[Cialug] DLNA

[Matt]

You can "cast" a full screen image from Google Chrome on your desktop or laptop to your Chromecast.  I'm not sure you have to be connected to the internet to use it... Just connected to the same wifi network.  My best guess is that the Chromecast gets its screen image as a compressed video stream from the "casting" device.

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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> On Sep 28, 2014, at 7:36 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
>> 
>> I'd avoid DLNA (unless you enjoy headaches).  While it's a "standard" it's
>> one of those standards that is very loosely specified so interoperability
>> between products is very difficult.
>> 
>> I'd suggest getting a Chromecast.  For $35 it's hard to beat.
>> 
> Thought about something like that, but I don't want to be tied to an
> internet connection.
> 
> How would one push a desktop to a Chromecast anyway? I thought you had to
> push your media to the server and have it download again?
> 
>    Thanks!
> 
>    Lee
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