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Netflix and youtube stop working if I exit Chrome

On my iPod, I can cast youtube/netflix and turn off my iPod and still continue to watch on my TV. When I'm trying to cast from the Netflix and youtube apps in chrome, I have to leave the browser open or they stop working. Is there a way to change this?

are you casting from the built-in button within the player? or are you casting with the Chrome extension?
i don't have this problem when i cast from a computer with Chrome.

sonix87 said:
On my iPod, I can cast youtube/netflix and turn off my iPod and still continue to watch on my TV. When I'm trying to cast from the Netflix and youtube apps in chrome, I have to leave the browser open or they stop working. Is there a way to change this?
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I've run into this myself. I think you have to leave chrome open (can be minimized). You should also be able to open your ipod and pick up control from the ipod's netflix app and then close your browser.

mrhomiec said:
are you casting from the built-in button within the player? or are you casting with the Chrome extension?
i don't have this problem when i cast from a computer with Chrome.
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What they said, please clarify.
From what I understand (or think I understand):
1. From the player itself there is a cast icon. This should hand-off the stream to the Chromecast and the browser shouldn't be needed any longer.
2. If you cast from the Chrome tab (Icon on the upper right on the browser) then it is casting from the browser itself and their is no hand-off, thus the browser be open.
If you issues in with case #1, then something isn't right. I would try a rest, either from the Chromecast app or pressing and holding the button on the device until the solid light begins flashing.
If case #2 then nothings wrong, the browser must be open.

RojasTKD said:
What they said, please clarify.
From what I understand (or think I understand):
1. From the player itself there is a cast icon. This should hand-off the stream to the Chromecast and the browser shouldn't be needed any longer.
2. If you cast from the Chrome tab (Icon on the upper right on the browser) then it is casting from the browser itself and their is no hand-off, thus the browser be open.
If you issues in with case #1, then something isn't right. I would try a rest, either from the Chromecast app or pressing and holding the button on the device until the solid light begins flashing.
If case #2 then nothings wrong, the browser must be open.
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Definitely case #1. I'm casting from the apps/players themselves. I have chrome set up to not run background process once I close the browser down, could this be the issue? I know it shouldn't matter but who knows. Well I'm going to do a reset anyway see how that goes.

sonix87 said:
Definitely case #1. I'm casting from the apps/players themselves. I have chrome set up to not run background process once I close the browser down, could this be the issue? I know it shouldn't matter but who knows. Well I'm going to do a reset anyway see how that goes.
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I'm pretty sure that's intended behavior. If the stream kept playing after you closed Chrome, you would have no way to control it. The Android apps don't actually close either; they start a background task which shows a persistent notification to let you return to the app so you can control the stream. Since there's no way to do something like that on most desktop OSes, Chrome intentionally stops the stream when the tab containing the casting site is closed.

sonix87 said:
I have chrome set up to not run background process once I close the browser down, could this be the issue?
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You say it's case #1 so I assume having it set to kill processes shouldn't be the issue, but I would change that setting before doing a rest of the device.
I tried it today and was able to close the browser and have YouTube play on my TV.
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I'm pretty sure that's intended behavior. If the stream kept playing after you closed Chrome, you would have no way to control it. The Android apps don't actually close either; they start a background task which shows a persistent notification to let you return to the app so you can control the stream. Since there's no way to do something like that on most desktop OSes, Chrome intentionally stops the stream when the tab containing the casting site is closed.
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Nope, I did it today. If your casting a tab, yes. But if you casting YouTube or Netflix no. You don't need to control it. It will just cast until the video or movie is over, or until you re-open a tab (or use another device, android/iOS) and take control or cast something else.
I could could start a cast from my phone, then turn out off and it will still play. I should be able to do the same with my pc, as long as I'm not casting a tab.
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sonix87 said:
Definitely case #1. I'm casting from the apps/players themselves. I have chrome set up to not run background process once I close the browser down, could this be the issue? I know it shouldn't matter but who knows. Well I'm going to do a reset anyway see how that goes.
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Are you running Chrome OS? How can you run Netflix/Youtube app within Chrome browser? They are two different things. Maybe I need to update myself to learn new things.

tsangwc said:
Are you running Chrome OS? How can you run Netflix/Youtube app within Chrome browser? They are two different things. Maybe I need to update myself to learn new things.
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I'm not running on Chrome OS, I have Windows 8.1 Pro. I installed Youtube/Netflix from the Chrome store on my browser. They're not really "app" like they're labeled in the chrome store, more like bookmarks.

