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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 14 Apr 2014 12:12 #117339

Thank you! The little icon was in the upper right all along--just needed some fresh eyes. It was great watching on the big screen--no problems. The Chromecast was the best $35 my brother ever spent on me!!! Thanks nlenoden.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 13 Apr 2014 17:28 #117338

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Doesn't apply to me but thanks for the directions, you never know what might happen in the future.
Blessing from Northwest Indiana, USA
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 13 Apr 2014 14:12 #117335

In think I see what ClaraLawrence's hubby might have done. You have to
be using the Chrome browser, which you can download for free (I have it
automatically installed on my Samsung Chromebook). Google "Chromecast
apps". You should now be looking at a page from google that is headed
"Now Casting". Scroll to the bottom of that page and find where it says
"Cast a Chrome tab". Click on "Add the Chromecast extension to your
Chrome browser". All that browsing and clicking should take you to the
following address:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd?hl=en

This page is headed "Google Cast". There is a button on the upper right
called "Add to Chrome", or something (it changed after I clicked it, and
I'm not quite sure what it said before I did that). Anyway, clicking on this
should install the Chrome Cast extension in your Chrome browser.

Okay, if you have gotten this far, you're almost there, and you won't
have to do any of that stuff again (whew!)

Turn on your TV. Logon to
thequiltshow.com and find something you'ld like to watch. On the TOP
right hand side of your browser window there should be an icon that looks
like a rectangular envelope with a corner inked in. This is the same
icon that you see in the LOWER right hand side of YouTube screens you
Chromecast, but now it should be in the TOP right hand corner of the
screen. If you click it, Alex and Ricky should appear on your TV set.

Unlike the Chromecast YouTube (and Netflix, etc.) app, this "Chromecast
extension" is still in beta, but it works pretty well for me (except
that sometimes the sound and picture get a little out of synch). I
think "Chromecast extension" works differently from the YouTube app.
The YouTube app starts a streaming process that goes to your TV from the
cloud. Once that has started, you can actually turn your PC off, and
the TV will keep streaming. But "Chromecast extension" is apparently
different. You have to keep your PC on for it to work.

Sorry for all the words, but I wanted to put down instructions that
even I could follow. Good luck!
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 13 Apr 2014 10:23 #117333

I have Chromecast as well and haven't figured out how to watch the shows on there. I can watch Youtube stuff easily enough so if anyone has the answer I would appreciate hearing as well. It's probably a setting or icon I'm missing.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 12 Apr 2014 11:45 #117315

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Don't know Chromecast. Sorry!
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 12 Apr 2014 08:38 #117313

Can you chromecast thequiltshow.com? I have not been able to do that. I can chromecast the quiltshow offerings that are on YouTube, but I think thequiltshow.com has a lot more of its programs than the ones shown on YouTube. Am I mistaken? If so, can you give more specific directions on what to do?
Thanks
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 22 Jan 2014 09:18 #114733

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Yes, I can bring it up on my iPhone and watch on my APPLE TV. It's wonderful. Just did some Amazon FREE streaming of TV shows to my TV last night. There is no longer any reason to watch something just because it's ALL that's on, even if you don't have cable! After all, one has to sleep, one has to sew, and that only leaves ??? hours to use up anyway!! ha
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 22:10 #114723

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I have used my iPad and AppleTV to watch the TQS videos on my big screen tv for over a year now.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 14:27 #114718

It's AWESOME!!! I'm planning a day tomorrow to catch up on a few shows.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 13:16 #114717

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I have finally got an HDMI cable and linked my laptop to my 40 inch TV. I so wish I had done that a long time ago. What a difference it makes to watching the TQS shows! :D :D :D


In leafy Berkshire, south of England.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 09:44 #114711

I changed it. Actually had the wrong link the first time and hubby noticed that one. I'm so new to this, but have a feeling I'm going to like it a lot!!!!!
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 09:15 #114710

It is actually called Chromecast :-) I paid $35 and it plugs into one of the HDMI slots on the tv.
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 08:46 #114706

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I think this is called CHROMECAST.

GOOGLE CHROME is just an Internet Browser, like Internet Explorer or Firefox.


It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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Re: Quilt Show really BIG!!! On my TV 21 Jan 2014 06:39 #114705

I have the Google Chrome too. The main reason I got it was to watch TQS and Craftsy while I am in my sewing room. So nice to be freed from sitting there watching on my laptop or tablet. :D
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