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XBMC Running on the Nexus 7

pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw

radiohead7778580 said:
pretty cool just found this on youtube is a nexus 7 running xbmc media center
look like its running pretty smooth
cant wait to have this
http://youtu.be/SZPsB9WHcKw
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Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?

yeah... not just music but hd video in all sorts for formats

cg.voabc said:
Noob question alert!!!
Will this app allow me to stream music from my PC to my tablet?
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Yes, only if your computer is running XBMC at the time and yo have UPNP sharing turned on.
However, you don't need the XBMC program on your tablet to stream music or videos from your XBMC library on your PC; You can use UPNPbubble from the Play store to access the shared library and MX Player (or any other player) to play them.

i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy

radiohead7778580 said:
i have an iomega nas drive and its streams great from it to the nexus 7 ... the only thing with videos its still software decoding not gpu yet
pretty laggy
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Hopefully we get Teg3 support on XBMC when it hits beta. There is definitely not going to be Teg2 (h/w decode drivers) for XBMC Android, but theres a chance we could see Teg3 fully supported. :>

That is fantastic! Can't wait to try it.
They really need to work on a touch friendly skin for xbmc though, I can see him struggling to hit list items.

theres two skins cooked in to the (precompiled apk) download build, confluence and a touch friendly theme for smaller screens

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Yes, only if your computer is running XBMC at the time and yo have UPNP sharing turned on.
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Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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Not true. I've been using a beta version I found somewhere around here, and it works exactly like XBMC on a PC. You can add sources from several kinds of network shares or local stuff on your device. I stream all my stuff from simple windows/smb shares, with no special sharing program running on the PC, and it works great.
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Confirmed as true. I am using Xbox only nexus and able to connect to b share on my NAS drive.
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Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.

BiggerH said:
Is there an apk out there for this yet? I saw that source code is available, but that's a bit beyond me.
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I installed the APK from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772433
It struggles with 720p MKVs right now, but I don't think it's optimised for the Tegra 3 chipset yet.

yup, it's software only decode for now.
even so, it's still a very awesome build for a pre-alpha :>

Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC

Danwms said:
Tried it out last night and work really well streaming from my Nas.
Anyone have a link to getting LiveOnlineFooty on XBMC
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http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/download/
Under sports addons
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Anyone manage to play HD flawless?

killbox said:
Anyone manage to play HD flawless?
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There's no HW decode for Tegra3 NEON yet..

i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?

yup, that is kind of the best bit of xbmc, means you can store your movies on a central server and access them on multiple devices throughout your house. Mind you the awesome plugins that stream from external sources is a very close second.

YoungAceAtlanta said:
i never understood the whole point of XBMC .. so it allows you to stream movies/music to a device correct?
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I use XBMC as my main media centre in my house, usually I use androids and iphones as the remote controls for my TV with XBMC running on it, this way is a bit around the wrong way but I can see it being awesome for things like the nexus Q and TV's with embedded android who can suddenly grow full featured media centres

Stream with Plex!

Bare wit me I'm tired and going to bed in a few min. I started playing with chrome extensions and turns out Plex works pretty great.
Heres what you do in a nutshell. if you use plex already skip this.
1. download install plex media server and set it up using folders with your videos to add to the que.
2. the above might just work with Myplex.com but I have both. So get a my plex account and link your plex server/files to it.
3. install the plex chrome extension.
4. go to myplex account and your library. que up a video and start playing, cast it to chrome then hit full screen on the plex player. your audio and video will automatically size and cast to the tv. how awesome is that?

Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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cables2590 said:
Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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no it won't work over tablet as of now. really the op is only making people aware that it is possible to stream all your local content regardless of codec through the browser. then it's just casting that tab, it works alright but is nowhere near flawless and the limit is 720p.
i am really really hoping that it gets integrated to the app itself, but it doesn't seem to be a top priority for the devs. i do think they will get around to it eventually though.

I just read a report this morning that the Plex devs are optimistic that they're app will provide support soon.

mjs2011 said:
I just read a report this morning that the Plex devs are optimistic that they're app will provide support soon.
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I read the same thing and it appears they are only saying that due to a tweet from last week that they had ordered some. In the plex forums the only thing that a developer has said is that they won't start working on it until they have their devices. i do expect them to add the functionality, but i doubt it will be in the next few weeks. they generally aren't the quickest at adding new features.

