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Figured I'd post this here, these were my two main issues with Gmote not being able to do.
First of all get Gmote 2.0 off the market or from the website, grab the server client while you're there and follow the directions to install it.
http://www.gmote.org/
http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.gmote.client.android
Then get the latest version of VLC and install it (0.9.8a as of this posting).
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Okay now navigate to your VLC install directory and copy all the contents (C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC).
Now, navigate to your Gmote install directory (C:\Program Files\GmoteServer).
From there go to \bin\VLC\ and delete all the contents and paste the latest version of VLC in there.
Now open VLC.exe and go to the Tools menu > Preferences.
Under the simple interface go to Audio and select "Enable last.fm submission", then enter your last.fm log in information. Don't close it.
Now for the shuffle songs, Gmote has a menu option for it but it wasn't working for me, but I did it for good measure. There is a way to force it in VLC.
Right click Gmote Server in the system tray > Settings > Shuffle Songs
Back in VLC in Preferences, under "Show settings" select "All" and go to Playlist menu. From there select "Play files randomly forever".
Go to the bottom and hit Save then close VLC.
Now make sure that the playlist will be set to shuffle by default. Open VLC and go to the Playlist menu > Show Playlist. At the bottom next to the plus the lines should be crossed, if not click it, close out VLC and see. Go through the steps again if its not on shuffle now.
A couple notes in case anyone runs into any issues, I never had Gmote and VLC open at the same time since I believe that Gmote opens up VLC when it is started, not sure. I also selected "Allow only one instance" under Interface settings.
Oh and the first time it played a song the next song started and stopped abruptly, so I just reopened my .m3u playlist and it worked and has worked ever since (the song still scrobbled though).
Also, it won't show what you are currently playing on last.fm, it will only show what you just played.
Nice tutorial!!!!! Only VLC? Can't you do something similar with WMP? All I want is to stream some stuff that "StreamFurious" won't play, shouldn't have to install additional media player just to do that? I could be wrong though....
If you want to listen to music streamfurious won't play, you can set up your own shoutcast station here:
http://www.shoutcast.com/download
Then add the address of your station to streamfurious so you can listen to your own personal collection.
Also, there is an option on Gmote to stream music from your PC to your phone, which should be easier to do. If you happen to have a dynamic IP address (and don't want to always have to remember it), you can setup a dyndns website address @ www.dyndns.org, and enter it as the server you want gmote to connect to.
re: Random Music Playlist and Scrobble to Last.fm
Oh ! thank you for what you said , It is useful .
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Music Playlist Picks of the Week. As long as I can remember, ...
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Music Playlist Picks of the Week. Author: Mike Wu — Published: Mar 13, 2005 at 2:14 pm 2 comments. As long as I can remember, ...
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....................huh??
Thank you, I have been spending the last hour getting riled by it not shuffling.
I should have come here first of course!
Hi,
I've been trying to get videos streamed to my Gtab, and I finally decided to try an app from market, 'VLC Remote/Stream' by CodeJugglers, but I've encountered a number of problems.
For one thing, the VLC on my PC (Windows 7) seems to default to port 5544, whereas the VLC Remote/Stream app on the Gtab seems to default to port 5544.
I had a heck of a time, but I finally got VLC on the PC to use port 5554, and the app on the Gtab then tries to use port 5554, but:
1) whenever I go into "stream" mode, most of the time, it just displays a black screen. When I monitor port usage on the PC, I can see port 5554 open and listening, but nothing connected to it. ONCE in awhile, I can occasionally get a connection from the app to the PC on port 5554, but...
2) When it does connect, I get only video, and not the audio.
3) Also, in order to get VLC on the PC to stream, it seems like I have to manually, on the PC, configure the VLC player to stream every time. I have the impression that the VLC Remote/Stream app is suppose to remotely configure the VLC Player on the PC to stream, but that doesn't seem to work at all. I can "control" the VLC player via the Gtab app, but when I try to "Play", it doesn't stream, it just plays on the PC.
4) Another thing is that I've been trying to get it to play a physical DVD inserted into the DVD Player on the PC, but that doesn't work at all, so I've been just trying it to stream an file that I ripped from the DVD.
Has anyone tried this, and got it working?
Thanks,
Jim
P.S. This was my 1st purchase app from the market, and it gives you 15 MINUTES to try it. I was up most of last night trying to get this working, so it's kind of unbelievable that they expect you to get it working in 15 minutes !!
