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How to use Chromecast to share desktop screen (and audio) to TV?

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Update 1: there are several other methods of streaming local media to Chromecast. The desktop sharing method illustrated below is mainly for turning your TV into your second screen of your PC. It is not good for video streaming (at least, for video streaming, there are some other better methods). You may check this guide: Comparison of 5 methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast.

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1) You can share the whole desktop screen to Chromecast (and watch it on TV)
2) When will you need desktop sharing to Chromecast?
2.1) Scenario 1: Media format is not supported by Chrome browser
2.2) Scenario 2: Demonstration or presentation
3) Warning! Sharing desktop to Chromecast is still in beta (and experimental)
4) How to setup desktop screen sharing to Chromecast?
4.1) Do you have any problems or questions on sharing the desktop screen with Chromecast?

You can share the whole desktop screen to Chromecast (and watch it on TV)

Almost every Chromecast owner knows you can cast any Chrome browser tab to your TV through Chromecast. What you need is just the Google Cast extension.

You can even stream local video, music or photos to the TV as I showed you in this guide: How to stream local video to Chromecast?

But you may not know you can share the whole desktop to Chromecast, and watch it on the TV. Even better, the audio output can also be transferred to TV!

When will you need desktop sharing to Chromecast?

Sharing your desktop with Chromecast is not only for fun. It solves a lot of practical issues.

Scenario 1: Media format is not supported by Chrome browser

If the local video format is not supported by Chrome browser, the guide of streaming local video to Chromecast is not valid, because Chrome will just try to save the video instead of playing it.

Now, you can play it with your media player on the PC.  The desktop screen will be mirrored to the TV and therefore you can enjoy it on the TV.

Scenario 2:  Demonstration  or presentation

Doing demos for a  group of people may use a projector in the office.  But if you do it at home, the TV screen is probably an ideal solution.  You can easily share the whole desktop screen to Chromecast, and all people just watch the TV screen instead of poking heads around the monitor.

Warning! Sharing desktop to Chromecast is still in beta (and experimental)

Although we did not encounter any issues in sharing desktop screens with Chromecast, Google still marks this feature as experimental at the time of writing this guide.

Update: casting a Chrome tab, or a local media file, or the whole desktop through Chrome browser on a PC/Mac is the official features now.

How to setup desktop screen sharing to Chromecast?

The setup of desktop screen sharing is very simple and straightforward.  You do not need any additional software or hardware.

In the Chrome browser, click the Google Cast button, you will see the available Chromecast and Google Home devices in your network as shown below.

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You can click the arrow icon in the right. The  options will be shown as:

  • Cast the current tab. This is the default. The Chromecast tab will be cast to Chromecast.
  • Cast entire screen (experimental). This will share the desktop screen, not just a Chromecast tab, to Chromecast.
  • Audio mode. This will only send audio output to Chromecast. The screen or Chrome tab will not be shared.

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You can click “Cast entire screen (experimental)” to start the desktop screen sharing.

Of course, before sharing the desktop screen with the Chromecast device, there is a warning message letting you know that Google cast wants to share the screen and audio output (with Chromecast). You must click “Yes” to approve the screen sharing.

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Once the desktop screen is shared to Chromecast, Google cast will indicate the screen is being captured and played on the Chromecast device.

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At the same time, a notification of “Google cast is sharing your screen” will be shown on your desktop.

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Now, the desktop screen and audio is shared with Chromecast. You should be able to enjoy the video or music on your TV.

To stop desktop screen sharing with Chromecast, you can simply click “Stop sharing” in the notification or click “Stop casting” in Google cast extension window.

Do you have any problems or questions on sharing the desktop screen with Chromecast?

Please let us know in the comment box below.

