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RemoteCast... Play Store First CC App!

First Chromecast app on Play Store
RemoteCast
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benlc.camcast
Note: This is not my app. Questions, suggestions, can be addressed to the developer.
http://www.androidbyben.com/

aaaaannnnnd its gone.

scoutcamper said:
aaaaannnnnd its gone.
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retry OP link.

scoutcamper said:
aaaaannnnnd its gone.
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No, just a bad link, I think. Try this,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benlc.camcast

hjarnsynk said:
No, just a bad link, I think. Try this,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benlc.camcast
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Link in OP works for me. re-linked just in case. please try it agin, want to post working link. thanks!

xuser said:
Link in OP works for me. re-linked just in case. please try it agin, want to post working link. thanks!
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Yes, your new link works.

Installed it at work so I can't really play with it yet but there is a weird little headphone and chrome something icon with a line through it at the bottom left of the main screen that doesn't do anything. I probably need to be on the same network and the app to see my chromecast for whatever that is to do something but just thought I'd mention it.
Suggestions:
1) Add a check on app start to notify if it can't find the chromecast on the network
2) Ask to enable wifi for same reason as #1
3) Add Widget(s) for the app (Granted I haven't used the app to it's full potential yet to determine what the widget could/should have)

supernova_00 said:
1) Add a check on app start to notify if it can't find the chromecast on the network
2) Ask to enable wifi for same reason as #1
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Done in 0.3
supernova_00 said:
3) Add Widget(s) for the app (Granted I haven't used the app to it's full potential yet to determine what the widget could/should have)
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On the way

Suggestions:
Larger icons, smaller text in select app menu.
A choice of a darker theme.

What makes this app any diff than justvusing those apps with the built in button?
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dragonfly1113 said:
What makes this app any diff than justvusing those apps with the built in button?
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Remote viewing and consolidated controls etc. It is worth with the time to check it out.
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Thanks
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How come this is the only chromecast app in the store every other developer is saying that google hasn't allowed developers to release apps yet I think it has something to do with the beta sdk or something

the_mentor said:
How come this is the only chromecast app in the store every other developer is saying that google hasn't allowed developers to release apps yet I think it has something to do with the beta sdk or something
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Maybe because this is using an API for controlling the Chromecast but it's not actually pushing video to it.

kouray said:
Done in 0.3
On the way
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Awesome! Are you the dev?

the_mentor said:
How come this is the only chromecast app in the store every other developer is saying that google hasn't allowed developers to release apps yet I think it has something to do with the beta sdk or something
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Don't know about other, but I can tell you one thing : Google released all the stuff a developer could need to develop apps for it and there's no limitation to publish what they want. Here's the catch though, their API is somehow limited for clients and are meant for services like Netflix or Hulu to implement their own media player remote. Sending content to the Chromecast is a very different thing (and is potentially the most interesting). Koush wrote a few things about it on his Google+ page, I recommend checking it out as well as his workaround.
Awesome! Are you the dev?
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Sure am

kouray said:
Don't know about other, but I can tell you one thing : Google released all the stuff a developer could need to develop apps for it and there's no limitation to publish what they want. Here's the catch though, their API is somehow limited for clients and are meant for services like Netflix or Hulu to implement their own media player remote. Sending content to the Chromecast is a very different thing (and is potentially the most interesting). Koush wrote a few things about it on his Google+ page, I recommend checking it out as well as his workaround.
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Do you have any plans to post your source code? I'd love to take a look at it.

I'm strongly considering it but not immediately. There's a lot of changes going on in the codebase still and a little bit of house cleaning before I can start thinking of releasing it. Maybe in a couple months from now. If you need to look at some chromecast code, samples do pretty much the same =)

Koush's Chromecast - Phone to Chromecast App

Koush's Chromecast - Phone to Chromecast App
http://www.androidauthority.com/chromecast-app-share-android-gallery-250908/
Video of working app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMIsMjms_Zw&feature=youtu.be
Note from Koush: "I'm not allowed to distribute the APK, as that is against the terms of use of the beta SDK for the time being."

xuser said:
Koush's Chromecast - Phone to Chromecast App
http://www.androidauthority.com/chromecast-app-share-android-gallery-250908/
Video of working app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMIsMjms_Zw&feature=youtu.be
Note from Koush: "I'm not allowed to distribute the APK, as that is against the terms of use of the beta SDK for the time being."
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This, in my opinion, will be the true game changer for Chromecast.

mjs2011 said:
This, in my opinion, will be the true game changer for Chromecast.
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The fun has just begun!