Hi,
I've made some progress re. #2 (audio). When I setup my VLC player on the PC for streaming, I have to paste in the following into the configuration:
Code:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=320,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=3,keyint=50,bframes=0,no-cabac,tune=zerolatency,ref=1,no-interlaced,vbv-maxrate=312,aq-mode=0,no-mbtree,partitions=none,no-weightb,weightp=0,me=dia,subme=0,no-mixed-refs,no-8x8dct,trellis=0},vfilter=canvas{width=400,height=240,aspect=400:240,padd},soverlay,acodec=mp4a,ab=96,aenc=ffmpeg{aac-profile=low},channels=2,audio-sync}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:5554/stream.sdp,mp4a-latm}
After I do that, and try the app on my Gtab, when I can connect to the RTSP stream (it's inconsistent, and I have to try a couple of times), I get both video and audio now.
So, it seems like the app is suppose to push the stream configuration to the VLC player on the PC, but it's not doing that, at least for #2...
Jim
i dont get video but get audio.
I think its my current firmware, its a bit overloaded.
I am interested in something like this, what Android phone do you have, is it working on the phone? Could be a (obviously) a GTab thing that's why I ask...
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
webby_s said:
I am interested in something like this, what Android phone do you have, is it working on the phone? Could be a (obviously) a GTab thing that's why I ask...
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Hi,
I don't have an android phone, but I got this mostly working now, w help from codejugglers support.
I am now using the default settings in the VLC R/S app. I enabled HTTP remote control on VLC player on my OC.
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
What I was doing wrong was not pressing the stream button before selecting the file.
There's still some flakiness. I sometimes have to press the play button several times.
Also, I haven't figured out how to play a physical DVD yet, but I'm waiting for a response now.
Works pretty well.
Jim
beowolfschaefer said:
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
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Thx. I'll take a look, but w VLC R/S, I think/hope I should be able to view physical DVDs.
Jim
jimcpl said:
Hi,
I don't have an android phone, but I got this mostly working now, w help from codejugglers support.
I am now using the default settings in the VLC R/S app. I enabled HTTP remote control on VLC player on my OC.
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
What I was doing wrong was not pressing the stream button before selecting the file.
There's still some flakiness. I sometimes have to press the play button several times.
Also, I haven't figured out how to play a physical DVD yet, but I'm waiting for a response now.
Works pretty well.
Jim
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Awesome glad you got things working. I have not though. I keep getting "VLC is not reachable"
I have double checked and triple checked my VLC setting and followed the instructions to the letter from codejuggler.com and can't get things set up. I have tried locally within my LAN and remotely on 3g and still no go.
Thoughts? It's probly user error but I have followed the instructions. I have made sure the ports are open and have shut down any firewall. I can get into my FTP over 3g on that same computer.
beowolfschaefer said:
I know this isn't really what you are asking for but I would strongly suggest you check out Subsonic beta 4.4 along with the subsonic droid app. This is by far the best streaming video solution I have found and I tried a lot of others including VLC in the past. The subsonic server takes about 5 min to set up on a windows machine and seems to handle most video formats. You can then search your library from the app and the video launches in a flash browser window. Works really well on the Gtab.
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So I have been all over there website and I don't see anything about video streaming. I take it from what you are saying, it does do video streaming.
webby_s said:
Awesome glad you got things working. I have not though. I keep getting "VLC is not reachable"
I have double checked and triple checked my VLC setting and followed the instructions to the letter from codejuggler.com and can't get things set up. I have tried locally within my LAN and remotely on 3g and still no go.
Thoughts? It's probly user error but I have followed the instructions. I have made sure the ports are open and have shut down any firewall. I can get into my FTP over 3g on that same computer.
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There's steps for getting it working here, near the bottom if the page:
http://www.codejugglers.com/vlc-remote-and-stream.html
I installed and ran netscan on my gtab from market, which helped me do port scans of my pc, to check that I could reach port 5554 from my gtab.
On the pc, install vlc clean, then do only the enable HTTP remote control. Nothing else.
In the gtab/vlc r/s, go to the app settings and do the restore to defaults, then add a device with URL HTTP://<ipaddress>:8080. Leave the Streaming URL empty.
Also, worst case, email them, they seem to be pretty responsive.
