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[APP] WALKMAN - FREE Version Available [U] 4/2/2012

WALKMAN7
DESCRIPTION:
WALKMAN7 provides you with access to a rich database of music.
Search for the latest songs, discover new artists and create playlists on the go.
All music can be streamed and will be stored for offline playback automatically.
WALKMAN7 features a beautiful designed metro-style UI with Icons adapting to your accent color.
The app is quick, remembers all your data, your latest search, your playlists and settings.
It can run under the lockscreen to quickly find and play the music you want wherever you go.
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GET WALKMAN: FREE VERSION (Unlimited Full-Featured Trial) / PRO VERSION (Ad-Free)
FEATURES:
- Create a playlist on the fly
- Find tons and tons of online hosted audio
- Possibility to download content for offline-playback
- Shuffle playback
- Nice metro style interface
- Fast to load and easy to use
- Song already added in the playlist will be marked in search results (* Not anymore)
- Multiple playlists
- Rearrange songs in playlist
- Mass delete songs (multi-select mode)
- Mass add songs to playlist (multi-select mode)
NEW MANGO FEATURES:
- Live Tile --> Displays the current playing song
- Background downloading supported
- Background Playback
- Database
CHANGE LOG
RC1:
- UI
- Rearrange songs
- Speed improvements
- Stability improvements
- Mass adding of songs (multi-select mode)
- Mass delete (multi-select mode)
- Settings page
- Auto offline mode detection
- If Stream over 3G disabled, online songs automatically skipped during playback
- If No Connection, only offline songs are available for playback.
- And many more features/improvements
Beta 2.1:
- Merges databases
- Fixes improper handling of playback controls
- Fixes issues songs deleted from both library and playlist (due to bugs in the database APIs, fixed by merging separate databases).
- Minor UI tune-ups
SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11995173&postcount=1
GET WALKMAN: FREE VERSION (Unlimited Full-Featured Trial) / PRO VERSION (Ad-Free)

Does not work for me on Omnia 7 (7004), searching works, but streaming the music not. can switch between the songs in playlist through previous and next button but the music isn't playing

cndymn_ said:
Does not work for me on Omnia 7 (7004), searching works, but streaming the music not. can switch between the songs in playlist through previous and next button but the music isn't playing
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oke thanks for the report. Can u send me a pm? Ill send you a debug version soob and we can figure out why it wont work.. Tried to reinstall? Or restart the phone? Sometimes the streaming on wp7 is buggy, i have an omnia 7 as well and sometimes it has trouble to connect. Plus the service which im tapping into was updating its servers today so please keep trying n let me know.

well have flashed my omnia 7 cause had t-mobile germany branding. Have Pre-Update (7008) now and it does not work, too.
tried to restart and the same.
This app would be very usefull for me, if it works

cndymn_ said:
well have flashed my omnia 7 cause had t-mobile germany branding. Have Pre-Update (7008) now and it does not work, too.
tried to restart and the same.
This app would be very usefull for me, if it works
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just checked. Works flawless omnia 7 on tmobile holland. Maybe in germany some sites are blocked? Please send a pm and we will check a debug version. Can you stream other stuff? Which song are u trying? Do you get a cant get stream error? If you dont get this error there is a streaming issue with the device and not the app. If you get the cant get stream error, there could be a different issue.

Use on my HD7, it's look better than old but something doesn't work all all.
My Suggestion.
- Fast forward is not working.
- Can't search by using Artist name.
(with old release, I can search using artist name like "Benny Benassi" , "David Guetta")
- Should has a dedicate application volume control.
- Should has a connection status, sometime I little confuse after tapping my song and wait for a connection that I already have press to play or not.
Keep up the good work, Thank you.

