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Dutty's ROM, Orb, and TCPMP

Hey everyone,
So I'm having an issue with Dutty's ROM, TCPMP, and Orb. All I'm trying to do is listen to a stream of music on Orb, and everytime I try, it fails. I've tried a soft reset, reassigning the file associations, changing orb's settings to a different media type, and reinstalling TCPMP to the .81 version. I've also tried copying new .dll's to the program folder, the windows folder and the folder where the cab was in which I opened the installer (the .dll's I installed were, "wmadmod", "wmsdmod", and "wmvdmod"), and I just keep getting the same error message, "Could not open URL!". I get the same error message if I try to watch a video. This has become extremely frustrating. If anyone has any idea how to fix this, please help. If not, is there any other comparable media player that would work with Orb that I could try? Any and all help again is greatly appreciated. Thanks again everyone.

check your computers firewall settings. Make sure in the orb config a OPEN PORT is put there.

Well I can get it to work on a PC, which tells me it should work on my phone, correct? So I don't know why it's not working on my phone. When I first installed Dutty's ROM, it worked, but after about two weeks, it stopped working, and I haven't been able to get it to work again since. I've had this issue before, and reinstalling TCPMP to the latest version and reinstalling the codecs needed to make it play, but it's not working now. I actually tried flashing my ROM to a clean Dutty with everything back to normal, but that didn't work either. I'll double check my router's firewall, but I don't think that's the issue; definitely a good observation though...Any other ideas?

try flashing it to different rom might help? At least you will know it's the rom or not.

Didn't solve the problem. I don't understand...

I am having same problem. I opened the right ports.
it says
Dialed: isp.cingular
cannot connect for an unknown reason. to check your connection settings and change them if needed, tap settings. If the problem continues, reset your mible device according to your manufacturers documentation and try again.
I opened all the right ports in my router. I ran a check in ORB and it passes, saying they are open. when on the orb site on my cell, it shows the videos, and even shows a small picture of the video next too it, but when I try to play it, I get the error above. i dont know what to do.

Xenozx said:
I am having same problem. I opened the right ports.
it says
Dialed: isp.cingular
cannot connect for an unknown reason. to check your connection settings and change them if needed, tap settings. If the problem continues, reset your mible device according to your manufacturers documentation and try again.
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I had the same problem with Orb on Dutty's ROM (No. 6, AT&T version). What I ended up doing was creating a new network connection using the wap.cingular settings, then set that to the default network for programs that automatically connect. After that, Orb worked fine.

Sarumiso said:
I had the same problem with Orb on Dutty's ROM (No. 6, AT&T version). What I ended up doing was creating a new network connection using the wap.cingular settings, then set that to the default network for programs that automatically connect. After that, Orb worked fine.
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I tried this and still a no go. I figure I can use this post to help others, so I am going to show all my settings, just to make sure I am doing everything right.
Here are my PC settings. No software firewalls currently enabled.
{
"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"
}

also, just to note, I can stream the test video from test.orb.com or what ever. It does play, i think its a nin concert or something. However, when I try to stream my stuff it doesnt work. this includes both AUDIO and VIDEO. In the stream options on the website in orb, I have it set to just .3gp. It gives a bunch of options including .asx, flash, winamp, 3gp w/ aac etc. I tried them all, and none of them work, but right now its set at just regular .3gp.
I have 16/2 mbit internet service and my phone is 3G, so I dont think its a bandwidth issue.
I have an 8925 tilt w/ Dutty's ROM # 7.

Hey guys, I was having the same issues with ORB until I found this cab which sets the wap settings for att. if you have att maybe they will help you too, not really had much of a problem since I got this cab, and I've used it on many many tilt roms.
Hope it helps, post back your results!

