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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.
{
"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"
}
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
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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.

Do I need to root my Chromecast in order to stream local videos?

Just as the title says...Is it even necessary to root these devices? What are the "pros" of rooting it, if there even are any? And do I need to root my Chromecast in order to be able to do these "hacks" and "methods" I've read about in this forum in order to be able to cast local videos that I may have on my PC? I'm just kinda confused about that. I got my Chromecast just a few days ago from my local Best Buy store and I still haven't even taken it out of the box yet to set it up. lol I was really wanting to root it for a couple of different reasons....1)I know that having a rooted device opens doors for customization and flexibility of the device 2)I have been REALLY unsure if it's necessary for the Chromecast to be rooted BEFORE trying some of these methods to cast local videos from my computer. 3)I really want to root it, but I don't have one of those powered USB OTG cables & I'm kinda paranoid I'll screw something up in the process lol 4)I'd also be just fine keeping it "STOCK"/unrooted, just as long as I'll still have the ability to try these methods and cast local pc videos... 5)I'm REALLY excited about Koushik's unreleased Chromecast Android app...my Galaxy S3 is rooted, but will I also need to have the actual Chromecast device itself rooted also? Sorry about my ignorance on this subject....I've just been doing my research on here before setting up this thing & I don't wanna get too gung-ho and just set it up without acquiring root first....if it's really even necessary...

jsdecker10 said:
Just as the title says...Is it even necessary to root these devices? What are the "pros" of rooting it, if there even are any? And do I need to root my Chromecast in order to be able to do these "hacks" and "methods" I've read about in this forum in order to be able to cast local videos that I may have on my PC? I'm just kinda confused about that. I got my Chromecast just a few days ago from my local Best Buy store and I still haven't even taken it out of the box yet to set it up. lol I was really wanting to root it for a couple of different reasons....1)I know that having a rooted device opens doors for customization and flexibility of the device 2)I have been REALLY unsure if it's necessary for the Chromecast to be rooted BEFORE trying some of these methods to cast local videos from my computer. 3)I really want to root it, but I don't have one of those powered USB OTG cables & I'm kinda paranoid I'll screw something up in the process lol 4)I'd also be just fine keeping it "STOCK"/unrooted, just as long as I'll still have the ability to try these methods and cast local pc videos... 5)I'm REALLY excited about Koushik's unreleased Chromecast Android app...my Galaxy S3 is rooted, but will I also need to have the actual Chromecast device itself rooted also? Sorry about my ignorance on this subject....I've just been doing my research on here before setting up this thing & I don't wanna get too gung-ho and just set it up without acquiring root first....if it's really even necessary...
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If you want to cast video from your PC to chromecast, you don't need to root chromecast. Just fire up your Chrome browser on your PC, install the chromecast extension, and you can then open your local video files in chrome, and "cast" chrome browser window (using the chromecast extension) to your chromecast that is connected to your TV.

jj14 said:
If you want to cast video from your PC to chromecast, you don't need to root chromecast. Just fire up your Chrome browser on your PC, install the chromecast extension, and you can then open your local video files in chrome, and "cast" chrome browser window (using the chromecast extension) to your chromecast that is connected to your TV.
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Will I be able to watch and HEAR the movie on the TV? I've just seen different accounts from people saying that they could see the local video, but they had no audio...if I can't hear the movie, then what's the point of even watching it? lol What about rooting? Is rooting this thing even worth it? I don't really see the benefits of it....I have no interest whatsoever in flashing any "new" interfaces or anything else like that onto it. All I want to be able to do with it is have it function like it's supposed to right outta the box, with additionally being able to cast local content from my PC, and also be able to use that new phone app that Koush has developed but not released yet. As long as I can do those things I'll be a happy camper. Sooooooo...do I have no real need to root this thing? It's just buggin the hell outta me because I have a brand spankin new Chromecast sitting here on my desk still in the box...unused & unopened. It's killin me lol Because I want to use it sooooo bad and I thought that I would need root to do those things I mentioned, but I don't have a USB OTG cable yet(ordering one tomorrow).

