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[Stephan Henningsen <1450436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

THIS IS A KIND FEATURE REQUEST -- not a bug

Under System "Settings > Displays" it would be really nice, if
Chromecast devices were automatically detected and appeared like any
normal monitor that is connected directly to the computer; ie. unity-
control-center should  transparently allow the Chromecast device to be
used as a secondary or even a primary monitor, configure mirroring,
launcher placement, scale and everything.

Resolutions of a chromecast is most likely fixed.  But when configuring
a screencast-to-Chromecast from the Chrome browser, a image quality or
speed option is present.  Maybe there should be room for this somewhere
in the unity-control-center's "Displays" window.   Remember to state the
name of the Chromecast so one can tell multiple chromecasts from
another.

I've added a screenshot to demonstrate the idea.

Currently running Ubuntu 14.04, so I don't know if this has actually
been implemented in 15.04.

** Affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: chromecast display

** Attachment added: "display-chromecast.jpg"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450436/+attachment/4388277/+files/display-chromecast.jpg

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Title:
  Configure Chromecast as monitor

Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  THIS IS A KIND FEATURE REQUEST -- not a bug

  Under System "Settings > Displays" it would be really nice, if
  Chromecast devices were automatically detected and appeared like any
  normal monitor that is connected directly to the computer; ie. unity-
  control-center should  transparently allow the Chromecast device to be
  used as a secondary or even a primary monitor, configure mirroring,
  launcher placement, scale and everything.

  Resolutions of a chromecast is most likely fixed.  But when
  configuring a screencast-to-Chromecast from the Chrome browser, a
  image quality or speed option is present.  Maybe there should be room
  for this somewhere in the unity-control-center's "Displays" window.
  Remember to state the name of the Chromecast so one can tell multiple
  chromecasts from another.

  I've added a screenshot to demonstrate the idea.

  Currently running Ubuntu 14.04, so I don't know if this has actually
  been implemented in 15.04.

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