Well I think i got it working!
I used the shogan thing above, an now atleast windows media player will stream. .asx. I was able to play bleach video, as well as a mp3. I tried 3gp, and it still doesnt work

Xenozx said:
Well I think i got it working!
I used the shogan thing above, an now atleast windows media player will stream. .asx. I was able to play bleach video, as well as a mp3. I tried 3gp, and it still doesnt work
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Anyone able to get .3gp to work? If so, what settings and what player? I've got orb working under this rom with .asx under windows media player but nothing else. I was able to get it to work with the real media format under real player and it seemed to stream smoother, but no full screen in real player (and now I've somehow changed something that makes the phone try to download the file instead of stream under that format). No luck with 3gp at all - streaming player either tells me that the media format isn't supported or that it can't connect to the network. This is driving me nuts because media player disconnects way too often...

I am now using duttys touchflo rom, and having more problems.
However, I ran into a problem. I am trying to use ORB to stream video and music from home. Its .ASX stream. On Dutty’s No 7 rom, it used his custom windows media player, after some fighting, I got it to work. Now I am trying to do the same thing but its using a program called TCPMP. Every time it loads after clicking a link I get the error “file not found! –web “my doc\stream.wmvebasx”” How, can I get the streams to go back to windows media player, if it even exists in this rom? Any help with the streaming with ORB would be greatly appricated 
as for the last poster, no I could not get .3gp to work at all Now I cant get .asx to work. Anyone got any idea's?

ko0ky said:
Hey guys, I was having the same issues with ORB until I found this cab which sets the wap settings for att. if you have att maybe they will help you too, not really had much of a problem since I got this cab, and I've used it on many many tilt roms.
Hope it helps, post back your results!
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I was having the same problem, too. But after installing the "shogon" .cab file it started working (at least for my .asx stream). I haven't tried streaming a .3gp file on the Kaiser (mine is a CID unlocked Tilt). My speed tests calculated web speeds ranging between 64-230kbps before installing the shogon cab and it calculated 700+kbps afterward . ko0ky, do you know exactly what the cab changed in the configuration? Is it a proxy tweak? Thanks for posting the cab.

the issue is that you where using the att proxy, orb doesnt work when you connect via att/cingular proxy, that is the issue, that cab files removes the att proxy so now it works. The att proxy is useless and most media streaming doesnt work when you connect through it

I have old ATT Blue mMode...when I tried the shogun cing cab now I can't connect with the setting it made...had to revert back to my old mMode setting and now PIE won't connect at all??? What exactly besides creating a new connection with cingular settings does the shogun_cing.cab file do? As I need to reverse it...tried uninstalling it and resetting and still internet explorer won't connect...but Opera will???

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Features:
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- Supported audio format : MP3, MP4
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"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"
}
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If you would like help us to localization string, we have four res. string. Don't forget to send email to us. Your name will show on about page of Qloud Media. Our email is [email protected]
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If you are in external network, connect to server using PIN code. PIN code can be found on Qloud Server. Like this.

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I'm pretty excited for this actually . Looking forward to trying it when I get off work . Will be nice to tie in to my existing media center . Thanks!
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Works Great Thank you!!

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Very nice app!
I like the app a lot. Even works well over 3G connection. My only wish is if it can support play lists.

Looks very promising. Need to try it out first. I'll let you know when I install it on my device. What is the limitation of trial version?

withwindows said:
Looks very promising. Need to try it out first. I'll let you know when I install it on my device. What is the limitation of trial version?
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Trial version only show the first 3 items on list page.

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But can you send me the resources file to translate in fr-FR please ??
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poloche said:
I like that !!!!
But can you send me the resources file to translate in fr-FR please ??
Thankx !
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Hi poloche,
If you want to help us to translate resource string, please send email to [email protected]
I will send resource string to you.
Thanks for your help.

perfect app! thank u so much

How does it differ from Tversity ? Is there any advantage over it ?

Very nice app,usefull on my galaxy tab! Everything runs smoothly :-D

This works great.
Been looking for a way to watch an eopisode of simposn or two in bed without te need to use my laptop.