If this method of sharing desktop screen through Chromecast is not ideal for you, you may try other methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast:

  1. Stream local media files (videos, music, and photos) to Chromecast through a tab of Chrome browser.
  2. Use Chrome browser extension (Videostream) to stream local media files (video ans music) to Chromecast.
  3. Use Plex media server (and a free web app) to stream all media  files (video, music and photos) to Chromecast.

You may also check this guide to find out methods of streaming local media files to Chromecast: Comparison of 5 methods for streaming local media files to Chromecast.

For more Chromecast tutorials, you may check our Chromecast how-to guide page.

Happy casting!

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Comments

  1. RD says

    Hey Guys,
    The ‘Cast Entire Screen’ option is not working on my Win 7 64bit Dell Laptop. Though it is working fine on my Mac book. So that should mean that the router settings are alright, right? I’ve tried disabling the firewall and anti-virus and all other chrome extensions too. But nothing works. The single tab cast works just fine. Only problem is with casting the entire screen (experimental). Can anyone please help me with this..?
    Thanks in advance. CHEERS.

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  3. prl-784 says

    I am using MAC Book Pro. I was able to cast desktop video to TV; but it did not include audio.
    When I Tab Cast; the audio is included

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  4. Michael says

    Will Chromecast work with iMac running Mavericks that’s streaming TV shows, movies, etc from various sources (watchseries, for instance)?

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  5. Eric Banner says

    Just came home with my chromecast and bought it only for the “cast entire screen feature” and it worked, but not great. I was however able to get it up in running in a matter of minutes. Running windows 8 I got audio and video but the mouse was extremely delayed and audio was of very poor quality, its functional but not efficient, for web browsing it would work fine but for my purposes (watching 1080p video) it does not suffice.

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  6. Malvenue says

    I tried this with my Win7 64bit OS and both monitors showed up on Chromecast (which is somewhat annoying though not unexpected) however the audio output was not being played on the remote device. I checked to ensure the audio was not muted on the Chromecast popup when selecting Desktop mode but it fine. The audio just didn’t play on the Chromecast no matter what source I tried.

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  7. Luther Yeates says

    Is there any way to improve the aspect ratio of the mirrored screen? if my television was suited to 4:3 it would work a treat.

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  9. Sidney says

    I keep hitting my “cast screen” option on my Nexus 7, and all it keeps saying is “casting screen to my chromecsst has failed” . please help !

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  10. Malvenue says

    The audio wasn’t working on my Win7 64bit desktop but it’s working fine with my Win7 64bit Samsung laptop. Unfortunately there’s a slight lag which would be annoying but acceptable for my Powerpoint slides but unfortunately video playback is very laggy and unacceptable at all transmission rates. It’s nice that this software/hardware works at all but the level of performance just isn’t there yet. I guess that’s to be expected of a beta product.

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  11. Anita Mahan says

    PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET SOUND TO THE TV! I CAN SEND VIDEO FROM MY MAC COMPUTER AND FROM MY GALAXY S5, BUT I CANNOT GET ANY SOUND. I HAVE A SAMSUNG SERIES 5 PLASMA TV THAT I SEND ALL THE SOUND (TV, DVD. CD) THROUGH AN ONKYO AV RECEIVER. I CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO HEAR THE CHROMECAST CONTENT ON MY TV OR AV RECEIVER????

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  12. Emil says

    Hi, I tried to cast the entire desktop and though I managed it, when I run a video file my TV only shows a black screen and has no sound while the rest of the desktop is shown perfectly. Even the subs (from a separate file) are shown but no image or sound. Any ideas?

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  13. Jonathan says

    Casting Audio worked fine, but my tv only show a part of my desktop instead of the entire desktop (Upper left corner to 3/5 of the screen). Tried playing with the resolution of my computer screen, but it didn’t work. I don’t know what to do. (Laptop screen resolution is 1080p and running on windows 8).

