Ok. I've been trying to get this program (DVD to Pocket PC) working properly, with no success.
I downloaded the demo version, and it 'started' to make a 5 minute copy of a DVD. It ripped the DVD, then crashed when attempting to turn the MPG file into a WMV file. I was able to manually convert the file to WMV format, and it ran on the XDA.
The problem is, the program doesn't work anymore. I can't get it to rip ANY more DVD's, not even the same DVD I used initially.
I love the idea of the program, and was really looking forward to buying it if it worked properly. I have a shiny new 512MB SD card just begging to be used.
Does ANYONE out there have the actual, whole version of the program that they can tell me about? I have been burned before buying badly written Pocket PC programs, and don't want that to happen again. If someone can loan me the full version so I can evaluate it, I'd REALLY appreciate it!
I just want to make sure the program works properly. The demo seems to be really flaky.
Thanks.
-Robert
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The demo crashes for me too at the same stage you described, so I uninstalled the damn thing and moved on.
I'm using Win2K, and this may be my problem - the website says XP only. Whatever. Can't be bothered.
I guess this program must work - otherwise, why do they sell it? Crashing halfway through is an obvious bug, no?
I have the full version, running on xp pro, it works flawlessly, I leave a dvd in the drive overnight and in the morning I have a film for transferring to sd or cf card, never crashed on me either.
That's interesting.
I am also using XP Pro, and like I said in the previous post, the program (demo) 'started' ripping the DVD, then promptly crashed at the point when it was supposed to be converting it to WMV. I was highly disapointed to say the least.
I even tried uninstalling the program and reinstalling. The exact same thing occurred.
I'm using the full version on WindowsXP, and it's GREAT!! 8) 8) 8)
I uninstalled it again and reinstalled, and now it's working properly. VERY cool. I think it's worth the $25.00.
I also have the full version of this software, worth every penny
One thing worth mentioning is the Step 2 Only option from the Special menu
If the program doesn't complete the final step of converting to WMV, just select the Step 2 only option and it'll finish off
You can also trick it into converting any mpeg files into wmv by renaming them to DVD.mpg, placing them in root c:\ and running a Step 2 Only
Very useful for TV episodes, as it compresses Simpsons episodes to 30mb
I think I saw this software in PC Magazine. Are you saying that you can download an entire Movie DVD onto your PDA?
Yep,
It compresses a 90minute movie to approx. 128mb
so increase the size slightly for longer films
i've had two 90minute films no problem on a 256mb SD card, and haven't had any issues with slow load time or memory problems
Hope this helps
How do you download the DVD? Can you give me kind of a dumb guys version. I'm a bit new to this stuff.
Also, maybe I can ask you... I can't seem to open images with TIF extensions?
how to make a dvd small enough to fit on your 512MB sd card
http://www.makayama.com/dvdtopocketpc.html
the easist way to open tif is to use
irfanview to change the picture from tif to jpg
otherwise maybe this program does it
http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Products/WinCE/feature2?LAN=englishX10
alternatives
This is slightly off the thread, but...
I personally thought that $25 was a bit steep for software that just rips a DVD, and then uses freely available microsoft tools to convert it into a small file. Theres a whole load of free stuff available that will do all this.
Another problem I had with the software is that it is not configurable. The demo 5 minute video I produced had a frame rate of 20 fps. The playback was noticably jerky. I would be prepared to suffer a 25% increase in file size for 25fps.
I would recommend anyone thinking of buying this software to check out the following free tools, to see if you can't get a result as good or better:
http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
http://fairuse.free.fr/lang_en/index.html
If the video files don't play in the built in media player, check out...
http://www.pockettv.com/
Plus look at the guide to creating content in http://www.pockettv.com/index.html#forums
Hi.
I have recently aquired an audiobook, and as there is already the option to listen to MP3 on the G1 I was sure there would be no problem at all.
However after moving the book to the SD card and listening to a few chapters, I took a break, and when i wanted to resume the listening i saw to my surprise that i could only "fast forward" 2 minutes and 54 Seconds on the built in player.
The other option was to click on >> but that would move to the next MP3 file.
I tried to download several other players from the Market, however all of them can only forward 2 minutes and 54 second.... soo my question is, is Audiobooks and other long MP3 files a lost case on the G1 ??
I would really hate to go buy an mp3 player for a problem which should be so simple.
Hope anyone has a hint to what i might be doing wrong.
Best regards
Get SnoggDoggler, create a virtual feed for your audio book, and it will remember where you've left-off last time. Plus it allows you to fast-forward more than 2 minutes.
