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unity-control-center package

  1. Bug #1450436
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Comment 0 for bug 1450436

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Stephan Henningsen (zta77) wrote :

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-center should transparently allow the Chromecast device to be used as a secondary or even a primary monitor, configure mirroring, launcher placement, scale and everything.

Resolutions of a chromecast is most likely fixed. But when configuring a screencast-to-Chromecast from the Chrome browser, a image quality or speed option is present. Maybe there should be room for this somewhere in the unity-control-center's "Displays" window. Remember to state the name of the Chromecast so one can tell multiple chromecasts from another.

I've added a screenshot to demonstrate the idea.

Currently running Ubuntu 14.04, so I don't know if this has actually been implemented in 15.04.