Yes and no. Chrome cannot play .mov or .avi but it can play mp4 and h264. also it cannot decode AC3 audio. The reason is apparrently the guy who invented AC3 wants royalties and since chrome is free and open, no dice. I just received mine yesterday only to find this out the hard way.
however, im sure there is a way without rooting chromecast. It seems like you can 'cast' anything in a tab, even chrome apps. If someone could just build a chrome app that played everything properly or an extension with the proper codecs........ :angel:
source article
jsdecker10 said:
Will I be able to watch and HEAR the movie on the TV? I've just seen different accounts from people saying that they could see the local video, but they had no audio...if I can't hear the movie, then what's the point of even watching it? lol What about rooting? Is rooting this thing even worth it? I don't really see the benefits of it....I have no interest whatsoever in flashing any "new" interfaces or anything else like that onto it. All I want to be able to do with it is have it function like it's supposed to right outta the box, with additionally being able to cast local content from my PC, and also be able to use that new phone app that Koush has developed but not released yet. As long as I can do those things I'll be a happy camper. Sooooooo...do I have no real need to root this thing? It's just buggin the hell outta me because I have a brand spankin new Chromecast sitting here on my desk still in the box...unused & unopened. It's killin me lol Because I want to use it sooooo bad and I thought that I would need root to do those things I mentioned, but I don't have a USB OTG cable yet(ordering one tomorrow).
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jsdecker10 said:
Will I be able to watch and HEAR the movie on the TV? I've just seen different accounts from people saying that they could see the local video, but they had no audio...if I can't hear the movie, then what's the point of even watching it? lol
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It depends on how the file is built. Most of the video that I have on my PC is MKV (AC3 AAC Audio and H.264 video), and I can cast it just fine.
jsdecker10 said:
What about rooting? Is rooting this thing even worth it? I don't really see the benefits of it....I have no interest whatsoever in flashing any "new" interfaces or anything else like that onto it. All I want to be able to do with it is have it function like it's supposed to right outta the box, with additionally being able to cast local content from my PC, and also be able to use that new phone app that Koush has developed but not released yet. As long as I can do those things I'll be a happy camper. Sooooooo...do I have no real need to root this thing?
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. Till I find a compelling reason to root, I don't see a reason to root. Does root give me any functionality that I need/want, that I can't do without root? So far, the answer is no (for me), so I haven't rooted.
jsdecker10 said:
It's just buggin the hell outta me because I have a brand spankin new Chromecast sitting here on my desk still in the box...unused & unopened. It's killin me lol Because I want to use it sooooo bad and I thought that I would need root to do those things I mentioned, but I don't have a USB OTG cable yet(ordering one tomorrow).
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Why is the chromecast still sitting on your desk unused/unopened? Why don't you plug it into your TV (or receiver) and see if it does what you want it to do?? Why are you first trying to figure out whether to root or not? All the necessary cables (HDMI extender, USB power) are included with the chromecast.

jj14 said:
It depends on how the file is built. Most of the video that I have on my PC is MKV (AC3 Audio and H.264 video), and I can cast it just fine.
. Till I find a compelling reason to root, I don't see a reason to root. Does root give me any functionality that I need/want, that I can't do without root? So far, the answer is no (for me), so I haven't rooted.
Why is the chromecast still sitting on your desk unused/unopened? Why don't you plug it into your TV (or receiver) and see if it does what you want it to do?? Why are you first trying to figure out whether to root or not? All the necessary cables (HDMI extender, USB power) are included with the chromecast.
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I haven't plugged it in yet because ALLLL I've been reading about is the automatic OTA. It basically patches the exploit to root the device...without you having any influence over WHEN it updates...it apparently just pulls a new ota down on its own.
Sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

What about a media center that streams with html5? Don't know of any in particular. I know they exist. Don't people use them to stream to xboxes and ps3?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLkKbfl42E
Try this.. Im still waitin on my order, but i did try with my sharp smart tv upnp
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jsdecker10 said:
Just as the title says...Is it even necessary to root these devices? What are the "pros" of rooting it, if there even are any? And do I need to root my Chromecast in order to be able to do these "hacks" and "methods" I've read about in this forum in order to be able to cast local videos that I may have on my PC? I'm just kinda confused about that. I got my Chromecast just a few days ago from my local Best Buy store and I still haven't even taken it out of the box yet to set it up. lol I was really wanting to root it for a couple of different reasons....1)I know that having a rooted device opens doors for customization and flexibility of the device 2)I have been REALLY unsure if it's necessary for the Chromecast to be rooted BEFORE trying some of these methods to cast local videos from my computer. 3)I really want to root it, but I don't have one of those powered USB OTG cables & I'm kinda paranoid I'll screw something up in the process lol 4)I'd also be just fine keeping it "STOCK"/unrooted, just as long as I'll still have the ability to try these methods and cast local pc videos... 5)I'm REALLY excited about Koushik's unreleased Chromecast Android app...my Galaxy S3 is rooted, but will I also need to have the actual Chromecast device itself rooted also? Sorry about my ignorance on this subject....I've just been doing my research on here before setting up this thing & I don't wanna get too gung-ho and just set it up without acquiring root first....if it's really even necessary...
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Here are my thoughts on the matter. If you are still on the original firmware, it is extremely easy to root the device. However, you must use the file found on in this post because the original GTV Hacker method does NOT prevent the device from updating itself. If the device updates itself, then you will loose root, even if you were previously rooted. Use the GTV Hacker directions, but use the modified file instead of the original GTV Hacker file. The only thing that has been changed is the update script has been removed. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the process. Having gone through it, I can easily answer questions about it.
While it is true that there is no need or reason to root at this time, it could be a once in a lifetime shot to root. I realize that probably isn't true, but it could be true. Why take the risk when the root method is so darn easy.
But no, you do not need root to do any other things that people have been describing or to use any of the many streaming programs that are poised to come out once Google releases the final SDK and API. That is what is holding up everyone right now because the TOS on the Beta SDK prevents developers from releasing apps that use it to the general public. Once the SDK gets out of beta phase, then developers should be free to release their apps to the general public.
jj14 said:
. Till I find a compelling reason to root, I don't see a reason to root. Does root give me any functionality that I need/want, that I can't do without root? So far, the answer is no (for me), so I haven't rooted.
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Again, the problem is that if you don't root and then protect the device against updates, the latest update from Google (actually the only update to this point) removes the ability to root. Now, there may be someone that figures out how to root the device even with the update, but there is a chance that won't happen. So if you even think you might want root, it is best to do it now before the device updates itself automatically.

