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123614
August 2, 2018, 4:51pm
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Well, I found out that my TV has a built-in Lan adapter, so don't need any other stuff, I hope.  Anyway, after a lot of messing about, I was able to get a browser for the TV and entered in all the details of the URL for iFollow, this worked fine, I logged in to iFollow, everything went fine, then tried to play one of the videos there, nothing, it just won't play the videos!  I'm stumped.
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August 2, 2018, 4:56pm

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Plug your laptop into your TV with a HDMI cable.


I've plugged my Chromebook into the TV using a HDMI cable and played the Gainsborough highlights on my Chromebook through iFollow but on the TV just got the highlights sound and no picture if that makes sense......any ideas ?


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August 2, 2018, 4:59pm
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Roughly how much data would streaming a match use up?


Depends on the transmission quality - I don't use iFollow myself so no idea.

Supposedly it is an 'adaptive streamer' which checks the available bandwidth intermittently and ups or downs the bandwidth used as required. Of course, this doesn't help you if you want to limit the bandwidth used. Not sure if the iFollow player allows you to specify a limit or resolution.

I've read somewhere that, in general, streaming SD video works out around 1GB per hour with HD around 3GB but that was in reference to Netflix. Whether or not this is the case with iFollow, I don't know. Depends on the codec used and quality of the stream.
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Well, I found out that my TV has a built-in Lan adapter, so don't need any other stuff, I hope.  Anyway, after a lot of messing about, I was able to get a browser for the TV and entered in all the details of the URL for iFollow, this worked fine, I logged in to iFollow, everything went fine, then tried to play one of the videos there, nothing, it just won't play the videos!  I'm stumped.


Try pointing your TV browser at http://html5test.com/ and see if it can support HTML5 video or not. Sounds as though it perhaps can't.
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I've plugged my Chromebook into the TV using a HDMI cable and played the Gainsborough highlights on my Chromebook through iFollow but on the TV just got the highlights sound and no picture if that makes sense......any ideas ?



Have you plugged in your Chromebook before? Might need to check that the TV supports the resolution and frequency being sent along the HDMI cable. You might need to manually change the resolution on the TV for that matter.
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Have you plugged in your Chromebook before? Might need to check that the TV supports the resolution and frequency being sent along the HDMI cable. You might need to manually change the resolution on the TV for that matter.


I've never plugged my Chromebook in before  
Gone into the Menu on the TV and found "Adjust screen frequency and phase automatically for viewing PC screen on TV"...... when selected it says "This function isn't available" .
Tried it on another TV and got the same.....sound but no picture  



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August 2, 2018, 6:50pm
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Try pointing your TV browser at http://html5test.com/ and see if it can support HTML5 video or not. Sounds as though it perhaps can't.


I ran the test and it scored 488/ 555?. (I think it was 555, might be wrong though.)  
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I used Android Box for streaming Ifollow.
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I've never plugged my Chromebook in before  
Gone into the Menu on the TV and found "Adjust screen frequency and phase automatically for viewing PC screen on TV"...... when selected it says "This function isn't available" .
Tried it on another TV and got the same.....sound but no picture  



Sorry, no experience of Chromebooks so I'd have to recommend a Google search for info. Perhaps worth trying a different HDMI port on your TV?
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I ran the test and it scored 488/ 555?. (I think it was 555, might be wrong though.)  



That's a pretty good score. My guess is that it will probably work OK. No guarantees, however!
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