Configure Chromecast as monitor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
THIS IS A KIND FEATURE REQUEST -- not a bug
Under System "Settings > Displays" it would be really nice, if Chromecast devices were automatically detected and appeared like any normal monitor that is connected directly to the computer; ie. unity-control-
Resolution of a chromecast is most likely fixed and the option should therefore be ghosted. But when configuring a screencast-
I've added a screenshot to demonstrate the idea.
I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04, so I don't know if this has actually been implemented in 15.04. But I haven't found any blogs describing it.
Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
it won't really detect it without major doing, but I see windows has a trick for doing it forcing to extend to a nonexistant display then mirroring all the content to the chromecast in which the content going to the tv is first, and content going to the computer is able to be managed- https:/ /www.youtube. com/watch? v=miGe5u- LFYQ
maybe setting the virtural desktop to extend to the left so over flow starts on the tv - would be a dirty hack - but would make it very nice to throw anything you want up to a tv.