sic0048 said:
Here are my thoughts on the matter. If you are still on the original firmware, it is extremely easy to root the device. However, you must use the file found on in this post because the original GTV Hacker method does NOT prevent the device from updating itself. If the device updates itself, then you will loose root, even if you were previously rooted. Use the GTV Hacker directions, but use the modified file instead of the original GTV Hacker file. The only thing that has been changed is the update script has been removed. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the process. Having gone through it, I can easily answer questions about it.
While it is true that there is no need or reason to root at this time, it could be a once in a lifetime shot to root. I realize that probably isn't true, but it could be true. Why take the risk when the root method is so darn easy.
But no, you do not need root to do any other things that people have been describing or to use any of the many streaming programs that are poised to come out once Google releases the final SDK and API. That is what is holding up everyone right now because the TOS on the Beta SDK prevents developers from releasing apps that use it to the general public. Once the SDK gets out of beta phase, then developers should be free to release their apps to the general public.
Again, the problem is that if you don't root and then protect the device against updates, the latest update from Google (actually the only update to this point) removes the ability to root. Now, there may be someone that figures out how to root the device even with the update, but there is a chance that won't happen. So if you even think you might want root, it is best to do it now before the device updates itself automatically.
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Hi, I'm trying to follow the directions
I am at the step where I'm supposed to put the modded file in my usb drive using dd.
What is DD?

tevroc said:
Yes and no. Chrome cannot play .mov or .avi but it can play mp4 and h264. also it cannot decode AC3 audio. The reason is apparrently the guy who invented AC3 wants royalties and since chrome is free and open, no dice. I just received mine yesterday only to find this out the hard way.
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It depends on how the file is built. Most of the video that I have on my PC is MKV (AC3 Audio and H.264 video), and I can cast it just fine.
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Wow, I'm confused. Back to back posts that totally contradict one another.
So, which is it?
Pretty much anything I've tried to cast from my PC to my chromecast plays without audio.

Postal Psycho said:
Hi, I'm trying to follow the directions
I am at the step where I'm supposed to put the modded file in my usb drive using dd.
What is DD?
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DD for Windows is a program that allows you to do disk related tasks. There are other versions too if you aren't running Windows.
Personally I had issues trying to do this on a Windows 7 machine. I had to run the DD commands on a XP system for it to work. I kept getting permission errors with the Windows 7 machine. I tried lots of way to run the program under Admin permissions, but nothing prevented the errors.

lexluthor said:
Wow, I'm confused. Back to back posts that totally contradict one another.
So, which is it?
Pretty much anything I've tried to cast from my PC to my chromecast plays without audio.
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My apologies - I meant AAC. Updating my earlier post now.

Postal Psycho said:
Hi, I'm trying to follow the directions
I am at the step where I'm supposed to put the modded file in my usb drive using dd.
What is DD?
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dd.exe is a program to install the boot image to your flash drive:
1. Install the Windows (if you hvae windows) version of dd: http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.6beta3.zip
2. Open a DOS box (i.e. get a command prompt) by running
Code:
cmd.exe
3. Run the following command at the prompt:
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dd if=gtvhacker-chromecast.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024
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sic0048 said:
DD for Windows is a program that allows you to do disk related tasks. There are other versions too if you aren't running Windows.
Personally I had issues trying to do this on a Windows 7 machine. I had to run the DD commands on a XP system for it to work. I kept getting permission errors with the Windows 7 machine. I tried lots of way to run the program under Admin permissions, but nothing prevented the errors.
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Dang, how did I not see this first. lol

