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[Whitelinehugger]

17 hours ago, ElmParkRG2 said:

The only firestick I have used was to light a coal fire, and that didn't work everytime.

Edited Wednesday at 09:30 AM by Whitelinehugger

[ElmParkRG2]

6 hours ago, Whitelinehugger said:

Ah! Memories of the days when  you could see as well as feel the heat come back. Much better than central heating., thanks.

[kevin bass]

22 hours ago, blocktread said:

Download the Amazon Silk browser, then search for it on that, it works fine.

Well i set up the Firestick with the Amazon Silk Browser like said and all was good👍 mind you ive still had to write down a step by step guide for my parents to follow just incase they get confused when i aint about come the next meeting, fingers crossed they get the hang of it after using this way to watch BSN after a few meetings, time will tell tho.

[gmarsbar2]

On 4/28/2026 at 7:56 PM, IainB said:

From what I understand it still won't be watchable through a web browser in May, it'll be an installable app.

Your wrong the app will be in addition to a web browser. If you're watching on a pc/laptop you'd go to the website.

[IainB]

11 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said:

Your wrong the app will be in addition to a web browser. If you're watching on a pc/laptop you'd go to the website.

I was referring to watching on a TV browser, if it's not working now I don't think it's going to start working in May, you'd have to use the app for your brand of TV

[gmarsbar2]

29 minutes ago, IainB said:

I was referring to watching on a TV browser, if it's not working now I don't think it's going to start working in May, you'd have to use the app for your brand of TV

In that case the new app should be available to download to your smart tv. If the web browser isn't working you can mirror your laptop/phone to the tv

[IainB]

5 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said:

In that case the new app should be available to download to your smart tv. If the web browser isn't working you can mirror your laptop/phone to the tv

Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment mirroring from my phone, means I can't join in the fun and games on here though while watching... or vote for RotN.

Hopefully the app for my reasonably newish Samsung TV will work okay. 

I have been using the TvBro android app previously on an nVidia TV shield this crashes out after 10-20 minutes when watching live. 

[poole keith]

Sorry in wrong topic but is there now not a topic heading for GPs and world cup?

[kevin bass]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment mirroring from my phone, means I can't join in the fun and games on here though while watching... or vote for RotN.

Hopefully the app for my reasonably newish Samsung TV will work okay. 

I have been using the TvBro android app previously on an nVidia TV shield this crashes out after 10-20 minutes when watching live. 

Same here Iain, im hoping my parents 3yr old Samsung will be compatible 

[AFCB Wildcat]

12 hours ago, IainB said:

Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment mirroring from my phone, means I can't join in the fun and games on here though while watching... or vote for RotN.

Hopefully the app for my reasonably newish Samsung TV will work okay. 

I have been using the TvBro android app previously on an nVidia TV shield this crashes out after 10-20 minutes when watching live. 

 

12 hours ago, IainB said:

Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment mirroring from my phone, means I can't join in the fun and games on here though while watching... or vote for RotN.

Hopefully the app for my reasonably newish Samsung TV will work okay. 

I have been using the TvBro android app previously on an nVidia TV shield this crashes out after 10-20 minutes when watching live. 

Can you not use the casting feature on BSN rather than screen mirroring?

I've always cast from my phone to a chromecast dongle in one of the TV's a HDMI ports. By doing this, the stream goes straight to the TV, so you can use your phone to come on here or do anything else on it without affecting the broadcast on the TV screen.

Looking at the tutorial on BSN, you should be able to cast direct to a smart TV even if you dont use a dongle. The list of available devices should show when you tap the 'cast' icon. For some reason though, only my chromecast shows when I tap the icon on BSN. On YouTube, I have the choice of my TV, my EE box or my chromecast when I tap to cast.

For those not familiar, Casting & screen mirroring are 2 completely different processes. Screen mirroring uses the phones battery & CPU and replicates the phones screen on the TV. Casting diverts the stream directly to the TV, meaning that the phone is not involved in the process other than being a remote control.

[IainB]

5 hours ago, AFCB Wildcat said:

 

Can you not use the casting feature on BSN rather than screen mirroring?

