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BarTor Torrent App Impressions?

Has anyone purchased this new app yet? This is one of those barcode scanner apps that finds torrents. Its $2.99 right now. I wanna wait for some impressions before I make the jump. The concept sounds pretty cool though.

Just saw the youtube video for it, from the video it looks simpler than torrent droid. I don't know if it is though since I haven't tried either. I'm almost willing to take the plunge seeing as I've spent more on less

Personally I'm waiting on a free torrent app before I try torrents on my G1. BitTorrent has always sat in a gray area, but an app like this pretty much supports piracy since 9 out of 10 times you're not going to be able to preview a movie or album in any short amount of time while you're in the store using a p2p download. I don't see it staying up on the market for very long in a commercial form. Besides, you have a 24 hour period to request a refund so if you want to take the plunge and don't like it you can refund.

torrent droid apk
It looks like it has not been released yet however, if it has and I have made a horrible horrible mistake, can someone provide the .apk or a link for the DL? I'll provide the same if/when I get it.
Thank dudes
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Ron Overdrive said:
Personally I'm waiting on a free torrent app before I try torrents on my G1. BitTorrent has always sat in a gray area, but an app like this pretty much supports piracy since 9 out of 10 times you're not going to be able to preview a movie or album in any short amount of time while you're in the store using a p2p download. I don't see it staying up on the market for very long in a commercial form. Besides, you have a 24 hour period to request a refund so if you want to take the plunge and don't like it you can refund.
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You don't seem to have read what the previous guy said: it doesn't DL to your phone. It sends the DL to your home PC.
Your point is the same, however, since it is farly exclusively for piracy.
-bZj

They send you a eyepatch in the mail with every purchase! YAR! Dun pillage me b00ty!
That aside, I took the plunge and this app was definitly worth every penny.

There are plenty of legal uses of BitTorrent.
Case and point, I tried to download Ubuntu last night from one of the many mirrors listed on the Ubuntu website. I got average 150-200 KB/s download speeds. I went to isoHunt, picked the first result for the same release (perfectly legal) and averaged 700 KB/s. This was a perfectly legal use of BarTor.
The BarCode scanning is a perk, it is merely an additional way of entering the information you would have entered anyway. And it even provides a couple of search results for purchasable products offered online, often at much lower prices than the retail store you are in.
With the barcode scanning piece, I think it would be awesome if CDs were released with a QR Code linking to a sampler or something to that effect, so I could listen to a sampling of the artist and/or others. I know that I probably cannot change the way this type of content is delivered, but there are opportunities existing with this type of technology.

i bought it yesterday unfortunately i couldn't get around to messing around with it until today and after a few different ports being forwarded it finally stopped saying failed when i clicked on submit to client and now says success. just wish it had a gui so i could check on percentage complete, sorting by file type. thanks for the app nex, loving it so far. i also just noticed if i hit back to get out of the app then the next time i go in it force closes. its happened to me 3 times and I've deleted the .db file and then it goes back to normal, guess i just have to remember to not back out of the app and just hit home instead

I purchased the app and it works great. I think it is great to see more legal uses for torrents. I like being able to send torrents directly to my home PC when I'm on the go.

I'm not sure why mine isn't working. I am using uTorrent 1.6.1 and I entered my pc's ip address in the app with the ip address and the uTorrent port in the app. I scanned a dvd that I already owned and it's been stuck at Submitting To Client... for about 2 or 3 minutes.
Is there anything else that needs to be done?
Maybe it's my firewall... or router... or torrent app...
I thought this was supposed to be simple!

Binary100100 said:
I'm not sure why mine isn't working. I am using uTorrent 1.6.1 and I entered my pc's ip address in the app with the ip address and the uTorrent port in the app. I scanned a dvd that I already owned and it's been stuck at Submitting To Client... for about 2 or 3 minutes.
Is there anything else that needs to be done?
Maybe it's my firewall... or router... or torrent app...
I thought this was supposed to be simple!
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Make sure you portfowarded correctly, did you try looking up the webui on the utorrent forums? No I bet, Here check it out http://forum.utorrent.com/viewforum.php?id=20
and the documents for installing
http://utorrent.com/documentation/webui
Hope that helps you set it up, the thing that causes the most problems is the Portforwarding so make sure you do it correctly

I helped with the beta testing on this and love this app. I was the first one to purchase it and rate it (never said "first" though). As for the comment above about wishing it had a gui, it just sends the torrent file to your desktop torrent client, so your desktop is the part that needs the gui (and if this app works, you have a gui because that is a requirement). Read your torrent client (utorrent/vuze/ktorrent) help to find out how to use it. I have a shortcut on my desktop to my ktorrent webui so i can view/edit the torrent download settings.

