Streaming to xbox with play to function in video app

[mane3215]

Hopefully someone can give me a hand. On my RT I would put movies on there, turn on my Xbox and hit the stream to function after a quick swipe up fro, the bottom which would stream the movie to my Xbox.

I tried this tonight on my Pro, however when I hit play to it says that I have nothing to play it to. Now my Xbox is turned on, both machines are signed in. I tried smart glass, that connected with no problems. I have tried everything I know to do and can't figure it out.

Any ideas?

 

[fc000]

Play To seems dodgy at best. The last time I had the same occurrence you're having of the Xbox not showing up, disconnecting and reconnecting to the WiFi network appeared to have fixed the problem.

The issues I have are that once I'm already playing content to the Xbox, after about 20-30 minutes, the connection will drop (the pro did not go to sleep), and it requires selecting the Xbox again in the devices charm. Normally this isn't a big deal, but some apps tend to lose their "place" and start the video back at the beginning. Seeking video is also pretty dodgy while using play to.

Edit: oh also, check to see if you have play to enabled on the Xbox. Smartglass may be enabled, but not play to. It should be on the same settings screen.

 

[theefman]

Used Play To from my Surface Pro to my Xbox yesterday, actually worked pretty well apart from the first video always seeming to be played back at a lower resolution, restarting the video always fixed it. Music comes out so much better and HD videos look stunning.