On 01.02.2015 20:06, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2015-02-01 at 18:57 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> The alternative is to use XMBC on a dedicated PC. There are lots of
> those around, but that means a) dropping another $100 or so, and b)
> having another bit of hardware to plug in and maintain. Since I
> already
> have an i7 16GB desktop with a fast Internet connection, I was hoping
> to
> reduce the complexity rather than increase it.
Forgot to mention that there is one other option: Google Chromecast. My
son lent me his recently and it worked well from Chrome on Fedora (with
the appropriate add-on). And it's relatively cheap. However AFAIK it
uses a proprietary protocol not compatible with Miracast, so the dongle
is necessary.
poc
There are HDMI extenders, if you can not directly connect PC-HDMI to TV-HDMI.