FuMMoD said:
Make sure you portfowarded correctly, did you try looking up the webui on the utorrent forums? No I bet, Here check it out http://forum.utorrent.com/viewforum.php?id=20
and the documents for installing
http://utorrent.com/documentation/webui
Hope that helps you set it up, the thing that causes the most problems is the Portforwarding so make sure you do it correctly
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Of course I checked out the webui on the torrent forums.
Check it out... i enter http://Ip:UTPort/gui/ and I get this on my page:
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I'm no expert... but I think that may have something to do with the problem.
I tried F5... http://127.0.0.1:port/gui... http://127.0.0.1:8080/gui... pretty much everything that they had on the site to include http://YourIP:UTport/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.cookie&v={} (which did nothing) so... maybe i just need to reinstall uTorrent. I can't upgrade because I need it for BitSoup (they only support a handful of browser versions).

I assume that you are currently on the same WiFi network, and that you've made sure to enter the private network IP of your PC? Did you get those results when viewing attempting to view the Web UI on the PC in question?

I used the wrong words i guess, just something so I can see a quick rundown of what's actually downloading, because I had a torrent I tried to submit to client and it said failed but when I got home it was downloading and I never tried to submit it after the initial failed message. i mean dont get me wrong the app is good as it stands, just putting my 2 cents in for something i'd like to see

nEx.Software said:
I assume that you are currently on the same WiFi network, and that you've made sure to enter the private network IP of your PC? Did you get those results when viewing attempting to view the Web UI on the PC in question?
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If i use "http://localhost:38867/gui/" I get
‡"ƒ¡Ý¹ÎL"Ëp“EMhKÖÎ=Šãê.¹ÎV2˜`Xî*þ´‡ znDb(¥aôù¨fd˜ïo~†Ó8 À}‚Í]gý,-¯æçÄ[email protected]ôKúf‡áýü–ç5ïk†‚½¯kþ_¥´$¶™D¦Ìðžgy€jƒ\“
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If I use my computers ip address "http://192.168.0.120:38867/gui" I get
k‚-/û0·Ï@¦èB rHGÔ¸Œú׫‚µ)8´RXxÛý‘Ê´²W?®ûÔÔd®„fUZ•Ý\_¶€?ú4Ð#€&ÎÜ%>ÖSÑ17ø”}FV°³~*ú,1Þö>zÓ.HîUª9¬ŽÏW‡!¡1uÃY¦ÐùBVÙÜ@ïá€F“m“[email protected]Øí~°MK¯ôØÓþOO'œµRìTÒ(ðÇ32:\ƒÈ¾¾òƒÓE!VÕe_Èd QþEÕ(LÔk,ÚÛX¬²öêã{s¤±‘kk1ŽÞñðâdZ¾cþæo{Ø_ÓÂõ}î39‰£¶jG»J賨Åîêücªbÿ¾(ì£Å*Êä*³gý‘bÀˆKÂP-¨1'‘Á+f˺Ÿ(ê=›‚ãÁ’ŒŒsµ‚î]ÖQ™`Nõ3 †coú²V}g‘Ù.šLòL¥Ä
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If I enter "http://192.168.0.120:38867/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.cookie&v={}" I get
þYÊ<-s¢;AÕXªº6=ºõÑ‚û ºˆK[t:ºBÆ9° 'ƒâÔâÀ=cpÜO«˜1aóîô-{ÿ&rF)&»ÄÝ a/ Ûü\§gY+Ö ±ö±Š?×@øà¡AÝ2Y“ñ
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If I enter "http://localhost:38867/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.cookie&v={}" I get
üê E7¿Ñõ#ÚŒ*7Š#ɈPÖQµ‚ü#œO4‹+"&(-}]ú÷·t“ªÖ¥fœ´Etd^!OÛPæN'€Lʳ+³ÙHY9׉˖éDu&z¹ox¿ê÷äÇõ°Åêc‹ HŒ…¿VW¨Uß !"wYc,ØN6“nóAhHa"
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So even though it's all the same... I always get a different result. A couple of times it asked me for my username and password and my heart skipped a beat because I thought that it was suddenly working... but I just got a blank page afterwards. I dunno what it is other than annoying.

i dont know if anyone is having this problem but i have tried to send over a torrent a few times today and it stays at the submitting to client point for about 10 minutes before i just cancel it out, yesterday i sent over a torrent and it took about half a minute to get the success message. i went on from the computer where i am and utorrent is active but for some reason i cant submit from my phone. just hoping someone can help me out on this.