I tried the program you mentioned. Unfortunately the same problem exist in that one. It cannot handle MP3's with the length of Audio Books.
It keeps saying unknown length and it can only fast forward a few minutes depending on which of the files it reads.
Im getting really tired of this G1 problem :-(
Just tried with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 5:01, was able to forward to the end.
Same for "Happy Ending" by mika, 10:21 because it has some "hidden track" on the end, was able to forward to the end.
Dunno what's wrong with your application lol, what rom are you using?
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Just tried with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 5:01, was able to forward to the end.
Same for "Happy Ending" by mika, 10:21 because it has some "hidden track" on the end, was able to forward to the end.
Dunno what's wrong with your application lol, what rom are you using?
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Same. Opened Weezer - Only in Dreams (7:59) and was able to arbitrarily seek to any location in the track. Good luck!
Edit: The epic crescendo on this song never gets old.
I was just wondering if anyone could give everyone(myself included) some tips/pointers/recommendations and maybe your own templates that you've used or would use for these extra Dev options in my picture I've included...If anyone can help with all of the options (Label #1) and/or just the bottom set of options (Label #2) that'd be awesome!! The bottom set(#2) is really making me curious about being able to stream local videos from our PC without any extra help from 3rd party sources/plugins/python-related sources. If you can contribute to this, please feel free! Thanks!
jsdecker10 said:
I was just wondering if anyone could give everyone(myself included) some tips/pointers/recommendations and maybe your own templates that you've used or would use for these extra Dev options in my picture I've included...If anyone can help with all of the options (Label #1) and/or just the bottom set of options (Label #2) that'd be awesome!! The bottom set(#2) is really making me curious about being able to stream local videos from our PC without any extra help from 3rd party sources/plugins/python-related sources. If you can contribute to this, please feel free! Thanks!
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As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
To permit your Chrome sender application to use the SDK, you must register the application's domain in the Google Cast extension for Chrome.
Be sure you are running Chrome version 28 or later.
If you haven't restarted Chrome in a while you may be running an older version; restarting will update Chrome automatically.
In the Chrome address field, enter chrome://extensions, and check the Developer mode checkbox to enable developer mode.
Install the Chrome extension for Google Cast.
On the Cast extension icon in the browser's upper right corner (next to the address field), right-click and select Options.
The Google Cast extension options page opens in a new tab.
On the blue Cast icon, in the page's upper left corner, click four (4) times.
The Developer Settings appear.
In the Cast SDK additional domains field, enter your application's domain, for example, "www.mydomain.com" and click Add.
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So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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Optional:
You can convert stuff pretty fast using MkvToMp4_0.223 it is free. (Note: not all MKV or other files required conversion, some MKV sound doesn't work, this program will fix that)
Also I made an improvement to the HTML code that will let you fast forward. In the index.html (you can also rename it anything, I rename my to cast.html so I can view all the file in the HTML folder, including the movie file, so I can just copy the URL and just type in the IP address)
For the fast forward thing:
1) open the index.htm (you can open it just using notepad, nothing fancy)
2) search for <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay"></video>
3) you will see 2 instants of that code, just replace it with: <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay" controls></video>
This will put a control bar underneath the video screen on your computer so you can fast forward (this only work ONCE before you cast it to your TV). You may have to clear the browser cache before this show up
Also sometime the video will not play in the browser windows, but if you cast it to the TV anyway it sometime take up to 30 secs to 45 secs then it will play. This especially true if you stream a video from an online source.
GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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Thank you for taking the time to type up all of this valuable info...it works great! Most of my videos are wide screen 720p format. My only gripe so far is that unless I download a video that's in full screen format(not letter-box), it puts it at the top of the screen with a black bar at the bottom of the screen. This can be remedied by just sending a full screen formatted video to the chromecast. It works this way consistent with every single 720p widescreen video I've got. Do you think that if I tried a 1080p video, that it would take up the whole screen? Or at least have the black bar on both the top and bottom of the screen? Just seeing the black bar at the bottom is just quite an annoyance more than anything...I've looked around in my settings on my tv(Sony 51") and can't find anything that'll either make the video take up the entire screen or have the black bars on both the top and bottom of the videos...grrrr
GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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Have you tried a divx file just to see what happens? "like a downloaded movie" Not a TV show as they are always encoded in mp4 which is streamable by chrome ext default.