Perlnx said:
Use on my HD7, it's look better than old but something doesn't work all all.
My Suggestion.
- Fast forward is not working.
- Can't search by using Artist name.
(with old release, I can search using artist name like "Benny Benassi" , "David Guetta")
- Should has a dedicate application volume control.
- Should has a connection status, sometime I little confuse after tapping my song and wait for a connection that I already have press to play or not.
Keep up the good work, Thank you.
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Fastforward does work, just drag the progresslider.
I agree with your suggestions, ill implement a progressbar as soon as possible.
im experiencing some problems today. The guys where updating the servers so thats why search was working improperly. You can also use an astrix so search for david*guetta
FIXED FOR THE NEXT RELEASE:
- space becomes astrix in search. So better search results.
- playlist will be updated and saved in the isolated storage after deleting items
- some small incosistencies
UPDATED TO VERSION 2.0.0

Updated to v2.0.0

Marvin_S said:
Updated to v2.0.0
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Great! Thanks for sharing such great app

first of all: your app works perfectly
problem here is only: i only have nice speeds for streaming at home (wifi) or in some areas outside...
It still downloads every music file i play everytime i click on it...thought it works offline?
One thing: Is it possible to make the files save to a directory where zune music on the phone can access it, too?

fiinix said:
Great! Thanks for sharing such great app
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Thank you.
Submitted to the marketplace, let's hope it will get trough. Since a youtube downloader was able to get trough there is hope

diboze said:
first of all: your app works perfectly
problem here is only: i only have nice speeds for streaming at home (wifi) or in some areas outside...
It still downloads every music file i play everytime i click on it...thought it works offline?
One thing: Is it possible to make the files save to a directory where zune music on the phone can access it, too?
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Haha no downloading to the zune folder thats not possible, and very piracy.
Well it does exactly what you say, and it downloads and streams at the same time. If the downloading text goes away the file that was downloading is now stored in your isolated storage. Now you are able to click a different file and download that one, if you click on the previous song it ill start playing instantly.
The reason why I implemented it this way is because of performance and because there is no direct way to capture a streaming file. So it has to be done separately and at the same time most people want to preview or instantly play the song before downloading so that is why it will begin streaming and than downloads whatever song is streaming one by one.
Dont worry, I thought a lot about the implementation, this worked best for me its not the most logical way, but thats due to the lack of mediaelement API's and not b/c of me
All data should be downloaded before it can be saved, if the file is fully downloaded the downloading text will disappear. There is no other way to implement streaming and downloading at the same time... however I can add a separate progressbar which will indicate the percentage downloaded. I might do that for the next release

For me the most use of the program comes by being able to listen to a song you dont have on the phone but u want to listen to right now. So its not really about piracy (at least for me).
As some might have a dataplan an option with ([on] streaming | [off] downloading) and ([off] streaming] | [on] downloading) would be cool

Yes that could be possible...
However I doubt it's really a must.
I'm still thinking about a way to improve the downloading. Maybe some kind of tap and hold and than click download or something.
I will add a progressbar underneath the file that is downloading anyway I think so at least the user can see which song is downloading and the progress.

Hi Marvin,
This is a great app. Very nice and fast. A few things I would like to see.
1. Be able to create multiple play lists.
2. Be able to delete individual files from play List.
3. Be able to move a song up/down in the play list.
4. Be able to move files to different play lists.
5. Option to download later, like a queue.
Thanks

@ Marvin_s
Your Walkman7 v2.0.2 work fine with 3G too!
;-)
@ GIPAQ +1
;-)

GIPAQ said:
Hi Marvin,
This is a great app. Very nice and fast. A few things I would like to see.
1. Be able to create multiple play lists.
2. Be able to delete individual files from play List.
3. Be able to move a song up/down in the play list.
4. Be able to move files to different play lists.
5. Option to download later, like a queue.
Thanks
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2. Is already possible. Same as in mailbox
3. I planned on doing this indeed, but its kind of annoying to implement since i could only do move current playing song up or down, bc if you select a song iylt will start playing.
5. Sounds good but can u explain what u mean? Like download only when tap and hold? This work method is kind of againt the app of having the entire playlist stored on the phone. And does this option disable streaming as well? Because if you stream why not download as well ur using data anyway. Or is the streaming too slow because its downloading as well?
Multiple playlists is a bit of a problem because it will download the songs and eats storagre fast. However i could do something that it will release all resources if the playlist is unloaded, the down effect is no more songs are stored when going back to a different playlist.
Again the suggestions are good however please come up with a way to implement or think about implementation, 30 songs is 90 mb which is isolated storage maximum, having 6 playlists of 5 songs in other words.... Kind of a problem

