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bt sport cast

so my fire tv is fully set up with kodi and really enjoying such a great device.
however i stlll have to use my chromecast as the sideloade app in fire tv requires a mouse each time which is a pain.
is there any better way i can stream from my nexus 5 bt sport app to fire tv?
thanks
p.s really hope amazon can get support with bt sport then can get a fire tv stick for upstairs as well!

ratski said:
so my fire tv is fully set up with kodi and really enjoying such a great device.
however i stlll have to use my chromecast as the sideloade app in fire tv requires a mouse each time which is a pain.
is there any better way i can stream from my nexus 5 bt sport app to fire tv?
thanks
p.s really hope amazon can get support with bt sport then can get a fire tv stick for upstairs as well!
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Can you use an external Player with the app? Is there a share button in the app to share the stream? If so either use an external player like Wondershare Player, which can cast media to other devices, or share the video with Wondershare Player or Playto and cast the videos to you Fire TV. There are other players that cast mdia, but I prefer Wondershare and Playto. EDIT: I just installed the official BT Sport app and it opens, but I do not have an account to log in, so all I get is the BT Sport background and a login form. I got it from 1Mobile Market. Just install 1Mobile Market on your Fire TV and install the BT Sport app from there.

Does laptop mirroring work? The Fire TV stick is the only device it can't see.

I thought the Fire TV was Miracast compliant. Why does mirroring work with my phones but not my laptop?
I can mirror to my Miracast smart TVs with my laptop, but the Fire TV won't even show up in the menus.

Can't say for laptop but does work from my windows 10 tablet to Fire Stick, which should be similar, to a fashion at least.

Work here on Windows 10, not sure if you need to do all this (Or if this is what you want to do?) but I opened up Mirroring on the Fire TV Stick and on Windows 10 via the Notification Panel clicked Project then Duplicate Screen.
I can also cast videos (Right click on the file) I have stored on my HDD, although I couldn't see anyway to set any picture settings for videos so it wasn't optimally sized for my TV.
Before this, Windows 10 automatically did some driver installation as well when connecting to the Fire TV Stick.

I am running Windows 10.
There's nothing to connect or duplicate to when the Fire TV doesn't even show up in the "add wireless display" menu.

Casting from PC to Fire Stick TV

Is there a solution that makes the Fire Stick TV double as a chromecast? I would like to cast Chrome tabs from my PC to the firestick or from my phone to the Fire Stick. Any solutions out there?

Remotr, mirroring360, and airparrot(to reflector) can mirror but the performance is largely dependent on you PC hardware.
Another option is enabling the Kodi upnp client and using the "play to Kodi" extension in the play store. if the extension can pick up the video it can be "cast" via Kodi.
If you are trying to play flash video you may want to sideload Puffin browser on the Firetv and play directly. Keyboard and mouse needed.
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Firestick at 2900 or ChromeCast 2 1800 ? Which would be better choice ?

(General question to choose between firestick and chromecast 2)
My main need is to be able to
1) stream/cast music and movies from both Android smartphone and Windows 10/Linux(Ubuntu) to the firestick or chromecast WITHOUT NEED OF ACTIVE INTERNET CONNECTION PREFERABLY . I have my music collection mainly in my android smartphone. i want to cast directly from music player/YouTube/soundcloud or through any other music app directly to firestick or chromecast and same for videos too with proper audio sync and no lag.
2) Able to screen mirror the smartphone/Windows 10/Linux(Ubuntu) to the firestick or chromecast without lags or frame rate drop or out of sync video.
3) To be able to connect Bluetooth headphones so i can listen to audio wirelessly through headphones and video on TV, where content is being played by firestick or chromecast through desktop or android smartphone.
4) Can connect external USB devices such as wirelss mouse,usb drive (can be accomplished on firestick with usb host otg as saw on a youtube video for ver.2 of firestick- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vSwYeJd5fI)
5) Able to use JioTV/JioCinema/HotStar by out of the box or by some mod or something.
i am confused between two.
Currently the amazon firestick is available on amazon for just 2900 with offers and Chromecast for just rs.1800 from flipkart with offers.
so about Rs.1000 price difference roughly.
What should i choose ?
Please reply ASAP as the sale ends on 16th may and so will be the cheap offers.

BUMP !

what about a miracast dongle? cheap and you can stream from win10 and android devices
but back to your question.
chromecast is not as good as a miracast dongle (both are just able to stream. chromecast you´ll need internet, miracast you won´t).
firetvstick should fit the most of your needs but only a few. you should be good with a fire tv box.

texten said:
what about a miracast dongle? cheap and you can stream from win10 and android devices
but back to your question.
chromecast is not as good as a miracast dongle (both are just able to stream. chromecast you´ll need internet, miracast you won´t).
firetvstick should fit the most of your needs but only a few. you should be good with a fire tv box.
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well, fire tv isn't avaialble in India and can you suggest some good miracast dongle ? How about some popular chinese android tv box on aliexpress ?

chromecast dosent have bluetooth AFAIK
go with fire stick as it is better or spend a little more for mi box 3 to get best of both

Fire TV has out of the box support for most streaming services and otherwise it supports Android TV and phone apps. You can use AirPin to get AirPlay support for audio and video. Other apps like AirScreen have options for Chromecast and Miracast but neither worked when I tried them out for a short while. However, the Fire Stick is grossly underpowered to run background services while ensuring a smooth interface. I imported the AFTV3 though Amazon only sells the Fire TV Stick locally. The Fire TV box was too expensive when imported and I needed 4K at 60 FPS with no gaming requirement.
Chromecast is good enough for mirroring from Chrome and casting apps but requires a working WiFi connection to operate. Moreover, it can be extremely laggy when mirroring high definition content depending on local WiFi network and the streaming device. Another thing to note is that content protected apps block any sort of mirroring and hence Chromecast might not work even when mirroring the entire Android device.
The best offline wireless solutions I had researched in the past that worked with almost all phones and Windows was the Screenbeam Mini 2 as it is Miracast and WiDi certified, but I suppose you will have to import that as well at a higher price.

What services can I install on an unused FireTV?

Has anyone repurposed their FireTV (stick or box) to something other than a media player? Like a VPN router or a web server?
I have a Toshiba Fire TV now and 4 or 5 rooted fire tv sitting around doing nothing so I figured I'd ask
Thanks