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[Closed] Streaming music from phone to TV via USB?

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Is this feat of witchcraft possible? I've uncovered accounts of a fabled app but can't download it and the TV's not playing. Context is I wanna play Spotify to a hotel telly through USB - surely we have the techkwnoledgey?


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 12:07 am
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chromecast. It's a wee dongle (plugs into hmdi, powered by usb) you can get a chromecast audio too, but no point in that if you are plugging into your tele.

control it with your phone or computer..


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 12:19 am
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Cheers feller - I have Chromecast at home but am currently at a hotel and find myself in search of alternative needs. Seems an incredible oversight that you can't stream via USB.


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 12:48 am
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think you'd need a micro usb/hdmi cable them. would doubt usb would cut it, never actually tried, but I'd guess your phone would also need to support such a cable.


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 1:08 am
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Think you're right - just seems nuts you can't stream over USB, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if I'd saved tunes to SD and the telly saw it as a storage device. 🙁


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 1:11 am
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Does the chromecast have guest mode enabled? you might be able to connect like that
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6109292?hl=en-AU
Worth a shot


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 1:15 am
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Cheers Mike, no Chromecast at the hotel. 🙁 There's USB ports in the telly and a little Cisco box behind it, but no USB ports on that and my phone ain't speaking to the telly. 🙁


 
Posted : 21/02/2017 1:25 am