Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by orev on Saturday December 10, 2022 @04:48PM
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The MS Wireless Display Adapter is amazing for business use (PowerPoint, etc.). Mostly static content. They also even more silently released a 4K one recently, which may have resolved the latency.
Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by tokamak-teapot on Saturday December 10, 2022 @03:44PM
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Why would latency be a problem with video? Or is the audio separate and not latency compensated?
Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by giantrobot on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:25PM
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If you have video-only content like a presentation you're fine. The moment you've got content with audio, like a movie, the AV sync issues are intolerable. I had one of the Microsoft adapters and I'd also see dropped frames and stuttering video. That was when I could even get the thing to connect. Apple's AirPlay isn't perfect by any means but it's a far better experience than I've ever had with Miracast.
Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by codetrotter on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:41AM
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> The moment you've got content with audio, like a movie, the AV sync issues are intolerable.
VLC media player allows you to adjust audio delay. Doing so can help combat the issue.
Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by int_19h on Sunday December 11, 2022 @04:53AM
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I used that adapter to watch a bunch of Game of Thrones episodes with no noticeable lag issues. But the device casting was Surface, so maybe it's just a case of vendor optimizing for its own products.
Re:MiracleCast – Wifi-Display/Miracast Implementation
by someweirdperson on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:16PM
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> and Android only supported it from 4.2-5.0
I can cast my android 12 tablet (samsung) to my tv (panasonic, running firefox-os). The tablet calls it smart-view, the TV vierra-link. At least vierra-link is just a different name for miracast.
The best effort, though little known, was Microsoft selling a wireless stick for $49 that would connect to your TV and only supported Miracast. However, the latency was never near as good as Microsoft portrayed (watching a movie over Miracast generally isn't fun). They still sell it apparently, but now only for business uses: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/microsoft-wireless-display...