marvin hello!! i just d/loaded v2.0 in marketplace- 23.03- 00.30 cet!!
i had ur previous version(1.6 or similar) and i didnt pay any attention to the marketplace... just saw familiar name- and installed... could u confirm that the app "hit the streets"??

pasp1001 said:
marvin hello!! i just d/loaded v2.0 in marketplace- 23.03- 00.30 cet!!
i had ur previous version(1.6 or similar) and i didnt pay any attention to the marketplace... just saw familiar name- and installed... could u confirm that the app "hit the streets"??
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YES i just received a mail!! great news great news
lets hope we can get it into as many new hands as possible before it will be taken down
Thanks man

Since the app has hit the marketplace there is no need for the development thread anymore... so the development thread has been removed.
Please report any further suggestions here and provide feedback/rate or comment so I can keep improving the experience. Thanks a lot.

[APP] Simple (unrestricted!) YouTube app [V0.3] - Updated

Hey all,
I was tired of not being able to find certain video's in the popular YouTube apps out there in the MP. So I decided to throw a quick and simple app together which (at least for me) is able to locate and play the same results as the desktop version of YouTube.
So VeVo video's etc and other copyrighted stuff normally not available on mobile is available with this app. Please let me know if it also works in Germany.
Let me know if there is any interest, i might do further development. It is very basic now and all built in one day. Dont expect too much of it. Quick and simple, enjoy it!
Xap is attached...
Some screen shots:
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Thank you! Great App!
I tried it on my Omnia 7 and It works fine, but some videos aren't smooth, for example Pixie Lott - Turn It Up by pixielottvevo in Standard Definition.
If you could fix it, it would be perfect
Thanks again!

I have to say that it is so nice to have a YouTube app that has a wonderfully clean interface, allows us to watch ALL videos, and runs so smoothly. Haven't noticed anything about choppy video playback. I don't mean to discredit the other wonderful Youtube apps available but the clutter that comes with them seems unnecessary and very distracting. It is my belief that most users are just searching and watching and the "featured", "most played", and most "discussed" sections of other apps are overkill. This is the perfect replacement for the HTC YouTube app which for most of us has to be sideloaded(like this one of course) but which also doesn't play copyrighted videos. Please, please, please keep it simple and focus on optimization if anything if future updates Even the simplicity of your icon is perfect!!!! And the use of the native player without the overlay and extra options is great as well!!!!

Yes that was indeed my intention. Ill fix the crash bug when there is no internet (stupid wp7 apis need 100 try catches).
Also Ill probably implement something like search on channel and add the possibility to read comments. The main focus is to get ALL videos supported.
Also I have no control over the smoothness of playback as it is handled by native wp7, could be a crappy encoded video. Or maybe a memory issue (restart might fix it?). So I cant really optimize on that regard.
I might add a pivot to move to the left for comments and related videos? Seems usefull I think. And perhaps allow one to click on the name of the publisher/channel so I can load up those videos.
Thanks for the positive and useful feedback!

Very nice, I never noticed that the videos were restricted (via metrotube or anything).
I also like how minimal this is, straight to the videos is great.

AshleyT said:
Thank you! Great App!
I tried it on my Omnia 7 and It works fine, but some videos aren't smooth, for example Pixie Lott - Turn It Up by pixielottvevo in Standard Definition.
If you could fix it, it would be perfect
Thanks again!
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Make sure your phone is not connected to the pc as this will disturb smooth playback. It can be that the video is badly encoded or a memory issues. I pass the playback directly on to the wp7 media player.
Updated! Added some more features and some refinements. I think ill also implement the reading of comments, not sure if ill implement also commenting itself as that would require login etc which is quite some work.