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Such a good job, Steve! Probably it's the best streaming solution currently available on the marketplace.
I just have a few (edited: he-he, "a few" ) feature requests, will be great to see 'em in the next release. Could you please:
- add MediaElement's volume control to the player and save/restore selected volume level;
- bookmark media position and resume playback from that position;
- auto resume playback after seek;
- disable err.media message and send email dialog (or at least make it configurable) - it's really annoyng. The reason: some people (like me) have some non-media files in the supported folders
- add an option to skip intermediate page and start playback instantly;
- add "Recently viewed medias" view;
- remember and restore (on app start) last visited server's folder. This option may be configurable;
- add an option to prevent playback on mobile connection (if option set, player should pause and stop streaming if connection switched to 3G/4G, and resume playback on WiFi/Eth);
- autorotate images based on EXIF orientation metadata;
- add ability to disable automatic image rotation based on handset orientation.
These ones are easy.
The hard one: could you implement adaptive streaming (bitrate based) "on the fly"?
I think with these enhancements your solution will be unbeatable! Thanks for hard work.
WBR, SeNS
P.S. Your server-side UPNP code for auto port mapping is not working with my router (NetGear FVG318). If you are interested, I can send you 100% working UPNP code (on C# but it shouldn't be a problem), PM me.

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Windows Chrome does not see dongle

Hi,
I have my dongle setup. My two mobile devices see it but my Chrome plugin does not see it...
How do I get this to work with Chrome?
{
"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"
}

Puffin617 said:
Hi,
I have my dongle setup. My two mobile devices see it but my Chrome plugin does not see it...
How do I get this to work with Chrome?
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Betting you are running some security program that has a firewall.
I'm not sure what port needs to be open to see it but I'm sure it listed here somewhere.
If not then another factor can be having AP Isolation On at your router. Disable it.

Asphyx said:
Betting you are running some security program that has a firewall.
I'm not sure what port needs to be open to see it but I'm sure it listed here somewhere.
If not then another factor can be having AP Isolation On at your router. Disable it.
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None of the above

Puffin617 said:
Hi,
I have my dongle setup. My two mobile devices see it but my Chrome plugin does not see it...
How do I get this to work with Chrome?
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Re-try to download and set up if you haven't already?
https://cast.google.com/chromecast/setup

Puffin617 said:
Hi,
I have my dongle setup. My two mobile devices see it but my Chrome plugin does not see it...
How do I get this to work with Chrome?
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Can you describe your network setup?
Is your PC on wired or wireless?
What router do you have?

bhiga said:
Can you describe your network setup?
Is your PC on wired or wireless?
What router do you have?
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I have a PC on a wired network. The router is Wifi...

tehnerdbeast said:
Re-try to download and set up if you haven't already?
https://cast.google.com/chromecast/setup
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This app just *****es about the wifi being off. My PC is on a wired network with a wifi router

Puffin617 said:
This app just *****es about the wifi being off. My PC is on a wired network with a wifi router
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The PC app won't work unless the PC has a WiFi adapter. Chromecast when in setup mode is a WiFi AP and you need to connect to it so the app can send the parameters for Chromecast to become a WiFi client on your network.
You already have Chromecast set up and on your WiFi network already, so you can safely ignore the PC setup app.
Can your PC see any of your WiFi devices?
Are your WiFi devices and PC on different subnets? If so, multicast traffic doesn't route across subnets without help so that would be why Chromecast isn't being seen by your wired network segment.

