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Amazon Cloud Drive and videos

I am very please (like several other users) with the new Amazon cloud drive. I even purchased an album so I can get 20GB free for one year! So I uploaded some episodes of my favorite TV show (Futurama) in HD which worked flawlessly. I can watch them in the browser from my PC or select individual files to download them again. Now, when I try to check the box for the file on my Xoom (either in Dolphin HD or stock browser) nothing happens. Same when I click on the link that on my PC plays the video.
This for me defeats the main purpose, i.e. to centrally upload videos so I can watch them when on the road or on vacation, without using the precious space on my Xoom. Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? The playback issue might be related to the plugin that the browser needs to play the file but what about the check box?
Thanks for your suggestions!

I don't see the offer for a 20 Gb upgrade w/album purchase. Is it automatic? And also, is it just for the first year?
TIA

for 1 year after you purchase any album from their website.
also its more like a 15gig upgrade since you go from 5-->20
its automatic although when you want to buy an album you should see some promo regarding it on the page

koreanschoolkid said:
for 1 year after you purchase any album from their website.
also its more like a 15gig upgrade since you go from 5-->20
its automatic although when you want to buy an album you should see some promo regarding it on the page
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It was all automatic, yes. The good thing is that if you do not actively renew they won't charge you automatically at the end of the first year but cut you back to 5GB (as of now).
But does anyone have an answer to my question!!??

It appears to use something our browsers don't support. Which is odd, only thing I can guess is that it uses a quicktime plugin. That or they are acting like netflix and hulu and don't want us Android users watching Video.
I will say that while I like CloudPlayer, I hate it's Shuffle option. It's not random at all. If you close the app and go back in it starts from the begining even though shuffle is on, and then takes you through the same "Shuffle" of music. Only way I have found to truly shuffle is to pick the first song in your list and turn the shuffle on and off several times. then it resorts.

Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.

mhausig said:
Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.
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What kind of videos did you play? For me still nothing happens when I tap on the videos

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Amazon doesn't link their video library to the cloud player either. I've been able to play videos off of the browser app in the Xoom but would much rather have a dedicated app.
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if amazon had a dedicated streaming video player i would so ditch netflix in a heartbeat

I don't have it in front of me at the moment but I believe it was Amazon Video Library running in Miren Browser. The videos were not the greatest quality, pretty much all I have on Amazon is NickJr stuff for my daughter.

Just wanted top follow up on this. I'm having no problem at all with amazon video library stuff, Nick Jr., in Dolphin, although I do get a warning. Wasn't as lucky trying to play Prime videos, froze up right away.
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Try Xyplayer
Have you tried xyplayer app?

Paid subscription

How can I watch paid videos on Chromecast ?
Right now it does not work for paid videos.
It only works with free videos
I am talking about paid channels for which I have already paid
Example: Willow TV
It gives an error 'cannot play this video, try some other video'
any pointers ?

Do you mean paid content from Play Store? Or from YouTube?
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cmstlist said:
Do you mean paid content from Play Store? Or from YouTube?
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No i mean content from paid channels like willow tv.. They route their paid content via YouTube.. I have already subscribed for it.. I pay for it.. Monthly.. Like Google Play music

praddz said:
No i mean content from paid channels like willow tv.. They route their paid content via YouTube.. I have already subscribed for it.. I pay for it.. Monthly.. Like Google Play music
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Yes that is what I meant, paid content from YouTube. In theory that is supposed to work but I have never tried it.

cmstlist said:
Yes that is what I meant, paid content from YouTube. In theory that is supposed to work but I have never tried it.
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This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well

praddz said:
This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well
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What methods have you tried? You mention your laptop... so I'm going to assume you've installed the Google Cast extension for chrome.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Try:
Opening tab to desired site
Cast tab
Play video
Adjust settings as desired
What did you try in order to get the "Error:cannot play this video, try some other video." message?
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Also, did you google your question? There is a support page regarding Paid content and the Chromecast.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3285407?hl=en

zylstrajs said:
What methods have you tried? You mention your laptop... so I'm going to assume you've installed the Google Cast extension for chrome.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Try:
Opening tab to desired site
Cast tab
Play video
Adjust settings as desired
What did you try in order to get the "Error:cannot play this video, try some other video." message?
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Also, did you google your question? There is a support page regarding Paid content and the Chromecast.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3285407?hl=en
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I don't think this can be done, Google itself says viewing live channels is not possible
Yes I can use cast a chrome tab but it has its own disadvantages, in Google's own words:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3265953
I will try and open a ticket, lets see what they say..
Because they say we can see Paid channels if not live events

