Chromecast as Video Wall device

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Permanently deleted user

January 23, 2017 17:29

Can you guys use a Chromecast device as a Video Wall destination? That would be a nice feature to have.

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  July 13, 2020 15:01

  Hi Jeff Jones,

  As mentioned in the other topic you started,

  I never tried it on a television. But I had an Android TV box in the past and that worked just fine. Be aware that such applications aren't intended for 24/7 use, and might crash or freeze over time.  

  To be honest, I do not expect Chromecast or Apple TV support on a short notice. 
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  Tony Luce

  January 26, 2017 02:08

  Working on Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast - and of course our own version on the Nx1. We do have an Apple TV app in prototype stage as well.

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  Permanently deleted user

  January 26, 2017 03:02 Edited

  Excited to hear about those.

  How about Roku though? Is the Amazon Fire decision a by-product of being Android based, and therefore easier to port over than for Roku?

  Or what about Google TV, particularly the new nVidia Shield TV with Google Assistant (and paired with the nVidia SPOT)? It would be super cool to say "Ok Google show me camera 4 on the conference room TV" (or living room, bedroom, or wherever) and have it pull that up.

  I realize I just took this in a whole different direction with that last bit.

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  Tony Luce

  January 26, 2017 03:20

  Jeff - you're thinking what I'm thinking...

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  Warren Bull

  August 08, 2017 03:40

  this concept excites me

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  Permanently deleted user

  May 15, 2018 05:00

  Are there any updates or timelines on this? We are very keen to find another display option now that the Nx1 lite client is being phased out. We have been using the Intel Skull Canyon Nuc but would be great to find something cheaper.

  Ideally Apple TV or an Android TV based app would be awesome

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  Tony Luce

  May 15, 2018 20:37 Edited

  Hey Harry - 

  Why not use an Intel Compute Stick? They work great with our full client and they're very affordable.
  
  Also much more stable than either Apple TV or Google Chromecast from our experience.

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  Permanently deleted user

  May 16, 2018 02:14 Edited

  Hi Tony,

  We've tried an Intel Breeze 7th Gen Core i5 NUC w/ 4GB RAM and found it couldn't handle 4 streams very well. I think our biggest issue is cameras with H.265. Do you have any recommendations on how to bring the CPU usage down without swapping back to H.264 (and without compromising image quality)?

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  Jeff Jones

  December 12, 2019 06:20 Edited

  Has there not been any further development on this idea besides my daydreams about it?

  A Smart TV client would be pretty handy to have I would think. With the proliferation of Android TVs from HiSense, Sharp, Phillips, Sony, etc, having a client that runs right in the TV without additional hardware is something I would like to see.

  I would think the base code from the Android phone client could make the porting to a 10FT interface for TVs somewhat easy.

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