Puffin617 said:
None of the above
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Do you have VMWare installed? If so, disable the vmnet network devices. Not sure why, but it won't work with VMWare network devices enabled.

bhiga said:
The PC app won't work unless the PC has a WiFi adapter. Chromecast when in setup mode is a WiFi AP and you need to connect to it so the app can send the parameters for Chromecast to become a WiFi client on your network.
You already have Chromecast set up and on your WiFi network already, so you can safely ignore the PC setup app.
Can your PC see any of your WiFi devices?
Are your WiFi devices and PC on different subnets? If so, multicast traffic doesn't route across subnets without help so that would be why Chromecast isn't being seen by your wired network segment.
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My PC does not have a Wifi adapter - It's connected to the wifi router via ethernet...

mchinand said:
Do you have VMWare installed? If so, disable the vmnet network devices. Not sure why, but it won't work with VMWare network devices enabled.
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Don't use VMWare...

Puffin617 said:
My PC does not have a Wifi adapter - It's connected to the wifi router via ethernet...
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Okay. So can any of your WiFi devices ping your PC - or can your PC ping any of your WiFi devices?

bhiga said:
Okay. So can any of your WiFi devices ping your PC - or can your PC ping any of your WiFi devices?
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I can copy between my PC and mobile devices via wifi effortlessly. My devices see the CC dongle perfectly...
It's just my chrome browser that does not see it - I even did a fresh widows install

mchinand said:
Do you have VMWare installed? If so, disable the vmnet network devices. Not sure why, but it won't work with VMWare network devices enabled.
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I have heard that about VMWare but Oddly enough I have VMWare and it's Network adapters are enabled yet I have no problems.
Could be because I have a very old version installed though...It might also be that I rarely use VMWare and only after using it do the Adapters interfere...
Puffin617 said:
My PC does not have a Wifi adapter - It's connected to the wifi router via ethernet...
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Ok you can't use the Chromecast setup app on a PC without a WiFI Card!
I think that is where the confusion is...That app your running on the PC is only to setup the Chromecast so it can connect to the Router/AP
If your other devices can see the Chromecast then you have already done all that and do not need the Chromecast app to run on your PC.
What you need is the Chrome Browser and this Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Add that extension to Chrome and Chrome will display the GoogleCast Icon in the Browser which will let you stream content from any Tab of Chrome to the Chromecast.
That is where the Chromecast will show up.
That App your trying to use is only needed to setup the Chromecast for the Network. The only way to stream from a PC to a CCast after it is set u is to Install that extension I linked to or to look for the CCast Icon on the Websites that support it!
I.E. You Tube does not require you to have the extension installed. Their Video player has a CCast Icon on it to send the stream to any available CCast devices. And using that gives better quality than the Cast Tab feature does.
Same goes for NetFlix as well.

Asphyx said:
I have heard that about VMWare but Oddly enough I have VMWare and it's Network adapters are enabled yet I have no problems.
Could be because I have a very old version installed though...It might also be that I rarely use VMWare and only after using it do the Adapters interfere...
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I think I started having problems with VMWare and Chromecast after I upgraded to Windows 8.1 (from Windows 8).

mchinand said:
I think I started having problems with VMWare and Chromecast after I upgraded to Windows 8.1 (from Windows 8).
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Yeah I pretty much refuse to use Windows 8! LOL
I understand trying to make Windows Touch Friendly but that doesn't mean it had to be Mouse UNfriendly! LOL If they had just gave you the option of using Tiles or Desktop I might give it a shot. And I'm sure there is some tweak program that lets you do that.
Only thing I know of that Win8 does that Win7 doesn't is miracast support. At least thats all I have found yet...
I'm sure the VmWare issue is real I just found it odd that I'm not having the issue...