This will stream all video at Native resolution, it will def do 1080p, your network won't have too much problem with it. As for file format this is from Google:
Video codecs: H.264 High Profile Level 4.1, 4.2 and 5, VP8
Audio decoding: HE-AAC, LC-AAC, CELT/OPUS, MP3
Containers: MP4/CENC, WebM, MPEG-DASH, SmoothStreaming
Level 1 DRM support: Widevine, Playready
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You can convert stuff pretty fast using MkvToMp4_0.223 it is free. (Note: not all MKV or other files required conversion, some MKV sound doesn't work, this program will fix that)
Also I made an improvement to the HTML code that will let you fast forward. In the index.html (you can also rename it anything, I rename my to cast.html so I can view all the file in the HTML folder, including the movie file, so I can just copy the URL and just type in the IP address)
For the fast forward thing:
1) open the index.htm (you can open it just using notepad, nothing fancy)
2) search for <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay"></video>
3) you will see 2 instants of that code, just replace it with: <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay" controls></video>
This will put a control bar underneath the video screen on your computer so you can fast forward (this only work ONCE before you cast it to your TV). You may have to clear the browser cache before this show up
Also sometime the video will not play in the browser windows, but if you cast it to the TV anyway it sometime take up to 30 secs to 45 secs then it will play. This especially true if you stream a video from an online source.
GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again
rajnallan said:
I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again
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your thing is the localhost you need to translate that to your local ip address (you can probably find that in the network center of windows 8, I am still refusing to upgrade to windows 8, so I am on win 7) or simply access your router
For example mine local IP address is 192.168.1.153, to get the video to play you need to put this as your url
http://localhost/Burfi.mp4 -> http://192.168.1.153/Burfi.mp4 (so this way when the URL go to chromecast it know what the heck localhost is)
Oh by the way, that msg is always there. It is sort of a debug msg left in by the original coder, I am guessing it was the Google Team that did it.
GreenDroidX said:
your thing is the localhost you need to translate that to your local ip address (you can probably find that in the network center of windows 8, I am still refusing to upgrade to windows 8, so I am on win 7) or simply access your router
For example mine local IP address is 192.168.1.153, to get the video to play you need to put this as your url
http://localhost/Burfi.mp4 -> http://192.168.1.153/Burfi.mp4 (so this way when the URL go to chromecast it know what the heck localhost is)
Oh by the way, that msg is always there. It is sort of a debug msg left in by the original coder, I am guessing it was the Google Team that did it.
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Thanks for your response. I did try the url as you suggested. But the video plays on the computer. But when I try to cast in to TV I get a blank screen on TV. Waited for more than two minutes. May be somewhere I am doing something wrong.
Just to add when I checked on the chromecast icon in Chrome browser it shows the movie as running on chromecast but nothing on TV.
rajnallan said:
Thanks for your response. I did try the url as you suggested. But the video plays on the computer. But when I try to cast in to TV I get a blank screen on TV. Waited for more than two minutes. May be somewhere I am doing something wrong.
Just to add when I checked on the chromecast icon in Chrome browser it shows the movie as running on chromecast but nothing on TV.
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Strange, well first use another computer with chrome that is on the same network. Try to enter that url into the browser, if that play then the file could be seen. If not then you have a network problem.
Second try to enter a url of a video that is already online. Like the http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 see if that will cast. Just to see if chromecast have a problem
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GreenDroidX said:
Strange, well first use another computer with chrome that is on the same network. Try to enter that url into the browser, if that play then the file could be seen. If not then you have a network problem.
Second try to enter a url of a video that is already online. Like the http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 see if that will cast. Just to see if chromecast have a problem
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
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I did try the url of a video http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 and it works. Chromecast is definitely OK. I can see the movie with the url like the one specified by you play on the computer but when I cast it I see the message on the chromecast icon on the chrome browser showing the movie is running but the tv which switches to the Chromecast hdmi port shows blank on the TV. May be I will try on my daughter's computer...
rajnallan said:
I did try the url of a video http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 and it works. Chromecast is definitely OK. I can see the movie with the url like the one specified by you play on the computer but when I cast it I see the message on the chromecast icon on the chrome browser showing the movie is running but the tv which switches to the Chromecast hdmi port shows blank on the TV. May be I will try on my daughter's computer...
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Also firewall can be a problem too good luck. Also try different files
rajnallan said:
I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again
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I'm not sure if you've figured out your problem yet or not, but just by looking at your post, it looks to me like you have input the wrong "Address" information before the filename. You need to include the port# right after your internal ip address. Such as... http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4 . You can re-read his instructions below..These are the instructions he outlined above, but I just typed them out in my own words...just don't forget to include the port in the address and you should be good to go!!