BSDADON said:
I used the wrong words i guess, just something so I can see a quick rundown of what's actually downloading, because I had a torrent I tried to submit to client and it said failed but when I got home it was downloading and I never tried to submit it after the initial failed message. i mean dont get me wrong the app is good as it stands, just putting my 2 cents in for something i'd like to see
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The default behavior is to retry failed downloads on Application Entry and Exit. After receiving the fail message, when you exited BarTor, the download was retried. It will continue to do so until either the submission to the client is successful or you cancel the download (Menu --> Downloads --> Cancel).

Binary100100 said:
If i use "http://localhost:38867/gui/" I get
If I use my computers ip address "http://192.168.0.120:38867/gui" I get
If I enter "http://192.168.0.120:38867/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.cookie&v={}" I get
If I enter "http://localhost:38867/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.cookie&v={}" I get
So even though it's all the same... I always get a different result. A couple of times it asked me for my username and password and my heart skipped a beat because I thought that it was suddenly working... but I just got a blank page afterwards. I dunno what it is other than annoying.
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It looks like you've got uTorrent encrypting things and/or the WebUI is not handling the GZipped files properly. Maybe a reinstall of uTorrent or at least the Web UI will help.

nEx.Software said:
The default behavior is to retry failed downloads on Application Entry and Exit. After receiving the fail message, when you exited BarTor, the download was retried. It will continue to do so until either the submission to the client is successful or you cancel the download (Menu --> Downloads --> Cancel).
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Okay. Thats a nice feature so I don't have to keep trying to send it. What about if its stuck on submitting to client? I've deleted the .db files and rebooted my phone a few times and tried it through wifi also, but I still get the submitting to client for awhile before i just cancel out of it. I have re-entered my information a couple of times to make sure i had it right. i went into it from a computer using http://yourip:port/gui/ just to make sure my utorrent wasnt down and it came up right away. Also i have tried it with different files and sites just to make sure it wasn't a particular torrent site that was having issues. I can't think of what else to try or what it could be. Any ideas?

[Q] Comixology App

Hi guys! Been trying to purchase comics using the Comixology app... problem is... it keeps popup up an error stating "Sorry, the transaction failed. The Paypal billing service may not be available at this time. Could you please send us a not to let us know?"
I send the comixology guys a note and they already gave me the same advise 3x... that I reboot, force stop, etc. the app... tried and failed. I even went to the point of re-downloading the entire app.
I have no problem downloading "free" comics... but can't purchase them on my gtab... I tried the app on my wife's android phone (I used my comixology account on her phone) and I did not encounter the problem that keeps displaying on my gtab. Anyhow, maybe someone had some experience on this problem? A solution? Through gtab?

I didn't even know there was an Android version out there! (see what happens when you go offline for a day).
Did you get this from the market?

I've used Comixology for a little over a week now. Very nice app. I downloaded the app from the market.

logcat:
Code:
E/ComicDetail(11064): Payment failed: errorid=-1 msg=Application not authorized
I just installed it. I am a big comic reader, so I would like to get this working, as well. Delving deeper, now....
EDIT: What UI are you running, just curious. Stock? TnT Lite? VEGAn? Other?
EDIT2: My guess right now is that PayPal is supposed to pop-up, and I'm assuming that it's using the canned web browser. Does that sound right? If so, it could be the TnT proprietary browser causing issues. I might be able to prove that with using a different mod, such as the VEGAn.
EDIT3: Also curious -- do you have the PayPal app on the phone? I can't seem to find it in the Market on my GTab. I'm basically stopping at this point anyway, as I wouldn't want to store my PayPal password on my GTab anyway, as it's just not secure imo. Adding my Facebook or Pandora ID is one thing, but anything financial is where I draw the line.
Maybe I can purchase on my PC, then this app with sync? That would work (at least for me).

Roebeet,
Sorry I can't help. I've been only reading free comics up-to-now.

