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Given that there are now other options than Miracast and that a TV can be made ‘smart’ at so little cost, Miracast doesn’t have the rosiest looking future. WiFi issues, Miracast firmware and Windows 10 itself could be the cause of the problems but it’s not encouraging when Miracast support and devices have been around for so long. I still had problems with the FireTV Stick which works best when the device is first connected as a second screen through the Windows 10 Connect function (in the Notification Center or via Devices->Connected Devices in Settings. Through the Windows Media Player app I was able to send videos, music and images with fewer problems to the ScreenBeam Miracast receiver. Results were better through the File Explorer and Windows Media Player which use a different application (likely with built-in DLNA support rather than Windows 10 cast API usage) to access Miracast devices. Remember this is from the Windows 10 Film & TV app which is supposed to be ‘casting’ enabled. After some initial wobbly moments two tests worked on the Actiontec box but nothing worked on the FireTV stick. Every attempt to connect over Miracast to the ScreenBeam and the Amazon FireTV Stick (with which you can enable a Miracast mode,) failed, until I removed my DisplayLink adaptor and rebooted everything. Unfortunately the experience wasn’t good at all from the Film & TV app. Miracast support integrated in WIndows 10 Film & TV app.
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I’ve tested it before but today I updated the firmware on my Actiontec ScreenBeam Pro to version 1.3.4.0 and double-checked.
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Miracast is well supported on Windows 10 although this is a compressed video + audio screen casting (streaming over local network) app that needs good WiFi connectivity. Note: Don’t forget to turn on Media Streaming and to enable Media Player for remote streaming control. It’s a strange and hopefully intermediate stage considering that Windows 10 Universal Apps have access to a casting API now but that’s a brand new API, available for just a week two so far. If you want to send music or photos your only choice on Windows 10 now is to use Media Player. A lot of TVs and set-top boxes support DLNA along with the KOBI app. DLNA sending works for videos from the File Manager, from the Film and TV app and also from with Media Player as long as you have a DLNA reciever on the network. The DLNA story is nicely summed up by this post at MyDigitalLifestyle. I also looked to see if I could get Amazon FireTV working with casting from Windows 10.
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Today I started to fill the holes by testing DLNA with the new Film and TV app, Groove and Windows Media Player. The details and video presentation from BUILD, including a few of my tests, are available in this article. There’s also the possibility that we see headless Windows 10 Mobile devices connected as cheap HDMI dongles. You could run Netflix on your smartphone and tell it to run on a Windows 10 AIO or a huge screen with an Intel Compute Stick hanging out the back. Microsoft have also created a casting API that can be used by developers to enable their Universal Apps with casting features and the good news here is that if, for example, Netflix were to create a Windows 10 app with DIAL send and receive support it would work between all Windows 10 devices on the same network. Remember that DLNA is a media ‘director’, Miracast is a screen/audio streaming service and DIAL is a remote application control protocol that works in a similar way to Chromecast. Windows 10 supports ‘Cast to’ natively with the File Explorer and will search for Miracast, DLNA and DIAL-capable targets. ‘Cast to’ is replaces ‘Play to’ and the charm-bar method used to send via Miracast and WiDi. The good news is that Microsoft have done work to make it easier to cast. It’s good news and bad news at the moment. I’ve done a few tests on Miracast with Windows 10 and the results look better than before but today I took the time to drill down into DIAL and DLNA.