Jim
So the VLC I have what just the one I downloaded from the http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ The standard 20MB player right. (I am just trying to start from the beginning) I will next try the netscan app. And yes those are the instructions I have used.
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Ok I don't have a port open on my device(gtab), namely 5554, How do I open that port on my device PC and GTab? I know how to on my router.
i've tried everything with vlc. it just does not seem to work. i finally found out about subsonic from another post and that works. doesn't work exactly the way i want it but it does work. to date, subsonic is the only thing i've found that actually lets me stream my 720p High profile .mkv files.
like ive said in another thread.
It works on my HTC desire perfectly
Same settings on Gtab doesnt.
Ok I have had quite a bit of head way made here! But still getting blank screen on streaming.
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Hi,
In VLC R/S, I added a host (HTTP://192.168.0.230:8080).
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Did it now I can control VLC on my computer
In VLC R/S, I click on the host, and I can control VLC player on the PC.
Then, I press the folder button, then the stream button (eye icon). Then in the top window, I can browse to an .mp4 file, then longpress it, and it starts the VLC player streaming.
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Did all this, but like you before I am gettting a blank screen with the rtsp://192.168.1.109:5554 Do I need to open that port on my router settings? Or is it something on the android machine. (I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab) But I followed your instructions to the letter.... And like I said I can control VLC from android like a remote.
So in a nutshell, I have made progress, but I can't seem to stream quite yet. I opened all the ports I thought I needed both on my router settings and my Window 7 machine per these instructions
Is it something with a port that needs to be open on android?
its nothing to do with how you have it setup
the software doest fully support tegra is my belief and is just causing issue loading the codec i think.
^ I don't know if this was directed at me but:
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(I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab)
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And it looks like the OP got it going on his GTab cuz he states he doesn't have an android phone
webby_s said:
Ok I have had quite a bit of head way made here! But still getting blank screen on streaming.
Did it now I can control VLC on my computer
Did all this, but like you before I am gettting a blank screen with the rtsp://192.168.1.109:5554 Do I need to open that port on my router settings? Or is it something on the android machine. (I am actually trying to get this all working on my Evo then transfer it all over to the gTab) But I followed your instructions to the letter.... And like I said I can control VLC from android like a remote.
So in a nutshell, I have made progress, but I can't seem to stream quite yet. I opened all the ports I thought I needed both on my router settings and my Window 7 machine per these instructions
Is it something with a port that needs to be open on android?
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The port, 5554, needs to be opened for LISTENING on the PC where VLC Player is running.
The connection is outgoing, from the gtab or evo where VLC R/S apparently is running, and incoming to the VLC Player on the PC. That's why I used netscan on my gtab, to check that I could connect from the gtab to port 5554 on the PC. If netscan doesn't show that port 5554 is 'open', VLC R/S won't be able to connect to the VLC Player on the PC.
Jim
webby_s said:
^ I don't know if this was directed at me but:
And it looks like the OP got it going on his GTab cuz he states he doesn't have an android phone
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I'm the OP, and yes, I can confirm that it works on my gtab . Still trying to figure out how to work w physical DVD though.
Jim
roguey said:
its nothing to do with how you have it setup
the software doest fully support tegra is my belief and is just causing issue loading the codec i think.
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No, it works, including streaming, on my gtab.
Jim
Ok, so I have been using the netscan app and I have an open port on the PC at 554 (yes 554 that's not a typo) and nothing at 5554. And yes I did up the scan to port 6000 on netscan to make sure it searched that high.
And I have changed the settings in windows 7 to have 5554 open both on outgoing and inbound. So at this point I think it's something with the pc. Cuz as I have said, I can control VLC in the app from android.
Edit: 554 is "real time streaming protocol"
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Hai!
I've been seeing alot of people wanting to stream video from thier Home PC or HTPC to thier Xoom. I've also seen some really hard ways to go about it, srsly.
Here's an easy way that does not require you to install anything on your PC.
1. Share out your video folder on your PC, allow full access to everyone.
2. On Xoom, connect to your WiFi then goto Market, search "bs player" and download and install it, and the ARM7 addon next to it.
3. Open BS player, in top right menu, select LAN Mode.
4. Add your host(IP) and share: 192.168.0.2/downloads (this may not work for, is only example), add your username and password for the PC (your Login). You may need to add // infront of your IP address in some cases, not sure why.
