I have Chromecast set up on my Sony TV. I regularly cast screen from my Moto x, picture quality is superb.
On my new 6t, upon connection of the screen casting, I get a toast that says "screen casting not optimized for this device.". . I can see my phone screen on the TV but it looks very pixelated and just general awful quality - nowhere near acceptable.
Has anyone else had this issue and if not, what method do you use for screen casting? My TV also supports Miracast which is screen mirroring(the 'enable wireless display' option under cast menu) and that fails to connect whatsoever with this device (6t).
Any input would be much appreciated, thank you
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I don't have any issues and I cast everything. I have a TMO 6t and I don't have regular cable. It could be an issue with your app? Have you been tied uninstalling and reinstalling? Make sure you are using the official Google app for screen mirroring. It works a lot better than other apps out there
I'm not using an app .I'm using the cast option under connection settings..
Yeah. This is something that has been bugging me since I noticed it a week or so ago. I have a Vizio 4k TV with a Chromecast built in. When I cast the screen of my 6t using the Cast button in Quick Settings, my TV reports it's only receiving a 720p signal. If I cast from YouTube Vanced, Netflix, HBO Go, the TV will report 1080p. If I cast a game from the NHL or MLB app those too are only 720p, although they do appear to be higher quality. However what bugs me the most is when I try to view photos or video taken with the phone's camera. I took some video at 1080p/60fps and when I cast it to the TV using Google Photos it will only cast at 720p and the video looks horrible. Same with pictures.
I tried VLC and it would cast in 1080p but 60fps video was really choppy. Also, if the video is recorded in portrait, it's rotated to landscape on the tv.
I tried AllCast and it cast in 1080p and was smooth with 60fps video. However, it doesn't handle videos in portrait properly either.
Any recommendations for an app that can handle casting local files at it's full resolution that also handles portrait video properly?
I tried it after seeing you having problems, but it works fine for me. It's not as smooth as regular casting (as in streaming via Chromecast, rather than screen mirroring) but there's not much in it. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, so I was pleasantly surprised.
Hmm interesting..well thank you for the input
My new Oneplus 8pro China 11In2020 build has problem too. Cast quality very poor. What to do? My recent Poco F1 was top notch with little delay. But 8 pro, I did not expect.
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Wondering if anyone else is having the same issue since Android 5.1 update? while streaming Showbox at the medium setting I have a grey transparent bar across the bottom. It only appears playing movies at medium streaming level, if you use Showbox you will understand what I mean. When streaming at low or high, or even tv shows I dont have the problem.
Even when I cast from my tablet to the nexus player the grey bar appears, again only with movies.
My roommate has a regular chromecast and they dont have this issue. Im trying to narrow it down to either the nexus player or some setting in my tv.
I sideloaded showbox to my nexus player via chrome browser.
I have factory reset nexus player, uninstalled and reinstalled showbox.
Im using a logitech wireless mouse to navigate showbox as well as chrome.
My tv is Samsung 32in smart.
Any ideas or help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi there,
I had the exactly the same issue.
Watched a film in high on showbox last week and it played fine.
I've since updated to 5.1 and when I played a film in high the other night it had serious buffering issues although the image was great.
Tried watching it in medium and it had the same grey bar across the bottom, I just put it down to a poor source.
I prefer to use HomeCinemaMobi, but since 5.1, the genre and search options have disappeared.
I've installed Lollirock at the weekend, but I think I preferred 5.0
I'm wondering if I can re install it?
Since upgrading past 5.1 on my Nexus player when I am using the built in player app I get the Soap Opera Effect. I wanted to see if Marshmallow would fix it and it didnt. It is also doing this when I cast to the device. Is there anyway to turn this off? Hooking my Nexus player to any TV I still have this issue. I have the Motion Smoothing turned off on my TV. Please help this is so annoying. If I use VLC or Kodi players it doesnt do it just when I am using the internal player.
As far as I'm aware, NP does not have any such function. It may be your TV or receiver doing that, even though you turned it off. Try turning it on and then off again on the TV. Then see if any other piece of equipment has some sort of framerate function that is turned on.
Somewhere in developer options there is a option to switch output from "best framerate" to "best resolution" I can't remember where and am not near my NP .
I'm definitely seeing it when I cast something to the NP. I don't see it when I use the app instead. I tested with Plex. For me it's kind of a double edge sword. If i cast, the blacks are dark and deeper, but if I play through the app, it's a bit washed out.
I don't normally do a lot of videos from my phone due to the poor quality, but given that the 6P records in 4K I wanted to try it. I recorded my son's Christmas Musical. Once home I tried playing back via wifi to my TV. I got audio and nothing more. So I thought it was just a connection problem. I then tried on my computer. Again nothing but audio. Is there something simple and silly that I am missing here?
antnyh said:
I don't normally do a lot of videos from my phone due to the poor quality, but given that the 6P records in 4K I wanted to try it. I recorded my son's Christmas Musical. Once home I tried playing back via wifi to my TV. I got audio and nothing more. So I thought it was just a connection problem. I then tried on my computer. Again nothing but audio. Is there something simple and silly that I am missing here?
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I haven't tried recording in 4k on the 6p but I did on my lgg4. I could play the videos back on my phone fine but not on my TV or PC. I thought it was a software problem but when I was able to stream to a TV with a 4k screen it played fine. I didn't test enough to say definitively but Ive only been able to get 4k video to play on 4k capable screens.
Has anyone experienced a lag or delay when using Youtube TV over Wifi or Ceullar on the Essential Phone. I have no delay when casting from the phone (Chromecast or Shield) or playing directly off my shield. Only seems to happen on the phone itself.
I can't seem to find much information on issues with Youtube TV. Everything plays but the video cannot keep pace with the audio and visibly lags/delays. Figured Id ask.
I cant get a video output on lineage os. I am using an offical dock the usbs on the dock work just cant get audio or video. Update i get audio and a pure white screen on my other display. My 1440p monitor gets nothing and my 1080p tv just gets a white screen. can you change the output resoltution? seems like that might be the culprit
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I cant get a video output on lineage os. I am using an offical dock the usbs on the dock work just cant get audio or video. Update i get audio and a pure white screen on my other display. My 1440p monitor gets nothing and my 1080p tv just gets a white screen. can you change the output resoltution? seems like that might be the culprit
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Did you find a solution, i CAN get video output to my tv to work with the official nintendo dock, just not a 3rd party, though the 3rd party works fine for regular nintendo mode.
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Did you find a solution, i CAN get video output to my tv to work with the official nintendo dock, just not a 3rd party, though the 3rd party works fine for regular nintendo mode.
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I did kind of get it to work it was just incredibly finnicky I mainly wanted it for using the xbox gaming service and stream my pc. now moonlight is ported to horizion so you dont need android. I do hope to get another lineage build on my switch in the future though.