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I read the same thing and it appears they are only saying that due to a tweet from last week that they had ordered some. In the plex forums the only thing that a developer has said is that they won't start working on it until they have their devices. i do expect them to add the functionality, but i doubt it will be in the next few weeks. they generally aren't the quickest at adding new features.
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Yeah, good to know. I'm still hoping that the developer of MX player decides to update the app. That would solve all local streaming issues. Just connect to LAN on ES File Explorer and then stream the video using MX Player.

I emailed the dev from mxplayer and they said a new app would need to be made. Apparently the app can't support both the chrome and android sdk. I'm not sure how accurate that is maybe they have to look into it a bit more. I think there is some confusion since the sdk for the chromecast is chrome sdk not android.

cables2590 said:
Would it be the same concept with a tablet? I never used myplex...
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As was said, tablet apps are different, this is glorified mirroring. it's not perfect. it's more or less a proof of concept. I'm sure if you messed with buffer rate it would probably speed things up a lot. I was up all night and just kind of knocked off my seat when I saw audio reencode on the fly. What's kind of crazy is the plex plugin seems to figure out what you want and tries to do it for you. I don't see how the plugin is resizing when you hit full screen mode It's like it's interfacing with chromecast. Like for example if you try to play a avi by dragging it into chrome you get no audio but if you kick it into plex the audio gets turned off on the pc and put to the tv. I think plex guys should have this golden in a short time. as a fairly long time plex user. almost 2 years on roku. they rarely announce their Dev stuff they just one day release it.

kpa2727 said:
Bare wit me I'm tired and going to bed in a few min. I started playing with chrome extensions and turns out Plex works pretty great.
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Could you please confirm whether you can play .avi movies in a Chrome Tab or not? I can play mp4's but not a single .avi Thanks!

touchbell said:
Could you please confirm whether you can play .avi movies in a Chrome Tab or not? I can play mp4's but not a single .avi Thanks!
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You need to install plex server and after you add avi files to plex library you'll be able to play from chrome tab. You can cast the same tab as well.
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admin856 said:
You need to install plex server and after you add avi files to plex library you'll be able to play from chrome tab. You can cast the same tab as well.
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Ahhh drag, literally. LOL So one has to waste bandwidth AND time to Upload a movie .avi first, then use Plex and Chromecast. Major fail. Ok, thank you! ))

touchbell said:
Ahhh drag, literally. LOL So one has to waste bandwidth AND time to Upload a movie .avi first, then use Plex and Chromecast. Major fail. Ok, thank you! ))
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It is not going to be uploaded anywhere. It will play within your local network.
Though you can stream your content anywhere using some paid membership but you don't need for the above functionality.
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admin856 said:
It is not going to be uploaded anywhere. It will play within your local network.
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Oh? Dang, must be doing something wrong because Plex asks me to send file to my Plex library. The only way is that personalized email link or dragging from a website with the Plex icon. I can't figure out how to drag a local avi from Explorer in WIN7.

touchbell said:
Oh? Dang, must be doing something wrong because Plex asks me to send file to my Plex library. The only way is that personalized email link or dragging from a website with the Plex icon. I can't figure out how to drag a local avi from Explorer in WIN7.
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Once server is installed you need to access its web interface for managing library. Do some search on their forums/documentation. You will get it.
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the web interface has always been http://127.0.0.1:32400/web/index.html#!/dashboard pms(plex media server) should be running first
save this page as a bookmark in chrome does the same thing
just start casting then hit fullscreen video
when video is fullscreen alt+tab is handy to set tab focus to desktop if you want to continue using your PC for something else(windows key)

Thank you very much, fellahs. I finally figured it out, namely, I had installed the Flex Media Center instead of the Plex Media SERVER! :silly: It's all good now and all the .avi's I have play in Chrome. Thanks again, now awaiting my Chromecast but at least I'm all set-up!