Nice additions (authors, playlists by search). Simple but something I think a lot of users use a lot. Comments might be nice, seeing as the your UI design allows for it once you've selected a video (there's space for it). I know its your app but i really think you have something here and dare i say you could easily charge for this and make some money other than the ads. Although the ads are hardly noticeable due to the way you've implemented them. Videos load faster and smoother than any other app out there. They are right on par with the HTC Youtube app. I might be alone in this, but Im happy that you took out the "featured videos" that load when you start the app. I can search and be watching what I want before most other apps have even loaded. Stellar. I love the white background as well but might I suggest a black theme (might go nice with the metro dark theme if thats what a user is running).

Thanks
Yes I can get it into the mp without ads, Im only afraid I can not use these logos and name and ill have to use a non branded name than. Ill have to think about maybe an in app pay system to remove the add. But all this will come much later. Will still have to design a start page and implement comments.
Should i use a button to toggle the comments or a pivot?

i would recommend a pivot. That way it gives the user the option to look at them if they want. I would assume it will allow for a quicker load of the "play video" page but it will still leave the option available if the user wants. Also, a pivot will add to the already nicely implemented "metro" theme. To be perfectly honest, the ads are minimal and very non-invasive. I would have no problems if you just left them and Im sure most other people would agree. Of course, entering the marketplace etc. is something I can't speak to. Any plans for a dark theme.

dosnt seem to play age restricted videos and no log in option available is their a way around this?
Sent from my 7 Pro T7576 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

sunspark said:
dosnt seem to play age restricted videos and no log in option available is their a way around this?
Sent from my 7 Pro T7576 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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No login implemented yet. Ill look into the age restricted stuff later. With unrestricted I mean whether users can watch vevo etc.
Also Ive not specifically looked into germany as germany may get different results (in the xmls it specifically states restricted DE... Can any german guy confirm whether VEVO returns a result?)
The login might come but that needs more work, the simplicity and availability to play desktop results were first. Its quickly built
@yeahyeahyeah1981: good news man, I implemented a pivot with comments and related videos its looking nice. I still have a tiny problem with losing the instance so ill have to implement some saving and loading but that will be done somewhere this week and that ill post the newer version
Dark theme no plans yet. But should not be too hard to implement, ill just need to cut out the logos and dont like that haha other than that its just binding to variables find and replace Black with {Binding ForeGroundColor} and same for white. But I also need to make settings etc.

[Q]how to get bbci player (moto razr 1 xt890)

hi folks and sorry if this is in the wrong place im new to forums and have searched ! im having issues with bbci player on my new phone ! i can get the iplayer to work but it needs the media player add on and when i down load it it says package file invalid, so im at a loss as to what i can do it works fine on my dodgy old x10 any help would be awesome ! or any alternatives to iplayer plaese ! also tvcatchup app dont work also !

Same for everyone with the RAZR I. We need to wait for an update to the media player app that's compatible with the intel processor.

razor 1 working with bbci player
Phill_UK said:
Same for everyone with the RAZR I. We need to wait for an update to the media player app that's compatible with the intel processor.
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hi i had same problem then i thought i have this working on my defy so backed up the to files i needed media player +bbci player installed and all working good also have dsp manager installs but has no effect also has any got a fix for the gallery yet as still no sync and still no fix for skygo as still says rooted ..and its not just new out of box looks like i will have to root it just to solve the problem of it saying its rooted lol
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/92579876/BBC Media Player_2.1.0.apk
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/92579876/BBC iPlayer_1.5.2.170.apk

