[Closed] Chromecast where there's no wifi - use a mobile wi-fi hotspot?

Probably... though you can check that before you go to make sure

I'd try it in advance of going away. when I was checking them out, Chromecasts expect to be connected to the internet at large, not just to a network.

See that was another advantage of Miracast before Google killed it off. It worked with wifi direct so no hot spot / access point required. Though you'd need a Miracast enabled TV or gadget, and as of Android 6+ it's been removed anyway forcing you to buy Chromecast gadgets. Although if the device / TV support DNLA you can use apps to do the job (e.g. BubbleUPnP), but it still requires a network.

I tried to do exactly this with a Chromecast last year, but failed dismally...

OTG cable to HDMI then. Get a medium priced one off amazon with good reviews.

[i]Chromecasts expect to be connected to the internet at large, not just to a network.[/i]

In theory it will have will have, through my phone (assuming there's 3G/4G coverage where we're staying)

[i]I tried to do exactly this with a Chromecast last year, but failed dismally…[/i]

Oh, smashing 🙁

[i]OTG cable to HDMI then. Get a medium priced one off amazon with good reviews.[/i]

No time before the weekend.

Laptop with a HDMI cable?

[i]Laptop with a HDMI cable?[/i]

Gedoutofit, coming round here with your glaringly obvious simple solutions...

"No time before the weekend."

order now, get it delivered tomorrow?

Get it posted by 1pm if you pay a little more. Or get it delivered to the cottage. Or use the laptop.

Chromecast doesn't generally work off the local device- your tablet would just be the remote. So download or not you'd still be using the tablet to tell the chromecast to stream the movie.

also looking for a solution to this.

dont have a laptop

You need internet access, it doesn't matter if it's a mobile hotspot or whatever. What doesn't work is to use an unconnected wifi router. And I'm not sure how much data it actually uses while connected - assuming you've previously downloaded the film to your phone I assume this data is just sent over the wifi and doesn't use up your data allowance... but I'm not sure.

Edit: pretty sure it also needs to be a different phone providing the hotspot to the one you're streaming from, but not 100% sure on that either. Assuming you and your partner both have smart phones this obviously won't be an issue.

Cheers all. The setup will be:

1) A chromecast
2) An android tablet with the Netflix app on it, and a Netflix film downloaded to it
3) A mobile phone with hotspot capabilities. 3G/4G coverage looks ropey according to the EE coverage checker.

I'll try it, if it doesn't work we'll just have to play a game, read or *shudder* talk to each other.

Does the cottage have a DVD player?

If not, you can buy one from Tesco for like £20. DVD's also  available for many popular films from £3

You can

[i]Gedoutofit, coming round here with your glaringly obvious simple solutions…[/i]

n'all.

You could also both sit by the fire  and cuddle up with a glass of wine and try and remember a film that you both saw together.

That might work. 😉

[i]You could also both sit by the fire and cuddle up with a glass of wine and try and remember a film that you both saw together.[/i]

That's the least useful suggestion yet; MrsIHN can never remember a film she's seen. In fact, she barely understands the film she's watching at the time. Some cases in point:

1) Watching 'Michael Clayton', the George Clooney as fixer for shady law firm thriller. It took a good half hour of confusion before she realised she wasn't watching 'Michael Collins', the Liam Neeson as leader of the IRA historical biopic.

2) Watching 'The Departed', she thought Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio were the same person. That was a good two and bit hours of confusion...

That’s the least useful suggestion yet;

My work here is done.

In fact, she barely understands the film she’s watching at the time.

Went through this on Apple devices to go skiing.  settled on getting a cable.

Read enough reviews of cheap cables to find they don't include HDCP so most content doesn't work.

Found somewhere selling the Apple lightning HDMI adaptor for £35 rather than £50.

Didn't get aroudn to testing it before going.  BBC iPlayer worked but Netflix has had some sort of bug since iOS update in September and would not display on screen....

Thought all the kids watch TV on phones and tablets now anyway. TVs are so uncool.

And I’m not sure how much data it actually uses while connected – assuming you’ve previously downloaded the film to your phone I assume this data is just sent over the wifi and doesn’t use up your data allowance… but I’m not sure.

Pretty sure in almost all cases Chromecast will stream from the service/cloud as opposed to the device. I think a laptop casting a chrome tab is about the only non-complicated way round this.

I don't know if anyone has answered this already, but it used to work, but doesn't any more.

I'd done it in a caravan in Cornwall a couple of years ago, but last October tried to do it again and it wouldn't have it. OTG HDMI cable is your best bet. Or films on a memory stick. Most TVs have a usb port on them now.

Hmm.

Seems to be a lot of talking of streaming. You can mirror you phone screen no bother on Chromecast.

I'm trying tonight.