Puffin617 said:
Hi,
I have my dongle setup. My two mobile devices see it but my Chrome plugin does not see it...
How do I get this to work with Chrome?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Asphyx said:
I have heard that about VMWare but Oddly enough I have VMWare and it's Network adapters are enabled yet I have no problems.
Could be because I have a very old version installed though...It might also be that I rarely use VMWare and only after using it do the Adapters interfere...
Ok you can't use the Chromecast setup app on a PC without a WiFI Card!
I think that is where the confusion is...That app your running on the PC is only to setup the Chromecast so it can connect to the Router/AP
If your other devices can see the Chromecast then you have already done all that and do not need the Chromecast app to run on your PC.
What you need is the Chrome Browser and this Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Add that extension to Chrome and Chrome will display the GoogleCast Icon in the Browser which will let you stream content from any Tab of Chrome to the Chromecast.
That is where the Chromecast will show up.
That App your trying to use is only needed to setup the Chromecast for the Network. The only way to stream from a PC to a CCast after it is set u is to Install that extension I linked to or to look for the CCast Icon on the Websites that support it!
I.E. You Tube does not require you to have the extension installed. Their Video player has a CCast Icon on it to send the stream to any available CCast devices. And using that gives better quality than the Cast Tab feature does.
Same goes for NetFlix as well.
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If you look at my 1st post, you will notice that I have the extension installed... and the error it gives... And I don't have vmware installed - I did a fresh re-install of Windows and installed Chrome
.

mchinand said:
I think I started having problems with VMWare and Chromecast after I upgraded to Windows 8.1 (from Windows 8).
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I'm running Windows 8.1 and chrome Version 31.0.1650.63 m with no issues. Are you using the "Relaunch Chrome in Windows 8 Mode" of Chrome? I'm not home to try to see if it makes a difference.

Puffin617 said:
If you look at my 1st post, you will notice that I have the extension installed... and the error it gives... And I don't have vmware installed - I did a fresh re-install of Windows and installed Chrome
.
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Which version of WIndows? 7? 8? 8.1?
Can''t help you much with Win8 but if you go to the control panel and look up your network and sharing center what does it label your network connection?
Home? Work? or Public?
You say you have no security software but Windows comes with it's own security software built in and it could be that the it is blocking the communication you need to see the CCast.
CCast will only work if it is set to HOME as Public blocks all the ports you would need to see and communicate with the CCast.

Puffin617 said:
I can copy between my PC and mobile devices via wifi effortlessly. My devices see the CC dongle perfectly...
It's just my chrome browser that does not see it - I even did a fresh widows install
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Are your wireless and wired connections on different subnets? Ie, PC is 192.168.1.x and wireless devices are on 192.168.2.x?
If they're all on the same subnet then Asphyx is probably right and it's the network location (Public/Home/Work) blocking traffic.

NEWSFLASH: Plex no longer requires PlexPass for Casting

For you that haven't joined in the fun at Plex, you can finally have it without joining the membership program.
$4.99 for the app on the play store..

LOL we both posted this simultaneously...(Maybe you beat me by a few seconds! LOL)

Any app updates needed?

DJames1 said:
Any app updates needed?
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Need Plex for Android v3.2.8.109
Google Play ~ download page
Here is a link to the announcement from Plex's Forum.

I saw the forum post about the Android update, but I was wondering about iOS. I got a couple of people to buy the Plex iOS app when it was on sale a few weeks ago with the promise that it would support the Chromecast soon. Do I need to tell them to update?
Also wondering about Plex Web, but I'll just check that when I get home.

Yeah!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk

DJames1 said:
I saw the forum post about the Android update, but I was wondering about iOS. I got a couple of people to buy the Plex iOS app when it was on sale a few weeks ago with the promise that it would support the Chromecast soon. Do I need to tell them to update?
Also wondering about Plex Web, but I'll just check that when I get home.
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Plex web casts fine for me!

Yes, an update is needed for the iOS app to support the Chromecast without Plex Pass.
I can't get Plex Web to cast. Before a cast icon used to show up for me. Now I don't see the cast icon at all.

