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MIracast issues?

Tobermory31 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:56:06 GMT

Is there a known (or unacknowledged) problem with MIracast and Microsoft Surface devices??

I have a brand new 55" KD Sony TV which happily works in 'Mirror' mode with all our Android phones.

But when I try to 'miracast' from my Surface GO I get the connection ok , but then it starts to hang and goes into a total slowdown then stop. Same from my partners bigger Surface.

I've tried rebooting and reinstalling miracast with no success.. bah.

> I have noticed that the refresh rate on the TV is quite different (higher) than on my Surface screen. IS that anything to do with it.<<

Any ideas gratefully received..

Tobermory31

Betreff: MIracast issues?

IamNic — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:25:47 GMT

Hello @Tobermory31,

what do you mean by

@Tobermory31 schrieb:

reinstalling miracast

MiraCast is just the backend used for screen mirroring - though both on your Surface and Smartphone it is installed by default meaning you can directly select it from the settings of your device.

If you installed something - what did you install on your Surface?

- Nic

Re: MIracast issues?

LightFoot — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:30:56 GMT

@Tobermory31 wrote:
Is there a known (or unacknowledged) problem with MIracast and Microsoft Surface devices??

I have a brand new 55" KD Sony TV which happily works in 'Mirror' mode with all our Android phones.
But when I try to 'miracast' from my Surface GO I get the connection ok , but then it starts to hang and goes into a total slowdown then stop. Same from my partners bigger Surface.

I've tried rebooting and reinstalling miracast with no success.. bah.
> I have noticed that the refresh rate on the TV is quite different (higher) than on my Surface screen. IS that anything to do with it.<<
Any ideas gratefully received..

Tobermory31

Hi @Tobermory31 In my experience Miracast simply doesn’t work using Windows (10 here) over WiFi or Ethernet. In my case a seriously fast Dell laptop and a Dell Desktop PC. They connect with no problems then lag behind quickly and finally stop working all together. The only guaranteed solution is to use a HDMI cable. Note nothing to do with your surface, it is all windows tablets, laptops and PCs.