Thanks for that working great on jellybean without root just installed both the apks
Sorted BBC iplayer working great
Sent from my XT890 using xda app-developers app

dog121 said:
Thanks for that working great on jellybean without root just installed both the apks
Sorted BBC iplayer working great
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Doesn't work for on ics though (presumably due to lack of Flash support - has this been reinstated in JB?) - media support installation says "file corrupted". But I seem to have achieved the same functionality with the TVCatchUp app (via Play) for live streaming (which seems to work fine).

mervluk said:
Doesn't work for on ics though (presumably due to lack of Flash support - has this been reinstated in JB?) - media support installation says "file corrupted". But I seem to have achieved the same functionality with the TVCatchUp app (via Play) for live streaming (which seems to work fine).
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Here try this BBC media app this
Worked for me download from my drop box
https://www.box.com/shared/82vyl6ve3bcwtt78rkod

bbci player
dog121 said:
Here try this BBC media app this
Worked for me download from my drop box
https://www.box.com/shared/82vyl6ve3bcwtt78rkod
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not sure about ics i did think it worked on that anyway as it did on my defy i had and still works on jelly bean on the defy but would not download to razor i but the apks files form the deffy worked for me no problems just made a we app for santander banking if any one needs it its just a link app to the mobile banking as they dont have 1 yet for android

OMG!! I nearly didn't buy this phone because of no BBC media player support!

bonacieux said:
OMG!! I nearly didn't buy this phone because of no BBC media player support!
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well all i can say its a great phone for the price only apps not working is skygo but then again its not just this phone its not working on loads of phones ..only other down fall is you cant put apps on the sd card but you can if you root it but 8 gig is a lot of space for apps so no big deal but like need for speed is like 1.84 gig so you can soon take up the space but how many games do you need to play at time i do think 8 gig is ok but i do think it was a mistake not to allow transfer to sd card ..i have a 32 gig card so plenty of room for films pics music and i have 100 games on stand by on it for when i need to install ...what i will say is this phone is fast no lag internet is way fast did a test with a friend with iphone 5 and also luma 800 and yes the razr i 1 every time lumia 800 was not far behind and yes iphone 5 was last every time on the same net work the iphone was at least 3 to 4 sec behind loading pages with the lumia about 1 sec if that ..camera not great in low light but great outside has played all games so far again with no lag battery life great i can go a hole day with using it a lot ..thats with great setting like it turns of wifi when you leave home and when i get back it knows im home and turns on wifi so save on battery life :laugh:

sheriffdude said:
only apps not working is skygo but then again its not just this phone its not working on loads of phones ..
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Skygo works fine for me on ICS.
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well dont update then
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Skygo works fine for me on ICS.
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lucky you but when you update it will not work and i would think you will have to update at some point or by then they may have fixed it :laugh:

fantastic!
hey thanks for this works great. I bought this phone having not even considered that the chipset wouldn't be compatible with a whole load of stuff. anyhow iplayer was the big thing that was annoying.
this worked a treat - installed straight away and worked!!!!
cheers very much

please ignore - weird things happened.

Looks like iplayer has finally been updated as its now working on my stock Razri.

gutterdog said:
Looks like iplayer has finally been updated as its now working on my stock Razri.
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Not on my JB razr i, what firmware you on I'm gb.retail

Hi Kenrw7
91.2.29001.XT890.Retail.en.GB
JB 4.1.2
I unistalled Iplayer to make sure it was gone then reinstalled.
BBC iPlayer V1.4.2.3
BBC Media Player v2.1.0
Hope that helps.

gutterdog said:
Hi Kenrw7
91.2.29001.XT890.Retail.en.GB
JB 4.1.2
I unistalled Iplayer to make sure it was gone then reinstalled.
BBC iPlayer V1.4.2.3
BBC Media Player v2.1.0
Hope that helps.
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I have same firmware but iplayer does show on google play, but bbc player does and installs but the link to iplayer says it's not compatible. but downloaded and installed the apk from this thread and that works,
thanks to all
Ken

kenrw7 said:
I have same firmware but iplayer does show on google play, but bbc player does and installs but the link to iplayer says it's not compatible. but downloaded and installed the apk from this thread and that works,
thanks to all
Ken
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edit build.prop or use the attachement