Are you casting paid content from the button inside the YouTube window on desktop Chrome? Or are you using the Android app? Have you tried both?

cmstlist said:
Are you casting paid content from the button inside the YouTube window on desktop Chrome? Or are you using the Android app? Have you tried both?
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I have tried birth the app and YouTube. Com on my laptop
Same error both the times...
There was an error playing this video. Please choose another video

Willlow TV is live tv streaming. Chromecast does not support live streaming channels on Youtube. The only way around it right now is to use screen casting in Chrome.

bozzykid said:
Willlow TV is live tv streaming. Chromecast does not support live streaming channels on Youtube. The only way around it right now is to use screen casting in Chrome.
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I agree live tv is not supported but what about the videos uploaded by the channel.. I should be allowed to see them since they are not live

Have you been able to find a resolution?
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I agree live tv is not supported but what about the videos uploaded by the channel.. I should be asleep to see them since they are not live
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Have you been able to find a resolution for this? It lets we match highlights but not replays.

I subscribed to UFC Select Youtube channel hoping it would work on Chromecast. The videos start playing but stop after about a minute or so with a similar message as the OP posted. Unsubscribed

praddz said:
This is really irritating as I am unable to watch the content I have paid for.
If I am able to watch on my laptop I should be able to see it on chromecast as well
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Im able to play League of Legends on my laptop, but I am unable to stream it through my chromecast.
Should I complain? No.

The Project said:
Im able to play League of Legends on my laptop, but I am unable to stream it through my chromecast.
Should I complain? No.
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still not able to find any resolution/fix..

Live streams could work but the Live Stream your talking about probably has some DRM method that won't currently work on the CCast.
Give it time though I'm sure all of those type services will support CCast when they get around to it.

Asphyx said:
Live streams could work but the Live Stream your talking about probably has some DRM method that won't currently work on the CCast.
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YouTube doesn't support live streaming of any kind on the Chromecast or any of their other DIAL compatible apps on tvs and other devices. Why that is, I have no clue. It has been quite a while and they haven't said anything about live streaming so I wouldn't expect it any time soon.

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YouTube doesn't support live streaming of any kind on the Chromecast or any of their other DIAL compatible apps on tvs and other devices. Why that is, I have no clue. It has been quite a while and they haven't said anything about live streaming so I wouldn't expect it any time soon.
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Likely it has to do with the authentication involved, but it could also have something to do with DRM fears.
Remember that Chromecast is essentially a headless micro-computer client - so it's accessing the media separately from the device making the cast request.
It's like if I called you on the phone and said "Hey, go to this YouTube link" - your YouTube session would have no knowledge of my laptop's session, and if the link I give you isn't available to your account, you won't see it.

Not to mention CCast only supports Widevine and Playready DRM...
It would not surprise me to find that the Live Channels on You Tube are using some other DRM or Encryption method.
You should write to the channel your paying the sub to and get them working on CCast support.

Movietube-->semperVidLink-->bubbleupnp-->Avia/Allcast

I found this movietube and it plays videos through youtube that aren't easy to find or in some cases these videos do not play on standard youtube, newly released movies in hd such as Last Vegas and many more that the app finds, with movietube they work and then you can use the share video feature with sempervidlinkfree or sempervidlink pro and that grabs the url in a way that allows bubbleupnp ---- Full Version to use it where you can pass it to Avia with in app purchase or possiblyAllcast----->PremiumVersion I haven't tried yet but I believe that sempervidlink+bubbleupnp is capable working with many more apps that don't directly cast.
another possibilty might be for movietube-->sempervidlink-->plex
I have only tested this with Avia as the app to cast so Plex/Allcast may or may not work.

smartymcfly said:
I found this movietube and it plays videos through youtube that aren't easy to find or in some cases these videos do not play on standard youtube, newly released movies in hd such as Last Vegas and many more that the app finds, with movietube they work and then you can use the share video feature with sempervidlinkfree or sempervidlink pro and that grabs the url in a way that allows bubbleupnp ---- Full Version to use it where you can pass it to Avia with in app purchase or possiblyAllcast----->PremiumVersion I haven't tried yet but I believe that sempervidlink+bubbleupnp is capable working with many more apps that don't directly cast.
another possibilty might be for movietube-->sempervidlink-->plex
I have only tested this with Avia as the app to cast so Plex/Allcast may or may not work.
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I tried this with daileymotion and it did not work on first pass, so in the place where the video is shared with sempervidlink I just used Vget and set the playerin options to bubbleupnp and that played through Avia.
Vget also has a chrome extension that requires this dlna cast chrome app and I originally believed that it would cast to chromecast as it showed the cast icon and but until trying it just now to verify that worked it does not.