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  14. Amit says

    I am using Chromecast. While i cast video using my I phone with the You tube, it works fine. Because You tube has that casting symbol, While i tried to cast using Chrome browser on my Windows Vista Laptop, using App provided by Chrome cast , it plays but very very slow while casting, at the same time if i play the same video on my laptop without casting it works fine. Not sure what could be the reason, any solution,? or Suggestion, will really help.

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  15. A.J. says

    In using the “Cast Entire Screen” option, my TV screen goes black and has a blue Chromecast icon in the middle of the screen. Cast this tab works fine, but, no luck on the entire screen. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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  16. douglasjamug says

    Can i share content from google chrome tab, and audio from windows media player? I want to show a website to my customers and set a background relaxing music

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  17. Malvenue says

    Start the music player, set Chromecast to broadcast the entire desktop, then set the Chrome tab to full screen. That should do it.

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  18. Amit says

    While downloading the suggested stream, my windows give me message that by giving access to this app, it may use the firewall which can access the data from my computer .Is it really troublesome ?Can you please advise.

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  19. Frank says

    Hi, i just bought the chromecast device. my intention is to use it as a device to share the screen of my laptop in the TV. My question is: my internet connection is 4G and has a maximum daily capacity of 3.5GB. If i use chromecast to see my desktop in the TV (watching a file that is located in my hard drive) does it use up the 3.5GB? Am i downloading stuff or the WIFI is simply connecting stuff, bluetooth style? many thanks Frank. ps – Simon, i don’t know if you work for google or not, but, man, thanks for your help and patience handling this forum.

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  20. Ron Linfonte says

    Purchased it today and got it to run full scree but it either freezes or the video is jumpy in full. If I make the video box smaller(say 30%) of the screen is is better but still not watchable. Any thoughts before I return it and go back to my video out cable from my laptop?

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  21. Ron Linfonte says

    I downloaded that ok but I noticed it does not have the added feature like chrome cast of displaying everything on the screen

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  23. Ola Holmberg says

    Working great, althought with lag. Not good for videos or others, but great for watching pictures of vacation or the likes.

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  24. leandro koiti says

    I can cast to my TV using this extension only if I try to cast a Youtube video (it shows the Chrome Cast icon on the video and I can then choose if I want to cast on my PC or the Television), however, if I just click on the “Google Cast” icon it says that no Google Cast device were found and I can’t even try to cast my whole screen…
    So basically my router settings are all correct, including firewall from this PC since I can enter on youtube.com and simply cast the video, but there’s something blocking the extension to find my TV… is there anything I could try?

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  25. Chris says

    I have a Casting session between my Mac Book Pro and my Sharp TV. No sound is coming through? Is this just a fix in a later version of Chromecast or can I fix it?

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  26. david le says

    I am able to cast from my windows 8 laptop. However, I the audio on my laptop plays as well as it does on the tv. How do i get the laptop audio to stop playing and only play on tv.

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  28. bernardo says

    Hi, for me work fine :-)…..only there is little bit delay between my mouse in my pc and the mouse on my tv…:-(

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  30. Alex says

    Hola ami me gustaría hacer un pregunta con el goggle chromecast puedo reproducir una película desde el ordenador a la television y que el sonido se escuche por el pc?

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  31. Adam says

    I’m sharing my desktop from a MacBook Air which is working fine but I’m wondering if there’s a way to share only a portion of the desktop similar to extending the desktop when my Air is plugged into the TV VGA port? Ideally I’d like my email open on the Air display and Chrome or other desktop open on the TV. Possible? Thanks

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  32. Dee says

    Hi, I am facing a very interesting problem with my chromecast. I have got a Windows 8.1 laptop and if I try to cast the webpage through Chrome, it is showing me – device not found error whereas if I open youtube.com in the same window, I can cast it through youtube’s cast icon.
    Anybody faced the same problem?
    Thanks

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  33. odt says

    Works awesomely for me! casts audio and the entire desktop smoothly on a Samsung 32″ via my laptop. Great device. Thanks a lot for this guide, it was extremely helpful!