Outstanding.........:good:

He can't distribute the app but he could post detailed instructions for a hack. Or something along the lines of an app that doesn't violate terms with modification instructions/files. That'd be legite.
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When chromecast will be released?
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joshw0000 said:
He can't distribute the app but he could post detailed instructions for a hack. Or something along the lines of an app that doesn't violate terms with modification instructions/files. That'd be legite.
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Except that every individual would have to get Koush's app id whitelisted against their device via Google as well. At least if I have understood it correctly.

hjarnsynk said:
Except that every individual would have to get Koush's app id whitelisted against their device via Google as well. At least if I have understood it correctly.
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The way I understand is each person would have to get their device white listed with Google as a development device to use his app in it's current state and that Koush can't legally distribute the app to the publish unless it's approved by Google. I could be wrong. That's just my interpretation of the current guidelines.
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great work. hope to see the app soon

I thought you were able to share videos and photos via chromecast out of the box. What's different about this?
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Not local content, just internet based things like Youtube and Netflix.

SkapyTek said:
When chromecast will be released?
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Its already out here in the states...has been for what about a week now?

michaelg1030 said:
I thought you were able to share videos and photos via chromecast out of the box. What's different about this?
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This allows you to do it from your android device. Out of the box you can only use it with google play/netflix/ and youtube as of now with your phone. On your desktop you can share anything in your chrome web browser. More apps are coming.

Build 14651

Surprised no one has mentioned it.
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/chromecast-update.html
Simply says it's a bug fix update.

EarlyMon said:
Surprised no one has mentioned it.
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/chromecast-update.html
Simply says it's a bug fix update.
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Trust me, its more then a bug update So far the biggest notable changes:
Support for new Chromecast V2 API
New Homescreen/Images
Initial support for some sort of "screen sharing" protocol
And lots of other little things here and there.

ddggttff3 said:
Trust me, its more then a bug update So far the biggest notable changes:
Uses new Chromecast V2 API
New Homescreen
Initial support for some sort of "screen sharing" protocol
And lots of other little things here and there.
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Screen sharing as in mirroring what is on your phone screen? That would be an awesome addition!
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dratstab said:
Screen sharing as in mirroring what is on your phone screen? That would be an awesome addition!
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Sounds like it's limited to OEMs (which is probably a security measure)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48188272&postcount=2

Screen Sharing: could be related to new 4.4.1 Kit Kat that has Cast option under display?
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akenis said:
Screen Sharing: could be related to new 4.4.1 Kit Kat that has Cast option under display?
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I think its related to miracast displays. Used to be wireless display under menu options. But maybe something will be different with new CC build... I tested with Pwned.
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From the dev groups discussions at Google, it looked to me that it would be like Miracast but not.
Iow, they aren't making the Chromecast a Miracast receiver, they're addressing methods in the cast APIs.

So is this build Rootable?
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HB66 said:
So is this build Rootable?
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"Rootable" as in, "If my Chromecast is on this build, can I root it?" No.
"Rootable" as in, "Will there be a new PwnedCast ROM based on this build, for those who already have root?" Yes, if all goes as planned. Team Eureka is already on the case.

My cc is still on 13300. Don't know when will get the update.

How does the new homescreen looks like? Couldn't find a screenshot..
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Blocoholi said:
How does the new homescreen looks like? Couldn't find a screenshot..
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http://i.imgur.com/rg9goAv.jpg
Personally I think its 10x better looking then the old interface.

Oh yeah, I like it too! Thanks for sharing.
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Love the simplicity of it. Looks so much better. Even the placement if the time is great!
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ddggttff3 said:
http://i.imgur.com/rg9goAv.jpg
Personally I think its 10x better looking then the old interface.
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Mine just updated right now and looks slightly different from yours.

Got the update, haven't tried any apps (Netflix, pandora, etc) yet. The new screen looks better but I wish they would provide support for your own pictures. Sure wish that SDK would be released....