Their desktop PC store doesn't accept PayPal? What's up with that?
Holding off, for now. Seems like they need to still work some things out.

roebeet said:
logcat:
Code:
E/ComicDetail(11064): Payment failed: errorid=-1 msg=Application not authorized
I just installed it. I am a big comic reader, so I would like to get this working, as well. Delving deeper, now....
EDIT: What UI are you running, just curious. Stock? TnT Lite? VEGAn? Other?
EDIT2: My guess right now is that PayPal is supposed to pop-up, and I'm assuming that it's using the canned web browser. Does that sound right? If so, it could be the TnT proprietary browser causing issues. I might be able to prove that with using a different mod, such as the VEGAn.
EDIT3: Also curious -- do you have the PayPal app on the phone? I can't seem to find it in the Market on my GTab. I'm basically stopping at this point anyway, as I wouldn't want to store my PayPal password on my GTab anyway, as it's just not secure imo. Adding my Facebook or Pandora ID is one thing, but anything financial is where I draw the line.
Maybe I can purchase on my PC, then this app with sync? That would work (at least for me).
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Answer 1: I'm using VEGAn... with Launcher Pro.
Answer 2: Yes... there should be a screen that will allow you to log-in to your Paypal account... saw this on my wife's android phone. Her phone was not rooted by the way... and using all the default software.
Answer 3: Yes I have the Paypal app... but decided to remove it. Regardless, its not working on both cases.
I believe the problem is with the ROM? No problem downloading and viewing free comics... not sure what will happen if I downloaded using my wife's phone (my account) then load up my app again via my gtab. It should display all my purchased comics (If one will believe the marketing hehe).

FYI, I also got an email back from comiXology:
"BTW, you can buy comics on https://comics.comixology.com and then download them to the app. You'll need to restart the app and your purchases will appear in My Comics."
I figured this was the case - the only issue I see if that PayPal is not a payment option. This whole setup seems a bit messy, so I think I'll wait until it's a little more stable. Anything that asks for my credit card info needs to be stable and secure, not "beta".

Thanks roebeet. Hmm, maybe this will open up some things... maybe for the devs... I used my wife's android phone... I was able to purchase the comics that I wanted and I force stopped the app in my gtab and launched it again. I was now able to download the purchased comic on my gtab... unfortunately, I still can't purchase anything on the comixology app on my gtab and will have to jump to my wife's cell just to buy it then download it unto my gtab. I believe it to be an issue with the ROM... anyone able to purchase anything on another ROM?

normz007 said:
anyone able to purchase anything on another ROM?
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I have actually purchased quite a few things on my gtablet. I bought something from TigerDirect with a credit card, I bought a stand from ebay using paypal, and I have bought about 6 apps from the market specifically for my gtablet since the apps are better with the bigger screen. When I purchased with Paypal I was using Xscope as the browser.

I mean... has anyone able to purchase comics on this app... coz so far haven't been able too... at least on gtab running VEGAn.

Oh sorry

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Oh sorry
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No problem The Comixology dev team already emailed me regarding the bug... and I informed them that it might be because I'm using a rooted device... hopefully, they can fix the problem that would allow paypal purchase (even on rooted devices). ^^

downloaded comics keep needing to be re-downloaded
I've been using the Comixology app for a few weeks and overall I have been very happy with it. However, today I began to experience a weird issue with comics I have purchased (on their website) which are then ready to download when I open the Android app. I click the Download Now button and it shows the download progress (10%, 15%, etc...) until it is completely downloaded and the botton changes to Read Now. I click on it to open the comic and it comes up fine. I close the app and go back into it and then it shows the comic needs to be downloaded again (it says Download rather than Read). It has happened several times today. It is getting frustrating. Has anyone else seen this behavior?
Update: By default, the Comixology app is set to use 500MB of storage. The comics stopped disappearing once I increased the storage limit.

Google music cloud sync working on Thunderbolt!

Just discovered something awesome can't believe no one else has talked about this for the Thunderbolt yet but if you install the gingerbread music player (linked below) and then go into your Google account settings you'll now see an option to sync music. This syncs to Google's new cloud service and once done can be accessed even when your music is no longer on your phone.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I6Y7JF7K
**Edit the file extension and change from .mp3 to .apk**
Morlince
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http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...cinate-froyo-not-tested-2-1-a.html#post689185
This is a link for some good instructions on how to set it up. The instructions are for a facinate but should work the same.
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I have it working on my TB, I'm rooted with the lightning rom.
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Did you have any trouble installing? I can't get it to work for me. I'm rooted and on Drod's latest rom and kernel

ZuneNinja! said:
Did you have any trouble installing? I can't get it to work for me. I'm rooted and on Drod's latest rom and kernel
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I just finished installing and running it, currently syncing to the 'cloud'. I didn't have any problems so far that I can see. I left my music in my isyncr folder and the player recognized it right away. I'm running Perfect Storm v1.2.