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  34. Chris says

    Hi there. I’m trying to cast my screen from y Windows 7 machine to my LG smart TV. It works, but on the TV screen the upper half of the screen stays on the desktop and flickers, while the bottom half shows the bottom of the window I have open. I’ve tried changing aspect ratios on the TV and projector options on he laptop. The only thing that gave me a stable image was the extend screen option on the laptop, but this gave me effectively two screens together at a quarter of the size of the TV. Any thoughts?

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  35. Djaahk says

    Thanks for the tips – I got Plex to work perfectly well on my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop. Everything working out of the box and now enjoying my fave TV Shows on my tele.

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  36. LanderBoeckx says

    Is the quality of the screen ‘mirroring’ good enough to play games? I read that this would be large? I want to replace my HDMI cable by the chromecast to mirror FIFA to my TV screen.

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  37. Woody Dunkley says

    My son purchased this for me so I could get rid of the SVGA cable between my PC and TV. The problem is my PC is not wireless, so I get the message to turn on wifi, which I can’t do. It is plugged in to the router which is wireless. Any way around this?

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  38. Lindsay says

    I’m trying to play VLC files through Chromecast.. I got my screen to show up and successfully play my VLC file on my tv, however, my audio is still playing from my laptop. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

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  39. Cassandra says

    Is it possible to stream it to 2 different television from a single laptop? I’m trying to set up a quiz trivial. I want to display what’s on my laptop to 2 different television wirelessly. Like can I put one Chromecast in t.v. and another chromecast in another t.v., can both of them connect to my laptop display same time? And if I want to display 3 t.v. do I just add another chromecast to the t.v.?

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  41. Tony G says

    I have multiple screens. Is it possible to just cast only one monitor and not my other monitors using the Cast Entire Screen option?

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  42. Kay says

    I have a 2 part question: I purchased the Chrome Cast for the sole purpose of streaming TV show/movies from my laptop to my TV w/o having to use my HDMI cord. I followed the instructions for set up and it said ready to cast, but the TV show, movie, Net Flix app etc does not show up on my TV screen. It only shows in my laptop. Also, I was under the impression that I would also be able to watch TV on the apps available through Chrome cast without even using my laptop as a streaming device, but nothing shows on my TV screen but the initial Chrome cast set up complete screen . What am I doing wrong?

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  43. PSR says

    Thanks for your info! Screen sharing works OK. Only for me audio won’t work when sharing screen. Also when watching local video via tab and then watch tab, audio won’t work on tv

    Mac OS X with Chrome and DIVx plugin to watch video

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  44. steve says

    I am having an issue with the audio only coming through my mac when I share screens with Chromecast. Is there a fix for this?

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  45. Dave says

    wanted to see my laptop screen on the TV wireless…. flat out does not work… this product is bogus… just a way for Google to make additional money by streaming their ad revenue based content at our expense… use an HDMI cable… cheaper, clear results, and much less hassle

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  46. Catherine says

    I am getting no audio at all! I am running the Chromecast (Beta) on my MacBook (10.7.5)- I have tried all three options: “Cast this tab” “Cast this tab (optimized for audio) and for fun “Cast entire screen (experimental). I have also attempted to disable and uninstall the chrome extension several times with no results.
    I tried using my iphone’s Netflix app to cast to my TV (knowing this worked yesterday afternoon perfectly) and today I had no audio at all. I have looked at the audio settling for my Hannspree TV and all is normal (as it was the last time I was able to cast WITH audio).
    I am at a lose as to what to do- Help!!!!
    Thanks

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  47. Catherine says

    It’s funny when I look in the store it says I downloaded the original chrome cast. Yet in my Chrome browser extension menu it clearly says “Chrome cast (Beta)”.
    Seems to be working after I disabled and enabled it.

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  50. Steven says

    Hi I am using 64 bit windows 7 and the screen mirrors using the experimental desktop screen sharing but there is no audio any ideas?

