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Video streaming app?

Has anyone heard of a program that can stream videos stored on the computer to an android device with wifi?For example back in the days when i had a psp there was this awesome thing called pimpstreamer which encoded video on the pc side and sent it over wifi to the psp. Anything like this for android?

www.qik.com
Try that one...
Dunno how it works for Comp to Phone but from Phone to Computer, it rocks. Even does live feed if you want it too.
I have used a few to stream my computer to my phone but they are Mac Apps, like Toast has a streamer built in and I just point my phone browser at the ip and port of my Mac.

scrufy said:
www.qik.com
Try that one...
Dunno how it works for Comp to Phone but from Phone to Computer, it rocks. Even does live feed if you want it too.
I have used a few to stream my computer to my phone but they are Mac Apps, like Toast has a streamer built in and I just point my phone browser at the ip and port of my Mac.
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Qik is for live video blogging, and upload from your phone; it doesn't play video from outside the app recordings.
I haven't found anything like this yet, but would be interested. Orb for Mac just came out so that would be interesting. Unfortunately without looking I am sure there isn't Orb for Android yet.

You can give Gmote a try tho. Im not entirely sure if its from Android to PC or PC to android.

alabasta10 said:
You can give Gmote a try tho. Im not entirely sure if its from Android to PC or PC to android.
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PC to phone, but only audio

Phil_McRevis said:
Has anyone heard of a program that can stream videos stored on the computer to an android device with wifi?For example back in the days when i had a psp there was this awesome thing called pimpstreamer which encoded video on the pc side and sent it over wifi to the psp. Anything like this for android?
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orb.com + orb application from market

I am too looking for some thing similar, non of these program mentioned works like Pimp streamer, it was so simple and right to the point. these programs needs internet connection to work. and i just want to steam things on my local wifi thats all. Is there any app out there which can do this?
Edit: I use es file explorer to access local network and play any thing I want, its great.

Have you tried VLC Stream or VLC Direct?

Cast XBMC from Computer over Chromecast through Avia Player to TV

Hi,
I've found a way to stream XBMC from the computer through Chromecast using Avia Player to the TV. It seems a little complicated but it's really not. You can either use the Instructions below or watch the Tutorial Video from You Tube. http://youtu.be/NCgP0r5Dvp8
Step 1. Download and Install Blue Stacks at http://www.bluestacks.com/
Step 2. Download XMBC XAF version with External Player and Install it. It will not work without this special version.
XAF Link - http://www.xbmcandroid.com/2013/05/...-xaf-custom-build-of-xbmc-for-android-is-out/
Download and InstallXMBC XAF Custom Build for NON-NEON Touch Screen Devices
It downloads with an extension of .zip. It wouldn't install so I changed the extension from .zip to .apk and then it installed with no problems.
Important: Before continuing, you need to run xbmc once immediately after installing in order
to create the .xbmc folder preceding /userdata in the following path. Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/
Step 3. Start Blue Stacks and download File Manager from the Playstore within Blue Stacks.
Step 4. Download playercorefactory.xml at http://www.mediafire.com/view/a3y3byisq12wksj/playercorefactory.xml
Save playercorefactory.xml to C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\UserData\SharedFolder\
Open File Manager in Blue Stacks. Go to
Home/bstfolder/BstSharedFolder/Playercorefactory.xml
Click Multi, highlight the playercorefactory.xml and then hit Move
Paste playercorefactory.xml to
Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/
Step 5. Download Avia Player from the Google Playstore within BlueStacks for free. You will need to go into Settings of the Avia Player and unlock the Chromecast Add-on for $2.99.
Step 6. Start Chromecast
Start XBMC - Start your show- Click the Cast Button and it automatically finds Avia Player and casts from the computer to the Big Screen.

Are you able to add own repositories in this custom version?I don't see an option to add video add on from zip
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Aamir, you can just change the skin to confluence in appearances. You should now be allowed to install from zip just like on the PC.

Silly question, but for my macbook how do I get the .apk xbmc file to install?
I'm trying to upload it into bluestacks via dropbox, but that seems more complicated than necessary.
Thanks!

I am confused with this. I been looking everywhere to get my answer. I already have xbmc installed on my PC. How do I get my XBMC thats installed on my C drive not bluestacks to cast to chromecast?

havi007 said:
I am confused with this. I been looking everywhere to get my answer. I already have xbmc installed on my PC. How do I get my XBMC thats installed on my C drive not bluestacks to cast to chromecast?
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Not possible yet and when I suggested this feature over at XBMC I got the lame answer
"We already support DLNA and UPnP why do we need to support yet another protocol...."
I do believe there are some XBMC apps that will let you send to DLNA targets so I suppose once someone creates an app that will make CCast into a DLNA target or Google adds a DLNA Renderer to the default screen you won't see this functionality from the XBMC crew.
Although Maybe Gotham release (whenever that happens) will change things.

