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New Chromecast apps for the holidays
- joshbaptiste 13y agoNice.. having Plex on Chromecast almost makes my Roku 2 useless, almost because I subscribe to MIT/PBS channels on Roku.
- mrt0mat0 13y agowhen is the chromecast app going to allow me to just select any video that i view on the internet and click the symbol to stream? I know their big worry is probably pirated movies, but that's not what i want. it's for porn.
- seiji 13y agoiOS (720p) or OS X (1080p) AirPlay video mirroring is what you're looking for. Mavericks even lets you use an AirPlay display (read: AppleTV) as a fully independent 1080p monitor, not just a mirror.
- cromwellian 13y agoMirroring from another device is not the same as streaming from a TV connected device. It requires active participation from the mirroring device.
- seiji 13y agoStreaming from a TV connected device with arbitrary content restrictions is silly. Freedom and whatnot.
- cromwellian 13y agoThe freedom to leave the house and to preserve your battery life is another issue. I often fling videos to my chrome cast for my kids remotely. AirPlay style mirroring is wasteful of bandwidth, battery, it double compresses streams, and adds latency. It's a fallback of last resort IMHO.
- ceph_ 13y agoThe chromecast already let's you directly stream the contents of a chrome tab. He's looking for something less clunky.
- agotterer 13y agoRelated to AppleTV: I've been using Beamer.app (http://beamer-app.com/ http://beamer-app.com/) to stream unsupported content to AppleTV. It's a premium product, but it was worth the $15 (or thereabouts).
- d0ugie 13y agoFar from ideal, and not exactly what you requested, but instructions to play videos from your phone appear to be here (involves rooting the Chromecast, and having a rootable Chromecast...): http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU
- mumphster 13y agoIf you just want porn you can cast an entire tab to your ChromeCast and just fullscreen the video. Works fine with sites like Twitch.TV too.
- w1ntermute 13y agoTabcasting currently only works with PCs, and not with Android. Android support is coming soon though.
- Crito 13y agoTabcasting also has godawful performance for me on Linux (running on a chromebook pixel no less). I assume the problem is they are doing software encoding of your tab instead of hardware, but I haven't investigated this.
- heyheyhey 13y agoPeople have been clamoring for this type of feature ever since the CC and its SDK were announced. There was a hackathon this weekend for the SDK and people hoped this would finally be when the SDK would be open for everyone but nope :(
- jrockway 13y agoI gave up and bought a 30 ft DVI to HDMI cable. Then "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs whatever" just works. Cheaper than the Chromecast, too.
- AsymetricCom 13y agoReplace your "Chromecast" with any generic USB Linux computer and your wish will be granted.
- rybosome 13y agoI humbly suggest that you back AIRTAME on IndieGoGo[0] - the tagline is, "Wireless HDMI for everyone". It allows you to mirror a computer screen, or use it as a second desktop. $89 to back, plus $15 for shipping if you live outside of Denmark. The project is fully funded, so although there are no guarantees given the crowdfunding model, this is a reasonable horse to back. EDIT: Just want to add that I am not affiliated with this project. I have backed them, so I suppose I have an interest in it being very successful to make it more likely that I will receive a product. [0]: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-everyone--2 http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-...
- ohashi 13y agoI just wish I could broadcast from VLC.
- amartya916 13y agoI'd love this feature! I might be wrong, but I think the VLC devs have to incorporate this using the Chromecast api's? Anyone with the knowledge care to enlighten us? EDIT: Seems like the API only works for Android, iOS and Chrome https://developers.google.com/cast/reference/ https://developers.google.com/cast/reference/
- trimbo 13y agoPlex support! That's huge. Though, truth be told, my 3 year old Samsung SmartTV is how I've been streaming Plex already, so...
- speedyrev 13y agoIf it had Amazon Prime, it would be a perfect match for me. Until then, Roku.
- Crito 13y agoIf only Roku had Youtube, and if only either could do networked files reasonably at the moment... I currently have a chromecast, a roku, and a raspi plugged into my tv. An absurd setup, I really need to invest some time into figuring out something sane.
