It transformed my Chromecast from a Netflix and YouTube machine to a watch-whatever-I-want-machine. Which is great! Let me start by saying that I recently bought the lifetime premium membership and I absolutely love Videostream.

It is my favorite thing in the world after pizza and Coca-Cola. I have a very large movie collection on a networked drive, and it never fails to load the movies, cast them, load subtitles, etc.

It's a piece of technology and media genius, so thank you all. I just wanted to say how much I love Videostream. I use it almost every day. Now that I can select files right from my phone, it is a completely hassle free experience.

People love Videostream. Try it yourself for free! Frequently Asked Questions Got questions? MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV Download Windows 10 20H2 October Kill Processes from Command Prompt Share your entire Windows Desktop Monitor your PC with Sidebar Enable iOS AirPrint Support on How to Block Specific Driver or The desktop screen will be mirrored to the TV and therefore you can enjoy it on the TV.

But if you do it at home, the TV screen is probably an ideal solution. You can easily share the whole desktop screen to Chromecast, and all people just watch the TV screen instead of poking heads around the monitor.

Although we did not encounter any issues in sharing desktop screens with Chromecast, Google still marks this feature as experimental at the time of writing this guide.

The setup of desktop screen sharing is very simple and straightforward. You do not need any additional software or hardware.

In the Chrome browser, click the Google Cast button, you will see the available Chromecast and Google Home devices in your network as shown below.

Of course, before sharing the desktop screen with the Chromecast device, there is a warning message letting you know that Google cast wants to share the screen and audio output with Chromecast.

Once the desktop screen is shared to Chromecast, Google cast will indicate the screen is being captured and played on the Chromecast device. Now, the desktop screen and audio is shared with Chromecast.

You should be able to enjoy the video or music on your TV. If this method of sharing desktop screen through Chromecast is not ideal for you, you may try other methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast:.

You may also check this guide to find out methods of streaming local media files to Chromecast: Comparison of 5 methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast.

For more Chromecast tutorials, you may check our Chromecast how-to guide page. Though it is working fine on my Mac book.

So that should mean that the router settings are alright, right? But nothing works. The single tab cast works just fine. Only problem is with casting the entire screen experimental.

Can anyone please help me with this..? Thanks in advance. Did you get any error message? To stream local media, please read this guide: Comparison of 5 methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast Chromecast or Miracast?

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By the way, if I log on my laptop in safe mode, the cast entire screen works. What could be the reason..? Anyway, this is still an experimental feature.

You can feedback to Google to help them improve the software. Not yet for tablet. More and more apps now support Chromecast. BTW, most tablet or smartphones with Jelly Bean 4.

I am using MAC Book Pro. I was able to cast desktop video to TV; but it did not include audio. When I Tab Cast; the audio is included. Same here.

MacBook Pro, streams the entire Screen, but no Audio. Tried also VLC and iTunes as Players, doesnt matter. Audio seems only to be streamed, when played in Chrome.

For videos, it is better to use videostream extension, or just use Chrome browser. You should have audio issues. For video formats that are not supported by Chrome browser or videostream, you can try Plex.

I had the same audio problem Stream is muted. If I click on the cast button at the top of my browser, the left most button in the drop down is the sound control.

Mine was muted there. Clicking that fixed my sound issue. Casting the whole desktop is still an experimental feature. Some owners cannot make it work, or work partially e.

I was however able to get it up in running in a matter of minutes. Running windows 8 I got audio and video but the mouse was extremely delayed and audio was of very poor quality, its functional but not efficient, for web browsing it would work fine but for my purposes watching p video it does not suffice.

Casting the whole screen is still experimental. It seems each firmware update actually improves a lot in this aspect.

But anyway, Chromecast is still mainly a streaming device. My suggestion is if you mainly watch videos in your PC, it is better to try Plex, It works very well with Chromecast.

Seems also the overlay screen is not casted to TV. Audio is not casted either. The result is quite bad, at best I had maybe 1 frame on TV when 4 had been played on my PC windows.

I tried this with my Win7 64bit OS and both monitors showed up on Chromecast which is somewhat annoying though not unexpected however the audio output was not being played on the remote device.

I checked to ensure the audio was not muted on the Chromecast popup when selecting Desktop mode but it fine.

Similar issues were reported by some users. It seems the audio works for some, not for all. Hopefully, Google will sort this out when this feature is under beta now it is only experimental.

Actually, if you intend to use Chromecast for local videos or music on PC, Plex works nicely. It is free solution. Is there any way to improve the aspect ratio of the mirrored screen?

Chromecast will not change the aspect ratio. However most TV has this option. PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET SOUND TO THE TV! I CAN SEND VIDEO FROM MY MAC COMPUTER AND FROM MY GALAXY S5, BUT I CANNOT GET ANY SOUND.

I HAVE A SAMSUNG SERIES 5 PLASMA TV THAT I SEND ALL THE SOUND TV, DVD. CD THROUGH AN ONKYO AV RECEIVER. This feature is still experimental.

