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How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I
by Osiris 13y ago
How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I'd love to have something like the Chromecast if I could use it to stream content (MKV, x264) from my NAS plus maybe some Netflix/Pandora. Is that possible with the Chromecast?
If not, does this SDK open up more possibilities for playing local content vs. streaming?
- 1010011010 13y agoPlex Media Center.
- skrowl 13y agoNOTE: Requires MONTHLY FEE to enable streaming to ChromeCast
- dusing 13y agoYou only have to be a paid Plex supporter for early access. This will be a free feature soon. Plexpass is only $29.99 a year or $74.99 lifetime. Personally I think everyone using Plex on a daily basis should be a paying member and support future development.
- JshWright 13y agoOr a one time $75 payment.
- ajross 13y agoI grabbed an app called "Avia" which will do streaming of local-to-the-device content. Chromecast support is a $3 in-app (i.e. per-device, not per-account) purchase once you download the app, which is itself free. It works. Note that the chromecast has very limited codec/container support, so lots of my library has to be transcoded.
- StavrosK 13y agoDoes it/can it work headless? It would be great if it had a nice interface on the phone and could send my NAS content to the Chromecast.
- diminoten 13y agoIt has no "head" to begin with, so yes it works headless.
- tantalor 13y agohttp://elan.plexapp.com/2013/12/06/plex-on-the-chromecast-its-official/ http://elan.plexapp.com/2013/12/06/plex-on-the-chromecast-it...
- phreenet 13y agoNot a free option but Plex, the commerical spin off of XBMC, does this now.
- invisible 13y agoThey have publicly said it would be free in the future at some point. The intro period is just paid only.
- BitMastro 13y agoThis app[1] for android is being updated to add support for chromecast, and from what I remember by checking the SDK it is quite simple to do as well, something like preparing an HTML5 video page and sending the link to play. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdut...
- Phargo 13y agoI've been patiently waiting for an XBMC tie in. I've tried PLEX, but IMO it doesn't compare to the experience that I get with XBMC. I think it will require the XBMC community to embrace it and push it in. I'm not sure if they could do this via a skin, if we'll have to wait for an XBMC release after Gotham, or if someone will figure a way to have Chromecast act as a second monitor. Any of those and I feel that my home media center will be complete, but until then I'm stuck waiting.
- xur17 13y agoI'd be interested to see what comes out, but the strength of the chromecast is the ability to browse and such and your phone, and just click a button to instruct the chromecast to play certain content. I'm not sure it makes sense to replicate the xbmc interface on your TV - it's not really inline with what the chromecast is trying to do.
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoMore apps should be on their way now that the SDK is officially released, here's one demo from 6 months ago sending XBMC files, browsed via upnp, to Chromecast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLkKbfl42E&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLkKbfl42E&feature=youtube_...