"Casting" with Chromecast

[stgislander]

Has anyone ever used Google Chrome and Chromecast to "cast" a PC desktop to multiple locations within a building? Is it easy to do?

 

[GWguy]

You don't actually cast anything. A link is sent from the PC/smartphone to the Chromecast dongle, and the dongle then goes to the Internet to find and display the link on the TV.

Don't know if you could command multiple dongles all at once.

 

[stgislander]

You don't actually cast anything. A link is sent from the PC/smartphone to the Chromecast dongle, and the dongle then goes to the Internet to find and display the link on the TV.

Don't know if you could command multiple dongles all at once.

Okay, I may have been confused. I remember seeing something about using the casting feature built into Google Chrome.

 

[GWguy]

how does chromecast work - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[stgislander]

how does chromecast work - Google Search

www.google.com

That sounds like how most people would use it. I want to be able to to run PowerPoint on a PC and have the slides appear on the Chromecast enabled devices.

 

[GWguy]

using chromecast to send a powerpoint display - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[stgislander]

I won't be using an smartphone or tablet so the Android app will not work. Looking at some of the other links that popped-up, it appears that I do have to use Google Chrome if using a PC.

 

[stgislander]

Just discovered that Google Slides will cast directly to Chromecast.

 

[SamSpade]

I've used it at home but almost always to cast videos from YouTube on my laptop or phone to our big family TV.
Pretty easy, actually. It just doesn't happen that often.