Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 01:44 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > You seem to suggest that the chromecast connects the TV > directly to the router once the connection is established? > That seems plausible, but doesn't explain the difference in quality. It's not only plausible, it's how Chromecast actua

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/28/15 18:41, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> If you are using an application which is chromecast enabled, such as >> NetFlix or many of the chromecast enabled Android apps, then yes the >> traffic will be switched/configured to come from the source and go >> directly to the chr

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-28 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ed Greshko wrote: > If you are using an application which is chromecast enabled, such as > NetFlix or many of the chromecast enabled Android apps, then yes the > traffic will be switched/configured to come from the source and go > directly to the chromecast dongle. Yes, it seems more complicated

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/28/15 07:44, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 13:43 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much >>> better >>> under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). >>> Under Fedora the re

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 13:43 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much >> better >> under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). >> Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. >> Admittedly this is with

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 20:39 Timothy Murphy wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: >> Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much better >> under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). >> Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. >> Admittedly this is with a rather low - 6.

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ed Greshko wrote: >> Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much better >> under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). >> Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. >> Admittedly this is with a rather low - 6.5Mb/s - internet speed. >> >> I wonder if this is a c

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 13:43 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much > better > under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). > Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. > Admittedly this is with a rather low - 6.5Mb/s - internet

Re: chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/27/15 19:43, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much better > under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). > Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. > Admittedly this is with a rather low - 6.5Mb/s - internet speed. > > I wonde

chromecast: Fedora vs Windows

2015-07-27 Thread Timothy Murphy
Sadly, I find that chromecast (under google chrome) performs much better under Windows 7 than under Fedora-22 (on the same laptop). Under Fedora the reception is very jumpy. Admittedly this is with a rather low - 6.5Mb/s - internet speed. I wonder if this is a common experience? -- Timothy Mur