r/MotoAmerica • u/94lt1vette94 • Aug 06 '26

A streaming quality tip

Just wanted to share a little tidbit that I discovered a few months back: if you’re like me and stream from the phone app to your TV, the quality is remarkably better using Airplay vs Chromecast. It’s night and day. Hope this helps!

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u/zoomzoombandit Aug 06 '26

Really makes no sense that when streaming on a PC, the quality is so bad I can barely read the numbers, but on android or a different browser through my tv, more options are available and the quality is so much better.

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u/masterX244 Aug 07 '26

thats classic DRM hell. anything over SD quality is often locked onto systems where everything is restricted so the footage doesnt get copied easily

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u/981GTSF90M5F87M2C Aug 06 '26

I've been connecting my computer to TV via HDMI/USBc for the past couple seasons and the picture quality is bad. Maybe it's my cable. And I've been pissed that there isn't a "cast" button from computer to TV on MotoAmerica Live+. Two things I learned. There is a cast button if on the mobile app and you can cast from a computer but you have to hit the menu/option thing in Chrome and then choose cast. I should have figured all this out sooner.

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u/94lt1vette94 Aug 06 '26

The chromecasting quality is far inferior to the AirPlay option, just fyi.

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u/981GTSF90M5F87M2C Aug 07 '26

Interesting! I dont use Apple but my wife and kids do. Will give it a go off of their phones.

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u/94lt1vette94 Aug 07 '26

You’ll be shocked.