22-05-2016 16:47
Folks,
Is it possible to send photos and audio mp3 from my android moto g to my nowtv box (and to my tv) using streaming apps like Roku or Allcast etc. The Nowtv box is connected to the internet and to my wifi and works fine, the roku and allcast apps detect the nowtv box but don't connect to it properly because there's no sound or photos on the tv. Pls advise.
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22-05-2016 17:53
22-05-2016 17:53
22-05-2016 19:34
Thanks. Playto works providing the playto app is installed on the nowtv box. Thats good. What's not so good is that there seems to be no way to control the playing media from the phone, eg stop, skip, jump. I'm wondering now whether the other casting apps (eg. Roku, Allcast) also need a matching app to be installed on the box.
23-05-2016 8:44
@Anonymous User both the Roku app and Allcast (plus some others) use the Roku Media Player to handle showing pictures and video from your devices. This app isn't included on the NOW TV boxes,
26-05-2016 18:41
Although Playto works, there are big delays when using my phone to start and stop music files, maybe 6 secs. The delays make using Playto on my network (g) impractical for playing individual audio files and skipping to others etc. Playto would be alright for casting a list/queue of music files, but thats not what I want to do. A big drawback of the free version of Playto is that its so heavily loaded with adverts that its difficult for the user to gauge what the paid-for version would be like and whether it would, in practice, be much different.