![]() i ran into the issue where castreceiver drops out after 5 minutes because it is trial version and when i attempted to purchase it (because on a fire tv) it did nothing. I installed castreceiver app on the fire tv… same. also, the windows 10’s download speed often slows to a crawl?. Windows 10 built-in miracast’ing a (downloading) video in web browser… the video lags and is sub-par quality. Windows 10 built-in miracast’ing a local video file (e.g. Windows 10 built-in miracast’ing (via system tray | connect) a local video file to a dlna tv worked great. windows 10 can view xfinity tv & dvr in a web browser and it can miracast to a fire tv but i can’t get it to work well enough. ![]() This is far from lazy lol… i’ve spent (wasted) so much time on researching and testing this crap… and it’s all because the xfinity stream app (from comcast) can’t be installed on a fire tv (and when force installed it doesn’t work) and windows 10 miracast (not using miracast adapter) is a POS. You can download CastReceiver from here and also from other APK hosting sites. What it’s best used for is casting screens from Android devices using the Google Home app and for casting tabs from the Chrome Browser on a computer. Unfortunately, that means it cannot be used to receive streaming media from most Chromecast enabled apps. That allows it to work even though it is not sanctioned by Google. There have been Chromecast apps released for the Fire TV in the past, but they didn’t last long before Google took them down.ĬastReceiver works by implementing a local version of the Google Cast protocol. That’s why you don’t find any Google cast apps available in the Fire TV appstore, while there are numerous Apple Airplay apps. ![]() Google is notorious for keeping their Google Cast protocol locked down to their own devices. ![]() XDA forum user josuelopezv has discovered that it works well to add limited Chromecast capabilities to Fire TV devices. If you’re looking for a way to cast from your phone or PC to the Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick, now that Amazon seems to have abandoned Miracast support, try sideloading the CastReceiver app.
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