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  52. Steven says

    Thanks for replying Simon, I had looked through that link before posting the message but I am trying to stream through my media player to then stream it through my chromecast but with no sound. Hope they create a solution soon as it is frustrating!!

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  53. Claudia says

    Hi Simon, thank-you so much for all this information. Thanks to you mine is working great. I have one question – is there any way to have video (plus audio) STILL PLAYING on my laptop WHILE casting?

    Similar to previous lady I am looking for 2 screens, both with audio, but unlike her one of those screens is my original desktop screen on my computer not a second chromecast. Currently I have both screens but only audio on the chromecast.
    Thank’s again.

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  54. Dave Aitchison says

    Trying to cast screen but not having much luck. Get the box to choose cast screen but nothing after I check box. Windows 8 on an HP Pavilion PC

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  56. Slim says

    Hi Simon,

    I have been trying to use get Netflix in 5.1 to my AV sound system but with no success so far. Netflix seems to offer 5.1 ony out of their Windows 8 app, and when I use ‘cast my desktop’ feature from Chromecast the sounds is still stereo, not 5.1.

    Do you know anything I can try?

    Many thanks,
    Slim

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  57. brent says

    Simon,

    When casting shows from the internet to Chromecast I find it is very slow and choppy. I’m talking about things like streaming sports, or shows from comedy network watchseries etc.

    rather than cast a tab, or mirror whole screen, Is there an app that works better for this? Or, is there a way to make the picture better? I’ve tried decreasing the quality in options, and that helps, but is still not ideal.

    Hoping there might be another solution.

    Appreciate your advice.

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  58. kitkatchunky says

    Hello,
    Could you advise about the casting quality if I use this method to cast local audio music (like .mp3; .flac) to the TV ?

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  60. Ryan says

    When I select the Option to Cast my desktop, it doesn’t give me an cast screen sharing request. I’m using a 2011 Macbook. Any thoughts?

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  61. Ravi Jindal says

    I have 2 monitors and it shares both monitors when casting which causes everything to be squished onto my TV making the picture distorted. How do I make it only cast one monitor?

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  63. ubuntu install (@adonetubuntu) says

    It works fine on my Ubuntu linux laptop, allthough no sound when I cast the whole screen. I use Chrome v 39.0.2171.99 (64-bit) on a Chrubuntu Acer C720P. Only one tab does cast the sound. Any idea why sound wouldn´t cast with the whole screen?

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  64. Dave Kasprzak says

    When I go to cast to the TV all i get is audio and a green screen. The video is playing on the desktop google browser. Everything is setup correctly, according to your instructions. What am I doing wrong. I am using a MAC OSX and the latest google browser with the extensions.????

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  65. Daniel Morton says

    Thanks. I am on a Macbook Air, IOS 10.10.2. Chromecast uptodate. I want to cast only the video (and not the audio) to the chromecast since I want to bluetooth the audio to a stereo (separate from TV). I selected “cast to screen/window experimental) but most of the time (4 out of 5) it fails and I get a device error. If I cast the default i.e. tab or the video and audio it works everytime. No device problem. Thanks for any guidance.

    Daniel

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  66. Ahmad says

    So I understand the following points that you (Simon) have iterated through -several times … not sure why folks won’t read 1st-, which include:
    – Saved/Local files, especially videos, are best using videostreaming.
    – Desktop streaming via Chrome is not ideal for Macs –There’s an audio issue
    – This is an experimental feature –Which Google states clearly, including on Google Cast

    I simply wanted to weigh in and paint a picture of a scenario of why I need this beta version working:
    I’m on a MacBook Pro. Like most, casting my desktop is not including sound / audio. I need that, however, so I could stream the command line music I’m streaming (via Terminal). In other words, I need the Mac’s system audio output to play on my TV via Chromecast.

    I hope, at least, this helps those who land here as a result of a Google search … as I did.