Showbox + Avia Ive found is the best way currently to watch stuff. Another plus is that it can all be done right from a Android device.

r00t4rd3d said:
Showbox + Avia Ive found is the best way currently to watch stuff. Another plus is that it can all be done right from a Android device.
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Sometimes showbox doesn't work, and I was just posting a way I found for it to work. It seems like a combination of apps make it possible to play videos from almost any app that can share the url of the video being played if it is correct format.

Anyone know where Showbox takes its stuff from?

Probably South Korea
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Wow!
Cool!
Now all we need is the ability to cast external subtitles along with the movie!

yahoowizard said:
Anyone know where Showbox takes its stuff from?
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I started wolf of wall street & hunger games and in the network tracking app show box was connecting to various Russian sites, one of them appeared to be their version of Facebook. Vk.me
VM.me may not be Russian but Google translate said it was...

@Show Box 2.3 .apk
AV analysis (7/50, adware):
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...a21868932e956078bd7bdd265b096ac3fec/analysis/
embedded url/http, dns requests and http traffic analysis:
http://www.foresafe.com/report/A9A7ABEB50C7E8816A085B2497F51B9C

turn old device into Chromecast

I have a note 2 with a cracked screen that's too expensive to fix at the mo and was wondering if there's a way to turn it into a Chromecast for my kitchen TV?
I will order a HDMI dongle if it's possible. I'd like it to have Chromecast functionality rather than manually using the device to select stuff.

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I have a note 2 with a cracked screen that's too expensive to fix at the mo and was wondering if there's a way to turn it into a Chromecast for my kitchen TV?
I will order a HDMI dongle if it's possible. I'd like it to have Chromecast functionality rather than manually using the device to select stuff.
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You can turn it in to a dlna device using bubbleupnp. Install it on the note and on the device your gonna stream from.
It's not the same as chromecast (cast function in apps won't work). But you can stream movies, music, SoundCloud and youtube with it.

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You can turn it in to a dlna device using bubbleupnp. Install it on the note and on the device your gonna stream from.
It's not the same as chromecast (cast function in apps won't work). But you can stream movies, music, SoundCloud and youtube with it.
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Cool. Does it all render on the device I'm steaming from or does it pluck it from online like the Chromecast?

irish-sid said:
Cool. Does it all render on the device I'm steaming from or does it pluck it from online like the Chromecast?
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Both, i got an old android tvstick with bubbleupnp installed in my bedroom and i stream stuff from my server, tablet and showbox (last one is a internet stream).
You need to choose a external video player in bubbleupnp on your note to watch movies. I use Archos video player and the free codecpack in the playstore

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Both, i got an old android tvstick with bubbleupnp installed in my bedroom and i stream stuff from my server, tablet and showbox (last one is a internet stream).
You need to choose a external video player in bubbleupnp on your note to watch movies. I use Archos video player and the free codecpack in the playstore
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Well thanks for the help. I'll test it out.

The result from a simple search on google.com "turn old Android into chromecast"
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-an-android-phone-into-a-chromecast-for-free-1131227012

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The result from a simple search on google.com "turn old Android into chromecast"
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-an-android-phone-into-a-chromecast-for-free-1131227012
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If i'm correct cheapcast doesn't work anymore and development has stopped

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If i'm correct cheapcast doesn't work anymore and development has stopped
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Yes, AFAIK the Cast SDK 2.0 release had some device-specific key/identifier requirement that sunk the software emulators.

Stream Downloaded Movies to Chromecast ?

Hey Guys,
Im looking to stream movies that i have downloaded to my SD card from my Tab S to my chromecast. I have All cast which i use for Streaming Showbox, But is there an app that i can get (Paid or not) that will allow me to stream directly to chromecast from my Tab S?
Thanks in advance
I have no problem paying for an app either, What has the best interface and the least amount of bugs.

The Chromecast app itself has screencast. Did you try that?

The best program I can recommend is still Plex , but it requires a PC and software and Plex account... But yeah, if stability isn't important, your first steps should be trying something like BubbleUPNP or Allcast or of course the Chromecast app (but the latter was eternally buggy for me).

I agree, I use plex to stream from my laptop or just the Chromecast app on my iPad.

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The Chromecast app itself has screencast. Did you try that?
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Didnt even know that was an option. I try that out

Plex /thread.
Absolutely love it!
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Bubbleupnp is the way!

I have found if screen mirroring works natively, you can use VLC to play videos to the Chromecast while mirroring. Your device is used as a remote while the file is streamed.
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There's a ton of apps out there that can cast local media, so screen casting is pointless. One of the better ones and free is Local cast.