Im confused, it sycns what is on your droid to the cloud or what you have on your library at home?

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Im confused, it sycns what is on your droid to the cloud or what you have on your library at home?
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On your phone. Then you can delete from your SD once you have it in the cloud..

Do we have a size limit?
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I'm getting "there is a problem parsing this package". I'll try the download again.

No size limit that I know about yet. I know I have over a couple gig.
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I cant seem to get mine working. The option in my accounts&sync is not there. Also, when I click account in the music app, nothing shows up.
Could it be that I didnt delete the older version of google music and have both installed?

TheMorlince said:
Just discovered something awesome can't believe no one else has talked about this for the Thunderbolt yet but if you install the gingerbread music player (linked below) and then go into your Google account settings you'll now see an option to sync music. This syncs to Google's new cloud service and once done can be accessed even when your music is no longer on your phone.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I6Y7JF7K
**Edit the file extension and change from .mp3 to .apk**
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Works great on chingy51o's perfect storm. Thanks for the find.

jcastagnino said:
I cant seem to get mine working. The option in my accounts&sync is not there. Also, when I click account in the music app, nothing shows up.
Could it be that I didnt delete the older version of google music and have both installed?
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I think that's it. On my X I had to uninstall the Gingerbread Music Leak before the new one would work.

It has a nice UI but I do not think there is a cloud to upload too. I only have about 25 songs and it has been syncing for 3 hours. I also signed into my google account and there is nothing there under settings that would appear to be syncing with my phone.

I see that its just an apk, do I have to be rooted for this to work.

jmiller98 said:
It has a nice UI but I do not think there is a cloud to upload too. I only have about 25 songs and it has been syncing for 3 hours. I also signed into my google account and there is nothing there under settings that would appear to be syncing with my phone.
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I must agree with this. I have about the same number of songs and it just keeps on syncing. My path is sdcard/media/music just like the other thread said it needed to be for it to sync with the cloud and it's been syncing all night. I even did a reboot, removed the songs from my sdcard and then tried to stream them from the "cloud" and nothing shows up.
It's a nice music player but does not seem to be fully functional cloud sync at this time, (at least for me).

How is this different from AirSync for DoubleTwist app apart from being free? Also, do you think this will work okay in a non 4G area?
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Why not get the Subsonic app. You can store music and videos on your home computer and watch & listen on your phone. The player is very nice, allows you to keep your SD card free and clear, it's free (small donation appreciated from dev and gives a few more options on the server side) and you can store as much as your PC can handle. Oh yeah, it's compatible with almost any platform.
-SubSonic-
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
I have been using this for over two years and have never had much problems. The only thing you really need is a static IP which I easily averted by creating a domain that uses DNSEXIT as its name servers. DNSEXIT uses your IP address for your domain and has an app you install on your server that updates the IP address everytime it changes so that your IP credentials are always correct. DNSEXIT is also a free service and I have been using this as well for the same length of time. Perfect combination if you ask me.
Just sayin'

ThunderStick said:
Why not get the Subsonic app. You can store music and videos on your home computer and watch & listen on your phone. The player is very nice, allows you to keep your SD card free and clear, it's free (small donation appreciated from dev and gives a few more options on the server side) and you can store as much as your PC can handle. Oh yeah, it's compatible with almost any platform.
-SubSonic-
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
I have been using this for over two years and have never had much problems. The only thing you really need is a static IP which I easily averted by creating a domain that uses DNSEXIT as its name servers. DNSEXIT uses your IP address for your domain and has an app you install on your server that updates the IP address everytime it changes so that your IP credentials are always correct. DNSEXIT is also a free service and I have been using this as well for the same length of time. Perfect combination if you ask me.
Just sayin'
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Been using this for years.. Works great! But it is a Streaming server vs I think the Google sync actually copies the physical media to your phone. With Subsonic if you dont have a signal you dont have access to you library. Unless Ive been doing something wrong, and not using subsonic to its full potential?