By the way I reset the Chromecast and that fixed Youtube! I can now close the browser and it will continue playing on my tv. Netflix however is still not doing that, and I even reinstalled the chromecast extention but no luck.
Unrelated sidenote: I noticed the Netflix app in the Chrome Store was removed, and I no longer see it listed in my apps section of my homescreen, weird idk why it was removed with the last chrome update. The chrome homepage looks ugly now with history displayed. Wish I could hide those hideous blocks.

sonix87 said:
I'm not running on Chrome OS, I have Windows 8.1 Pro. I installed Youtube/Netflix from the Chrome store on my browser. They're not really "app" like they're labeled in the chrome store, more like bookmarks.
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I knew exactly what you meant when you said. " I'm casting from the apps/players themselves".
I was scratching my head when I read the post you are replying too. was going to reply to it, but decided it best I didn't.
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sonix87 said:
By the way I reset the Chromecast and that fixed Youtube! I can now close the browser and it will continue playing on my tv. Netflix however is still not doing that, and I even reinstalled the chromecast extention but no luck.
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I've never cast Netflix from Chrome, but will give at a try and see if it works after closing the tab and report back.
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Well, just gave it a try and Netflix will stop playing when I close the tab. I'm assuming this is normal when casting Netflix from Chrome.
Then tried it with YouTube again and found something odd. The tab casting icon was there the cast icon from the player itself was missing. I closed youtube and tried a gain several time and half the time the casting icon was missing. Maybe Google is currently doing something on their end that is causing this at the moment. Still Once I casts a YouTube video it continued to play even after I closed the tab. Must be a Netflix thing.

Dailymotion

Has this been updated for chromecast? Could someone post the apk?

Try the beta: https://plus.google.com/communities/112047643386078211133
It's currently 4.0.0.2, build date of 1/30/14, so maybe? I'd check myself, but I'm away from my CC.

muchtall said:
Try the beta: https://plus.google.com/communities/112047643386078211133
It's currently 4.0.0.2, build date of 1/30/14, so maybe? I'd check myself, but I'm away from my CC.
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I can't get on that page.
Can someone just say if daily motion has been updated on the US play store for chromecast.
This website says it has. http://androidspin.com/2014/02/05/new-chromecast-supported-apps-go-live-play-store/

Never mind. They fixed it
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Can someone just say yes or no.

Just installed it.
Doesn't yet have an option to cast.
Also, the build on PS is from 23 January...

bungadudu said:
Just installed it.
Doesn't yet have an option to cast.
Also, the build on PS is from 23 January...
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Ok thanks.

VidCast supposedly works with Dailymotion.

DJames1 said:
VidCast supposedly works with Dailymotion.
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Confirmed working, thanks!

mdamaged said:
Confirmed working, thanks!
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Hmm I have installed and reinstalled chrome on my win7 x64 but for some reason the chromecast web-based apps don't work (neither the Cagecast nor the Vidcast bookmarklet). When I try to cast the tab on those pages it stays in a loop "Casting to Chromecast" and nothing happens. Can someone help me?

sirdashadow said:
Hmm I have installed and reinstalled chrome on my win7 x64 but for some reason the chromecast web-based apps don't work (neither the Cagecast nor the Vidcast bookmarklet). When I try to cast the tab on those pages it stays in a loop "Casting to Chromecast" and nothing happens. Can someone help me?
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Dunno, using the exact same setup and it works.
Here is how I do it: Goto the dailymotion video page, then clicked the VidCast bookmarklet, then the page loaded with its overlay, and told me to click Play, which I did, then it automatically dropped down the google cast extension (which you need), then I just clicked on my Chromecast in that drop down, and it played on my CC.

sirdashadow said:
Hmm I have installed and reinstalled chrome on my win7 x64 but for some reason the chromecast web-based apps don't work (neither the Cagecast nor the Vidcast bookmarklet). When I try to cast the tab on those pages it stays in a loop "Casting to Chromecast" and nothing happens. Can someone help me?
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Make sure you have the latest versions of Chrome and the Chromecast plugin.
If still no good, try disabling the Flash plugin (under about: plugins).

DJames1 said:
Make sure you have the latest versions of Chrome and the Chromecast plugin.
If still no good, try disabling the Flash plugin (under about: plugins).
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did all that, no joy, I tried clicking on both the cast button in the video window and the browser. It just loops on "Casting....."