[CHROME-EXTENSION] Thundercast

I'm writing an extension to send various contents from the web to the chromecast. If you are brave enough you can give it a try.
Update 0.8 (the new version is taking shape)
Major changes: new name. : )
Minor changes: the UI is more conventional but is the result of the code simplification and allows avoiding some operations, like javascript injections.
To install the extension you have to drag and drop the crx file in the extensions tab (chrome://extensions)
If you use the stable channel of chrome, google will likely block the extension soon after the first restart of the browser. In that case, to use it further, I suggest installing chrome canary.
dropbox link: goo.gl/kgatdZ
PS: forgive my English

bio-xda said:
I’ve written a chrome extension I use to send various contents from the web to the chromecast. If you are brave enough you can give it a try.
To install the extension you have to drag and drop the crx file in the extensions tab (chrome://extensions)
dropbox link: goo.gl/kgatdZ
PS: forgive my English
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What does it do more than google cast?

albanodesign said:
What does it do more than google cast?
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Basically it forces the use of the cast API so your pc won’t act as the server of the video but only as the remote controller, mimic the behavior of youtube in websites that don’t support chromecast.

bio-xda said:
Basically it forces the use of the cast API so your pc won’t act as the server of the video but only as the remote controller, mimic the behavior of youtube in websites that don’t support chromecast.
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Does that have any advantages? I notice that often, casting the entire tab of a screen playing a video makes it tough on my Chromecast whereas the Youtube implementation works pretty smoothly. Does using your version make it smoother?

Flowah said:
Does that have any advantages? I notice that often, casting the entire tab of a screen playing a video makes it tough on my Chromecast whereas the Youtube implementation works pretty smoothly. Does using your version make it smoother?
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It should, as the extension is telling Chromecast to go grab the media directly, rather than your PC trying to encode from the screen and send the (re)encoded video to Chromecast.

Did anyone try it ?

its working good
but i also have to have the cc extensionn running to cast directly to cc
would be nice if that is automatic

I tried at yify.tv, doesn't work, extension always fail to transfer source to chromecast with the red ! sign on the extension icon.

kawaiichi said:
I tried at yify.tv, doesn't work, extension always fail to transfer source to chromecast with the red ! sign on the extension icon.
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Unfortunately you’re right, I’ve never had to deal with video urls like theirs. There are many things that need to be improved, i hope to find the time

Awesome extension... exactly what i was looking for... my mother just has an old slow laptop n with this extension streaming simple flash streams works like a charm. With google cast its realy realy laggy.. so thnx n keep on working
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk

nice!
but how I use? just enable and cast with google cast?

yuriebc said:
nice!
but how I use? just enable and cast with google cast?
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While thundercast is enabled you should see a big, ugly button over the videos. It will cast the video if chromecast support its format, otherwise you can always download it.
Btw, i'm rewriting the extension from scratch and will be very different. My intention is to release it in the store, but it's not going to happen soon.
Maybe this thread can be closed, but i have a thing for the user of xda i'd like to share when the new version is ready.
Ps: sorry i didn't get (or i lost) the notification from the forum

bio-xda said:
While thundercast is enabled you should see a big, ugly button over the videos. It will cast the video if chromecast support its format, otherwise you can always download it.
Btw, i'm rewriting the extension from scratch and will be very different. My intention is to release it in the store, but it's not going to happen soon.
Maybe this thread can be closed, but i have a thing for the user of xda i'd like to share when the new version is ready.
Ps: sorry i didn't get (or i lost) the notification from the forum
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I'm liking the current version already. Looking forward to what you cook up in the revamp!