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  67. Monte King says

    I have Chromecast working fine with my Android tablet. I want to be able to stream from my desktop. I have a full sized desktop computer with ethernet connection to my router. I downloaded the ChromeCast app. As it installed I get an error message that my WiFi is turned off and must be turned on. I don’t have WiFi on my desktop. Is that necessary for this app to work?

    Monte

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  69. Sanjeev Kumar says

    I’m using Win7 64bit and latest version of Google Chrome. I’m able to cast entire deskop screen to Chromecast very nice (it shows any/all applications running on Laptop Screen). But 1 or 2 particular Windows (e.g one is running commodity forward market, and another MS Office applications) are not cast at all and give non-connectivity error. Can you help?

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  70. calvin ezell says

    New issue with screen mirroring that changed from one day to the next.
    When I want to cast the screen, it no longer says “cast the entire screen(experimental)”
    Now it says “cast screen/window (experimental)” and after clicking on that you get a question box asking which windows
    do you want to cast. After choosing the window now I no longer get audio only video?

    Any thoughts or answers as to why there has been a change?
    It was literally from this past Thursday the 30th April to the 1st of May that this happened!

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  71. Michelle says

    So the Chromecast desktop sharing does allow me to open Office doc and others programs I have on my PC to the TV? I’m not interested of just casting the ” bowers ” or “mirroring the media” I actually want to extend my PC screen to the TV like I can use my TV as second monitor with wireless, does the Chromcast share desktop allow me to do that ? I had been searching couple of days but seem majority of the people is only talk about how to share media or games, but hardly mention how to control your whole PC and I’m not using win 8 or laptop, so I hope Chromcast can solved my problem :S

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  72. Michelle says

    Thanks for your quick replied again, I think the idea of steaming mkv or mp4 files is not something I want thought with the chromecast, I would rather use my external HD do the job, since I do not want to turn my pc and the big TV together all day long to watching stuff lol…..however I think my question is not clear enough for the audio part, so let me try again 😛

    1. Chromecast allow me remote my desktop can opening and typing, mouseover, copy and paste, opening all sort of Offices files or sending text/ files to friends on my desktop program etc to work right? So no audio is not a problem this part.

    2. Now I want audio transmit for some media program such as PPS.tv (Asian steam TV program), Or some other steam Karaoke Apps that doesn’t work on a web browser, so in this case should I just cast the desktop for the screen and then buy something like wireless HDMI audio for the sounds to function ?

    Thanks again 🙂

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  73. Michelle says

    Okay, so # 1 just need a large range wireless keyboard and mouse, thanks for the reminder 🙂 but I guess #2 is difficult, Android app is very lag for those program sadly, seem wireless steaming program still difficult if want audio with no lag and all 😛 I would look for some other solution but thank you for your help 🙂

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  74. themuffinkiller says

    I love the screen sharing, for it to be in beta it works good. However, could it ever be possible to use the Chromecast as a completely separate desktop where I could drag windows onto it and so on?

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  75. Anne Kyle says

    Hi,

    I’m using a MacBook Air and while the screen casts the video image perfectly, the audio does not cast and still comes from the laptop speakers. I did notice that in the warning message, it only asked if I wanted to share the screen and didn’t mention anything about audio output. I’d appreciate any help you can offer!

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  76. Sam says

    I can cast a tab, but not the entire screen. Every time I try, it says this:
    Resizing a window that you are casting may make your device unstable.
    What should I do about it?

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  77. drew10 says

    I have a mid 2012 macbook pro retina and when I try to share the desktop I just get a blank screen. Sharing a tab works ok and if I use Videocast or Videostream apps I can stream local media but just a blank screen on sharing entire desktop. I have also used the Beta version of Chromecast Ext. where you can change the bitrate and also the output resolution but no joy.

