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The Chromecast Dongle is a ‘cross-platform’ HDMI CEC Compatible Wi-Fi Enabled IPTV Streaming Media Player, that
connects your 'Dumb' TV wirelessly to your home network and the Internet. It gives your 'Dumb' TV access to Netflix,
YouTube, Hulu+, Google Play, HBO GO, Pandora, MLB.TV Premium, VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, Plex, PostTV, Viki and
RealPlayer Cloud in the US and BBC iPlayer. BBC iPlayer, Netflix, YouTube, BT Sport, and Google Play Movies and
Music in the U.K. International users will also gain access to country-specific ‘apps’, such as Canalplay in France,
and Watchever & Maxdome in Germany. International users will also be able to ‘Cast’ from YouTube, Google Play Movies,
Google Play Music, and Netflix, where geographically available.
Note: Should a potential purchaser merely wish to 'Cast' webpages and make use of the more limited access to device
based media content provided by the Google Chromecast Dongle, using the basic features of the Google Chromecast
Dongle and associated software, then this eBook is not a requirement and such potential purchasers are advised that
this ebook will be of no interest to them and should not attempt to purchase it.
This eBook addresses the subject, with respect to the Chromecast Dongle, as an international device and as such this
eBook is not country specific, addressing any geographical differences where they are significant.
This eBook does not detail the installation of the Chrome Browser to a desktop/laptop, the Chromecast Dongle to an HDTV
or its' configuration on a home broadband network, since these aspects are adequately covered by an accompanying booklet
in the Chromecast Retail Box and the on-line 'walk through' installation process to which the user is automatically
directed.
Instead this eBook addresses the Chromecast Dongles' inabilty to 'Stream', or 'Cast', digital media content from
devices on the home network. This lack of functionaity is overcome by installing a Network Digital Media Server to the
home network, that Digital Media Server application is 'Serviio', Which makes home network digital media content
available to the chromecast Dongle using a 'Chromecast Aware' 'client' 'app'.
This eBook is, at its' core, a graphical instruction manual, it is a 'Practical Guide’, it contains only the practical,
‘hands-on’, information required to add access to home network based digital media content. Enabling the reader to
reliably 'Cast' videos, movies, music and pictures from devices on the home network.
This eBook provides all the practical instructions that you will need to 'Cast' movies, videos and music from
devices on the home network, upload movies, videos and music to your 'Cloud' drive, pop your Chromecast Dongle in your
pocket when you go to your friends' house and watch videos and movies on their Wi-Fi network & HDTV using your
Chromecast Dongle and 'Cloud' drive.
This eBook is highly graphical in nature in order to minimise the amount of text the reader is presented with, this
is reflected in the high page count and larger than usual file size of the eBook, it moves very quickly after a
little reading into ‘hands-on’ practical demonstrations.
No advanced technical aspects of the underlying networking technology are discussed. No prior knowledge or advanced
technical skills are required to achieve the final result. The reader is not required to understand, and will not
be presented with, any technical details of the networking techniques used.
Concise text and illustrated full-colour descriptions are used to introduce the basic principles media file
'streaming' and 'Casting'. Step-by-step full-colour screenshots demonstrate the downloading, installing and use of
the required DLNA/uPnP Compliant 'Plex Media Server' software used for 'Casting' digital media content, all of which
is completely free and fully functioning, unless described otherwise.
The Chromecast Dongle is a ‘cross-platform’ HDMI CEC Compatible Wi-Fi Enabled IPTV Streaming Media Player, that
connects your 'Dumb' TV wirelessly to your home network and the Internet. It gives your 'Dumb' TV access to Netflix,
YouTube, Hulu+, Google Play, HBO GO, Pandora, MLB.TV Premium, VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, Plex, PostTV, Viki and
RealPlayer Cloud in the US and BBC iPlayer. BBC iPlayer, Netflix, YouTube, BT Sport, and Google Play Movies and
Music in the U.K. International users will also gain access to country-specific ‘apps’, such as Canalplay in France,
and Watchever & Maxdome in Germany. International users will also be able to ‘Cast’ from YouTube, Google Play Movies,
Google Play Music, and Netflix, where geographically available.
Note: Should a potential purchaser merely wish to 'Cast' webpages and make use of the more limited access to device
based media content provided by the Google Chromecast Dongle, using the basic features of the Google Chromecast
Dongle and associated software, then this eBook is not a requirement and such potential purchasers are advised that
this ebook will be of no interest to them and should not attempt to purchase it.
This eBook addresses the subject, with respect to the Chromecast Dongle, as an international device and as such this
eBook is not country specific, addressing any geographical differences where they are significant.
This eBook does not detail the installation of the Chrome Browser to a desktop/laptop, the Chromecast Dongle to an HDTV
or its' configuration on a home broadband network, since these aspects are adequately covered by an accompanying booklet
in the Chromecast Retail Box and the on-line 'walk through' installation process to which the user is automatically
directed.
Instead this eBook addresses the Chromecast Dongles' inabilty to 'Stream', or 'Cast', digital media content from
devices on the home network. This lack of functionaity is overcome by installing a Network Digital Media Server to the
home network, that Digital Media Server application is 'Serviio', Which makes home network digital media content
available to the chromecast Dongle using a 'Chromecast Aware' 'client' 'app'.
This eBook is, at its' core, a graphical instruction manual, it is a 'Practical Guide’, it contains only the practical,
‘hands-on’, information required to add access to home network based digital media content. Enabling the reader to
reliably 'Cast' videos, movies, music and pictures from devices on the home network.
This eBook provides all the practical instructions that you will need to 'Cast' movies, videos and music from
devices on the home network, upload movies, videos and music to your 'Cloud' drive, pop your Chromecast Dongle in your
pocket when you go to your friends' house and watch videos and movies on their Wi-Fi network & HDTV using your
Chromecast Dongle and 'Cloud' drive.
This eBook is highly graphical in nature in order to minimise the amount of text the reader is presented with, this
is reflected in the high page count and larger than usual file size of the eBook, it moves very quickly after a
little reading into ‘hands-on’ practical demonstrations.
No advanced technical aspects of the underlying networking technology are discussed. No prior knowledge or advanced
technical skills are required to achieve the final result. The reader is not required to understand, and will not
be presented with, any technical details of the networking techniques used.
Concise text and illustrated full-colour descriptions are used to introduce the basic principles media file
'streaming' and 'Casting'. Step-by-step full-colour screenshots demonstrate the downloading, installing and use of
the required DLNA/uPnP Compliant 'Plex Media Server' software used for 'Casting' digital media content, all of which
is completely free and fully functioning, unless described otherwise.
