Casting Solution for iPad
Oct 3, 2021, 5:56 pm
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Casting Solution for iPad
I'm often carrying my iPad Pro and leaving my laptop home. With 5g and Microsoft Remote Desktop, it handles my needs. With my LTE Surface I carried a Microsoft Miracast stick and could cast to it without intervening wifi. I was wondering if anyone could think of a simple casting stick I could carry with me for this purpose? I don’t want to carry an Apple TV in my little roller board.
Last edited by Dubai Stu; Oct 3, 2021 at 6:12 pm
Oct 4, 2021, 4:59 pm
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there are some inexpensive usable AirPlay enablement apps available for the Fire TV platform - Fire TV Sticks are pretty small and portable. I travel with one and use the app AirPin - which I think was $3-4.
Oct 4, 2021, 7:07 pm
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Roku has an offer for a $25 player. Works great with iOS/Airplay. https://www.roku.com/offers Regular price is $30 (or the same cost as a Fire TV Stick lite).
More info: https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733
More info: https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733
Oct 5, 2021, 7:24 am
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Chromecast supports airplay? I'll need to test this out.
The only "stick" I know that natively supports airplay 2 are the rokus. Not sure if this works "direct" though without wifi access. I'll need to try on my roku tv
The only "stick" I know that natively supports airplay 2 are the rokus. Not sure if this works "direct" though without wifi access. I'll need to try on my roku tv
Oct 5, 2021, 7:44 am
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You need an app for the iPhone connection to Chromecast.
Oct 5, 2021, 9:19 am
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Interesting. For me, this would be best if I can avoid using hotel wifi at all. I guess I'd have to tether the Chromecast to my Phone. Which App would you recommend for airplay mirroring? If I go this route... I assume it will use my Phone's data (not the hotspot data? ) or allow me to play locally saved content from my phone?
Oct 5, 2021, 9:45 am
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Interesting. For me, this would be best if I can avoid using hotel wifi at all. I guess I'd have to tether the Chromecast to my Phone. Which App would you recommend for airplay mirroring? If I go this route... I assume it will use my Phone's data (not the hotspot data? ) or allow me to play locally saved content from my phone?
Oct 5, 2021, 11:59 am
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Oct 5, 2021, 8:37 pm
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Netflix has the support built in .. the app has the cast icon in the upper right of the screen when playing something. Make sure you're on the same network. You can either cast content or use airplay mirroring with Netflix. I just tried it and it shows my Fire TVs.
-David
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Oct 6, 2021, 11:00 am
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Netflix has the support built in .. the app has the cast icon in the upper right of the screen when playing something. Make sure you're on the same network. You can either cast content or use airplay mirroring with Netflix. I just tried it and it shows my Fire TVs.
-David
-David
Oct 6, 2021, 1:35 pm
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+1 for the Roku. I always travel with a Roku Streaming Stick+. A good price for these is $30. They're always on sale during the holidays for this price. Supports AirPlay and Android's Screen Mirroring as well. Not to mention it's a Roku!
Oct 6, 2021, 8:42 pm
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-David