[mythtv-users] Chromecast

[Daniel Frey]

If they are already in mpeg4 format, then you basically have to tell the
MediaRouter where to load the data from and provide a way to control the
stream from the phone.  Here are the supported formats for Chromecast.
Most apply to Android as well.

https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:26 PM Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:22 PM Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, transcode to mp4 or HLS is required.  The app will already all you
>> to request the HLS transcode. Would be nice if this could be automatic,
>> somehow in the backend.  Would streamline things quite a bit.
>> Unfortunately, MPEG2 is not a supported format on Android or in Chrome, so
>> leaving recordings as-is is not an option.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:18 PM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:01 PM Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am still planning on adding that support to MythTV Player.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That could be really cool.   Would you have to transcode the video for
>>> that to work?  If so, how much of a quality hit would there be?
>>>
>>> John
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> What if the recordings are already in mpeg4?
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