Asphyx said:
Not possible yet and when I suggested this feature over at XBMC I got the lame answer
"We already support DLNA and UPnP why do we need to support yet another protocol...."
I do believe there are some XBMC apps that will let you send to DLNA targets so I suppose once someone creates an app that will make CCast into a DLNA target or Google adds a DLNA Renderer to the default screen you won't see this functionality from the XBMC crew.
Although Maybe Gotham release (whenever that happens) will change things.
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Gotcha. So if I install xbmc on blue stacks will it read my other hard drives on my PC for TV shows and movies
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Xbmc works with Windows
Hi,
It's easy to watch Xbmc Channels in your Chromecast Browser. You just need the Google Cast Extension and the correct playercorefactoryfile.xml. I made a video with detailed instructions and it's really simple. Type the following in either Youtube or Google and it will take you to the video. You can even watch live sports this way.
Cast XBMC from Chrome Browser - Free!!! Live Sports!!!

havi007 said:
Gotcha. So if I install xbmc on blue stacks will it read my other hard drives on my PC for TV shows and movies
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I'm not entirely sure (I have Blue Stacks but not XBMC installed).
I'm uncertain how much of the PC file system is exposed to BStacks or XBMC because I was under the impression that BStacks was running more as a VM machine as opposed to a native program with direct access to the filesystem (That may be a technically inaccurate description on my part)
If it does see everything the PC can see then I suspect it would be seen from XBMC and not BStacks specifically because I don't see any way to map PC drives in BStacks other than the normal Apps you would use on Android for SMB Mapping.

I don't have an Android folder in BlueStacks...

You are saying you downloaded the file manager and you have no android folder?

Regular XBMC on PC and Yatse on your phone/tablet is a great combo. Yatse has a cast plugin to send media from XBMC to your Chromecast.
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Do you know if live TV casting works for xbmc to chromecast?
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hershsa said:
Do you know if live TV casting works for xbmc to chromecast?
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Not sure, I don't have that set-up on my XBMC.
Sent from my Nexus 4

Channels (last I checked) do not currently work and I would suspect that the PVR aspects of XBMC might not either.
Might work to Android local but not to CCast unless of course that content is served in a CCast compatible format. I do not have a PVR setup either so I can not confirm or deny either way what it does.
I did not see any mention of PVR in the app when I tested it.

Avia Question
Hi experts
I have a question. will avia work on 12.3 xbmc version. i tried it is not working. But it is working on 13.XXXX version. i want Avia to work on 12.3 version. if you have answer pls reply to this post.

How to Connect to Chromecast Dongle from within Bluestacks?
Could the OP or anyone else please explain how to get Chromecast compatible apps to work from within Bluestacks? Does this XBMC process (particularly Steps 6-7.) not rely on the Chromecast android app to connect? Whenever I launch the Chromecast app within Bluestacks it can't find my Chromecast dongle even though both devices are on the same network. Is there another way to get apps like XBMC, HBOGO etc to recognize the Chromecast on the network and show the cast button in the apps? I'd like to use Bluestacks to cast from compatible apps but I'm not seeing how this is possible without being able first to connect the Chromecast app to the dongle.Thanks in advance for any help folks can provide.

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Could the OP or anyone else please explain how to get Chromecast compatible apps to work from within Bluestacks? Does this XBMC process (particularly Steps 6-7.) not rely on the Chromecast android app to connect? Whenever I launch the Chromecast app within Bluestacks it can't find my Chromecast dongle even though both devices are on the same network. Is there another way to get apps like XBMC, HBOGO etc to recognize the Chromecast on the network and show the cast button in the apps? I'd like to use Bluestacks to cast from compatible apps but I'm not seeing how this is possible without being able first to connect the Chromecast app to the dongle.Thanks in advance for any help folks can provide.
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Im having the same problem, has there been a solution to this?
I've downloaded the chromecast app on bluestack but i get the message "no chromecast found on bluestack" it seems it not searching my network which has two chromecast on
I've used bubbleupnp which finds my chromecast but whenever i try to cast anything nothing happens (ive used same links on my phone no problem at all)
any help would be appreciated
Thank you

nij999 said:
Im having the same problem, has there been a solution to this?
I've downloaded the chromecast app on bluestack but i get the message "no chromecast found on bluestack" it seems it not searching my network which has two chromecast on
I've used bubbleupnp which finds my chromecast but whenever i try to cast anything nothing happens (ive used same links on my phone no problem at all)
any help would be appreciated
Thank you
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I'm in the same boat, I am trying to get the BT Sport app to cast from Bluestack. I think it's because a virtual network. Hope there is a work around. This is for my Dad who doesn't have a smart phone, and BT of course don't have a cast option from the website, unlike everyone else. Shoddy BT.