1. Rename your video file to something easy like for example... "Chrome.Cast.720p.H.264.2013.WideScreen.Cam.xda-Devs-Rockz.mp4" to something a little easier to remember and easier to type back in such as "chromecast720p.mp4" or simply "cc.mp4" --just for simplicity sake...name it whatever you wanna!
2.. Make sure the .mp4, .mkv, or whatever Chromecast supported video file, has been moved into the same folder/directory as the "mongoose-3.8.exe" , "cast.py" , "angular.min.js" , "index.html" , "demo_app.js" files. I think there's a couple more files in that folder, but you get my drift...
3 Run(double-click) the mongoose-3.8.exe file in that folder. It should start running in the background without any visual GUI popping up in your face. You really don't have to change any settings in mongoose, but if you want to change the port# you can. if you leave all settings the same, I believe the default port# is set to Port# 8080.
4. Locate your INTERNAL IP ADDRESS. This is the IP Address that your router assigns each individual pc/phone/tablet/Chromecast, etc... Mine happens to be 192.168.1.101 . Yours will more than likely be something different than mine, but it will probably be something between the range of: 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.149
5. This is assuming you just double-clicked on mongoose-3.8.exe & did't change ANY settings from within the mongoose server... Open up a tab in Chrome and in the address bar you wanna type this exactly, but without the quotes ---> "localhost:8080"
6. That'll open up the simplified Chromecast testing page...at least if you did everything right so far it should open that page... from this page, click that first little drop down box at the top of the page and select the HTML5 option.
7. In the filename input box that pops up below it, you wanna type "http://yourLOCALipaddresshere:8080/videofilename.extension" . Mine for example, happens to be http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4
8. Assuming you did everything so far exactly as we've told you, your video should start playing in the tab.
9. Right below your video, you want to click and select your chromecast... after choosing your chromecast, the video from within your chrome browser will more than likely either go blank or it will just look like it's paused. Don't worry though. From my understanding, that's totally normal...
10. Ok, cool...now if everything has been done correctly, you should be able to see the movie playing on your TV. This may take up to a minute to show up on your tv in some instances, due to your router, pc,network traffic, etc...
These steps that I outlined are pretty much the same thing as in earlier posts, just put into my own words. It works just fine for me, I'm just still getting the black bar across the bottom of the TV, unless i change the movie to a full-screen movie. Full-screen movies seem to work just fine and of course, they take up the entire screen. I for some reason still can't get ANY widescreen videos to display properly...there's always a black bar at the bottom and NO black bar at the top. It's like they're "Half-ass wide-screen" format. lol
I get the same error message but the video plays fine. I guess he's got a different problem. I noticed that you need to manually stop the current video in the browser window so chromecast goes to "ready to cast" screen before you can start a new video.
New Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 user . . . question: why does the tablet's OS see a difference between media files that have their file type suffixes in capital letters rather that lower case? My tablet can play self loaded media that has lower case file suffixes, such as filenameX.mp4, but if the same filename has its suffix in caps, I get an error message stating the file type is not supported, i.e., filenameX.MP4 will not play, while filenameX.mp4 will. Same with other file types such as pdf's; filenameY.pdf will work fine; filenameY.PDF produces an error.
I can't say why but I;ve had the same issue - a video with MKV won't play but mkv will (when renamed).
I also not that finding a file manager that doesn't hide the damn extension is hard!
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I can't say why but I;ve had the same issue - a video with MKV won't play but mkv will (when renamed).
I also not that finding a file manager that doesn't hide the damn extension is hard!
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Fluffbutt I'd like to see the video you posted in your response, however, the popups and ads simply won't allow. Can you perhaps post a shortened ur? Back to my question, it's less a 'why' and more of a validation effort. My background is in Apple's iOs / MacOS and this is a 'forced' migration to Google's Android OS device. So, I guess what I'm looking for is some kind of confirmation that what I'm seeing is just the way it is in Samsung world - no capitalized filename extensions. Thank you for your time.
Umm - I didn't post an url. Honest, nothing... I don't even know if I have the video any more (and, even if I did I doubt XDA would want a link posted.. *cough* "downloaded video".)
If you're on windows you might have virus... if on tablet/phone it's a browser advert?
It might be a function of how the players "see" the files - when they were written the developer set ".mkv" and ".mp4" as playable files but didn't think to do ".MKV" and ".MP4".
Case-sensitivity in filenames (and extensions) is typical of Linux. Since Android is Linux-based, I would guess that's the underlying issue. And yes, it's short-sighted of developers to not account for this. Renaming the files is the quickest/easiest workaround.