You can use daileymotion android app and share the video with Vget and then stream with vget to bubbleupnp that uses Avia or possibly Allcast to play it.

Double cast icons on stock chromecast after installing newest play services update

I installed the latest play services update so I could get Allcast working on chromecast. After installing it I got double cast icons when trying to use google music as shown in the attached pictures and they dont work reliably anymore. Anybody else experiencing the same issues and have a fix? I also installed a roku recently and not sure if that may also have something to do with the chromecast not behaving properly.

smachine said:
I installed the latest play services update so I could get Allcast working on chromecast. After installing it I got double cast icons when trying to use google music as shown in the attached pictures and they dont work reliably anymore. Anybody else experiencing the same issues and have a fix? I also installed a roku recently and not sure if that may also have something to do with the chromecast not behaving properly.
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I assume you've rebooted since installing the Play Services update?
Roku shouldn't affect Chromecast.
Try rebooting your router in case it's some UPnP caching thing.

Odd since my device has the opposite affect....
I only have one CCast listing for each (I have two in use), But I have two entries for each XBMC on my Network.
I just figured it may be due to DLNA and UPnP both being supported by XBMC ad Allcast seeing each as a different target.

bhiga said:
I assume you've rebooted since installing the Play Services update?
Roku shouldn't affect Chromecast.
Try rebooting your router in case it's some UPnP caching thing.
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Thanks for the tips. Rebooted my router and it didnt change. I tried to cast using my windows laptop and each chromecast was only displayed 1 time and worked just fine so my issue is android specific. I am using a stock nexus 5. I also tried clearing cache and data on the chromecast android app and that did not work.

smachine said:
Thanks for the tips. Rebooted my router and it didnt change. I tried to cast using my windows laptop and each chromecast was only displayed 1 time and worked just fine so my issue is android specific. I am using a stock nexus 5. I also tried clearing cache and data on the chromecast android app and that did not work.
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I saw that an AllCast update went out today so maybe it was a known bug that got fixed in the update...
Check the play Store to see if there is an Update available.

smachine said:
I installed the latest play services update so I could get Allcast working on chromecast. After installing it I got double cast icons when trying to use google music as shown in the attached pictures and they dont work reliably anymore. Anybody else experiencing the same issues and have a fix? I also installed a roku recently and not sure if that may also have something to do with the chromecast not behaving properly.
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Force stop AllCast.
Flush apps Data and Cache.
Eventually if your phone is rooted, flush dalvik cache.
Reboot phone, it should work after reboot.
It's possible that you use illegitimate copy of a program, in such a case users with illegitimate copies usually uninstall and install app again.

mathorv said:
Force stop AllCast.
Flush apps Data and Cache.
Eventually if your phone is rooted, flush dalvik cache.
Reboot phone, it should work after reboot.
It's possible that you use illegitimate copy of a program, in such a case users with illegitimate copies usually uninstall and install app again.
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Deleted allcast and the roku symbol on google music is gone which is good because when i tried to click roku on the cast pulldown menu in the google music app it would not do anything. But after restarting the phone the double chromecast icons are still there. I cant revert to the old version of the google play services which I feel may be the culprit for google music to be acting strange.

Same here get the double cast icons and neither one works
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ROADKING17 said:
Same here get the double cast icons and neither one works
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Do you get double cast icons only for google music or are other apps also affected?

smachine said:
Do you get double cast icons only for google music or are other apps also affected?
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Only google music
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Anything changed(went back to normal) after update to version 1.0.5.1?
PS flush apps cache and data just in case

Vget now chromecast compatible..

Get it whilst its hot.
Stream all those mp4 clips of 'nature' and documentaries with ease.. Definitely not porn. No.

Good stuff. :good:

Bonus! sky sports web videos now playback in non flash mode.. If u wait a second the vget icon appears top left of video.. Pleased
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This is so full of win it's not even funny.
Works great.

Tried and works great. Streams seem to be more stable than with both Avia or BubbleUPnP for some reason.