Well I tried and couldn't get this to work and I downloaded this app called StartTalking it's a voice command app and I said play music and it said it needed a program called mSpot so I downloaded it and it has streaming as well as wireless syncing 5gb for free or 40gb for like $4 a month so pretty good and it has a pretty decent interface also I love the instant download feature it like databases your music and if you want you can download it to your phone from your computer! http://www.mspot.com

[HTML5 App]Cast local media from Google Chrome to Chromecast with playlist support

Hi,
I have created a small html5 app that allows playing of local media on Google Chrome with playlist support. The Chrome tab can then be cast to Chromecast. This helps me play the huge collection of YouTube videos I have in my computer, on Chromecast. Just thought I'll put it on here for anybody that might find it useful.
Steps to use:
1. Open Google Chrome and go to sidscast . com
2. Browse for folder or files (Audio/Video) to add to playlist.
3. Play
4. Cast tab to Chromecast
Audio/Video Formats suppported: MP4, MP3, Wav, WebM and Ogg
Playlist support: Yes
Thanks!
Sid

Sounds promising! I'll try it when have a chance.
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Works fine on Ubuntu....with Chrome
Been looking for something simple to allow playlists for chromecast....this works fine. Thanks

Works perfectly w/ windows 8.1 in chrome. This solved a very irritating limitation of existing casting software.

Thank you
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You sir, deserve more recognition. This is beautiful. Thank you.

thanks given

Thanks so much for this, works really great for streaming my local MP3 files.
Question, would it be possible in a future update to support:
1) displaying embedded album art from the streaming song
-or-
2) specifying a directory of images that can be cast to display while the mp3 is streaming.

Would be great if it can cast photos.

Amazing, the first thing I tried worked. But I'm curious why this can't be run locally, couldn't you make a browser app? They have them, but none work. Not even Videostream (They say it's my network when I have no AV, no firewall, the ports forwarded in my router, and friends who can't get it to work more often than whenever the hell it wants).
You don't mention anywhere, so I'm curious just what info gets passed back and forth between me and your server while I'm using this.
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ducky69247 said:
Amazing, the first thing I tried worked. But I'm curious why this can't be run locally, couldn't you make a browser app? They have them, but none work. Not even Videostream (They say it's my network when I have no AV, no firewall, the ports forwarded in my router, and friends who can't get it to work more often than whenever the hell it wants).
You don't mention anywhere, so I'm curious just what info gets passed back and forth between me and your server while I'm using this.
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Hey man, Videostream guy here. Is it just never playing the video?
The difference is how this uses the Cast Extensions tab casting method (WebRTC) instead. All you need to do, to do the same thing without this app, is drag and drop the video in to Chrome.
Our app needs TCP port access to your computer, in order to send the raw video data to your Chromecast.
Now, there's no reason why you should have been left hanging like this. If you like you can forward me your emails and I can look into why our support f'd up so hard. This is an easy fix. I can also do a remote desktop with you whenever you like and we can get this solved, asap.
[email protected] or [email protected]

acidhax said:
Hey man, Videostream guy here. Is it just never playing the video?
The difference is how this uses the Cast Extensions tab casting method (WebRTC) instead. All you need to do, to do the same thing without this app, is drag and drop the video in to Chrome.
Our app needs TCP port access to your computer, in order to send the raw video data to your Chromecast.
Now, there's no reason why you should have been left hanging like this. If you like you can forward me your emails and I can look into why our support f'd up so hard. This is an easy fix. I can also do a remote desktop with you whenever you like and we can get this solved, asap.
[email protected] or [email protected]
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I've been getting replies, for sure (The replies come from freshdesk, signed Rahul Kayaith), but pretty much been given the idea that it's my problem, when I can reset literally every device on my network and it still not work (I even went so far as to open the ports in my router since he made it seem like the traffic needs to pass between their servers and my computer). I'm using literally no antivirus or firewall, just Windows Defender, I've added Chrome as an exception to Defender's scans, and my network is private/home. The app hasn't worked for me at all for a couple weeks now, when previously it worked intermittently. The port fix tool has never worked, not once since I got the Chromecast. (Before it quit working altogether, it would work seemingly whenever it felt like it. Nothing that I did on purpose seemed to work)
My friend has 3 Chromecasts, uses antivirus and spyware software, a different router/modem, and a different computer. The only thing we have in common is Windows 8.1, Chrome, the Videostream app. He says it also works only intermittently. I just don't see that the problem is on either his network or mine!
I did figure out that I could "save" the SidsCast page locally and run it and it works, so I don't need to worry about what's being sent to his server, and it's working with most types of video, but not all, so I have to be careful what I "acquire," but still more reliable than Videostream has been!

