Miracast: Ubuntu 18.04 > SmartTV

Question

I own a SmartTV from Thomson that supports "Miracast" for "Screen Mirroring", and I have successfull tested it on Android-Device.

Now my question is what software I need in Ubuntu 18.04 to mirror the screen + sound from Linux to SmartTV.

Unfortunately, I have not found anything on this.

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '18 at 05:42

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There's Miraclecast,

And instructions / a discussion from a few years back... I do not know if this has become more user friendly since, or not. https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast/issues/4

I looked into this a while back when I got a "smart tv", and ended up making the the lazy decision to buy a chromecast device instead.

answered May 21 '18 at 05:42

kurja

Thank you, i think its better to use chromecast too, do you stream over the browserplugin (chrome) with chromecast, is there a possiblity to stream desktop including sound? – Steve Getsch May 21 '18 at 05:50
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I've been casting from Chrome browser. There's mkchromecast http://mkchromecast.com/ (should be installable form ubuntu repositories), maybe that would do what you want, I have not tried it. – kurja May 21 '18 at 05:58

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '21 at 16:37

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Plex as an app on my Hisense TV, so I installed plex server on my Ubuntu 18.04 PC and works 100%.

answered Mar 22 '21 at 16:37

Gavin Simpson

provide more info please about the app and how to install it and whether it works for other brands too? – azerafati Mar 24 '21 at 14:49
The link is https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/. I cannot say for any other brand of TV, but if you see Plex in the TV's Apps there it will work. – Gavin Simpson Mar 24 '21 at 14:51

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 12 '19 at 22:58

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The easiest and user-friendliest options are probably:

answered Feb 12 '19 at 22:58

hb0

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This solution is not compatible with Miracast – Andreas Storvik Strauman Sep 18 '19 at 13:03
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OP is asking for a solution that is similar to the Android connection, which works without additional hardware. – delf Nov 30 '19 at 21:32

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