So, on which sites would this be useful? I tried it on amazon prime, it didn't work. I wanted to see if it would work on byutv.org, it didn't work. Any suggestions on where I might use this?

primetime34 said:
So, on which sites would this be useful? I tried it on amazon prime, it didn't work. I wanted to see if it would work on byutv.org, it didn't work. Any suggestions on where I might use this?
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You can use it to watch clips on hulu.com (not plus) and if you like searching archives (I do, it's an acquired taste) there's a ton of stuff on the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/dick_tracy_detctive (be sure to use the mp4 link in the table)
It's jumpy, it's cheesy but it's the original **** Tracy.
Some good and all but lost stuff in there.
https://archive.org/details/EyesInTheNight720p1942
I'm sure you'll run across things for your tastes at other sites if you're not interested in that sort of thing. There's a lot of gems squirreled away on the net.

I'm just not getting how to use VGet with Chrome to cast an internet stream. Can someone explain it to me?
I have the VGet downloader extension and the VGet casting extension installed in Chrome on my PC.
I see a VGet icon on my toolbar.
If I start an internet video stream (like the **** Tracy example), I can can click on the VGet icon and it gives me the options to download or cast to Chromecast.
I click on Chromecast, and says it's searching for a DLNA renderer on my network (why does it need one?).
I have to turn on an Android based DLNA client like BubbleUpNP on my Android table, or it won't find anything and it won't proceed. My TV DLNA clients on Samsung or Roku aren't detected.
If I select my Android tablet as the DLNA renderer, I get a small VGet play window that looks like its trying to play something, but nothing happens. It never asks me anything about which Chromecast to use, and my Chromecast shows nothing. The BubbleUpNP client on the Android tablet shows a blank screen.
What's supposed to happen? I don't quite understand the relationship between VGet and the DLNA renderer and the Chromecast.

I'm using the vGet app for Android. On that, if you turn off desktop/Flash mode and turn on Chromecast, select an mp4, it'll cast. With desktop/Flash mode on, you get to choose - Stream (to your selected Android media player, MoboPlayer is good here), Download, or DLNA.
I didn't know that they made a desktop Chrome extension.
PS - when I said it works great - I'm using it with low quality videos that don't look worse via vGet/casting vs. any other methods I use to watch those, but it's very convenient so that's great for me.

VGet appears to work for the Webisodes Network website which is nice.
Would be even nicer if vGet had a functional back button in their internal browser. If I navigate into a site and then press the Android back button, it just bumps me out of the app.
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cmstlist said:
VGet appears to work for the Webisodes Network website which is nice.
Would be even nicer if vGet had a functional back button in their internal browser. If I navigate into a site and then press the Android back button, it just bumps me out of the app.
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Odd. Must be device or Android version dependent. I get the previous page.
The problem with the app that I noticed last night is that once my phone has gone to sleep, it sometimes forgets that it's casting and remote control is lost.
Are you seeing any of that?
PS - thanks for the tip on Webisodes.

Could be version dependent. This is a Nexus 7 2012 running 4.4. The bad back button may be a quirk of the new Chromium Web view.
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Eyeonanime.com tried, tested, and verified to work.

Tried a few more experiments with the PC Chrome extension and with the Android app to answer my own questions about vGet since nobody else seems to have the answers.
As far as I can tell, the vGet extension for PC Chrome does not currently support the Chromecast, although it uses the Chromecast icon. When I click the cast icon and it prompts for a "DLNA renderer", it's looking for a playback client. But it doesn't detect the Chromecast as a valid client, nor does it detect my Roku (even if it's running the DLNA client), nor my Samsung Blu-Ray player (even if it's running the DLNA client). The only thing it detects is Android-based DLNA clients on the network, like BubbleUPnP on my tablet - and it can't cast successfully to that client either, although it tries.
I can get the Android vGet app to work and cast a stream like the **** Tracy video to the Chromecast, but it's really flaky. Most of the time I just get the cast icon in the middle of the screen on the Chromecast when vGet connects, and no stream starts. A few times I got sound but no video. It takes a couple of tries to get a proper video stream to start, and as soon as it does, vGet crashes Android immediately, causing a reboot - but the stream keeps playing on the Chromecast, so it's obviously receiving it directly. If I attempt to restart vGet after Android reboots, it just crashes and reboots Android again immediately as long as the Chromecast continues to play. Only after I turn off the Chromecast will vGet start again without crashing the Android tablet.

Too bad vGet on Android isn't more robust. I'd guess it cares about the version or something. I've used it quite a bit already without those issues. Hopefully they'll fix it.

