Identify the control you used
The phone’s general screen-mirroring control duplicates its interface. The video player’s AirPlay or Cast control can establish a different media path. Read alleskino’s instructions and choose the supported control for the actual source device.
Do not treat the two buttons as interchangeable merely because both mention the television. Their treatment of protected video can differ, even when both show the phone’s ordinary menus successfully.
Put source and receiver on the same network
The official help requires the devices to share the wireless network for its described AirPlay and Chromecast routes. Check the network actually selected on the phone and television or external receiver. A guest network may be a different connection from the main home network.
Use the current supported browser or mobile app named in the help. An arbitrary television browser displaying the catalogue is not the same as the documented receiver route.
Compare local playback and supported casting
First confirm that the selected rental plays on the source device. Then use the supported video-casting control and select the intended receiver. Keep the same film and account so the comparison changes the delivery route rather than the entitlement.
If the receiver is absent, that is a discovery question. If it connects but the film fails, record that later stage. If whole-screen mirroring was used, return to the supported media route before assuming the content itself is broken.
Avoid outdated browser-plugin advice
alleskino’s current device help names modern browsers and says Flash or Silverlight is unnecessary. Old instructions to install those plugins do not match the current route. Keep the browser and required built-in protection components current through their official update mechanisms.
For support, give the film, source device, browser or app, receiver model and exact casting control used. State whether local playback works. That evidence makes a protected-video route issue distinguishable from an unsupported receiver, missing rental or network-discovery problem.
Questions about this guide
Is screen mirroring the same as the supported Cast route?
No. alleskino explicitly distinguishes them and excludes whole-screen mirroring.
Must both devices share the network?
Yes. The published AirPlay and Chromecast instructions require the same wireless network.