"i_am_jim" wrote:
"bozzy" wrote:
[Casting] it isn't mirroring. It is actually remotely loading the video. What you are describing is basic screen mirroring. That is possible on a Chromecast but the quality is terrible as your PC has to do the encoding.
I'll take your word for it since I only heard of this phenomenon 4 days ago. But, from my googling I've seen it stated several times that mirroring, casting and media streaming are basically different names for the same thing.
So, how does mirroring work on the ROKU? I primarily want it to watch youtube videos. I'm unwilling to pay for HBO because I'm only interested in 3 of their shows. So, I watch slightly older episodes on youtube. Using the mirroring feature how to you change videos and speed through the parts you aren't interested in?
Mirroring usually doesn't work well on a Roku. However, there is a YouTube channel for Roku that works quite well. I use it almost daily without issue. With a Roku you don't need to use anything else (computer, smartphone, tablet) to do anything with it.
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And that's why mirroring, casting and streaming are three completely different things, although you end up with mostly the same end result. Mirroring requires the use of something else to do all the work, and you are basically just remoting the image onto a display via another device. Casting also requires the use of a different device to select what you want to view, but but the device that is receiving the cast (i.e. Chromecast) actually does the hard work of the streaming and displaying. Streaming is completely controlled via a stand-alone device, and requires no separate device in any way. All you need is a network connection, of course with Internet access if that's where you want to get your media from. My personal opinion is that a stand-alone streaming device (i.e. Roku) is vastly superior to casting or mirroring.
Dan
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