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Hey,

I'm considering a CC 2 as a potential christmas gift for my mom.

I've set up a serviio DLNA server from which she can stream video files on to her TV (Samsung C650 series). It works fine, but the biggest problem is that the TV has terrible streaming controls. For example, you can't fast forward more than 5s and fast forwarding like 10 minutes or so takes 2 minutes of repeatedly hitting the FF button.

She has a Nexus 7 (2012) running Lollipop, so I assume she could install something like BubbleUPnP and select the CC as a renderer. But can she then minimize the BubbleUPnP App and surf the web or even turn off the Nexus 7 and the CC will still stream the content from the serviio server?

Even after searching for more info I'm not entirely sure which device does what. ie. if the Chromecast is actually pulling the media from the source itself and the tablet/phone is basically a remote or if the tablet/phone becomes the source and the Chromecast streams from it.

That's really all
I'd appreciate some help
Thanks in advance guys.

I have heard that Chromecast uses the controlling device solely as control, and the media doesn't stream through it. I can't confirm that, as I've never used a CC.

When you say Chromecast 2, is that the latest model that actually has a remote and a user interface, similar to a Fire TV or Roku? What player app are you using? It's possible that you simply need to use a different player app. For example, I use Kodi on my Android streaming players. When you fast forward, each button press increments the amount of time you move forward, so it will move quite rapidly if you press it several times rapidly. Also, you can simply hold the FF button and it moves extremely fast.