DJames1 said:
I saw the forum post about the Android update, but I was wondering about iOS. I got a couple of people to buy the Plex iOS app when it was on sale a few weeks ago with the promise that it would support the Chromecast soon. Do I need to tell them to update?
Also wondering about Plex Web, but I'll just check that when I get home.
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Not sure if it applies to iOS just the Android app, But it stands to reason that if they made it public for Android iOS is soon to follow.
DJames1 said:
Yes, an update is needed for the iOS app to support the Chromecast without Plex Pass.
I can't get Plex Web to cast. Before a cast icon used to show up for me, but it would say Plex Pass needed when I clicked it. Now I don't see the cast icon at all.
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The issues with PlexWeb seem to be related to the googlecast extension.
Both the original and the beta seems to crash a lt and the Beta even when it was working would not stream to CCast.
[EDIT] Apparently iOS has also got it...
here is a Blog post regarding some new features...
https://blog.plex.tv/2014/03/13/chromecast-free-everyone-great-new-features-ios/

I've tried updating everything: PMS (0.9.9.7.429), Chrome (33.0.1750.149, Plex extension (1.2.21), Chromecast (16041). Definitely no cast icon in Plex Web now, where there used to be one before. Tab casting from the same Chrome window still works.
How is it working for mdamaged?

DJames1 said:
I've tried updating everything: PMS (0.9.9.7.429), Chrome (33.0.1750.149, Plex extension (1.2.21), Chromecast (16041). Definitely no cast icon in Plex Web now, where there used to be one before. Tab casting from the same Chrome window still works.
How is it working for mdamaged?
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Are you trying to use your LAN plex web? There is no icon for me there either, but the one at plex.tv has it.
Here's a pic (far right side):
{
"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"
}

No, I'm using http://plex.tv/web/app. As I said, it had the cast icon previously, but now it's gone.
Update: I turned on my U.S. VPN, and the cast icon re-appeared. But strangely once I turn the VPN off, the cast icon seems to be back permanently. Must have enabled it permanently in the Plex Web settings. Don't know if it's a misguided attempt to be smart with location-specific features, or some unrelated side effect. But whatever, it works now.
Completely separate issue, just an unexpected observation: I thought that since the VPN is only running on my PC, Plex Web wouldn't be able find the Chromecast on my local network since they would be on two separate networks, but I was wrong. Plex Web finds the Chromecast and casts to it just fine even with the VPN turned on. Huh! I wonder how that works?

DJames1 said:
No, I'm using http://plex.tv/web/app. As I said, it had the cast icon previously, but now it's gone.
Update: Got it! It's a bug. Plex seems to be assuming now that if you aren't currently accessing Plex Web from the U.S., then you can't possibly have a Chromecast and there's no need to enable the cast icon.
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I bet money that it isn't Plex that is detecting this location but the Chrome Googlecast Extension required to see the icon in PlexWeb.

Good theory, but unlikely I think given that tab casting and other extensions like Videostream didn't have any problem connecting to the Chromecast. It could actually be something completely random like turning on the VPN cleared or bypassed a cache.

DJames1 said:
Good theory, but unlikely I think given that tab casting and other extensions like Videostream didn't have any problem connecting to the Chromecast. It could actually be something completely random like turning on the VPN cleared or bypassed a cache.
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Does Videostream require the Googlecast ext to work?
Here is why I suspect the GCast ext...
Both Netflix and YouTube require the GCast Ext to display icons on their Web Based Players.
BOTH have content restrictions based on Location since Netflix has different content in Europe than they have in US (I suspect YouTube may as well).
What would be the best way to ensure Europe doesn't have the ability to send US Netflix content to a CCast via the Web?
Have the GCast Ext remove the Icon and not identify a located CCast when location is detected as not in region!
Otherwise the Website itself would have to do this detection which is difficult.
Granted I could be dead wrong in your case because you do have a very different/complicated VPN going on that can always makes things act funny, but with the soon to be release for UK and I suppose the rest of Europe it stands to reason that Google is trying to insert some regional control over the system and since most of the Web page support requires GCast Ext (coupled with the crashing problems many seem to be having with it,) It makes sense that they are trying to do it all in that extension.
I hope they ditch that ext requirement at some point and simply make and installable app or program that will do this outside of Chrome because the more I use chrome with all it's compatibility issues with things like PayPal the less I like it!