I have no audio in chromecast....
Still not streaming, or I don't get the right codec for it.

the only codec pack I ever ue is at http://shark007.net/
INSTALL and REBOOT

mr_boogie said:
I have no audio in chromecast....
Still not streaming, or I don't get the right codec for it.
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Same no audio, only picture, let me know if u figure it out

Nbsss said:
Same no audio, only picture, let me know if u figure it out
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Are you playing videos through plex media server?
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Is it possible to make Sopcast (android app) work with Chromecast?

Hi,
I guess many of you know Sopcast. The official app has never been published on Google play. But it's available for download on their website and it works like a charm:
http://forum.easetuner.com/download/
Would be possible to modify the apk in order to add Chromecast support? If someone is able to do it, then I won't hesitate to get my Chromecast
Thanks in advance
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I just downloaded Sopcast but I can't find anything in English. Any recommendations?
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I guess that you mean that you can't find channels in English. The channels loaded by default might not be in English.
The nice thing of Sopcast is that every time there is an important sport event it's streamed via Sopcast, but the links to those events don't appear in the channel list but in some websites.
I will send you a link via PM because I guess I'm not allowed to post it here.
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Is there an update on this? It would be great to have casting for sopcast, and I assume now that the SDK is out not too hard to implement.
However, right now Chromecast is mostly US and UK, so not sure if the developer is interested in going that route.
Let's submit a request to their website. The forum is down, but this might work http://sopcast.com/info/contact.html

I might be wrong but I think Sopcast is very unknown in US and not so popular in UK like in other European and Asian countries. So I wouldn't expect to have sopcast support for Chromecast anytime soon...
I tried to contact sopcast developers several times in regards to other issues related to their Android app and I never got a reply. I just know that sopcast developers are from China and it's not open source software.
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I think Acestream is very similar to Sopcast and you can use the Chromecast with Bubbleupnp transcoding with Acestream. I have a video showing how to do it.
http://youtu.be/8W02V0Y_Bq0

Sorry for the offtopic, but what do you use this app for? I downloaded it and I could barely get any of the stations. Just curious what you're using it for.

floepie said:
Sorry for the offtopic, but what do you use this app for? I downloaded it and I could barely get any of the stations. Just curious what you're using it for.
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Most are using it to watch Sports that aren't broadcast locally.
The channels you find in the app itself are very limited, Most of the content available for this app is not listed there and found on the web which then launches the sopcast player to stream it.

chromecast doesn't support live streams format it need to be transcoded
even if you manage to cast chrome cast isn't able to play
the best way i found is this for acestrem which is something similar to sop cast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W02V0Y_Bq0

Has anyone else tried this method. I can play on the computer but no luck getting it to the chromecast like it claims can be done.
http://chromecastfreefootball.blogspot.com/2014/04/watch-free-football-chromecast-to-your.html

Yup, no luck here too.
Torrent Stream Controller is the best solution so far.

bennybaz said:
Yup, no luck here too.
Torrent Stream Controller is the best solution so far.
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Yes, I was able to get Sopcast to play on the Chromecast using VLC Transcoding but after transcoding, unfortunately the picture goes from crystal clear on the computer to low quality on the Television. I'm not sure if there is a better Stream Output String than the one I'm using that would transcode a clearer picture. Bubbleupnp transcoding seems a bit better but it always gives me a cannot find Mime-Type error. This is the VLC Stream Output String I am using.
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=4000,scale=0,width=640,acodec=vorb,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=http{mux=webm,dst=:8080/stream},dst=display} :sout-all :sout-keep

VLC to Chromecast
Hi,
Can you explain how you cast from vlc to Chromecast?
Did you use the vidCast?
When I'm running your command line:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=4000,scale=0,width =640,acodec=vorb,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=4410 0}:duplicate{dst=http{mux=webm,dst=:8080/stream},dst=display} :sout-all :sout-keep
I get an error saying:
Streaming / Transcoding failed:
It seems your Libav/FFmpeg (libavcodec) installation lacks the following encoder:
Vorbis Audio.
Can you help me with this?
Thanks.

