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   Dorothy J Heydt to eleeper@optonline.net   
   Re: MT VOID, 12/08/23 -- Vol. 42, No. 23   
   14 Dec 23 21:08:04   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <93bf2918-b7a7-4578-8356-16a2cc38e1dan@googlegroups.com>,   
   eleeper@optonline.net  wrote:   
   >I can't fault the intent, but *my* problem is that my mechanism for   
   >watching a link is to Chromecast the film either from my iMac or   
   >from our smartphone.  Alas, for some reason, the films are   
   >unwatchable that way this year.  They keep "stuttering".  I believe   
   >it's the Chromecasting, since the problem doesn't happen on the   
   >iMac or the smartphone.  But who wants to watch a movie on a   
   >smartphone, and even the iMac is a problem: sitting in a desk chair   
   >for two hours is no fun.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   Possible--inexpensive--solution.  Get a Raspberry Pi and use that   
   to stream teh film to your large screen.  (I'd suggest the latest   
   version, the Pi5, for best results.)   
      
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