Hi, I tried to cast the entire desktop and though I managed it, when I run a video file my TV only shows a black screen and has no sound while the rest of the desktop is shown perfectly.

Even the subs from a separate file are shown but no image or sound. Any ideas? I forgot to mention that I am using windows XP but it is fully updated.

Does Google cast use flash for video casting? Anyway, casting the whole desktop is still experimental. If you have a lot of local media files videos, music, photos in your PC, you may consider using plex media server solution.

It is free and works with almost all file types, but it needs a bit patience. Laptop screen resolution is p and running on windows 8. Hi Jonathan, were you able to resolve your issue with casting the desktop?

I am also having the same issue — on a Windows Surface 1 Pro Win 8. Not sure which setting to try to adjust, TV, PC, Chrome??? REALLY excited about getting this working, it would solve sooo many issues for me.

Am an Client Facing PM, really want to be able to do Powerpoints and share Word Docs with my hotspot on client monitors, I run presentations of both my Surface and IPad, this would be huge.

We have to wait because the feature is still experimental. Based on the info I have, Google is aware of the issue on some systems. Each update addresses a few of them.

Yes, Chromecast works better with android because Google can adjust it. For presentation, Android tablet or Chrome book would be a solution.

I am using Chromecast. While i cast video using my I phone with the You tube, it works fine. Because You tube has that casting symbol, While i tried to cast using Chrome browser on my Windows Vista Laptop, using App provided by Chrome cast , it plays but very very slow while casting, at the same time if i play the same video on my laptop without casting it works fine.

Not sure what could be the reason, any solution,? Probably the compute specs are not good enough. Stream a local video through Chromecast tab need substantial hardware resources on the pc.

This is different from streaming from internet because they are using different technologies. You may try the videostream for Google cast extension for Chrome.

You can find it in Chrome Web store. Cast this tab works fine, but, no luck on the entire screen.

Any suggestions? Thank you. Thank you, Simon. Actually, I am on Bit Windows 7. It would not surprise me to learn that it is graphic setting-related.

I have tried a few things such as disconnecting my second monitor, but, have not yet twisted the cube in the right way to get Chromecast to cast the entire screen.

If you have multiple displays,you should set the display as duplicate, not extended. For me. Can i share content from google chrome tab, and audio from windows media player?

I want to show a website to my customers and set a background relaxing music. Start the music player, set Chromecast to broadcast the entire desktop, then set the Chrome tab to full screen.

That should do it. While downloading the suggested stream, my windows give me message that by giving access to this app, it may use the firewall which can access the data from my computer.

Is it really troublesome? Can you please advise. Hi, i just bought the chromecast device. My question is: my internet connection is 4G and has a maximum daily capacity of 3.

If i use chromecast to see my desktop in the TV watching a file that is located in my hard drive does it use up the 3. Am i downloading stuff or the WIFI is simply connecting stuff, bluetooth style?

Hi Frank, thank you for your encouragement. Just like you, I am just an ordinary Chromecast user. If you just sharing local desktop screen playing local files , it will use almost no data.

But please note, Chromecast requires Internet connection although it consumes very limited data ; otherwise it may refuse to work.

If desktop sharing is not working well, and you are mainly used it for local media files, you can try Plex media server.

I already put up a guide on this site. So I need a good connection 4G but not a lot of data. Thanks a lot Simon.

Much appreciated. But please note, you need a router for your mobile data. Chromecast does not work with WiFi hotspot from your phone.

Purchased it today and got it to run full scree but it either freezes or the video is jumpy in full. Any thoughts before I return it and go back to my video out cable from my laptop?

I downloaded that ok but I noticed it does not have the added feature like chrome cast of displaying everything on the screen.

Working great, althought with lag. Not good for videos or others, but great for watching pictures of vacation or the likes. Videos can be better handled by the Videostream extension or Plex media server.

Even tab casting handles video better than desktop sharing. You may try to remove the extension, reboot, and add it again.

I have a Casting session between my Mac Book Pro and my Sharp TV. No sound is coming through? Is this just a fix in a later version of Chromecast or can I fix it?

Because casting whole desktop is an experimental feature, some users encountered similar problems. There are no solutions yet. I am able to cast from my windows 8 laptop.

However, I the audio on my laptop plays as well as it does on the tv. How do i get the laptop audio to stop playing and only play on tv. This happens on some systems.

Please note this is still a beta feature. The next step is to setup Chromecast on your Windows 10 Computer by following the next steps as listed below.

Visit google. Open the Chrome browser on your computer and visit chromecast. On the Chrome Setup screen, click on Set Up Your Chromecast using this Computer link See image below.

Once you accept the terms, the webpage will start searching for available Chromecast devices connected to your WiFi Network See image below.

Note: If your Computer cannot Find the Chromecast device, try switching the WiFi Network on your Computer from 2.

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