Hi, I made a video showing how I do it. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=7tJU-4SourU
vursv said:
Hi,
Can you explain how you cast from vlc to Chromecast?
Did you use the vidCast?
When I'm running your command line:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=4000,scale=0,width =640,acodec=vorb,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=4410 0}:duplicate{dst=http{mux=webm,dst=:8080/stream},dst=display} :sout-all :sout-keep
I get an error saying:
Streaming / Transcoding failed:
It seems your Libav/FFmpeg (libavcodec) installation lacks the following encoder:
Vorbis Audio.
Can you help me with this?
Thanks.
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Broken link???
vincent1964 said:
Hi, I made a video showing how I do it. youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=7tJU-4SourU[/url]
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Hi, can you check the link?
It's link me to my youtube uploads page...
Thank you.

http://youtu.be/7tJU-4SourU
Sorry
vursv said:
Hi, can you check the link?
It's link me to my youtube uploads page...
Thank you.
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vincent1964 said:
http://youtu.be/7tJU-4SourU
Sorry
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Thank you for the video.
I'm having trouble after entering the premade sout, the stream won't start on AceStream. What can I do now?

Chromecast supports live streaming now... Anything we can do with sopcast now ...currently using mirroring but it's a little unstable

italia0101 said:
Chromecast supports live streaming now... Anything we can do with sopcast now ...currently using mirroring but it's a little unstable
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Hi, could you describe the steps to stream from sopcast to chromecast? Thanks!

gertan said:
Hi, could you describe the steps to stream from sopcast to chromecast? Thanks!
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Sorry I wasn't clear, I was asking the same as you.. trying to get sopcast on the chromecast, still haven't found a way

Cartoon HD iOS?

I just bought my chrome cast so that I could watch movies from my iPad on my TV but how do I stream to the chrome cast, in the player there are no options to change anything except volume play pause etc. Any way to stream?

ifti786 said:
I just bought my chrome cast so that I could watch movies from my iPad on my TV but how do I stream to the chrome cast, in the player there are no options to change anything except volume play pause etc. Any way to stream?
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you need to use a CCast enabled Player app to send to the CCast...
I don't know which iOS apps support it so you will have to search on the Appstore for that feature.

Asphyx said:
you need to use a CCast enabled Player app to send to the CCast...
I don't know which iOS apps support it so you will have to search on the Appstore for that feature.
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I think I'm returning this chromecast, its too much hassle!

The iOS support in Chromecast is largely for people who already have Android devices too, but want some of their iOS apps to work with it.
If you want to be able to stream anything you can get on your iPad to the TV, especially Apple DRM videos, you need an Apple TV.

ifti786 said:
I think I'm returning this chromecast, its too much hassle!
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LOL

ifti786 said:
I think I'm returning this chromecast, its too much hassle!
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Or stop using IOS garbage
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If you are looking for good movie streaming app then you must give yesmovies app and showbox a try. They are extremely good at streaming high quality movies. All you have to do is download the yesmovies apk file and you area all set to stream movies.

AirPlay/AirTunes/RaOP

There seem to be several solutions to receive music and video streams from Apple's devices with Linux and OS X machines. What would it take to run those on the Chromecast? I searched if someone has already tried it, but came up with nothing...
I've never compiled stuff for Android, but I'm willing to learn. Who's with me?

What are you trying to do? Mirror your iPhone to your Chromecast? Or airplay to the Chromecast? I use airaudio on my droid to airplay to my receiver. Works flawlessly. Can even stream to roku or Chromecast too
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steveo17 said:
What are you trying to do? Mirror your iPhone to your Chromecast? Or airplay to the Chromecast? I use airaudio on my droid to airplay to my receiver. Works flawlessly. Can even stream to roku or Chromecast too
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Both, essentially. I'd like the chromecast to receive airplay video and audio directly from iOS. Unfortunately, streaming stuff from iOS devices via apps is not well-integrated into the operating system...

Crazor said:
Both, essentially. I'd like the chromecast to receive airplay video and audio directly from iOS. Unfortunately, streaming stuff from iOS devices via apps is not well-integrated into the operating system...
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Gotcha. Yea Apple doesn't like people venturing out of their ecosystem
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