Done.
BS player also plays most files inc .avi. Streams 720p quite fluently.
Also there is a way to do this over the net, but your net would probably die and it takes longer to explain and i'm at work, and i'm lazy ^_^.
Ciao.
You could do the same thing from your file explorer and have any player play the files from your computer. I switch to LAN in Honeycomb HD File Explorer and put my home IP in and now I can watch any of the files on my Xoom.
I installed tversity server on the pc and shared the video folder
I installed bubbleUpnp on the xoom..
open bubbleUPNP, browse to the folder, click the video and watch it on MX Video Player (or others)
Works beautifully
There are a few ways to do it.
This appears to be one of the easiest ways, along with sharing and using it through HD Explorer, which i do more than the way i posted.
But having to install software on your PC just to stream videos, in my oopinion, is unacceptable.
My PC has way more than enough power to do it as it was built for gaming, but I'd prefer not to add software that i don't need to.
But everyone has their way of doing it, this was just for those who aren't overly computer savvy and wanted to know how.
Qloud Free does a really good job of streaming video as well. Adjustable bit rate before you start each video even allows you to take in to account how powerful the CPU on the PC you are streaming from might be.
I followed your instructions, but nothing will play. Every file on my WHS server that I click on just crashes with "Unexpected error occured". I tried MP4, AVI (Xvix and Divx), and WMV files. I can see all my files under the folder I shared, none of them will play though.
I use Splashtop. What it basically does is lets you control your PC from your Xoom. Not sure if thats what you need. On the same network its pretty smooth.
If you are just looking to play it directly on your Xoom without it playing on ur PC then there are several softwares/apps available that let you view your PC files on your tablet.
What I would do is enable web sharing on my PC and then access the URL from my tablet's browser.
don't forget gmote 2.0. Its been streaming brilliantly for me
There is also Zumocast. Originally it was only available for select motorola phones, but you can find it in XDA forums...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276410
Grabbing Plex is also a good way, though it isn't free. If you have a wide array of video formats (I have a large mix of SD, 720p, and 1080p content), something that can transcode is pretty much the only option, and Plex is much cheaper than the paid version of TVersity.
The Plex Media Server app catalogs videos with metadata like XBMC does on the PC, but requires their paid app from the market to access it. It handles real-time transcoding for videos that would otherwise be unplayable on the Xoom (ie 1080p high profile).
I agree with splashtop. I though about streaming other ways but didnt want to leave my video folder open to the entire network. Splashtop works perfectly.
I also use splashtop to get the video onto my xoom and then plug it into the tv with hdmi rather than carrying my laptop around or using a media streamer.
I personally like Remote Potato on windows 7. There is an app in the market called Remote Media Center that works real nice.
You will need Windows Media Center for this to work. I like it because I can also stream Live TV and the Guide.
Well I have had a Chromecast for some time now. I have been lurking for some time now but can't quite figure out what is the best solution for me.
Here is what I am looking to do.. I have quite a few workout dvd's that the Wife and I use, Yoga and the such. I want to eliminate the need to use the dvd player... my goal is to have everything ripped to my desktop, then use my phone to control what is displayed on the chromecast? especially since i have multiple chromecasts.....I just can't figure out what combination of apps I need to accomplish it... I have used ALLCast but the video will mess up during streaming... (Galaxy S3)
I am assuming I need some sort of media server service running on my desktop..(Plex?)
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great!
cdrshm
Rip the DVDs to MP4 files on your computer using some video tool like Handbrake. Enable the DLNA server function in Windows if you haven't already, and add your video folder as one of the shared media folders. Install BubbleUPnP on your Android phone. Select your computer as the source, Chromecast as the destination. Select your desired video and cast it to the Chromecast, controlling it with BubbleUPnP.
Plex is certainly an alternative, but you would have to install and set up Plex Media Server on your computer, and currently you have to pay $4/month for Plex Pass to use Plex with the Chromecast. For what you want to do the above combination is simpler and free.
@DJames1 hit it on the head.
Since I have multiple players, I'm waiting for My Movies to release Chromecast support, but I suspect it might be a while...
DJames1 said:
Rip the DVDs to MP4 files on your computer using some video tool like Handbrake. Enable the DLNA server function in Windows if you haven't already, and add your video folder as one of the shared media folders. Install BubbleUPnP on your Android phone. Select your computer as the source, Chromecast as the destination. Select your desired video and cast it to the Chromecast, controlling it with BubbleUPnP.
