Does the Google Cast extension for Google Chrome support 1080p?

Question

In the Options for the Google Cast extension under 'Tab projection quality', there are three options:

Extreme (720p high bitrate) High (720p) Standard (480p)

1080p is not listed.

I assume if I play a 1080p video that it will work because it's sending the video url to Chromecast, but am I limited to 720p for regular HTML webpages?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '13 at 20:32

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This appears to be more of a user question, not a development question.

The Google Cast extension for Chrome provides two major functions:

Chrome Mirroring - which is limited to 720p - This acts by encoding your tab to WebM/Opus and then sending to the Chromecast device.
The Google Cast API for Chrome which allows your webpage to cast a video to a Chromecast device. Which, of course can be full 1080p. Official documentation.

answered Jul 24 '13 at 20:32

Les Vogel - Google DevRel

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Will the Chrome Mirroring always be limited to 720p? – Dov D. Jul 24 '13 at 21:30
@dovdukes I'm going to assume for the time-being; think about latency and encoding overhead for a screen at 1080p! – jackyalcine Jul 24 '13 at 22:13

Does the Google Cast extension for Google Chrome support 1080p?

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