Re: Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..
I am using Chrome browser with the Google Cast extension installed. My laptop and Chromecast are connected to the same SSID on my router. I don't know how familiar you are with Chromecast so I'm including these ideas even though you probably know them already.
The Chromecast can only connect to 2.4ghz wifi so the laptop needs to be on that band as well.
If it's set up correctly you'll see a cast icon appear on the window for all YouTube videos and you should also be able to cast the tab using the cast icon that appears on the top right of your browser window (like in the screen shot the poster before me included).
On Vudu, it's a little different than with YouTube. First, there are some movies/TV shows that don't currently show Chromecast availability at all, though this seems to be relatively rare (vast majority of items I checked are castable). You'll know because the item's description page shows Chromecast availability (again see the screen shot in the post before mine). If the item you want to cast shows Chromecast compatibility, then click on the "Watch" button towards the upper left of the item's description page. A video overlay will open and the cast icon should appear towards the lower right of this overlay.
This is where Vudu is different than YouTube and Netflix. On those a menu opens right above the cast icon, you select your player, and the movie starts on your Chromecast. On Vudu, clicking the icon makes the Chrome browser's Chromecast icon in upper right open and you select the Chromecast there. It feels like you might be casting the tab, but you are not. The movie will start playing on your Chromecast and you can close the video overlay because a new blue bar should have appeared at the top of the Vudu site that has pause/play controls on it and allows you to continue browsing on vudu while the movie plays, should you wish to do so.
That's long winded, but should explain the process.
Originally posted by dawgyjay
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The Chromecast can only connect to 2.4ghz wifi so the laptop needs to be on that band as well.
If it's set up correctly you'll see a cast icon appear on the window for all YouTube videos and you should also be able to cast the tab using the cast icon that appears on the top right of your browser window (like in the screen shot the poster before me included).
On Vudu, it's a little different than with YouTube. First, there are some movies/TV shows that don't currently show Chromecast availability at all, though this seems to be relatively rare (vast majority of items I checked are castable). You'll know because the item's description page shows Chromecast availability (again see the screen shot in the post before mine). If the item you want to cast shows Chromecast compatibility, then click on the "Watch" button towards the upper left of the item's description page. A video overlay will open and the cast icon should appear towards the lower right of this overlay.
This is where Vudu is different than YouTube and Netflix. On those a menu opens right above the cast icon, you select your player, and the movie starts on your Chromecast. On Vudu, clicking the icon makes the Chrome browser's Chromecast icon in upper right open and you select the Chromecast there. It feels like you might be casting the tab, but you are not. The movie will start playing on your Chromecast and you can close the video overlay because a new blue bar should have appeared at the top of the Vudu site that has pause/play controls on it and allows you to continue browsing on vudu while the movie plays, should you wish to do so.
That's long winded, but should explain the process.
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