Plex is certainly an alternative, but you would have to install and set up Plex Media Server on your computer, and currently you have to pay $4/month for Plex Pass to use Plex with the Chromecast. For what you want to do the above combination is simpler and free.
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WOW! This works perfect! Thanks for helping me out! It works better than expected!!
Thanks Again!!
cdrshm
+1 to DJ!
Only thing I would quibble with is I'm not sure the Windows Media DLNA is a very good option but it is free and requires no installation.
Bubble requires SOME DLNA server since it does not have this function built in yet and instead aggregates media from other sources.
Something I suspect Bubble will soon add to it's arsenal!
You can also browse files in the chrome browser, such as your movie folder. And simply cast from that. Works instantly, easily, casts in the same quality the file is in, and requires no additional software or set up.
For instance, my data drive is F, I just browse to file:///F:/ on chrome, select my movies folder and start the video then cast from the browser.
^^ That's tab-casting. While it works as long as your computer is fast enough, it has several issues compared to the recommended solution:
1. It puts a heavier workload on your PC due to Google's rather inefficient tab-casting code.
2. Even with a high-performance PC, the video tends to stutter a little when tab-casting.
3. It has to be controlled from the PC. The OP said that he has an Android phone he wants to use as the controller.
If the OP were interested in trying streaming from Chrome, he would be better off to use the newly-renamed Videostream extension for Chrome mentioned in another thread here. It offers much smoother performance than tab-casting.
I use serviio on my computer and Avia on my devices. Works great.
I use Logitech Media Server with avia and it works perfectly...
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^^ Also good solutions, but Avia isn't quite free, and they would require the OP to install a new media server on his PC.
Any good solution for mac os?
2fastkuztoms said:
Any good solution for mac os?
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Plex is probably the easiest option but it currently requires PlexPass subscription as it's still getting the kinks worked out.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.
You could use any DLNA server that runs on Mac along with BubbleUPnP as the controller on Android. I would probably choose Serviio.
Asphyx said:
+1 to DJ!
Only thing I would quibble with is I'm not sure the Windows Media DLNA is a very good option but it is free and requires no installation.
Bubble requires SOME DLNA server since it does not have this function built in yet and instead aggregates media from other sources.
Something I suspect Bubble will soon add to it's arsenal!
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Agreed Windows Media Server sucks. Install the free BubbleUPnP Server side app on your PC. Pay for the pro license of BubbleUPnP on Android and not only can you stream your PC media to Chromecast but you can stream through your PS3 and you can remotely watch all of your videos on your Android device or anyone else's media server in the world
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Hi,
I've only recently found out about Chromecast, reviews were very praising so yesterday I went out and bought one. Unfortunately, my initial enthousiasm has almost disappeared because I can't successfully do the 2 most important things I was planning to do with such a device: 1) Stream my desktop for 720p/1080p video playback and 2) Stream/Cast my Nexus 6 screen (I get a green screen when I connect it, separate apps do work though).
Focusing on the pc casting, the video playback is lagging a lot even if I switch to 480p which is of course unacceptable for watching HD movies. I am not talking about the 0.5 - 1 second input delay, I don't care about that as I don't want to play games with it but rather for the constant speed dropping/pausing/catching up. I have a 50/10 mbps connection which I would think is enough for this but to its defense, I have only tried it through a 2014 Macbook Pro i7/16gb ram running Windows through bootcamp. Could that be the cause of slow performance? Bootcamp may be adequate for basic stuff but the computer does not feel at all like an i7 / 16gb ram unit should.
If the pc is not the issue, are there alternatives to cast your desktop at an acceptable level through other apps? I saw vnc2cast in another thread. Also, is it an option for Chromecast to work if i connect my pc through Ethernet instead of wi-fi for better performance?
Thanks
Why do you need PC video playback on CC? Its smth like record a video of playing movie by phone and then watch it, instead of copy the file to phone and then open it... You could find some FAQ first...
1.Google Cast extention for Chrome Browser will let play compatible formats of video to CC. Just drag&drop the file to a tab and hit the Cast button. It also has "Cast Entire Screen" option.
2.Videostream extention will transcode and play most of the unsupporded files, including .avi, besides the regular ones
3. Share the folder to local net, use ES File Explorer + ES File Explorer Chromecast plugin. Find the shared folder in LAN section then play with plugin.