Update 0.8
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"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

This has become one of my favourite extensions. Looking forward to try out when I get home. Any chance to release it to the store, it is really painful to come back here and update manually every time a new version is out or if I want to install it on my other devices

This version seem fantastic. I hope it reduce the lag that official chromecast extension give in flash video on chrome.
I try to use it.
Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk

About the store, I haven’t decided yet. There are some (few) things I want to improve before but I'm having issues with the chromecast. It has such a poor wifi reception I have to carefully position the tv to get it work and, in these days, with the heat, things seem even worse. It’s becoming a bit frustrating…

bio-xda said:
About the store, I haven’t decided yet. There are some (few) things I want to improve before but I'm having issues with the chromecast. It has such a poor wifi reception I have to carefully position the tv to get it work and, in these days, with the heat, things seem even worse. It’s becoming a bit frustrating…
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An HDMI extension (if the included one isn't sufficient) can do wonders for getting Chromecast away from the TV and into a better reception zone. Even a 3-foot (1-meter) cable can help tremendously. TVs are very bad with signal reflection and interference.

Is live streaming websites supported by this extension? I tried to use it with livestation no luck
Also tried it with file drive and did not see cast icon

Where do we get this extension
WHere do we download this extension, I do not find it on the Chrome Extension site???

[PROJECT][QPAIR] GMote - Stable V1

A big thank you to all those who voted for GMote! Now that the competition is over and I'm not limited by time, I can properly start developing GMote. Expect some big updates in the upcoming weeks
What's GMote you ask? To put it simply, it's way to use any Android smartphone as a media remote for your GPad (Android to Android).
Meaning you can sit back, relax, connect your GPad to your TV and control media playback from the comfort of your couch.
The sourcecode for both apps will be released in the coming days.
Playstore Links
GMote
GPlayer
Description
GMote is not a standalone application, there's actually 2 of them (confusing I know). Anyway, ones for your phone and the other is the companion app for your GPad. A video player for the tablet which will support a wide range of formats. Going on, a remote for the phone with which you could Play, Pause, Volume Control, Scrubbing.
Also, this isn't just a onetime gimmick, it's something that comes in handy when you have a movie on your GPad and you want to watch it on a big screen with your friends and you don't want to turn on your laptop just to transfer it to a USB. I tried to be punny. So if you're a media lover, someone who love to watch movies (emoticon) and tv shows, this project might just be for you.
Interface
With the control app for the Android smartphone, I plan to make to boutiful. You know, eye candy. With the new Material Design and shiny effects *_*. Screenshots have been added, click on the screenshot tab above, note that the design is far from complete.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Features
Subtitle Support
Delete Multiple Videos
Orientation Control
Adjust Playback Speed
Media Playback
Play videos from URLs (Enter on tab or send through phone)
Playback Control (Play, Pause, Scrub)
Volume Control (Hardware keys on phone included)
Multiple format support (DivX/Xvid, WMV, FLV, TS/TP, RMVB, MKV, MOV, M4V, AVI , MP4, 3GP)
XDA:DevDB Information
GMote, Device Specific App for the LG G Pad 8.3
Contributors
emwno
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2014-12-19
Created 2014-10-31
Last Updated 2014-12-19

