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ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016 - Aug 16, 2016 at 05:17 PM
ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016 - Aug 16, 2016 at 06:44 PM
I have Chromecast showing on my TV and despite a few short videos, can't seem to cast content from a hard drive via my laptop to the TV. I've tried the Control+O funtion, which opens the content in a new tab. I then left-clicked to 'cast to a device', but it's not recognizing my device there. Is there a time lag, should I reboot, or am I missing something?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Aug 16, 2016 at 05:22 PM
Perhaps this link will help:

https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/chromecast/learn/?utm_source=chromecast.com
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ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 at 05:40 PM
I tried that link but it didn't answer my question. Thanks tho'!
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827 > ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 at 06:15 PM
then perhaps this will do the trick:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/4352049?hl=en
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ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 at 06:43 PM
I'm trying to run downloaded movies from an external hard drive. I can't figure out how to get them to run on my computer and then cast them onto my tv. I've installed VLC Media Player as someone suggested, but still am stumped.
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,171
Aug 16, 2016 at 06:01 PM
What you need is a free media player.

Download and install VLC Media Player (very popular)

https://ccm.net/downloads/video/4557-vlc-media-player/

Once the video is downloaded, use open with VLC

Good luck
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ldrpei Posts 4 Registration date Tuesday August 16, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 at 06:44 PM
Thank you. I downloaded the VLC Media Player successfully, but still am unable to cast a downloaded movie from an external hard drive to my tv.
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