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...uses-vlc-to-transcode-practically-any-format/
looks like there is now a tool available to allow chromecast to play any format that VLC supports (which is a huge list)
Only negative that I can see is that it needs the JRE (UGH)
developer's post: https://plus.google.com/117916055521642810655/posts/23BrB267QHJ

jj14 said:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...uses-vlc-to-transcode-practically-any-format/
looks like there is now a tool available to allow chromecast to play any format that VLC supports (which is a huge list)
Only negative that I can see is that it needs the JRE (UGH)
developer's post: https://plus.google.com/117916055521642810655/posts/23BrB267QHJ
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There's a thread for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414637
Anyone tried an .mkv with AC3 audio yet? Would like to see if that works.

sic0048 said:
Here are my thoughts on the matter. If you are still on the original firmware, it is extremely easy to root the device. However, you must use the file found on in this post because the original GTV Hacker method does NOT prevent the device from updating itself. If the device updates itself, then you will loose root, even if you were previously rooted. Use the GTV Hacker directions, but use the modified file instead of the original GTV Hacker file. The only thing that has been changed is the update script has been removed. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the process. Having gone through it, I can easily answer questions about it.
While it is true that there is no need or reason to root at this time, it could be a once in a lifetime shot to root. I realize that probably isn't true, but it could be true. Why take the risk when the root method is so darn easy.
But no, you do not need root to do any other things that people have been describing or to use any of the many streaming programs that are poised to come out once Google releases the final SDK and API. That is what is holding up everyone right now because the TOS on the Beta SDK prevents developers from releasing apps that use it to the general public. Once the SDK gets out of beta phase, then developers should be free to release their apps to the general public.
Again, the problem is that if you don't root and then protect the device against updates, the latest update from Google (actually the only update to this point) removes the ability to root. Now, there may be someone that figures out how to root the device even with the update, but there is a chance that won't happen. So if you even think you might want root, it is best to do it now before the device updates itself automatically.
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Hi, I'm following the directions, and step 3 says plug in the power cord... I assume my CC is supposed to be attached to my tv,and my TV is supposed to be unplugged from the power supply yet. Am I correct?

Postal Psycho said:
Hi, I'm following the directions, and step 3 says plug in the power cord... I assume my CC is supposed to be attached to my tv,and my TV is supposed to be unplugged from the power supply yet. Am I correct?
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The way I understand it is you have the USB into the USB end of the 'USB OTG cable', the micro USB plugged into the chromecast, and the chromecast plugged into the TV (which is turned on). Then you plug the chromecast power chord into the remaining end of the 'USB OTG cable'.
The USB OTG cable should have three ends. micro USB male and female, and a regular USB to accept your flash drive.
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Dblfstr has it right. There is no reason to unplug your TV. Simply don't apply power to the Chromecast until the directions tell you to. You do that by plugging in the OTG cable which should already be plugged into a power supply.

An easy way to stream any videos to the chromecast is to use Plex. The plex server will convert videos for your browser and you can cast the tab and its super easy to set up and it has a great ui and phone app too.

Chromecast Dev Options tips/tricks/templates?

I was just wondering if anyone could give everyone(myself included) some tips/pointers/recommendations and maybe your own templates that you've used or would use for these extra Dev options in my picture I've included...If anyone can help with all of the options (Label #1) and/or just the bottom set of options (Label #2) that'd be awesome!! The bottom set(#2) is really making me curious about being able to stream local videos from our PC without any extra help from 3rd party sources/plugins/python-related sources. If you can contribute to this, please feel free! Thanks!

jsdecker10 said:
I was just wondering if anyone could give everyone(myself included) some tips/pointers/recommendations and maybe your own templates that you've used or would use for these extra Dev options in my picture I've included...If anyone can help with all of the options (Label #1) and/or just the bottom set of options (Label #2) that'd be awesome!! The bottom set(#2) is really making me curious about being able to stream local videos from our PC without any extra help from 3rd party sources/plugins/python-related sources. If you can contribute to this, please feel free! Thanks!
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As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
To permit your Chrome sender application to use the SDK, you must register the application's domain in the Google Cast extension for Chrome.
Be sure you are running Chrome version 28 or later.
If you haven't restarted Chrome in a while you may be running an older version; restarting will update Chrome automatically.
In the Chrome address field, enter chrome://extensions, and check the Developer mode checkbox to enable developer mode.
Install the Chrome extension for Google Cast.
On the Cast extension icon in the browser's upper right corner (next to the address field), right-click and select Options.
The Google Cast extension options page opens in a new tab.
On the blue Cast icon, in the page's upper left corner, click four (4) times.
The Developer Settings appear.
In the Cast SDK additional domains field, enter your application's domain, for example, "www.mydomain.com" and click Add.
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So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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You can convert stuff pretty fast using MkvToMp4_0.223 it is free. (Note: not all MKV or other files required conversion, some MKV sound doesn't work, this program will fix that)
Also I made an improvement to the HTML code that will let you fast forward. In the index.html (you can also rename it anything, I rename my to cast.html so I can view all the file in the HTML folder, including the movie file, so I can just copy the URL and just type in the IP address)
For the fast forward thing:
1) open the index.htm (you can open it just using notepad, nothing fancy)
2) search for <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay"></video>
3) you will see 2 instants of that code, just replace it with: <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay" controls></video>
This will put a control bar underneath the video screen on your computer so you can fast forward (this only work ONCE before you cast it to your TV). You may have to clear the browser cache before this show up
Also sometime the video will not play in the browser windows, but if you cast it to the TV anyway it sometime take up to 30 secs to 45 secs then it will play. This especially true if you stream a video from an online source.

GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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Thank you for taking the time to type up all of this valuable info...it works great! Most of my videos are wide screen 720p format. My only gripe so far is that unless I download a video that's in full screen format(not letter-box), it puts it at the top of the screen with a black bar at the bottom of the screen. This can be remedied by just sending a full screen formatted video to the chromecast. It works this way consistent with every single 720p widescreen video I've got. Do you think that if I tried a 1080p video, that it would take up the whole screen? Or at least have the black bar on both the top and bottom of the screen? Just seeing the black bar at the bottom is just quite an annoyance more than anything...I've looked around in my settings on my tv(Sony 51") and can't find anything that'll either make the video take up the entire screen or have the black bars on both the top and bottom of the videos...grrrr

GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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Have you tried a divx file just to see what happens? "like a downloaded movie" Not a TV show as they are always encoded in mp4 which is streamable by chrome ext default.

This will stream all video at Native resolution, it will def do 1080p, your network won't have too much problem with it. As for file format this is from Google:
Video codecs: H.264 High Profile Level 4.1, 4.2 and 5, VP8
Audio decoding: HE-AAC, LC-AAC, CELT/OPUS, MP3
Containers: MP4/CENC, WebM, MPEG-DASH, SmoothStreaming
Level 1 DRM support: Widevine, Playready
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You can convert stuff pretty fast using MkvToMp4_0.223 it is free. (Note: not all MKV or other files required conversion, some MKV sound doesn't work, this program will fix that)
Also I made an improvement to the HTML code that will let you fast forward. In the index.html (you can also rename it anything, I rename my to cast.html so I can view all the file in the HTML folder, including the movie file, so I can just copy the URL and just type in the IP address)
For the fast forward thing:
1) open the index.htm (you can open it just using notepad, nothing fancy)
2) search for <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay"></video>
3) you will see 2 instants of that code, just replace it with: <video id="video" src="" autoplay="autoplay" controls></video>
This will put a control bar underneath the video screen on your computer so you can fast forward (this only work ONCE before you cast it to your TV). You may have to clear the browser cache before this show up
Also sometime the video will not play in the browser windows, but if you cast it to the TV anyway it sometime take up to 30 secs to 45 secs then it will play. This especially true if you stream a video from an online source.

GreenDroidX said:
As for stream local videos, there is already a solution, it been posted before but not explicitly EpicVS used this to make his python script.
For this method you will Only need one additional thing is Mongoose (if you want to stream local files, otherwise you can stream any HTML5 video that is already posted online), you don't need any Python thing.
1)
This is the Backup files/scripts from (googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ which is no longer available) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175295&d=1376004871. Unzip The file to your local drive. I just put it on my desktop
2) WhiteList your Chrome (This step is from Google Them-self)
So the trick is in the SDK additional domains field put: localhost then click add
3) Now go find the folder from step 1. Download this https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/downloads/detail?name=mongoose-3.8.exe and put the mongoose exe in the same folder as step 1
4) Launch Mongoose. (Mongoose will reside in the Taskbar near the clock)
5) Open your chrome browser and type in the address bar localhost:8080. In my case I changed the Mongoose option to port 80. So I only have to type localhost
6) You should be greeted with a webpage now. If you read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386604, you should get an idea how this webpage supposed to work.
So the Trick to the original website that Google took down is the Play HTML5 video option. (They took it down so now we have to simulate a webserver to get it back. But there is a benefit NOW. Since you now have an HTML webserver, you can host a local video file.
In my case I move an MP4 movie file or any chromeast compatible video such as MKV into the folder in Step1. And the simple thing to stream that file is in the HTML5 box trick. Now just enter the address "http://yourLocalipAddress:yourmongooseportnumber/yourmoviefile.mkv. So for example mine is http://192.168.1.106/StarTrekSample.mkv since my port is 80, I don't have to put in a port number, it stream great full resolution and everything NO slow down even on a G network
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I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again

rajnallan said:
I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again
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your thing is the localhost you need to translate that to your local ip address (you can probably find that in the network center of windows 8, I am still refusing to upgrade to windows 8, so I am on win 7) or simply access your router
For example mine local IP address is 192.168.1.153, to get the video to play you need to put this as your url
http://localhost/Burfi.mp4 -> http://192.168.1.153/Burfi.mp4 (so this way when the URL go to chromecast it know what the heck localhost is)
Oh by the way, that msg is always there. It is sort of a debug msg left in by the original coder, I am guessing it was the Google Team that did it.