ducky69247 said:
Hey, thanks for the reply.
I've been getting replies, for sure (The replies come from freshdesk, signed Rahul Kayaith), but pretty much been given the idea that it's my problem, when I can reset literally every device on my network and it still not work (I even went so far as to open the ports in my router since he made it seem like the traffic needs to pass between their servers and my computer). I'm using literally no antivirus or firewall, just Windows Defender, I've added Chrome as an exception to Defender's scans, and my network is private/home. The app hasn't worked for me at all for a couple weeks now, when previously it worked intermittently. The port fix tool has never worked, not once since I got the Chromecast. (Before it quit working altogether, it would work seemingly whenever it felt like it. Nothing that I did on purpose seemed to work)
My friend has 3 Chromecasts, uses antivirus and spyware software, a different router/modem, and a different computer. The only thing we have in common is Windows 8.1, Chrome, the Videostream app. He says it also works only intermittently. I just don't see that the problem is on either his network or mine!
I did figure out that I could "save" the SidsCast page locally and run it and it works, so I don't need to worry about what's being sent to his server, and it's working with most types of video, but not all, so I have to be careful what I "acquire," but still more reliable than Videostream has been!
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(I run Windows 8.1 too)
Yeah those are the generic fixes we give to people, Rahul is our local support guy we have working with us as an intern . Your router really shouldn't have anything to do with this.
What you could do is check (Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Customize Settings) , or in your "Windows Firewall" settings go to "Turn Windows Firewall on or off" on the left, and make sure "block all incoming connections" is NOT checked on Public or Private.

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(I run Windows 8.1 too)
Yeah those are the generic fixes we give to people, Rahul is our local support guy we have working with us as an intern . Your router really shouldn't have anything to do with this.
What you could do is check (Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Customize Settings) , or in your "Windows Firewall" settings go to "Turn Windows Firewall on or off" on the left, and make sure "block all incoming connections" is NOT checked on Public or Private.
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My firewall is set to "off." I never use it, nor any third party firewall or AV. I've run through all of this with Rahul, at least since some time in March. And opening the ports in my router was just, let's say, a last-ditch effort to figure out the problem, since nothing else has worked.

ducky69247 said:
My firewall is set to "off." I never use it, nor any third party firewall or AV. I've run through all of this with Rahul, at least since some time in March. And opening the ports in my router was just, let's say, a last-ditch effort to figure out the problem, since nothing else has worked.
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Do you happen to have multiple Chrome profiles with videostream installed on all of them?

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Do you happen to have multiple Chrome profiles with videostream installed on all of them?
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Nope.

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Nope.
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Well, if you like we can try to do an ole Remote Desktop with TeamViewer if you like? If you're into it I can do it whenever. It's normally easy to diagnose as the developer. My email is up there ^--

ducky69247 said:
Amazing, the first thing I tried worked. But I'm curious why this can't be run locally, couldn't you make a browser app? They have them, but none work. Not even Videostream (They say it's my network when I have no AV, no firewall, the ports forwarded in my router, and friends who can't get it to work more often than whenever the hell it wants).
You don't mention anywhere, so I'm curious just what info gets passed back and forth between me and your server while I'm using this.
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Oh joy! I didn't think people were using it and finding it useful! Well, although I know this is a very late reply, but I'll answer anyway. There is no server. It's all client side. The only thing that it needs a connection to the internet for, is the ads at the side. So you can very well just have it work without an internet connection after the initial load. There's no data collection or anything of that sort.

Chromecast will not load any apps when DNS is switched

I posted in the ROM thread, but maybe I will get more visibility here, I have 2 CCs and neither will load any apps when my DNS is set to use Unlocator. I've tried the usual tricks and nothing is working. It all worked fine before this latest build
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Saschwatch said:
I posted in the ROM thread, but maybe I will get more visibility here, I have 2 CCs and neither will load any apps when my DNS is set to use Unlocator. I've tried the usual tricks and nothing is working. It all worked fine before this latest build
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Can you be more specific? Are you using the static route method to block Google DNS, or are you redirecting Google DNS with iptables commands? Which apps specifically are having problems? What firmware version is your Chromecast on?

