Project to PC feature is pretty awesome - use any computer as external monitor

[Patric.Z]

Just tried out the project to PC feature and turns out it's pretty awesome. Connecting between PC is pretty easy and seamless. The delay is surprisingly low. Much lower than any Miracast adapters I have tried. I would say it's effectively instant. I can change the projection mode just like any Miracast adaptors. The picture below I used extended mode and my old SP3 became my fourth monitor, which I think I think it's pretty. A bonus is, the receiver PC doesn't have to support Miracast to be able to be the receiver (I tried it on a Atom PC does not support Miracast). Basically, any Windows 10 laptops and tablets can be easily turned into an external monitor now.

The downside is it doesn't work as well with my Lumia 1520. It worked with my Atom PC (even though the delay is much higher) but neither my SP. I hope they can fix the bugs and optimize it before the official release.

 

[Saijin_Naib]

Has to be wireless, correct?

 

[Patric.Z]

yep, I think it uses WIFI.

 

[panos_mir]

It doesn't work on my Laptop. It's an old laptop that I have in Fast ring builds for testing. It doesn't have Bluetooth either. Using wifi it didn't work for me. Maybe in the next builds.

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[Saijin_Naib]

I really wish it would negotiate between wired/wireless networks. It would be an absolutely killer feature for me then.

 

[Patric.Z]

The receiver doesn't have to have Miracast, but the the sender has to have Miracast. Not sure if this is the reason?

 

[Chintan Gohel]

So how does this work? Can someone explain in simple terms?

Thank you

 

[Patric.Z]

With any windows deives supporting Miracast, which is most of the newer deives (phones and PCs) in Action Center, select connect, you will see all Miracast recievers, including Windows 10 PC with RS update.

So how does this work? Can someone explain in simple terms?

Thank you

 

[Chintan Gohel]

This seems interesting - but both devices have to have miracast capabilities, right?
How does this differ from using project my screen app?

 

[Patric.Z]

I believe receiver device doesn't have to have Miracast capability

 

[Grodelj]

Does this still work after anniversary update? Because I can't project from 950XL to surface pro 4. Lumia just doesn't find it and I have correct settings on the surface.

 

[Grodelj]

Today it's working. Go figure

 

[fdruid]

I couldn't get it to work, though it really seems like something I'd like to do. So with any computer with wifi and a 950 xl this should be doable, right?

 

[Josh Vassar]

I thought it uses Bluetooth.

 

[wgs84]

I couldn't get it to work, though it really seems like something I'd like to do. So with any computer with wifi and a 950 xl this should be doable, right?

You might have to adjust the "Projecting to this PC" settings. I had to set "Windows PCs and phones can project to this PC when you say it's OK" to "Available everywhere" the first time I tried to use it.

 

[Saijin_Naib]

Did it with my 640 on RS1. Worked wonderful, though it wouldn't let me use my PC keyboard/mouse to control the phone. Ah, well.

 

[fdruid]

You might have to adjust the "Projecting to this PC" settings. I had to set "Windows PCs and phones can project to this PC when you say it's OK" to "Available everywhere" the first time I tried to use it.

Oh, that's why it didn't work. I hadn't read that you need to configure it to work. I'll try it and see how it performs. Thanks!

 

[web1b]

You might have to adjust the "Projecting to this PC" settings. I had to set "Windows PCs and phones can project to this PC when you say it's OK" to "Available everywhere" the first time I tried to use it.

Does anyone know how to get it to work with the "secure network" option?
I can only get it to work with the "available everywhere" setting and there is no definition or list of requirements listed as to what qualifies as a secure network for this feature.
The wireless networks I have tried have all been WPA2 password protected networks and it still didn't work unless I set it to "all networks"
Also, isn't Project to PC a direct peer to peer connection between the two laptops that doesn't rely on your local network anyways?