Changelog
As always, please report back any errors / bugs you encountered and leave a review.
Stable V1
Phone
Fixed crash on Android L
Added ability to choose skip amount
Added ability to send video url directly to tab to start playing
Fixed bug where seek bar would freeze
Url / video path checking added
Added ability to control tablet orientation
Completely redone layout (not complete tho)
Now using ButterKnife!
Video list now available (from tablet)
Added ability to control video playback speed
Added ability to enable subtitles
Now using Paths job queue for more efficient syncing (b/w devices)
Squashed multiple bugs (play/pause, connection, background data sync)
Tablet
Subtitle support added!
Fixed probable crash on Android L (if ever updated)
Accepting urls from remote
Completely redone layout
Added ability to delete videos (long press)
Added ability to view recently played videos
Optimized video thumbnail memory usage
Fixed video orientation issues (stuck in portrait)
App is now fullscreen
Resume video playback when orientation changed
Public Beta V2
Phone
Updated QPairSDK to r2 (fixing critical data sync bug) (if it wasn't working for you, now it should)
Video scrubbing is now fully functional
Updated layout (not complete tho, screenshots added)
Using the awesome FontAwesome
Name of the playing video added to layout
Fixed bug where unlocking phone would cause a crash
Updated connection notifier (now for all connection changes)
Tablet
Updated QPairSDK to r2 (fixing critical data sync bug)
Added ability to view video from a url (functionality is pending)
Data transfer is now faster (not replying on databases anymore)
Public Beta V1
Phone
Working play/pause
Partially working scrubbing (seek)
Working volume control (Hardware keys on phone work too)
Tap and hold seekbar to reveal a popup showing where your scrubbing to
Woking next/previous skip
Added connection notifier (lets you know if you're connected via QPair)
Added material UI elements (actionbar, seek, aim)
Tablet
Full playback implementation
Added some video format libs (most working) (hence the size of the tablet apk)
Fixed a bug where while playing remote does not react to playback
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F.A.Q
Q. How to use GMote?
Firstly you must install QPair from the PlayStore. Next install the Phone apk on your Android phone and the Tablet apk on your LG GPad 8.3. Then either pick a video or enter a link and control the playback from your phone.
Q. How does it work?
This project uses the latest LG QPair SDK, if you'd like to know more about it, click here.
Q. Why is GMote not working for me?
Try updating to the newest versions of both GMote on your phone and GPlayer on your tablet. If you have done so already and its still not working, tag me in a post in this thread and I'll be sure to help you out.
Q. Why is it crashing all the time?
There are 2 possible explanations. Firstly your device simply isn't supported, leave details about the crash in the thread and I'll get back to you. Secondly, it could crash because you installed GMote and installed QPair later. To fix this, uninstall GMote and install it again. This is due to bug where the permission for using QPair isn't registered if the QPair app is installed later on.
More coming...

After long, never ending hours of work. The first stable release is up! A lot had been changed (namely, the layout) and lots of cool / useful features have been added., take a look at the Changelog in second post. Also, for those of you who do try this out, please be sure to leave some feedback.
App links for the PlayStore and the SmartWorld will be up in a few hours!
Also, in this competition from 20-27th of December, you can vote for your favorite app. So if you like GMote, don't forget to vote!
Thank you!

Congrats you're a winner too. To improve your app, I'd suggest combining both of them into one package and run the appropriate tasks depending if you notice it's a phone or a tablet

SferaDev said:
Congrats you're a winner too. To improve your app, I'd suggest combining both of them into one package and run the appropriate tasks depending if you notice it's a phone or a tablet
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Congrats to you too! And thanks for the suggestion, I'll get on it )

*Ahem* I'll just leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gmote.client.android
This app has been on the Play Store since before it was ever called Play Store. I've known about Gmote for the last three plus years now.

Mattix724 said:
*Ahem* I'll just leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gmote.client.android
This app has been on the Play Store since before it was ever called Play Store. I've known about Gmote for the last three plus years now.
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Ouch...

Mattix724 said:
*Ahem* I'll just leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gmote.client.android
This app has been on the Play Store since before it was ever called Play Store. I've known about Gmote for the last three plus years now.
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That's quite a find. I didn't check the play store when picking a name but no, they're not the same.

emwno said:
That's quite a find. I didn't check the play store when picking a name but no, they're not the same.
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It's all good. I'm sure your app is pretty awesome, I imagine that's why you were picked to be a winner. I just figured with all the publicity you'll be getting now, the name just won't work since there is another app that goes by the same name which has been around since the Gingerbread days if not earlier.

Mattix724 said:
It's all good. I'm sure your app is pretty awesome, I imagine that's why you were picked to be a winner. I just figured with all the publicity you'll be getting now, the name just won't work since there is another app that goes by the same name which has been around since the Gingerbread days if not earlier.
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Thanks a bunch for pointing that out, I probably wouldn't have figured it out. I'll try to come up with a better name.