- ajtaylor 13y agoI recently bought a Roku 3 and paired it with a FreeNAS server running the Plex media server. Add the Plex channel on the Roku and you get the network file support + Youtube. Getting Plex + Roku setup been the best thing I've done on my home network in years!
- nogridbag 13y agoOh cool, I never heard of Viki previously. I watch some Korean TV shows like Running Man, but was previously forced to stream the whole Chrome tab.
- bostonpete 13y ago> Korean TV shows like Running Man I googled this and was relieved to see it isn't actually a TV show that involves gladiators hunting down and killing prisoners.
- Splendor 13y agoFrom http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/10/5196076/chromecast-support-comes-to-new-apps-vevo-songza-plex http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/10/5196076/chromecast-suppor... The full list of apps that have added Chromecast support today includes: Songza, Vevo, Plex, Red Bull.TV, Revision 3, PostTV, Viki, BeyondPod, RealPlayer Cloud, Avia
- josteink 13y agoNote: Plex-support is currently only for PlexPass subscribers. http://elan.plexapp.com/2013/12/06/plex-on-the-chromecast-its-official/ http://elan.plexapp.com/2013/12/06/plex-on-the-chromecast-it...
- PankajGhosh 13y agoTo use Plex, you need to have a plexpass subscription (I believe this subscription is not required to use Plex on Roku)
- ajtaylor 13y agoOnly until the PlexPass exclusivity window runs out. It's a (cheap) carrot for you to support Plex development.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 13y agoDeployed military (any nation) or other people with slow or no internet connection would really like to stream movies locally[1] to several screens. They probably bought the movies too. Sure, chromecast can do this via tab sharing, but an app would be nice. Why the obsession for streaming over the internet? [1] http://www.theonion.com/articles/pentagon-loses-hard-drive-with-all-the-movies-on-i,6822/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/pentagon-loses-hard-drive-w...
- syntheticnature 13y agoHate to share the link again (mentioned above) and seem spammish, but this seems like Avia's primary use case.
- ckarmann 13y agoChromecast is still not available outside of the US. Come on, why no love for friendly Canada? :)
- wstrange 13y agoI picked one up on my last visit to the US. It works just fine in Canada (no GEO IP blocking as far as I can tell).
- aphexairlines 13y agoAmazon ships the Chromecast outside the US.
- callahad 13y agoThe "New" labels on http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps... only have "-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);" set, breaking the design on non-webkit browsers. :(
- k-mcgrady 13y agoAny word on when it'll be available outside the US? I thought at launch they said a few weeks... (or at least 'soon').
- sciurus 13y agoIf only they'd make it a DLNA Digital Media Renderer. You'd then have many choices for playing local content, instead of just Plex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance
- syntheticnature 13y agoIt looks like what Avia offers is some form of DLNA: http://aviatheapp.com/ http://aviatheapp.com/ (scroll, and it's not clear whether they let you grab and then point the renderer at Chromecast or what)
- JshWright 13y agoI was playing with this a bit earlier today. It's a $3 in-app purchase to enable casting. It was a little wonky (seems like it took a while for the app and the chromecast talk nicely (I'd select the chromecast in aVia and nothing would happen), it took a reboot of both devices to sort it out). Some media (served by Serviio running on a FreeNAS box) worked flawlessly. Some didn't have audio. Haven't spent any time troubleshooting the audio issue.
- rooster8 13y agoIf you're seeing video playback without audio, it's likely a ChromeCast codec issue. Your best shot at getting that to work well is to transcode your file to have a different audio stream codec using something like Handbrake.
- JshWright 13y agoThat's my guess as well. Fortunately Serviio can transcode on the fly, so it may just be a matter of sorting out the right templates.
- ajtaylor 13y agoPlex Media Server on your FreeNAS is what you're looking for. If the client doesn't support a format PMS will transcode automagically for you. I'd bet this will solve your sound issues.
- joefkelley 13y agoSongza would be awesome, but it seems to not really actually work.
- garthdog 13y agoHooray, BeyondPod support!