#Slingplayer plugin chrome android#

So you could conceivably start the video on your Android (or other Chromecast-enabled VLC platforms) and then cast it to a Chromecast-enabled TV.

VLC (at least on Android) supports Chromecast.

At least to my level of tech savvy, the video was clear, well thought out and created confidence that this solution would work reasonably well.

He acknowledged that we Yanks call the wifi thingie a row-ter.

At least in theory you could switch between both devices. Imagine if you were a cord cutter and you wanted to use both a streamer box (Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) and an OTA DVR like Tablo or HDhomerun. One could hook up more than one video source and switch among them using the same IR remote mechanism.

I imagine that if one were to use a multi-input HDMI splitter with IR sensor for remote control:.

Even on the Android-based and Amazon Fire-based streamers) (which is pretty available- Macs, PCs, Linux.

Your viewing platform supports VLC as a player.

(and not bluetooth like a lot of streaming sticks do these days)

The video source to be remote controlled uses IR.

(I will have to see if my Celeron-based compact machines have enough ooomph)

The computer hosting the stream server must have enough horsepower.

But maybe the Dish solution will be the only or most practical alternative.ĭoes anyone here have experience with Dish Hopper 2 or 3 and remote viewing from them?Ĭlick to expand.That is a brilliant solution! It requires a bit of technical comfort but it ought to work well with the following criteria: I am inclined to let the two years unspool with my late life Slingplayer Solo while keeping my eyes open to other solutions. They swear up and down that their solution will let me view the contents of the DVR anywhere in the world. Of course this entails becoming a Dish customer.

#Slingplayer plugin chrome software#

They don't work with any of the software Slingplayers. (I have been on board since the very first model.) It dawned on me that the parent company has a replacement solution but it ain't cheap, is only for US Dish Network locations, and it won't work for cordcutters:ĭish Networks has two DVRs with the same underlying technology built in: The Hopper 2 and Hopper 3.

Sling (Dish Network) gets almost no new revenue from Slingbox users like us. But there is a seed of truth inside your hopeful idea. Click to expand.You may be too optimistic.