GreenDroidX said:
your thing is the localhost you need to translate that to your local ip address (you can probably find that in the network center of windows 8, I am still refusing to upgrade to windows 8, so I am on win 7) or simply access your router
For example mine local IP address is 192.168.1.153, to get the video to play you need to put this as your url
http://localhost/Burfi.mp4 -> http://192.168.1.153/Burfi.mp4 (so this way when the URL go to chromecast it know what the heck localhost is)
Oh by the way, that msg is always there. It is sort of a debug msg left in by the original coder, I am guessing it was the Google Team that did it.
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Thanks for your response. I did try the url as you suggested. But the video plays on the computer. But when I try to cast in to TV I get a blank screen on TV. Waited for more than two minutes. May be somewhere I am doing something wrong.
Just to add when I checked on the chromecast icon in Chrome browser it shows the movie as running on chromecast but nothing on TV.

rajnallan said:
Thanks for your response. I did try the url as you suggested. But the video plays on the computer. But when I try to cast in to TV I get a blank screen on TV. Waited for more than two minutes. May be somewhere I am doing something wrong.
Just to add when I checked on the chromecast icon in Chrome browser it shows the movie as running on chromecast but nothing on TV.
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Strange, well first use another computer with chrome that is on the same network. Try to enter that url into the browser, if that play then the file could be seen. If not then you have a network problem.
Second try to enter a url of a video that is already online. Like the http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 see if that will cast. Just to see if chromecast have a problem
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

GreenDroidX said:
Strange, well first use another computer with chrome that is on the same network. Try to enter that url into the browser, if that play then the file could be seen. If not then you have a network problem.
Second try to enter a url of a video that is already online. Like the http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 see if that will cast. Just to see if chromecast have a problem
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
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I did try the url of a video http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 and it works. Chromecast is definitely OK. I can see the movie with the url like the one specified by you play on the computer but when I cast it I see the message on the chromecast icon on the chrome browser showing the movie is running but the tv which switches to the Chromecast hdmi port shows blank on the TV. May be I will try on my daughter's computer...

rajnallan said:
I did try the url of a video http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4 and it works. Chromecast is definitely OK. I can see the movie with the url like the one specified by you play on the computer but when I cast it I see the message on the chromecast icon on the chrome browser showing the movie is running but the tv which switches to the Chromecast hdmi port shows blank on the TV. May be I will try on my daughter's computer...
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Also firewall can be a problem too good luck. Also try different files

rajnallan said:
I did exactly as described above using winodws 8.The video plays locally , but when click on chromecast it goes to the TV and I get a blank screen. I get the following error while trying to cast the video. Can you please help me resolve this ...Thanks
Error:
{"eventSequenceId":1,"activityId":"9jpopqye07td","state":2,"contentId":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","title":"http://localhost/Burfi.mp4","imageUrl":null,"timeProgress":true,"position":5.507666,"duration":0,"volume":0.8,"muted":false,"contentInfo":null,"mediaTracks":[],"error":null,"hasPause":true}
Thanks once again
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I'm not sure if you've figured out your problem yet or not, but just by looking at your post, it looks to me like you have input the wrong "Address" information before the filename. You need to include the port# right after your internal ip address. Such as... http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4 . You can re-read his instructions below..These are the instructions he outlined above, but I just typed them out in my own words...just don't forget to include the port in the address and you should be good to go!!
1. Rename your video file to something easy like for example... "Chrome.Cast.720p.H.264.2013.WideScreen.Cam.xda-Devs-Rockz.mp4" to something a little easier to remember and easier to type back in such as "chromecast720p.mp4" or simply "cc.mp4" --just for simplicity sake...name it whatever you wanna!
2.. Make sure the .mp4, .mkv, or whatever Chromecast supported video file, has been moved into the same folder/directory as the "mongoose-3.8.exe" , "cast.py" , "angular.min.js" , "index.html" , "demo_app.js" files. I think there's a couple more files in that folder, but you get my drift...
3 Run(double-click) the mongoose-3.8.exe file in that folder. It should start running in the background without any visual GUI popping up in your face. You really don't have to change any settings in mongoose, but if you want to change the port# you can. if you leave all settings the same, I believe the default port# is set to Port# 8080.
4. Locate your INTERNAL IP ADDRESS. This is the IP Address that your router assigns each individual pc/phone/tablet/Chromecast, etc... Mine happens to be 192.168.1.101 . Yours will more than likely be something different than mine, but it will probably be something between the range of: 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.149
5. This is assuming you just double-clicked on mongoose-3.8.exe & did't change ANY settings from within the mongoose server... Open up a tab in Chrome and in the address bar you wanna type this exactly, but without the quotes ---> "localhost:8080"
6. That'll open up the simplified Chromecast testing page...at least if you did everything right so far it should open that page... from this page, click that first little drop down box at the top of the page and select the HTML5 option.
7. In the filename input box that pops up below it, you wanna type "http://yourLOCALipaddresshere:8080/videofilename.extension" . Mine for example, happens to be http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4
8. Assuming you did everything so far exactly as we've told you, your video should start playing in the tab.
9. Right below your video, you want to click and select your chromecast... after choosing your chromecast, the video from within your chrome browser will more than likely either go blank or it will just look like it's paused. Don't worry though. From my understanding, that's totally normal...
10. Ok, cool...now if everything has been done correctly, you should be able to see the movie playing on your TV. This may take up to a minute to show up on your tv in some instances, due to your router, pc,network traffic, etc...
These steps that I outlined are pretty much the same thing as in earlier posts, just put into my own words. It works just fine for me, I'm just still getting the black bar across the bottom of the TV, unless i change the movie to a full-screen movie. Full-screen movies seem to work just fine and of course, they take up the entire screen. I for some reason still can't get ANY widescreen videos to display properly...there's always a black bar at the bottom and NO black bar at the top. It's like they're "Half-ass wide-screen" format. lol