Choose between external players
Asphyx said:
Not possible yet and when I suggested this feature over at XBMC I got the lame answer
"We already support DLNA and UPnP why do we need to support yet another protocol...."
I do believe there are some XBMC apps that will let you send to DLNA targets so I suppose once someone creates an app that will make CCast into a DLNA target or Google adds a DLNA Renderer to the default screen you won't see this functionality from the XBMC crew.
Although Maybe Gotham release (whenever that happens) will change things.
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Hi Asphy,
I was wondering if you can give me a hint to solve my problem.
I'm able to cast my XBMC 13.2 Gotham to TV using both AVIA and LocalCast apps. I use single playercorefactory.xml file in XBMC's user data directory, and every time I wanna switch between the two apps (Avia or LocalCast) I just open up the playercorefactory.xml file and change the following line at the end of the code:
for Avia
<rule video="true" player="Avia"/>
for LcalCast
<rule video="true" player="LocalCast"/>
So, I was wondering if there is anyway to get the option to choose between the two apps inside XBMC, so I dont need to change the XML file every time I want to switch between the two apps. I tried long pressing on the links in XBMC to see if "play using" menu pops out... but this didn't work.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Not sure of best way to stream from computer

Well I have had a Chromecast for some time now. I have been lurking for some time now but can't quite figure out what is the best solution for me.
Here is what I am looking to do.. I have quite a few workout dvd's that the Wife and I use, Yoga and the such. I want to eliminate the need to use the dvd player... my goal is to have everything ripped to my desktop, then use my phone to control what is displayed on the chromecast? especially since i have multiple chromecasts.....I just can't figure out what combination of apps I need to accomplish it... I have used ALLCast but the video will mess up during streaming... (Galaxy S3)
I am assuming I need some sort of media server service running on my desktop..(Plex?)
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great!
cdrshm

Rip the DVDs to MP4 files on your computer using some video tool like Handbrake. Enable the DLNA server function in Windows if you haven't already, and add your video folder as one of the shared media folders. Install BubbleUPnP on your Android phone. Select your computer as the source, Chromecast as the destination. Select your desired video and cast it to the Chromecast, controlling it with BubbleUPnP.
Plex is certainly an alternative, but you would have to install and set up Plex Media Server on your computer, and currently you have to pay $4/month for Plex Pass to use Plex with the Chromecast. For what you want to do the above combination is simpler and free.

@DJames1 hit it on the head.
Since I have multiple players, I'm waiting for My Movies to release Chromecast support, but I suspect it might be a while...

DJames1 said:
Rip the DVDs to MP4 files on your computer using some video tool like Handbrake. Enable the DLNA server function in Windows if you haven't already, and add your video folder as one of the shared media folders. Install BubbleUPnP on your Android phone. Select your computer as the source, Chromecast as the destination. Select your desired video and cast it to the Chromecast, controlling it with BubbleUPnP.
Plex is certainly an alternative, but you would have to install and set up Plex Media Server on your computer, and currently you have to pay $4/month for Plex Pass to use Plex with the Chromecast. For what you want to do the above combination is simpler and free.
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WOW! This works perfect! Thanks for helping me out! It works better than expected!!
Thanks Again!!
cdrshm

+1 to DJ!
Only thing I would quibble with is I'm not sure the Windows Media DLNA is a very good option but it is free and requires no installation.
Bubble requires SOME DLNA server since it does not have this function built in yet and instead aggregates media from other sources.
Something I suspect Bubble will soon add to it's arsenal!

You can also browse files in the chrome browser, such as your movie folder. And simply cast from that. Works instantly, easily, casts in the same quality the file is in, and requires no additional software or set up.
For instance, my data drive is F, I just browse to file:///F:/ on chrome, select my movies folder and start the video then cast from the browser.

^^ That's tab-casting. While it works as long as your computer is fast enough, it has several issues compared to the recommended solution:
1. It puts a heavier workload on your PC due to Google's rather inefficient tab-casting code.
2. Even with a high-performance PC, the video tends to stutter a little when tab-casting.
3. It has to be controlled from the PC. The OP said that he has an Android phone he wants to use as the controller.
If the OP were interested in trying streaming from Chrome, he would be better off to use the newly-renamed Videostream extension for Chrome mentioned in another thread here. It offers much smoother performance than tab-casting.

I use serviio on my computer and Avia on my devices. Works great.

I use Logitech Media Server with avia and it works perfectly...
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^^ Also good solutions, but Avia isn't quite free, and they would require the OP to install a new media server on his PC.

Any good solution for mac os?

2fastkuztoms said:
Any good solution for mac os?
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Plex is probably the easiest option but it currently requires PlexPass subscription as it's still getting the kinks worked out.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.