I noticed on mine that sometimes my network name and signal strength shows, sometimes it doesn't - no big deal, it's connected for sure, I was just mildly surprised.

ddggttff3 said:
Trust me, its more then a bug update So far the biggest notable changes:
Support for new Chromecast V2 API
New Homescreen/Images
Initial support for some sort of "screen sharing" protocol
And lots of other little things here and there.
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I noticed I don't need the Chromecast app anymore

nsciucco said:
I noticed I don't need the Chromecast app anymore
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The Chromecast app is only used for setting it up (changing WiFi settings, etc). It was never used in the function of the Chromecast itself.

are they rolling out this update in batches, as I still haven't received the update yet, still on 13300.

I restarted mine in the chrome cast app then it updated
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Casting Stops When Screen Off

Does anybody know why my tablet will always stop casting about 1 minute after the screen turns off? I thought it might be Wi-Fi sleep but it's disabled. I thought it might be Wi-Fi optimization but that's off. I've tested Pandora, Viki, and Songza so far. My phone does not have this issue and they have similar Wi-Fi profiles. I'm clueless.
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Songza definitely has a problem
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abuttino said:
Songza definitely has a problem
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I can't figure out for the life of me why this is happening. No issues on my phone but yes on the Nexus 7. I even wiped and flashed stock rooted OTA.

This program is a hot mess. Serious instability problems. Great idea, poor execution.
Hopefully they know about this
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It's not just Songza but also Viki and Pandora. I have no issues with my other devices: HTC One, GS4, and iPad.
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It quits working on my MotoHD as well. So, maybe it could be a problem with AOSP roms?
Edit:I emailed the dev.
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Songza Dev said:
Hi there,
Thanks for writing in. This is a known issue that we are working to correct. Currently, the chromecast device has to check in with the phone to find out which song to play next. It turns out that chromecast is not built to handle this, so we are working on an implementation where the chromecast device can retrieve the next song without communicating with the phone. This is a significant change but we hope to have it out before too long.
For the time being, the best thing to do for maximum reliability is keep the app open in the foreground and the phone unlocked. We apologize for these current constraints and assure you that the constraints will go away once we move forward with the other implementation.
Thanks so much for your patience as we work to resolve this issue.
All the best,
Jordan
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Here is the reply I got

Yea except I don't have the problem with my HTC One. My phone is left untouched for an hour and the music still keeps going. So his response is not 100% accurate in my opinion.

My guess is they are not doing this correctly...
If I'm not mistaken the best way to do what they are doing is to have the app send a player that will take control functions from the originating unit but gets everything else directly from the server.
They seem to be sending the audio and using the Phone as the player...
They should move to an indirect stream by sending a player not audio to Chromecast.
The Chromecast is not meant to send communication back just receive communication from the app that started the stream and you do that by sending a player app to the Chromecast that waits for input from the device but plays it's content directly from their servers.
I will point out however that his letter back to you seems to suggest they know this already and are working on it.
They just have to make an HTML5 Player that they can send and work out all the control functions.

That's a pretty big mistake..
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abuttino said:
That's a pretty big mistake..
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Not really though because thats more how Miracast works and the Chromecast is very different.
Easy to see how some Dev could overlook the other better method.
And I'm not 100% sure I am describing it properly above...
I was under the impression that the apps like Netflix, Pandora and YouTube just send the player with a URL string to play and the rest is all done by chromecast. The player that gets sent then only communicates for Command signals.

From the looks of it, they have to revamp the entire system
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abuttino said:
From the looks of it, they have to revamp the entire system
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Yes probably....
I bet the Majority of their support was written with the Advanced version of the SDK and now that they have the Official RC version from the Hackathon it will be easier to code it properly.
Seems a lot of apps who have added support did it this way as well.
The issues is some HAD to because they didn't have a server to work with (Like aVia) but things like Pandora and Songza should have gone the YouTube and Netflix route to streaming.
And if they don't someone else will! LOL So I expect they will figure it out in the end.

Chromecast adblock

Someone please make an ad block for Chromecast.