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  78. zeeyad says

    I can’t cast my desktop screen. I only can cast a tab. I even downloaded the Beta chrome cast app extension and still when I cast the screen (experimental) it casts only the tab. I have TV Live Streaming on another tab which does not have any Chrome Menu Buttons, so I can’t cast the tab there, and that’s why I am trying to cast the entire Desktop view from my Windows 7 Professional (I have the classic basic windows).

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  79. Sergio Arditi says

    Hi, Im interested in this item, but i need it mostly to cast my desktop, mirror monitor.
    I wanted to know if its still experimental, or its working properly for windows? I have read older post here and its says that it isn’t working so well.
    Thanks!

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  80. alaaalali says

    hi, thnx slot for this nice topic, please tell me how to install the chrome cast on my iMac because they say its not supported only by iPhone and iPad ? any solution for iMac ? thnx in advance

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  81. Mona says

    Hi Simon
    Thanks for this article.
    I tryed this with a DVD movie playing on my PC (Windows 10), and we could cast the picture easy enough (though the quality was some what questionable, understandably). But the audio did not transfer to the TV, any suggestions?

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  82. Michael Foster says

    Hi, I have installed Chromecast on my PC (windows) with no problems and been able to cast my PC desktop to our smart TV (Samsung). My PC is located in my home office and the smart TV is in our media room.
    My question: is there a way to use a mouse with the smart TV desktop cast? It is not good running between the two rooms just to select an icon on the PC desktop.

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  84. Lasse Jensen says

    Hi
    I have a chromecast audio. I use my PC to show movies on a videoprojector and would like to cast the audio to my stereo using chromecast. I tried casting the screen, but I’t won’t work. Any advise?

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  85. Ryan says

    So i have no issues with most streaming addons from my phone or laptop with the exception it seems while using the genesis Kodi add on, any suggestions on setting to change whether it be tv, laptop or just because its a beta product? and on an aside if i use an HDMI cable from laptop to tv for using genesis should that work equally well?

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    • ryan says

      and i should add that the chromecast streaming (cast from phone or laptop using crakle, pluto, netflix etc.) for most things is really fast, love fibre op,

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  86. Chris says

    yep on imac cannot get it to work – comes up with an error saying that resizing a window you are casting may make your device unstable – and when I click dismiss – doesn’t fix it – just reverts to the tab only view. Any other ways to do this? Want to cast VLC.

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  87. Amanda says

    I haven’t read all the comments, so apologies if you’ve already answered this question. I was able to desktop share through Chromecast with no problems, audio and video come through fine (though with a split second delay from the computer). However, it’s annoying that my computer continues to play the audio; it is like listening to an echo. Any suggestions to disable (or at least minimise) audio on the computer while still transmitting it to the TV screen?

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  88. nicole says

    on macbook: didn’t work at first; all I saw was the warning that resizing the window may make the laptop unstable (which it does by the way). And also, there is a dismiss button, but clicking this doesn’t do anything.
    The trick is to select your chromecast device below the warning message, below the dismiss text.
    You do this after you’ve clicked the dropdown arrow menu from the chrome cast button mentioned in this tutorial.

    Good luck.

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  89. Amy says

    Mine was working fine to stream VLC and although I had the dual audio problem I just muted my laptop and it worked fine with audio on the tv. That being said, a week ago VLC no longer sent sound to the Chromecast 2 that I am using, sound is still fine with Youtube etc. Please advise if anyone has had this and has ideas of how to fix it.

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  91. Chris Bell says

    Hi Guys, worked fine for me, just one thing, is there anyway to stop the audio on the laptop and just have it on the TV?

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  92. Rohan Mangla says

    I want to use amazon prime video using chromecast. but as soon as i open amazon prime video on my phone in chromecast , it opens up the app for playing the video. How should i open the video in the chromecast browser itself..

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  93. Lars says

    Desktop sharing works OK, but a bit lagging as expected. Sound quality is not very good, and there is some disturbance (small “clicks”) once every few seconds when using Tidal desktop app in Windows 10.

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