You could use any DLNA server that runs on Mac along with BubbleUPnP as the controller on Android. I would probably choose Serviio.

Asphyx said:
+1 to DJ!
Only thing I would quibble with is I'm not sure the Windows Media DLNA is a very good option but it is free and requires no installation.
Bubble requires SOME DLNA server since it does not have this function built in yet and instead aggregates media from other sources.
Something I suspect Bubble will soon add to it's arsenal!
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Agreed Windows Media Server sucks. Install the free BubbleUPnP Server side app on your PC. Pay for the pro license of BubbleUPnP on Android and not only can you stream your PC media to Chromecast but you can stream through your PS3 and you can remotely watch all of your videos on your Android device or anyone else's media server in the world
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Android and Windows - streaming RMVB to chromecast

I wanted to ask if there is any way / workaround to stream rmvb files to chromecast. I need solution to stream local media files that are stored on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and from my Local computer directly to chromecast.
Any thoughts? There are literally 3 threads in this forum that even mention this format.

kordi666 said:
I wanted to ask if there is any way / workaround to stream rmvb files to chromecast. I need solution to stream local media files that are stored on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and from my Local computer directly to chromecast.
Any thoughts? There are literally 3 threads in this forum that even mention this format.
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Real Player Cloud...What you have is a Real Player Format video.
Real Player is probably the only App that will play those files properly and definitely the only one with CCast support.

kordi666 said:
I wanted to ask if there is any way / workaround to stream rmvb files to chromecast. I need solution to stream local media files that are stored on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and from my Local computer directly to chromecast.
Any thoughts? There are literally 3 threads in this forum that even mention this format.
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BubbleUPnP + BubbleUPnP Server can transcode rmvb to something playable.

bubbleguuum said:
BubbleUPnP + BubbleUPnP Server can transcode rmvb to something playable.
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Can it be done on android device? I mean can I open RMVB on Android, transcode it on the fly and send to CC? I am playing with this program (free version) but I cannot figure out how to do it.
Asphyx said:
Real Player Cloud...What you have is a Real Player Format video.
Real Player is probably the only App that will play those files properly and definitely the only one with CCast support.
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No. Real player cloud to my knowledge DOES NOT support rmvb on android device. I know this sound stupid but what can I say...

kordi666 said:
Can it be done on android device? I mean can I open RMVB on Android, transcode it on the fly and send to CC? I am playing with this program (free version) but I cannot figure out how to do it.
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Not possible. You have to install BubbleUPnP Server on a machine on your network (ideally a PC).

bubbleguuum said:
Not possible. You have to install BubbleUPnP Server on a machine on your network (ideally a PC).
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I installed the server but my bubbleupnp app on android does not seem to detect it although they are on the same router. Any tips where to search for an anwser? On the bubbleupnp site they write it should be autommatic...

Glad you got it covered in Bubble!
Maybe you should just start listing what it DOESN'T do to save time! LOL

kordi666 said:
I installed the server but my bubbleupnp app on android does not seem to detect it although they are on the same router. Any tips where to search for an anwser? On the bubbleupnp site they write it should be autommatic...
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I assume you installed it but all settings in Settings > Chromecast remain disabled ?
Check that the windows firewall is not blocking trafic on UDP port 1900. Eventually disable the firewall temporarily (and restart Android BubbleUPnP) to check if it is the cause of the problem.
Also make sure that BubbleUPnP Server started properly by displaying its web inteface. If it shows up, it's good.

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I assume you installed it but all settings in Settings > Chromecast remain disabled ?
Check that the windows firewall is not blocking trafic on UDP port 1900. Eventually disable the firewall temporarily (and restart Android BubbleUPnP) to check if it is the cause of the problem.
Also make sure that BubbleUPnP Server started properly by displaying its web inteface. If it shows up, it's good.
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You are probably right. I tried on another computer and it worked. Problem is that on the computer that I want it to play I do not have administrator access and I cannot disable firewall.... Any other suggestions?

kordi666 said:
You are probably right. I tried on another computer and it worked. Problem is that on the computer that I want it to play I do not have administrator access and I cannot disable firewall.... Any other suggestions?
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You can bypass automatic discovery of BubbleUPnP Server by connecting manually to it:
http://bubblesoftapps.com/bubbleupnpserver/#android_configuration
You will have to set a login/password in the web interface. Use its LAN ip address for connecting.
After that, Settings > Chromecast will show that it is connected by displaying its ip address.

RMVB? In 2014? Perhaps also support for 35mm analog film?

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RMVB? In 2014? Perhaps also support for 35mm analog film?
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What is so funny about that. Look online. This is the most common format to get decent quality low size movies. You would appreciate if you were on 3G network with transfer limits as I am...

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.

irish-sid said:
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.

r-l said:
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

vinaaa said:
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.