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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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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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! ))
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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! ))
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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???
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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
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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!
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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
I'd like to start a thread for news/rumors of more officially supported services.
Not casting web-pages, or demo Apps/Hacks, but Official Apps from other services that support Chromecast.
Any hope?
well hulu and pandora is confirmed, but the main problem right now is the SDK isn't complete (they have a preview one out though).
Once the SDK is done we will start seeing a lot of content I bet.
I am looking forward to bitcasa support. That will be awesome.
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I'd like to start a thread for news/rumors of more officially supported services.
Not casting web-pages, or demo Apps/Hacks, but Official Apps from other services that support Chromecast.
Any hope?
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I hope so - I think this is the first step of moving away from Broadcast TV for TV entertainment. This is the revolution that Apple had planned to do but didn't. When people do reviews of the Cast I think they miss the largest point. Controlling the content using an interface we all love (phone or tablet) is a giant step forward. Using the built in smart features of a TV or DVD to search for a YouTube video is a terrible experience. You need a link to find most things and those are shared in communication links in your phone.
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well hulu and pandora is confirmed, but the main problem right now is the SDK isn't complete (they have a preview one out though).
Once the SDK is done we will start seeing a lot of content I bet.
I am looking forward to bitcasa support. That will be awesome.
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There is still no "cast" button on Pandora. Did you mean it is confirmed that they are working on it?
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There is still no "cast" button on Pandora. Did you mean it is confirmed that they are working on it?
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Ya i thought that is what you were talking about, what else the chromecast will be able to do. Its confirmed it will be able to use hulu and pandora should be comming kinda soon. And HBO, Vimeo, Redbox Instant, Vevo (?), Devour (?), Blip (?) (maybe these are britsh or something, i've never heard of them), have all mentioned they are planning on it.
(where I got the information)
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/01/blip-hulu-vevo-and-devour-are-coming-to-chromecast/
http://www.mediapost.com/publicatio...ndora-coming-to-chromecast.html#axzz2bxRDgXfS
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/30/redbox-instant-and-vimeo-coming-to-chromecast
So ya in total we have
right now
youtube
netflix
google play music
google play video
soon
hulu
pandora
HBO go
announced support
Vimeo
Redbox Instant
Vevo
Devour
Blip
plus soon we get the official sdk and we will get 100s of apps I bet
Hulu said they were interested in adding it some day. I wouldn't be expecting it anytime soon. The only real partner besides Netflix announced at launch was Pandora. My guess is Pandora will release an update about the same time the final SDK is released. Google is probably working with Pandora as sort of a beta test of the SDK.
PLEX has announced support. :good:
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PLEX has announced support. :good:
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Source? I just quickly looked over their website but couldn't find an official announcement.
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Source? I just quickly looked over their website but couldn't find an official announcement.
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there is no "official" announcement....
look for the posts by "elan" on this page: (hes the lead dev of PLEX)
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/75359-chromecast/page-8
You won't need much more once new version of BubbleUPNP is released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLkKbfl42E
Can't wait.
Here it is folks, the first wave of new apps and boy oh boy it's a big list!
*unlocks garden gate*
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/10/chrome...player-viki-and-more-with-massive-app-update/
Plex is a great little app but this feature will be rolled out FIRST to premium subscibers.
RealPlayer cloud opens the door to streaming video from their online storage (2GB free - more than that = paid) and is limited to 15 minutes to discourage piracy.
aVia indexes photos on Picasa, Dropbox and Facebook, allowing users to show any of their photos on any of these services on their TV but alas you need to be a paid subscriber for this service also.
Now play podcasts via BeyondPod and enjoy the Washington Post’s PostTV, online music service Songza, RedbullTV, Revision3, VEVO and Viki on your little dongle of delight.
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Here is the full list of available apps:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrom...utm_source=chromecast.com&utm_medium=referral
Support for plex is awesome!
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Here it is folks, the first wave of new apps and boy oh boy it's a big list!
*unlocks garden gate*
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/10/chrome...player-viki-and-more-with-massive-app-update/
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aVia hopefully will replace both Fling and AllCast, and doesn't require root.
Looks like I know where some of my Google Play store credit is going!
Great stuff!!
My question is what are the implications for the rooted user on a custom ROM?
I am sure Team Eureka are watching :cyclops:
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Crap.. requires premium plex pass.
Waiting foe koush to add cheomecast support then
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Great stuff!!
My question is what are the implications for the rooted user on a custom ROM?
I am sure Team Eureka are watching :cyclops:
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Oh we are watching Hopefully kyonz can get this added to his whitelist server soon so rooted users can get these apps ASAP.
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Crap.. requires premium plex pass.