Vget forma Android is great. But only with DLNA devices.

giuliastro said:
Vget forma Android is great. But only with DLNA devices.
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My mileage is the exact opposite.
On vGet Android, I uncheck desktop/Flash, select Cast, then tap the desired mp4 link and I'm in business.
My TV tends to suck at dealing with DLNA video.
On my TV, I'm stuck with this -
Compatible files: DLNA-supported file types and extensions are listed below.
Music – MP3 (.mp3)
Photos – JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
Video – MPEG1 (.mpg, .mpeg) MPEG2 (.mpg, .mpeg, .trp, .ts, .tp) DIVX (.mpg, .mpeg, .avi)
MPEG4 AVC (.mpg, .mpeg)
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Between vGet, LocalCast, and RealPlayer Cloud, I'm pretty much done with DLNA.
It's fabulous when it works though, I agree.

And now it's US$5 for vGet.

EarlyMon said:
And now it's US$5 for vGet.
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Since when? I have it for free, so if you got it free you dont have to buy a premium version or anything?
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impulse101 said:
Since when? I have it for free, so if you got it free you dont have to buy a premium version or anything?
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Since now.
If you update to 0.4.3 or newly install it, you get two weeks free, after that it's $5. I understand that one can earn more free time through a new referral plan.
0.4.2 was the last free version.
People responded with unhappiness in the Play Store comments, the dev replied -
schibum February 27 said:
We are truly sorry for those that cannot afford to spend a few bucks and have no Facebook or real live friends to refer. But basically it's simple: Developing and maintaining an App costs money. This money has to come from somewhere. For some very popular Apps, Ads may be able to pay it for you . They cannot for vGet - we tried that initially.
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I got the price by asking in another thread.
It's not listed in the Play Store - it simply says that an in-app purchase is added.

Chrome app "Videostream for Google Chromecast™" (rebranded "Chromecast Video")

Chrome app "Videostream for Google Chromecast™" (rebranded "Chromecast Video")
Chromecast Video v1.0.1 is gone from the Chrome Web Store. It has been replaced by Videostream for Google Chromecast™ 1.0.4:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromecast-video/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl
or
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google-ch/ebfagpccbccalgocgjlfkahogjfhliab
I guess the only difference is apps name.
A Chrome App That Streams Local Video From Your Computer To Chromecast™
Temporary until Google gets everything back together.
Original link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromecast-video/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl
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1.0.4
After some Google drama, we're back up and running. Turns out they hated that our icon was so cleverly similar to their Chrome icon. We're back now, better than ever after being pulled for 3 days.
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Earlier Chromecast Video thread link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2654944
BTW: you can have both version installed.

Too bad, I though the old name was kind of catchy.
No other changes? I guess we can wait for the next update then.

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Too bad, I though the old name was kind of catchy.
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The old name violated Google's Terms of Service I would imagine as well.

It very much violated many Google's branding guidelines haha.
Edit:
The latest update basically just updated the icons, etc... and added some share buttons.

Is there any way to control Videostream from a remote device? I've dabbled with RemoteCast but it didn't seem to pick up on the Videostream content.

Great app! Keep up the good work!

Anyway to add time stamps along with forward/rewind 30 seconds etc
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Can't get it to work
I'm trying to launch the app from my chrome browser and it keeps giving me an error saying that we can't connect to your chromecast. I checked the list and I have Chrome browser installed on my laptop, google cast extension as well and both are using the same wifi. I just don't know why it is happening to me. I even disabled my kaspersky internet security, but no luck at all....Is anyone having the same issue with me ?

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I'm trying to launch the app from my chrome browser and it keeps giving me an error saying that we can't connect to your chromecast. I checked the list and I have Chrome browser installed on my laptop, google cast extension as well and both are using the same wifi. I just don't know why it is happening to me. I even disabled my kaspersky internet security, but no luck at all....Is anyone having the same issue with me ?
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I got the same error message. I do not have a antivirus.
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Another vote for adding times on the timeline.

App Needs Launch Button
Great aoo Works flawlessly but have to go to Web Store to launch. No launch button in chrome toolbar,

I really like the app Videostream for Chromecast. However, there is not a button on the toolbar that allows me to launch it from chrome directly. I have to go to the Play Store and launch from there. Anyone else have this problem? I have not been able to find any references about this problem on any forums.

It's an app not and extension. I find the open apps button on the bookmark bar, and it's there.
More info HERE or you can add a button HERE

I see we have an end time on the timeline now!

Oh-- it should be in your Start menu / Spotlight.