Hi folks , Ok i haven't bought the chrome cast yet. however what i bought was a blue rigger mini display port to HDMI adaptor. I wanted to connect my mac(mid 2010, so no HDMI port) with TV(Samsung E series). Well glad to say , once you enable the mirroring in the MAC system pref, it mirrors the mac exactly so your TV becomes one giant monitor. Its cool watching photos on the big screen.
Also i set up a plex server. Its good. It works like this . You select a laptop( which contains all your media i.e movies etc and set up a plex server. This server will consolidate all your files and will also download metadata from the net and will create a nice arrangement of movies, TV shows and music, photos with posters , cast director ratings and other trivia about the movie and shows. once a server is created you can access the same from many devices through their front end app. I downloaded plex app for my samsung TV and was able to access all the content. Similarly was able to access from android device. However in android the app is a paid app. but worth it.
And then i had some M4V files, i tried to play it through plex app on my TV but the TV did not recognize this format and was not able to play the same. So had to fall back on good old Vuze.
But the main problem remains, DLNA just does not allow subtitle streaming . I have not yet been able to stream subtitles wirelessly.
Good news VLC 3.0 will contain streaming ability via chromecast. Also read that chromecast will be incorporated in all or most devices in future. Hope so
