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Maker Of Shoes posted:Chromecast is now open to developers Hurray! I wonder if Android screen /desktop display mirroring/extending will be a possibility.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Hurray! I wonder if Android screen /desktop display mirroring/extending will be a possibility. Koush Dutta made a huge stink about it being available but only for Google or whatever. So it is possible but maybe everyone can do it now.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:09
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ThermoPhysical posted:Koush Dutta made a huge stink about it being available but only for Google or whatever. So it is possible but maybe everyone can do it now. It'd be awesome to pair my Windows 8 laptop to a Chromecast and use it as a wireless display like the AppleTV with OSX.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:13
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AllCast is functional again. Koush said it only took 20 minutes to update to use the official APIs. http://phandroid.com/2014/02/04/allcast-chromecast-update/
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Feb 4, 2014 16:10
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bull3964 posted:AllCast is functional again. Koush said it only took 20 minutes to update to use the official APIs. The important thing to note here is the last paragraph that users need the new Play Services. I haven't found a direct link to download that yet and Google hasn't pushed it to me yet. 
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Feb 4, 2014 16:27
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Maker Of Shoes posted:The important thing to note here is the last paragraph that users need the new Play Services. I haven't found a direct link to download that yet and Google hasn't pushed it to me yet. Android Police have it but some report graphical glitches so it may be one of those device specific updates or something. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...h-enhancements/
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Feb 4, 2014 16:32
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Maker Of Shoes posted:The important thing to note here is the last paragraph that users need the new Play Services. I haven't found a direct link to download that yet and Google hasn't pushed it to me yet. Same here.
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Feb 4, 2014 16:34
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My understanding of container filetypes (like AVI or MKV) is kinda fuzzy. If the video and audio contents of an MKV file are both in a format supported by Chromecast, how do I convert the file into MP4? I want to make playback via AllCast as frictionless as possible when my devices finally get the new Google Play Services.
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Feb 4, 2014 19:16
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Karthe posted:My understanding of container filetypes (like AVI or MKV) is kinda fuzzy. If the video and audio contents of an MKV file are both in a format supported by Chromecast, how do I convert the file into MP4? I want to make playback via AllCast as frictionless as possible when my devices finally get the new Google Play Services.
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Feb 4, 2014 19:31
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Can AllCast connect to shared network drives?
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Karthe posted:My understanding of container filetypes (like AVI or MKV) is kinda fuzzy. If the video and audio contents of an MKV file are both in a format supported by Chromecast, how do I convert the file into MP4? I want to make playback via AllCast as frictionless as possible when my devices finally get the new Google Play Services.
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Feb 4, 2014 20:28
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:It might help to know what desktop OS you're using if you expect people to recommend remuxing software for you.
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Feb 4, 2014 21:19
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How do I get AllCast to work with my Google Drive? Or was that functionality removed?
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Feb 5, 2014 03:35
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After spending way too long futzing around with AllCast and Avia+PS3 Media Server, I caved and bought a month of Plex Pass. I'm amazed at how it Just Works - after setting up the couple of folders I have everything stored in, I was able to successfully cast a few videos in my hodge podge of a collection with absolutely no issues. Point it to the Chromecast, play a video, and bam, it's streaming in the living room. I really hope Plex plans on releasing Chromecast to everyone soon, I'm not enthusiastic about Plex Pass in the long-term. Have they give any indication of when this might happen? I haven't heard any major news about it since they announced Chromecast support in January.
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Feb 6, 2014 06:28
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Karthe posted:After spending way too long futzing around with AllCast and Avia+PS3 Media Server, I caved and bought a month of Plex Pass. I'm amazed at how it Just Works - after setting up the couple of folders I have everything stored in, I was able to successfully cast a few videos in my hodge podge of a collection with absolutely no issues. Point it to the Chromecast, play a video, and bam, it's streaming in the living room. The only thing that's happened officially is them ignoring questions when asked on their forums after previously deleting them when brought up on the initial blog post when it all went down. It's speculated that it may be at least 6 months as there are a lot of Plex Pass features that were supposed to be separated by now such as the ability to save videos for offline viewing. That was supposed to be made into a separate subscription but Plex Pass owners would get a discount. It's not happened yet. Honestly, it doesn't look like we'll see public Chromecast for a while but that may not matter as the SDK is finally public. We should see more and more ways to use the Chromecast soon and Plex aren't the only ones who do local video stuff (they just do it well enough that you don't need to worry about codecs).
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Feb 6, 2014 06:42
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I agree that it will be at least 4 months out for the free casting version. The good news is if you are not invested heavily into Plex, Mediabrowser3 has beta testing for casting, and it will be open to all users, not paywalled like plex is. Keep in mind the clients are still pay though, like plex. http://mediabrowser3.com/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-36-media-browser-ready-to-cast-stream-your-local-media-to-chromecast/
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Feb 6, 2014 17:13
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feedmyleg posted:How do I get AllCast to work with my Google Drive? Or was that functionality removed?