I've always cast from my phone to a chromecast dongle in one of the TV's a HDMI ports. By doing this, the stream goes straight to the TV, so you can use your phone to come on here or do anything else on it without affecting the broadcast on the TV screen.

Looking at the tutorial on BSN, you should be able to cast direct to a smart TV even if you dont use a dongle. The list of available devices should show when you tap the 'cast' icon. For some reason though, only my chromecast shows when I tap the icon on BSN. On YouTube, I have the choice of my TV, my EE box or my chromecast when I tap to cast.

For those not familiar, Casting & screen mirroring are 2 completely different processes. Screen mirroring uses the phones battery & CPU and replicates the phones screen on the TV. Casting diverts the stream directly to the TV, meaning that the phone is not involved in the process other than being a remote control.

Thanks, I'll look into this, currently cast is not a selectable option for me when I try and watch a video, this maybe because my TV is on a wired network and my phone is on wireless. I'll try enabling wifi and see if that makes the option appear 👍

[IainB]

10 hours ago, AFCB Wildcat said:

 

Can you not use the casting feature on BSN rather than screen mirroring?

I've always cast from my phone to a chromecast dongle in one of the TV's a HDMI ports. By doing this, the stream goes straight to the TV, so you can use your phone to come on here or do anything else on it without affecting the broadcast on the TV screen.

Looking at the tutorial on BSN, you should be able to cast direct to a smart TV even if you dont use a dongle. The list of available devices should show when you tap the 'cast' icon. For some reason though, only my chromecast shows when I tap the icon on BSN. On YouTube, I have the choice of my TV, my EE box or my chromecast when I tap to cast.

For those not familiar, Casting & screen mirroring are 2 completely different processes. Screen mirroring uses the phones battery & CPU and replicates the phones screen on the TV. Casting diverts the stream directly to the TV, meaning that the phone is not involved in the process other than being a remote control.

Just tried casting from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV on the same wireless network and it was a no go for me... the cast icon just does not appear when I start the video from my phones BSN website app. 👎🏻

... tried the YouTube app and it did allow me to cast

... then tried logging in to BSN using the Google Chrome browser app on my phone, bingo the cast icon appeared! Tried to cast to my TV and it just wouldn't do it 🤷‍♂️

Bingo! (again) I switched from the mobile site version in chrome to the desktop site and it worked! All a bit of a ball ache but at least it's now casting 👍🏻 

Edited Friday at 12:41 PM by IainB

[AFCB Wildcat]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

Just tried casting from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV on the same wireless network and it was a no go for me... the cast icon just does not appear when I start the video from my phones BSN website app. 👎🏻

... tried the YouTube app and it did allow me to cast

... then tried logging in to BSN using the Google Chrome browser app on my phone, bingo the cast icon appeared! Tried to cast to my TV and it just wouldn't do it 🤷‍♂️

Bingo! (again) I switched from the mobile site version in chrome to the desktop site and it worked! All a bit of a ball ache but at least it's now casting 👍🏻 

It's all witchcraft isn't it? I don't pretend to understand it all but I've got a setup that works well, so I stick with it.

I bought the chromecast dongle years ago, before I had a smart TV and I've never had a problem casting with it from any source. I think it was about £30 for the Google dongle, but you can get an unbranded one for about a tenner.

I'm using the mobile BSN site and as I said, my TV doesn't show as available which maybe to do with settings on either my phone or TV. Out of interest, I'll try switching to the desktop site and see if shows.

Glad you've found a way to cast anyway, as mirroring is certainly less than ideal.

 

 

[Whitelinehugger]

6 hours ago, IainB said:

Just tried casting from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV on the same wireless network and it was a no go for me... the cast icon just does not appear when I start the video from my phones BSN website app. 👎🏻

... tried the YouTube app and it did allow me to cast

... then tried logging in to BSN using the Google Chrome browser app on my phone, bingo the cast icon appeared! Tried to cast to my TV and it just wouldn't do it 🤷‍♂️

Bingo! (again) I switched from the mobile site version in chrome to the desktop site and it worked! All a bit of a ball ache but at least it's now casting 👍🏻 

The fishermen are casting too, get your rods out