I dont think this would be possible if my understanding of how the chromecast works is correct. Once you cast things like youtube, the job of recieving the content is left to the chromecast, so youd need an app that would remove ads then cast that. Otherwise the only thing i could think of is if you made some kind of ad blocking proxy like what DD-WRT does and run your chromecast through that, quitr certain that needs a rooted chromecast though. Of course, an even better solution would be, at least in youtube's case, for google to fix the implementation of ads, at present the skip ad button is shown onthe tv screen, so you are forced to watch the sometimes 5 minute long ads. I may be completely incorrect in saying this, as i said, this is just from my understanding.
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It appears YouTube adaway(xposed module) was just updated to do this, seems to have worked from my testing, cant fully confirm yet though.
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What do you mean ? YouTube ? There are no ads on chromecast

Bruno_Tec said:
What do you mean ? YouTube ? There are no ads on chromecast
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Unless ive been dreaming for the past two months, im quite certain there are.
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Rakuu said:
Unless ive been dreaming for the past two months, im quite certain there are.
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Put details of what apps have ads . Other way you were dreaming

Bruno_Tec said:
Put details of what apps have ads . Other way you were dreaming
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Quitr certain youtube has ads, havent seen any since the new youtube adaway update though, yet.
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Using the official youtube app on my Nexus 6, I'm getting frequent ads when watching youtube videos via chromecast. But now I've implemented an ad-blocker using a raspberry pi as an ad-blocking dns server (search for "pi-hole" if interested).

spacetaxi said:
Using the official youtube app on my Nexus 6, I'm getting frequent ads when watching youtube videos via chromecast. But now I've implemented an ad-blocker using a raspberry pi as an ad-blocking dns server (search for "pi-hole" if interested).
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DD-WRT has something like this as well.
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It appears to have started very recently. Every video I get a damn ad now. It's not related to the current version as I'm on v5. I don't use Xposed, so I guess I'm screwed.

cinco312 said:
It appears to have started very recently. Every video I get a damn ad now. It's not related to the current version as I'm on v5. I don't use Xposed, so I guess I'm screwed.
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I dont think you'd be unscrewed using xposed anyway, the update for the module didnt actually fix the ads, i got a 12 minute long ad the other day.
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I returned to the youtube V10.25.57 and have not had more ads

Rakuu said:
DD-WRT has something like this as well.
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Do you have a link to this? I've tried several ad blocking on my ddwrt router, but none block chrome cast for me.

frigidazzi said:
Do you have a link to this? I've tried several ad blocking on my ddwrt router, but none block chrome cast for me.
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All the requests are SSL so you'd need to root your CC and set it to use the proxy. Also apparently YouTube adblock DOES work you just need an old YouTube version, so it would probably be easier to give that a shot as long as you're on with using an old version.
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Rakuu said:
All the requests are SSL so you'd need to root your CC and set it to use the proxy. Also apparently YouTube adblock DOES work you just need an old YouTube version, so it would probably be easier to give that a shot as long as you're on with using an old version.
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Okay. Thank you. I'll give an old version a try. On that note does anyone know how to make updates for apps not show up on the play store? There's a couple apps I like to stay on old version with for various reasons like this.

frigidazzi said:
Okay. Thank you. I'll give an old version a try. On that note does anyone know how to make updates for apps not show up on the play store? There's a couple apps I like to stay on old version with for various reasons like this.
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If I remember correctly you go to manage apps, all find the app you're hunting for click on it and it'll open app info
and just under force stop you should have the option to untick the checkmark for show notifications.
Hope it helps you

Hey guys, just noticed something, chromecast doesn't or rarely plays ads before a video that has low view count so if someone could spoof the nr. Of views the video actually has naybe chromecast would not think to play ads, anyways, just putting it out here

tigobrata said:
Hey guys, just noticed something, chromecast doesn't or rarely plays ads before a video that has low view count so if someone could spoof the nr. Of views the video actually has naybe chromecast would not think to play ads, anyways, just putting it out here
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The reason for that is probably due to the fact that those videos are not from partnered channels, unless somethings changed recently ads only show on partnered channels.
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So isn't there a way to spoof youtube into thinking all videos aren't partnered? Just brainstorming

tigobrata said:
So isn't there a way to spoof youtube into thinking all videos aren't partnered? Just brainstorming
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Doubtful, if you use the right version of YouTube adaway then it blocks the ads
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