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I am looking to get a new streaming box, but the main thing I need it to do is stream video files from my PC (hence the jailbreak on the AppleTV) in various formats. From what I understand, none of the other major boxes (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast) have this functionality.
I suppose I could get one of the new AppleTVs and set up a PLEX server, but that seems like a lot of extra steps for what I want. Right now, I can just put a file in my video folder, and I can watch it on my TV instantly. I admit I don't know a lot about how PLEX works, but I don't believe it is that simple.
Does anyone know of some product that can do what I want?
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This might prove helpful: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videos...pnocolokfelagl?hl=en
As far as I can tell, Plex lets you throw something in a folder and just watch it. I have been too lazy to set it up. My son is getting a Chromecast for Christmas so we can use our PC to view content, although lately he has been binging Star TreK: The Next Generation on Netflix.
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BUT! I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for. I have it running on my home server, not an actual PC that people use. It isn't drag-and-drop easy to set up, but it isn't particularly complex if you follow the instructions. It just has this server-client thing going on that some people aren't on board with.
We've had Roku, Chromecast, and Fire TV Stick here. Fire TV would probably get the nod if it supported Chromecast, but as it is we're currently running both. Voice search on Fire TV with voice remote is decent. You can't search for "Futurama Season 3 Episode 2", but you can search for just "Futurama" and it will give you streaming options. Fire TV DOES support a type of mirroring -- I believe it's Miracast -- that might be worth looking into.
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I'm guessing mirroring from an iPad is only possible on an AppleTV? It'd be nice to have, but we haven't been able to use it for a few years so obviously we aren't missing it too much.
hotseatgames wrote: Chromecast with the app called VideoStream will do exactly what you want.
Looks promising. Do I need to install Chrome on my PC to use it? I honestly don't even know what Chromecast is. What's this talk of browser windows? I don't need no browser windows on my TeeVee.
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I've got no input on the Plex thing. Also, the Chromecast doesn't really do Amazon instant video.
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ETA: You could definitely do better with an older PC running either Windows or some flavor of Linux. The Raspberry Pi 3 works okay for 720p (DVD quality), but sometimes stumbles over 1080p. Again, it just tickles me that it works at all with no fans, etc.
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