For those that want to know. I was able to successfully update my PMS on my NAS. I also verified cc functions on both android and iOS (some people were not sure)
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That seems very unlikely. Both Netflix and Youtube initally access the same url in any country, nothing to do with the Google Cast extension. Content filtering by IP address is applied at their end. I've never seen their cast icons go missing. Plex is neutral and would have no reason to apply any filtering.
I'm going to do a test on another untouched system to see if I can spot exactly what causes the cast icon to first appear in the new Plex Web if it's not the VPN.

[App] vnc2cast - view PC screen on chromecast

vnc2cast - Vnc to chromecast
vnc2cast: view your PC screen (VNC server) on your chromecast.
Download:
You could search/download it from google play store.
User guide:
http://goo.gl/q9ApV7
Features:
View your PC screen (VNC server) on your TV;
Support VNC server for Windows, Linux, Android;
Usage:
You could monitor your PC status on TV;
You could demo things from PC to TV;

Demo video
on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r64Ed1T8J5s
on youku:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODIyMjc4NTI0.html

User email group:
https://groups.google.com/group/vnc2cast

PC screen:
{
"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"
}

connect to x11vnc:

Enjoy vnc2cast for the coming "Black Friday".

vnc2cast could let you monitor the PC screen in your home.

You could share your snapshot for using of vnc2cast here.

Please read the user guide which included windows/linux.

Tried setting this up on a Windows machine.
WebSockify and Tight VNC are running on the right ports with no password set but the Chromecast doesn't seem to show the screen when I press the big button.
I dont get any errors.
Would buy if trial works.

jaimex2 said:
Tried setting this up on a Windows machine.
WebSockify and Tight VNC are running on the right ports with no password set but the Chromecast doesn't seem to show the screen when I press the big button.
I dont get any errors.
Would buy if trial works.
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Please refer to this user guide:
https://code.google.com/p/vnc2cast/wiki/usage_of_vnc2cast_windows
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D:\websockify>websockify.exe 6080 localhost:5900
here 5900 is port of your VNC server;
if needed, you have to change it according to your VNC server's port;
6080 is the websockify agent port, which you need to input in vnc2cast;
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BTW, please check your firewall of windows PC.

mimepp said:
Please refer to this user guide:
https://code.google.com/p/vnc2cast/wiki/usage_of_vnc2cast_windows
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D:\websockify>websockify.exe 6080 localhost:5900
here 5900 is port of your VNC server;
if needed, you have to change it according to your VNC server's port;
6080 is the websockify agent port, which you need to input in vnc2cast;
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BTW, please check your firewall of windows PC.
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Yep, did all that. Websockify showed it received the connection and passed it on but no image appears.
I used the Linux + x11nvc method and that worked without problems.

jaimex2 said:
Yep, did all that. Websockify showed it received the connection and passed it on but no image appears.
I used the Linux + x11nvc method and that worked without problems.
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Do you try real vnc on windows PC?

mimepp said:
Do you try real vnc on windows PC?
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recommend to use real vnc on windows PC.

Enjoy vnc2cast in 2014.

Have you run vnc2cast with linux PC?

Is this a better alternative than Chromecast's "Cast your entire screen (experimental)" feature? I tried that for general desktop casting and video playback and the speed was bad even on the 480p setting on a 50/10 mbit wireless connection.
I would definitely buy such an app if it could provide lag-free 720p/1080p video casting to Chromecast.

mclisme said:
Is this a better alternative than Chromecast's "Cast your entire screen (experimental)" feature? I tried that for general desktop casting and video playback and the speed was bad even on the 480p setting on a 50/10 mbit wireless connection.
I would definitely buy such an app if it could provide lag-free 720p/1080p video casting to Chromecast.
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VNC will never be lag free, and really isn't suitable for video playback. Nor, for that matter, is "cast screen" (which is out of experimental and into the quick-options panel with Android 5).

again.