OneCast brings Xbox One games to Mac. OneCast is a new Mac app that lets you stream your Xbox One games directly to Mac. By using the same protocol Microsoft uses for Windows, it. Mar 08, 2018 For Mac users, this was always a bit of a sore spot, as there wasn't a quality solution to do the same thing. That's all changed with the arrival of OneCast, a macOS app (regularly $20 but currently on sale for $10) that is designed specifically for streaming your Xbox One to your Mac.

Make sure you have Xbox Video app on your Xbox One console. Also make sure that streaming is enabled in the settings on your Xbox. Go to Settings Preferences “Allow Play To Streaming” and check it. Then Open SofaPlay on your Mac and select the Xbox-SystemOS option from the list. Mar 08, 2018 A wired connection from your Xbox One to your router using an Ethernet cable. A wireless connection using the 5GHz band (if available) to your Mac. How to enable game streaming on Xbox One. Before your Xbox One can stream games to your Mac, you must first enable the game streaming option. Here's how to do it. Hit the Xbox button on your controller.

I've been really enjoying my Xbox lately (when the family is asleep) as well as some fun Retrogaming on original consoles. Back in 2015 I showed how you can stream from your Xbox to any PC using the Xbox app from the Windows Store. You can pair your Xbox controller with any PC you've got around (either with the $20 Xbox Wireless Adapter or just with a micro-USB cable you likely have already). In fact, I often walk on the treadmill while streaming games from the Xbox to my little Surface Pro 3.

Then, a year later I did the inverse. I played PC games on my big screen using a SteamLink! Although they've been discontinued, they are out there and they work great. This little box lets you play PC games remotely on your large screens. I have a big PC in my office and I wanted to use the big TV in the living room. The game still runs on the PC but the video/audio and controls are all remoted to the Xbox. Plus, SteamLink only works with the Steam app running and is optimized for Steam games. It's a single task box and one more thing to plug into HDMI but it works well.

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Fast-forward to today and I learned that Windows 10 can project its screen to an Xbox One AND you can use your Xbox One controller to control it (it's paired on the Xbox side) and play games or run apps. No extra equipment needed.

I installed the Xbox Wireless Display App on my Xbox One. Then on my PC, here's what I see upon pressing Win+P and clicking 'Connect to Wireless Display.'

Once I've duplicated, you can see here I'm writing this blog post wirelessly projected to the Xbox. It just worked. Took 5 min to do this.

If you're tech savvy, you may say, isn't this 'just Miracast' and 'hasn't this always been possible?' Yes and no. What's been updated is the Xbox Wireless Display App that you'll want to install and run on your Xbox. You may have been able to project your PC screen to various sticks and Miracast adapters, but this free app makes your Xbox a receiver for Miracast broadcasts (over wifi or LAN) and most importantly - now you can use your Xbox controller already paired to the Xbox to control the remote PC. You can use that control to play games or switch to mouse control mode with Start+Select and mouse around with your Xbox thumbsticks!

If I hit the menu button I can see how the controllers map to PC controls. No remote keyboard and mouse connected from the Xbox...yet. (and to be clear, no word if that will ever be supported but it'd be cool!)

To make sure you can do this, run DxDiag and save all information into 'DxDiag.txt.' Here's part of mine. There's nothing special about my machine. It's worth pointing out I have no Wifi adapter on this machine and it has an NVidia 1080 video card. Miracast is happening over the Wired LAN (local area network) in my house. This is Miracast over Infrastructure and it's in Windows 10 since version 1703 (March 2017).

When you've connected your PC to my Xbox and are streaming FROM my PC to your Xbox, you'll see this bar at the top of the PC side. There's three optimization settings for Gaming, Working, and Watching Videos. I assume these are balancing crispness/quality with framerate and latency changes.

Now let's take it to the next level. I can run Steam Big Picture and here I am running Batman: Arkham Origins on my PC, but played on and controlled from my Xbox in the other room!

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Ok this is amazing. You run “wireless display” on your Xbox. Then on your PC, just WinKey+P on your PC and connect to wireless display. This is Batman on my Xbox...RUNNING ON MY PC pic.twitter.com/pyxmHLe3fz

— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) March 14, 2019

I like that I don't need the SteamLink. I find that this runs more reliably and more easily than my original set up. I like that I can switch the Xbox controller from controller mode to mouse mode. And most of all I like that this doesn't require any custom setup, extra work, or drivers. It just worked out of the box for me.

Your mileage may vary and I'm trying to figuire out why some people's video card drivers don't allow this and then end up with no 'Connect to a Wireless Display' option in their Win+P menu. If you figure it out, please sound of in the comments.

Give it a try! I hope you enjoy it. I'm having a blast.

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If you are planning to watch all your great collections of videos and movies this weekend and if you are fortunate enough to own an Xbox one then you have golden combination. You can stream these videos using and Xbox One. You just have to follow some simple steps. Check out the steps below.

1. First of all you need to download a beautiful app called SofaPlay from the Mac App Store. The app is a paid one and costs $4.99. The app is easy to use and elegant. There is a free Lite version but it restricts your video experience to watching only 2 minutes of the videos.

2. Next, open Xbox Video on you Xbox One. All you need to do is go to the Xbox Home screen. Scroll to the right and try to find out the search tile. Find out Xbox Video and install it.

3. Now you open the SofaPlay on your Mac and select the Xbox-SystemOS option from the dropdown list.

4. Now the final step. Play the movie and enjoy!

SofaPlay has some difficulties as well. It is not compatible with some video formats. Besides, SofaPlay doesn’t allow to drag the playhead. You won’t be able to have forward and reverse buttons on the SofaPlay player in order to skim through videos. It’s not an issue since we have remote controllers like Xbox One Media Remote, Xbox One controller, SmartGlass on mobile devices etc.