I get the same error message but the video plays fine. I guess he's got a different problem. I noticed that you need to manually stop the current video in the browser window so chromecast goes to "ready to cast" screen before you can start a new video.

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New version of this program just added Chromecast support. Looks promising, but very buggy (see below).
Information link: http://support.wondershare.com/media-center/
Download link on this page: http://support.wondershare.com/media-center/history.html
Wondershare is a Chinese company that has published a lot of low-cost video apps over the last several years. I've tried some of their video converters and DVD authoring programs. They are frequently given away on Giveawayoftheday.com. They have a full-featured video converter program, so it would be logical for them to have a Chromecast extension that could transcode. I'm also curious o see how this interacts with Chrome, since every other app I know that can cast to the Chromecast from a PC has to run within Chrome. I'll try it...
No good on Win7 64-bit, crashes a few seconds after starting:
MediaCenter has stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MediaCenter.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.6
Application Timestamp: 5319ad9a
Fault Module Name: DeviceDiscovery.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.2
Fault Module Timestamp: 5318a4f7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00001bd4
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Win7 32-bit on another computer: same crash
Also has an error on startup on WinXP and can't find the Chromecast (yes, I can cast from Chrome running on WinXP, I know it's not officially supported).
Error is: "The procedure entry point inet_pton could not be located in WS_32.dll"
That's 3 for 3. Obviously not ready for prime time. Better give it a few days for Wondershare to fix initial bugs before you waste time trying it.
Update: problem identified as an incompatibility with Roku media players on the same network.
Also note that it has a couple of types of bad behavior:
1. Installs Wondershare Helper to auto-run on Windows startup (common to their other apps, can be removed from startup without hurting anything)
2. Starts auto-indexing ALL drives and media files on your system without prompting to ask which folders you want to index. In fact it has no settings at all to control auto-indexing.

mini_wan said:
I found a free software Wondershare Media Center that can support chromecast your PC Video to HDTV
Rich video format support:MP4、AVI、MP4、MOV、WMV、MP3、M4A and much more
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This program is running flawless
Big high five and thanks for finding it

neo4uo said:
This program is running flawless
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What Windows version?

DJames1 said:
What Windows version?
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Windows 8.1

Shame its windoze only. The installer runs fine under wine in linux and it completel the installation. Then the exe itself is .NET, and mono crashes when trying to load it.

neo4uo said:
Windows 8.1
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Actually I don't think the problem is with the Windows version. I have my notebook here at at work that still has the Win7 32-bit version I tested with the Chromecast at home, and it doesn't crash when I run it here (although there's no Chromecast on the network here at work of course).
I don't think it's the absence of the Chromecast that's significant though, because I had inadvertently left the Chromecast USB cable unplugged the first time I tried it at home. The Chromecast wasn't on, but it still crashed that first time, same as subsequent times after I got the Chromecast turned on and connected properly.
I think it may be something else on my home network that is responding to the "DeviceDiscovery.dll" and confusing it into crashing. Let's see, my Roku 2 XS and my Android tablet are online all the time. Maybe one of those? I'll try disconnecting those later to see if it makes a difference. Or maybe it's something to do with the Chromecast having different historical IP addresses that are cached somewhere on my computer, and it's crashing when it tries to check one of those non-existent IP addresses?

worked like a charm here, but I can see the quality slightly reduced.. does anybody notice that? but overall recommend apps, can't wait to get a new update of this
keep it up guys.

