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The best way I found is to download Mirror Beta on your android device and Allcast receiver for chrome.
The biggest downside is that mirror will leave an icon on the screen while mirroring (on both the device and the computer). Allcast itself does not support full screen mirroring though (even though it says it does, I have never found a way to do it after extensive searching).
Every other method I found was via USB debugging and ended up being 1 frame every 5 seconds with an insane delay.
Try installing this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror
I had a right pain getting my S7 to cast to my Firestick. This seems to be the only one that worked, the is a companion app on the Fire TV also.
The easiest and most familiar way to do what you're looking to accomplish is to put a CC in the back of your computer monitor (if that's an option) and switch the input device when you want to watch Netflix. The vanilla software doesn't allow for casting between mobile/laptop without a CC involved. However, the tools are there.
The one sure-shot method that I know involves mirroring your phone's screen to the laptop; I personally don't know of any software out there that acts as an internal CC, but it doesn't seem so farfetched.
To mirror, you can use this Chrome Extension Allcast Receiver in conjunction with this app Screen Mirror. But, be warned, that doing so requires you to play whatever you want to watch on your phone. You will not be able to turn it off without shutting off what's on the screen. And be certain you're on wifi when streaming. It's data going through the phone and just presenting its image on the laptop display, and that's it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror&hl=en download this app if u are using android along with the chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/allcast-receiver/hjbljnpdahefgnopeohlaeohgkiidnoe
this helps u cast ur mobile screen on ur PC, havent tried it on tv but works fine when on PC/Laptop
open the chrome app and then the app on ur phone. it will help u cast ur mobile screen on PC
Sadly, it won't stream the audio but it streams the phone's usage, regardless of what you're doing - (tho its framerate seems lower than the official iOS usage but now that doesn't work at all, so...) or maybe it's just my connection but:
(5.0+ you don't need root. If you're still on 4.4 or less, you'll need to be rooted.)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror&hl=en
Note, this annoyingly leaves on the "screen touch dot" after it closes, so you'll need to go into Settings and "developer options" and uncheck "Show touches" if you want to get rid of it. (Developer options is an option in settings that is only visible once you go into "about phone" and tap the "build" info 7 or 8 times. )
Check out Mirror. Unfortunately it requires root, since you're not on Android 5.0 or above.
If you don't need to cast the entire screen, but just videos, photos, audio etc, check out AllCast, also by the same developer.
Before I download this, I just want to ask if it's easy to uninstall this app. The previous screen recording app I used I couldn't uninstall from my S4, so I don't want a repeat of that when I put yours on my S6.
Sorry, I was covering that the main non-PC/Android/(iOS?) solution that streams to another TV wirelessly does it since that the Playstation TV does most things that a handheld Vita does as they're got the similar hardware and same software, which allows the Playstation TV to stream from a PS4.
I use Mirror Beta for this.
It mirrors your screen over WiFi to an allcast receiver (like the chrome plugin)
It provides no control over the device and can be slow depending on your wifi conection and screen resolution (still faster than any USB solution I've found).
The biggest problem I noticed is that it sometimes can't find your computer even when set up correctly.
DraStic can do this. If you do regular old Android Screen Mirroring while using DraStic you can specify which screen goes on the mirrored screen. I've been experimenting with putting two phones in a iPega to make a DS this way. Only problem is the screen that's being mirrored experiences tons of lag. Like so much, you wouldn't believe. I suspect that's my wifi router at fault but I'm not sure what i should use instead. Afaik it's not possible using tethering and a hotspot.
But anyway, here's what I did.
On the play store there's an app called Mirror Beta (or maybe they're out of beta, as the apps name was changed) which you can get here
Install this on the phone you're using to broadcast from.
Also install DraStic DS emulator on this phone.
On the other phone install AllCast Receiver.
Open DraStic and look through settings into you find something related to what to display on your secondary screen. Select top screen or bottom screen depending on how your setup works (i picked top screen).
Then open a game and use the ingame settings button to make the phone only display the other screen (in my case, the bottom screen).
Close DraStic/close from app switcher/etc then open Mirror on your phone with DraStic and AllCast Receiver on the second phone, making sure you're on the same network.
Wait a bit and Mirror should show your AllCast Receiver as an option, select it and you'll be mirroring your full screen onto the other phone as-is.
Now open DraStic and open a game, and the other phone will be your top screen while your main phone will be your bottom screen.
I had both phones secured in my iPega so it kinda looked like a rather fragile flat DS that dressed itself in the dark this morning.
Another thing you could try is screen mirroring to a PC or Chromecast/TV so your phone will be touchscreen+ controller and your other screen will be your main screen, but i haven't tried that and don't know if it'll work.
If there's interest i might try that later on and make a post with a tutorial and the like.
Screen Recording and Mirror with the AllCast Receiver Chrome App works well.
Interesting, there is indeed no screen recording app since CM12. My guess is that they don't bother making their own app now that there is an official projection API in Lollipop. (Note that screen recording was a CyanogenMod-specific feature in CM10.2 and CM11.)
While there's no screen recording app shipping with CM, you can easily find one on the Play Store. Koush, the original developer of the screen recording feature in CM10.2, has published Mirror Beta - although it seems to add a watermark to recordings. There are also other recording apps like this one or this one. Just choose one you like. :-)
Here you go!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror
Edit: if it comes to it, mobizen would also work.
Ah. If you had an Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android or any device capable of running Chrome, you could have used Mirror
Its not baked in... But! Clockwork make a free app called Mirror which works even without root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror
I don't think so but I have never tried.
It maybe possible with the devs other app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror&hl=en
Allcast Receiver on the Fire Tv and Mirror Beta on your Android device works great. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror
How is that any different from what this camera apps can do? So it can take a screenshot and turn it into a gif, there apps that can do this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror
You willing to root your S3?
Linkme: Mirror.
EDIT: Play Store bot didn't work.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.mirror&hl=en