4.KMP Player for android+KMP Connect on PC.
5.BubbleUPnP android app+BubbleUPnP server on PC for transcoding any file.
6.Plex Media Server + Plex android app
7.ANY Media server on PC (Twonky, Plex, Serviio, BubbleUPnP etc) + Any program that see DLNA (Avia for example). If an app has "open with" option, one can use VEGA Cast, AllCast, Avia, ES Cast Plugin etc...
For Screen Mirror try Koush's "Mirror" app. First join ClockWorkMod beta testers Google+ group, then it will be available in Google Play.
playahate said:
Why do you need PC video playback on CC? Its smth like record a video of playing movie by phone and then watch it, instead of copy the file to phone and then open it... You could find some FAQ first...
1.Google Cast extention for Chrome Browser will let play compatible formats of video to CC. Just drag&drop the file to a tab and hit the Cast button. It also has "Cast Entire Screen" option.
2.Videostream extention will transcode and play most of the unsupporded files, including .avi, besides the regular ones
3. Share the folder to local net, use ES File Explorer + ES File Explorer Chromecast plugin. Find the shared folder in LAN section then play with plugin.
4.KMP Player for android+KMP Connect on PC.
5.BubbleUPnP android app+BubbleUPnP server on PC for transcoding any file.
6.Plex Media Server + Plex android app
7.ANY Media server on PC (Twonky, Plex, Serviio, BubbleUPnP etc) + Any program that see DLNA (Avia for example). If an app has "open with" option, one can use VEGA Cast, AllCast, Avia, ES Cast Plugin etc...
For Screen Mirror try Koush's "Mirror" app. First join ClockWorkMod beta testers Google+ group, then it will be available in Google Play.
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Reason for pc video playback is I'd like to see movies from my local drives without having to set up a media server/NAS thing. I guess the extensions you mention in 1) and 2) can do that? I'll try them out.
Now if I understand correctly 3-7 regards sharing files from pc to phone and then streaming them to CC? I'd like to avoid that if possible as it requires the phone to act as an intermediate between pc and CC If I am not mistaken.
mclisme said:
Reason for pc video playback is I'd like to see movies from my local drives without having to set up a media server/NAS thing. I guess the extensions you mention in 1) and 2) can do that? I'll try them out.
Now if I understand correctly 3-7 regards sharing files from pc to phone and then streaming them to CC? I'd like to avoid that if possible as it requires the phone to act as an intermediate between pc and CC If I am not mistaken.
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The phone is basically a remote to initiate and control the cast from the remote device/storage for all / most of these options (definitely for Plex and the BubbleUPnP options). It's not doing any heavy lifting.
Plex is probably the most adaptable option.
Also beware that casting local high bandwidth media from a wifi networked device/storage via router to chromecast may never produce consistent results as performance is often impacted by network conditions. Tweaking various arcane settings on your router can help but it's a pain.
For me there were huge differences in performance depending on whether the host device was is the same room as the router (very good) or in it's normal location a floor up and 20-30 yards away (pretty poor) or wired (excellent). I ended up resurrecting an old laptop heading for recycle with a fresh linux install to be permanently wired to my router to host a Plex server and media. Never looked back.
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2.Videostream extention will transcode and play most of the unsupporded files, including .avi, besides the regular ones
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Ok, I tried Videostream and I find it amazing. Even its interface is so simple and smooth and with the remote control app for the phone I think it's great. So watching my movies is solved.
Now, another reason I was looking for "cast your entire screen" alternatives is that I can't seem to get a specific video streaming service that I often use to work properly. If I cast the tab, for some reason the video does not show up in CC even though the rest of the page like pictures and video controls show up fine. I guess it has to do with the fact that this specific service is encrypted and does not allow HDMI connections, if it detects one it just stops. So maybe it similarly blocks Chromecast plugin from capturing the video off it and sending it to CC?
The only way to fool it is to cast my entire screen. Then the video works fine but at a rate below 24 fps which makes it almost unusable. I even switched to 480p but still the video is slow for live sports. I guess when screen-casting, the load is too much for CC to handle?
So If there aren't other ways to improve screen-casting to a watchable level (24fps) either by 3rd-party apps or CC hacks/mods, I can only hope something is developed in the future I guess...