Yes, the Roku was the problem - somehow it is returning a network response that crashes Wondershare Media Center.
But even though it's working now, the performance is disappointing. The video stutters, even with straightforward mp4 files. It's possible that may be because it's still indexing the large video collection on my secondary hard drive - but I didn't tell it to that, I don't want it to do that, and any software designer with an ounce of sense would have made indexing a low-priority thread.

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Yes, the Roku was the problem - somehow it is returning a network response that crashes Wondershare Media Center.
But even though it's working now, the performance is disappointing. The video stutters, even with straightforward mp4 files. It's possible that may be because it's still indexing the large video collection on my secondary hard drive - but I didn't tell it to that, I don't want it to do that, and any software designer with an ounce of sense would have made indexing a low-priority thread.
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probably because of that, the quality are quite decent in my side (playing 720p mp4 movie) I can see the pixel in my 50 Inch TV from very closer look , however from 1,5 - 2 meters it is acceptable and I dont see the quality degraded.
seems the method are similar with video stream cast extension, but VideoStream Cast extension definitely seems more mature than wondershare apps. but now my problem is solved, I can play mp4 files with .srt :good:

Nope, video continues to stutter after it has finished indexing, and it even loses audio sync while casting an mp4 file that doesn't need transcoding. I have a fast desktop computer (CPU utilization only 5% while Media Center is casting), and a good solid WiFi connection to the Chromecast. One time the Chromecast showed its "Brain Freeze" error message while Media Center was trying to cast to it. I think this app is just not ready for release. For the moment I'll stick with Videostream and do a quick conversion to mp4 if I have a file in an incompatible format. Media Center uninstalled for now, but I'll try it again when it's out of beta.

Tried playing an .avi and it stuttered a lot
win 8.1

I tried it on my PC with Windows 8.1, but it seems it can't find my Chromecast, it says "No cast devices found" =\

The download link doesn't seem to work for me! can anyone upload it somewhere and put the link here?

alakiha said:
The download link doesn't seem to work for me! can anyone upload it somewhere and put the link here?
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Download link on Wondershare website is broken.
Can anyone share it?

The Download link is to http://download.wondershare.com/cbs_down/media-center_full1694.exe, which is the version everyone has been testing for the last couple of days. They are probably updating it, which is a good idea since the testing showed it wasn't ready for general publication. Probably best just to be patient and wait to see if an update version shows up in the next few days.

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The Download link is to http://download.wondershare.com/cbs_down/media-center_full1694.exe, which is the version everyone has been testing for the last couple of days. They are probably updating it, which is a good idea since the testing showed it wasn't ready for general publication. Probably best just to be patient and wait to see if an update version shows up in the next few days.
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Everything related to Wondershare Media Center seems to have been removed from their web site.
www.wondershare.com/media-center/
Looks to me like it was deliberately removed...

Download link is dead.
Can any one upload it and share with us?
I have searched for a streaming app for windows, to chromecast... for long time now

lemondroid said:
Download link is dead.
Can any one upload it and share with us?
I have searched for a streaming app for windows, to chromecast... for long time now
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This product will be on-line as soon as possible, we will inform you the first time

DJames1 said:
New version of this program just added Chromecast support. Looks promising, but very buggy (see below).
Information link: http://support.wondershare.com/media-center/
Download link on this page: http://support.wondershare.com/media-center/history.html
Wondershare is a Chinese company that has published a lot of low-cost video apps over the last several years. I've tried some of their video converters and DVD authoring programs. They are frequently given away on Giveawayoftheday.com. They have a full-featured video converter program, so it would be logical for them to have a Chromecast extension that could transcode. I'm also curious o see how this interacts with Chrome, since every other app I know that can cast to the Chromecast from a PC has to run within Chrome. I'll try it...
No good on Win7 64-bit, crashes a few seconds after starting:
MediaCenter has stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MediaCenter.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.6
Application Timestamp: 5319ad9a
Fault Module Name: DeviceDiscovery.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.2
Fault Module Timestamp: 5318a4f7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00001bd4
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Win7 32-bit on another computer: same crash
Also has an error on startup on WinXP and can't find the Chromecast (yes, I can cast from Chrome running on WinXP, I know it's not officially supported).
Error is: "The procedure entry point inet_pton could not be located in WS_32.dll"
That's 3 for 3. Obviously not ready for prime time. Better give it a few days for Wondershare to fix initial bugs before you waste time trying it.
Update: problem identified as an incompatibility with Roku media players on the same network.
Also note that it has a couple of types of bad behavior:
1. Installs Wondershare Helper to auto-run on Windows startup (common to their other apps, can be removed from startup without hurting anything)
2. Starts auto-indexing ALL drives and media files on your system without prompting to ask which folders you want to index. In fact it has no settings at all to control auto-indexing.
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Got it, thanks!:good:

[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.

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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.
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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
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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_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"
}

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.
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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???