Waiting foe koush to add cheomecast support then
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Wider support for the average PLEX user will come... but in time. Confirmed in their Chromecast statement today.
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Oh we are watching Hopefully kyonz can get this added to his whitelist server soon so rooted users can get these apps ASAP.
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Now that's what I am talking about.
LOL aVia's site is getting bombarded. Their database can't keep up (search is giving me database connection error). That gives us a little bit of insight as to how many Chromecast users and followers there are out there!
This is pretty important.. Is there a possibility that someone can release an "emergency" pwncast to get these new streaming abilities? Or does it just have to do with the Whitelist?
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This is pretty important.. Is there a possibility that someone can release an "emergency" pwncast to get these new streaming abilities? Or does it just have to do with the Whitelist?
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Only the whitelist.
It's a good point to make that one of the downsides of using a custom ROM/firmware is that updates and such will encounter some delay. After all, people like the folks on Team Eureka are donating their own free time. It's not their job, nor do they work at/for Google (at least not as far as I know), so with the power of root comes a requirement of patience.
Viki
Not sure why but all the new apps don't stream to my chromecast. Not even an icon to do it. HTC One. Not sure why,
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Only the whitelist.
It's a good point to make that one of the downsides of using a custom ROM/firmware is that updates and such will encounter some delay. After all, people like the folks on Team Eureka are donating their own free time. It's not their job, nor do they work at/for Google (at least not as far as I know), so with the power of root comes a requirement of patience.
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In good news tho, once we release this new OTA we have been cooking up, there should be NO delay between when rooted users get google served applications.
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Not sure why but all the new apps don't stream to my chromecast. Not even an icon to do it. HTC One. Not sure why,
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Stock or rooted?
If you're rooted, you'll have to wait for the custom whitelist to get updated.
If you're stock, just make sure all your apps are up-to-date.
Chromecast support in Plex is currently limited to PlexPass members.
Chromecast support in aVia is part of the paid extras (at least that's what the article in the original post says, and from what I can tell so far - free has no Cast icon or option)
EDIT: Hmm... just bought aVia and still can't find the Cast option... might be because I don't have a Chromecast visible at the moment...
2 of the apps i installed had an update. vevo and the PostTv. I switched to another account on the play store and it showed up. So it appears the apps are being updated now.
t-mobile HTC One on the 4.3 rom
Which app would be used to achieve local media streaming?
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Leraeniesh said:
Which app would be used to achieve local media streaming?
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Plex and aVia.
The link from the original post is worth a read, lots of other stuff too.
The Plex support announced so far for early release to paid PlexPass members is currently limited to video, with mention of music and photos to come later. No mention of Plex Channels.
PlayOn Too
Leraeniesh said:
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Seen on the Playon.tv site, they will be adding Chromecast support "soon" as well. I've been a lifetime subscriber to playon and it's flippin sweet. Sorry to say but on my i7, 16GB monster of a pc plex still has trouble transcoding (audio/video sync) while playon has always been perfect.
http://www.playon.tv/supported-devices
Streaming Devices
Chromecast - Coming Soon!
Google TV HD capable - view setup instructions
OmniBox - view setup instructions
Roku HD capable - view setup instructions
I've had my ChromeCast for about 6 months now and love it the way it is. But...curiosity has captured my attention and now I am wondering if I can stream Popcorn Time through CC. I haven't rooted my CC yet, not even totally sure I can. Just wondering if it's worth my time to try. Thanks!
dead batteries said:
I've had my ChromeCast for about 6 months now and love it the way it is. But...curiosity has captured my attention and now I am wondering if I can stream Popcorn Time through CC. I haven't rooted my CC yet, not even totally sure I can. Just wondering if it's worth my time to try. Thanks!
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The alpha version has casting abilities. No root needed. You can just Google it and find out more or maybe someone else can link you.
dead batteries said:
I've had my ChromeCast for about 6 months now and love it the way it is. But...curiosity has captured my attention and now I am wondering if I can stream Popcorn Time through CC. I haven't rooted my CC yet, not even totally sure I can. Just wondering if it's worth my time to try. Thanks!
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Here is the time4popcorn app with casting, subs don't work yet...
http://time4popcorn.eu/android.html
Soon the official popcorn time will release theirs with chromecast support
erdal67 said:
Here is the time4popcorn app with casting, subs don't work yet...
http://time4popcorn.eu/android.html
Soon the official popcorn time will release theirs with chromecast support
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Yes thank you, I already have this. I'm wondering if I could use Google ChromeCast to cast movies to my TV. I'll keep my eye open on Popcorn Time for the casting ability
in popcorn time forum has one topic about chromecast and someone tell about a chrome extension that cast popcorn time videos with subtitles.
Yuriê
Brasil
Link to the forum please?
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