus or Chromecast Ultra)