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Feb 6, 2014 22:57
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I don't know if it's better to post this here or the app thread, but when I load up AllCast it just hangs and never finds my Chromecast. I have the most recent version of AllCast and my Google Play Services is V 4.1.32...that should be a good enough version, right? E: Oh, guess not...I need 4.2.  I thought being on Android 4.4.2 would by default give me the most current Play Services. Guess not. So is it pretty much just Nexus and Moto X that are on the most recent Play Services? DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 01:02
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No, it's just a slow roll. It's not really device based, it's more account based. Eventually you'll get them.
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Feb 7, 2014 01:12
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If you want to upgrade to Google Play Services 4.2.39 right now, you can grab the APK from here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...h-enhancements/
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Karthe posted:If you want to upgrade to Google Play Services 4.2.39 right now, you can grab the APK from here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...h-enhancements/ I downloaded that on my Moto X. Play Services crashes when I try to AllCast a video.
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Karthe posted:If you want to upgrade to Google Play Services 4.2.39 right now, you can grab the APK from here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...h-enhancements/ Occasionally the APKs for upgrades aren't universal, I don't know if it's device targeted, but I think it's resolution targeted. Using a pulled APK for an upgrade is not always the best idea. It's worth reading up on it a little and making sure you aren't getting a version that is not fully compatible with your device. For example, a lot of people complain about Google Experience Launcher not working well on their Nexus 7 or 10, well, they are installing an unsupported APK on a device it was never claimed to be functional on.
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FogHelmut posted:I downloaded that on my Moto X. Play Services crashes when I try to AllCast a video. Jerk McJerkface posted:Occasionally the APKs for upgrades aren't universal, I don't know if it's device targeted, but I think it's resolution targeted. Using a pulled APK for an upgrade is not always the best idea. It's worth reading up on it a little and making sure you aren't getting a version that is not fully compatible with your device.
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Also I was trying to cast a file from a network drive via ES File Explorer, rather than local media. Haven't actually tried it with a local file.
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FogHelmut posted:Also I was trying to cast a file from a network drive via ES File Explorer, rather than local media. Haven't actually tried it with a local file. It crashes allcast on my N5 if I try to do that, there's a long way to go I think with Allcast before it's actually reliable.
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Feb 7, 2014 17:47
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Is there a way to cast my entire desktop? I'm not talking about a single tab in Chrome, I'm talking about casting whatever's currently displayed on my screen. Edit: Nevermind, that functionality is built into the Chrome extension. It's a bummer there's still no audio support, though.
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Someone on a message board posted that they downloaded the Plex app and it allowed them to stream without having PlexPass. They uploaded their specific .apk to some other repository. I downloaded it and it seems to work wonderful for me. I especially love how easily it downloads all the metadata for everything.
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Karthe posted:Is there a way to cast my entire desktop? I'm not talking about a single tab in Chrome, I'm talking about casting whatever's currently displayed on my screen. Audio works for me with full screen casting.
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lazydog posted:Audio works for me with full screen casting. It's output by the PC, no?
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If I've got a Pi with Raspbmc, a chromecast would be pointless right? I think the only thing it can do that say Yatse can't is stream stuff from Google Movies and TV, which is a bummer but I guess that's what HDMI is for.
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Geno posted:It's output by the PC, no? No, all sound is redirected to the Chromecast. I think full screen audio support may have been added just recently, but I've only had mine a few days, and it's always worked for me.
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Alan_Shore posted:If I've got a Pi with Raspbmc, a chromecast would be pointless right?
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kri kri posted:Not if you would like to properly stream youtube or netflix. Ah yeah, that's true. But that's where the Xbox comes in!
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kri kri posted:Not if you would like to properly stream youtube or netflix. Streaming youtube works great with yatse and xbmc. I only use my chromecast for netflix.
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Alan_Shore posted:Ah yeah, that's true. But that's where the Xbox comes in!
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Now that Google Play Services 4.2 is finally out to all Android devices as of today, the Google Play Services SDK (which includes the Google Cast API) is now available. Previously, only the Google Cast SDK was public but that didn't really mean anything as the API wasn't. When asked why Pocket Casts wasn't jumping to be on Chromecast, the devs responded on Twitter that the SDK wasn't fully public. Now it is. Now we should start seeing a large group of Cast-capable apps since the SDK and API are both public. This took Google WAY too long but hopefully it still works out in their favor. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/E6hpQxaoL18
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Once there's a way to get OTA broadcasts to the Chromecast. It looks like Tablo are planning on doing exactly that. http://www.tablotv.com They envision the Chromecast being the device that actually plays the image on the TV. However that's not quite what you envisioned, as you'll need a good aerial. (The Wirecutter has guides for that)
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I got a Chromecast about a week and ago and set up Plex on my various computers/devices. Casting from the iPad/iPhone app to my living room TV works great. Good video quality, very easy to use. Casting a Chrome browser tab from one of my computers to the same TV, however, not so wonderful. The video is very choppy and the resolution looks pretty bad. Anyone have tips for casting a browser tab such that it actually looks good?
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Have a super beefy PC. A wired connection from the PC could help if your wifi is the limitation.
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