Missing Chromecast WiFi disconnect func.
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Well I got Chromecast and was fantastic. Working fine. But I'm not happy with the Wifi data usage. It eats lot of data even if you are not casting. It uses upto 20MB-40MB per hour while idle. Dont mention when your are casting it. The strange thing is that the app(Chromecast app) don't have WiFi disconnect functionality. Well there are ways mean but I would say there are inefficient and I don't consider them helpful. 1. To select other WiFi instead of yours. Which in my case no other Wifi available. 2. To unplug the chromecast from the power line not from the TV(This still consumes Wifi data). Is there anyone knows other app(Android or iOS) that do WiFi disconnect from chromecast. I wounder who designed the app this way.
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Well I got Chromecast and was fantastic. Working fine. But I'm not happy with the Wifi data usage. It eats lot of data even if you are not casting. It uses upto 20MB-40MB per hour while idle. Dont mention when your are casting it. The strange thing is that the app(Chromecast app) don't have WiFi disconnect functionality. Well there are ways mean but I would say there are inefficient and I don't consider them helpful. 1. To select other WiFi instead of yours. Which in my case no other Wifi available. 2. To unplug the chromecast from the power line not from the TV(This still consumes Wifi data). Is there anyone knows other app(Android or iOS) that do WiFi disconnect from chromecast. I wounder who designed the app this way.
I've got an original Chromecast, and I've not noticed that - I just checked my router status page, and my CC isn't even connected. I was using it 15 minutes ago took stream a video from my NAS, and used the casting app to disconnect at the end, then switched away from HDMI to AVI for the Sky box. And currently the CC doesn't even appear as a WiFi connected device on my network... It's possible that the newer one works very differently, but this one doesn't seem to be showing the problem. For casting I use LocalCast, which has a "disconnect app on TV" option. What are you using?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've got an original Chromecast, and I've not noticed that - I just checked my router status page, and my CC isn't even connected. I was using it 15 minutes ago took stream a video from my NAS, and used the casting app to disconnect at the end, then switched away from HDMI to AVI for the Sky box. And currently the CC doesn't even appear as a WiFi connected device on my network... It's possible that the newer one works very differently, but this one doesn't seem to be showing the problem. For casting I use LocalCast, which has a "disconnect app on TV" option. What are you using?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
I'm using Chrome cast[^] which I got it from local Best Buy. The app totally crap. The hardware is simple and handy. It just nonsense not to have a disconnect func. Don't make sense.
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I'm using Chrome cast[^] which I got it from local Best Buy. The app totally crap. The hardware is simple and handy. It just nonsense not to have a disconnect func. Don't make sense.
Try Localcast[^] or VideoStream Mobile[^] which Joan Murt really likes - I haven't played with it that much yet, but it transcodes on the fly, so it plays more formats than the Chromecast normally accepts.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Try Localcast[^] or VideoStream Mobile[^] which Joan Murt really likes - I haven't played with it that much yet, but it transcodes on the fly, so it plays more formats than the Chromecast normally accepts.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
None of them have the capability to disconnect Wifi. Thanks for the help.