DJames1 said:
Can you be more specific? Are you using the static route method to block Google DNS, or are you redirecting Google DNS with iptables commands? Which apps specifically are having problems? What firmware version is your Chromecast on?
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Sorry, realized I was less specific here. I'm running the latest build of Eureka. I've verified they are up to date, even manually reflashed. I have the DNS set to Unlocator using the Web UI that is included with the rom, and that has always worked just fine before. It mainly affects my android devices. I can usually get things to cast from my laptop. I've verified that both the casting device/chromecast are connected using the same DNS servers. I've flushed the data/cache for the chromecast app as well as google play services, reinstalled affected apps. I don't really know where else to go.

Saschwatch said:
Sorry, realized I was less specific here. I'm running the latest build of Eureka. I've verified they are up to date, even manually reflashed. I have the DNS set to Unlocator using the Web UI that is included with the rom, and that has always worked just fine before. It mainly affects my android devices. I can usually get things to cast from my laptop. I've verified that both the casting device/chromecast are connected using the same DNS servers. I've flushed the data/cache for the chromecast app as well as google play services, reinstalled affected apps. I don't really know where else to go.
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Both Netflix and Google have been pusing out rapid updates over the last few weeks that seem to be designed to prevent the use of an alternative DNS to bypass region restrictions. I've managed to get it running again a couple of times with last resort measures, but I'm at the point of giving up, at least until things stabilize.

Yea, if nobody figures this out I may have to look into alternate devices.

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Yea, if nobody figures this out I may have to look into alternate devices.
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Hi Saschwatch,
I'm looking into this, just wanted to let you know - I'm experiencing the same issues now.
I can't put my finger on what the defining cause is as of yet, it's not the new OTA (I experienced the issue with a chromecast on an old OTA), I've got friends/family using them fine too.
Could be unlocator, could be a play services update or something odd that has broken it :|
Can anyone else comment on what they're seeing?
Kind regards,
Kyonz

Kyonz said:
Hi Saschwatch,
I'm looking into this, just wanted to let you know - I'm experiencing the same issues now.
I can't put my finger on what the defining cause is as of yet, it's not the new OTA (I experienced the issue with a chromecast on an old OTA), I've got friends/family using them fine too.
Could be unlocator, could be a play services update or something odd that has broken it :|
Can anyone else comment on what they're seeing?
Kind regards,
Kyonz
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One theory here (I don't use unlocator so it's a pure guess)
Is it all apps or just some apps?
Is it possible that Google has made all Client servers deny traffic from Unlocator addresses? Then it really wouldn't matter what version of CCast you had any request to send a receiver app would be ignored by the server that would send it.
They could use IPSec to ban their IP traffic.
Another idea is this seemed to start right around the time of the Raid in Sweden, Perhaps some of unlocator hardware was seized in error as well?

I know that it's something with android or the way cc handles android requests. My laptop casts fine DNS switched or not. The second I change DNS on my phone/tablet they act all funky. Android "sees" both my cc but the app never makes it to the TV screen after hitting cast. DNS set to normal and all loads fine.
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Any updates on this?
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I'm not sure if Google is doing this, but Netflix started to region block users using VPN by getting ther geolocation or GMT differences.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/netflix-blocking-you-watching-shows-4918674

Google seems to be up to something. All of my apps cast from my phone fine when no DNS/VPN service is used. Turn anything on and the Chromecast won't open any of the apps it worked perfect with before.
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Already fixed your problem?
I don't have an unlocator account. But dnsflix.com works for me. (it's my own little project)
I am able to switch from Dutch, to American netflix.
Don't forget to also change the dns serverd on your phone.. I use override dns for Android. It's for rooted phones only. If you still have problems, downgrade android netflix app. The .apk is also on my website. If you have apple, sorry I don't know anything about apple ;p
Saschwatch said:
I posted in the ROM thread, but maybe I will get more visibility here, I have 2 CCs and neither will load any apps when my DNS is set to use Unlocator. I've tried the usual tricks and nothing is working. It all worked fine before this latest build
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
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Hey All,
Sorry I lost track of this thread, it appears to be an issue specific to Unlocator.
When unlocator is in use there is an SSL handshaking error that appears when you communicate to the chromecast - I've switched over to overplay for the moment and it is running fine. I've got a ticket open with Overplay and am working with one of their developers on this.
Will update once I have more information - but for the moment try another provider
Kind regards,
Kyonz

Any new update on this ?