I'm watching a media file on my Nexus 7 (Cyanogenmod) using LocalCast or a similiar app (doesn't matter which one) and after a random time period, Chomecast just restarts (?). At least it shows the spinning Chrome-icon and afterwards the default standby-wallpapers.
My router and wi-fi are fine, my tablet is fine.
Maybe it's the fault of my ROM, who knows. I just want to ask people how they fixed it if they had the same problem.
catexecutive said:
I'm watching a media file on my Nexus 7 (Cyanogenmod) using LocalCast or a similiar app (doesn't matter which one) and after a random time period, Chomecast just restarts (?). At least it shows the spinning Chrome-icon and afterwards the default standby-wallpapers.
My router and wi-fi are fine, my tablet is fine.
Maybe it's the fault of my ROM, who knows. I just want to ask people how they fixed it if they had the same problem.
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Does it happen for all videos, or only certain ones?
Also, is your Chromecast in an enclosed area or near a heat source (yes, the TV counts)?
It happened to mine too once in last week. I am using tablet z stock. And I was watching YouTube only. And for few days the YouTube app in chrome cast crashing random while watching.
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bhiga said:
Does it happen for all videos, or only certain ones?
Also, is your Chromecast in an enclosed area or near a heat source (yes, the TV counts)?
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To all videos and my Chromecast isn't near any heat source or similiar.
venki5star said:
It happened to mine too once in last week. I am using tablet z stock. And I was watching YouTube only. And for few days the YouTube app in chrome cast crashing random while watching.
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Did you get the spinning Chrome-logo-ball as well?
Thank you both for answering.
catexecutive said:
To all videos and my Chromecast isn't near any heat source or similiar.
Did you get the spinning Chrome-logo-ball as well?
Thank you both for answering.
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Yes. That happened couple of days before one time. Today it's free crashing while playing videos on YouTube. I am tired of watching this.
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If you aren't using wall power, highly recommend switching to it, at least to reduce variables. Also try factory reset in case some internal settings have become corrupt.
Wish there was a way to force re-update of firmware for stock but I don't know of any.
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bhiga said:
If you aren't using wall power, highly recommend switching to it, at least to reduce variables. Also try factory reset in case some internal settings have become corrupt.
Wish there was a way to force re-update of firmware for stock but I don't know of any.
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Did the factory reset. Not helping. To me its sounds problem on google services. But who knows.
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bhiga said:
If you aren't using wall power, highly recommend switching to it, at least to reduce variables. Also try factory reset in case some internal settings have become corrupt.
Wish there was a way to force re-update of firmware for stock but I don't know of any.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.
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Did both, sadly didn't help. Since venki5star is using a Stock OS, it doesn't seem to be a problem of my Cyanogenmod-installation. But who knows.
catexecutive said:
Did both, sadly didn't help. Since venki5star is using a Stock OS, it doesn't seem to be a problem of my Cyanogenmod-installation. But who knows.
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Difficult to say, unfortunately. Keep us updated.
catexecutive said:
Did both, sadly didn't help. Since venki5star is using a Stock OS, it doesn't seem to be a problem of my Cyanogenmod-installation. But who knows.
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I am concluding this as Google end issues. It worked better yesterday evening. Now from today morning, YouTube app started crashing again. Will try other services and let you guys know.
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Works perfectly with local files through BubbleUPnP. Definitely problem in YouTube service.
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And if you start the casting from a PC or Laptop and use your phone/tablet to continue casting everything works fine until you switch off and on the Chromecast.
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Mine started doing this a few days ago also. Watching a Youtube clip about halfway through it just cuts off. If I have a few in a playlist, it works fine after the first video crash.
Try from PC/Laptop. Works all the time.
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Try from PC/Laptop. Works all the time.
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Doesn't for me. Will still reboot at some point.
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Doesn't for me. Will still reboot at some point.
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I don't have problem nowadays. I am not using laptops anymore yo start the casting.
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I don't have problem nowadays. I am not using laptops anymore yo start the casting.
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It shouldn't matter where the cast request comes from, but hey I've seen some strange things in my day so anything is possible.
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Since I do not live in the US, I can't even use the warranty. I already have a plan how to swap out my Chromecast, but first it has to be released in my country, why should happing within the next two weeks. Apart from that I didn't have any luck getting the Chromecast to work as it should.
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Anyone having trouble with there app on the tab 2 10.1?
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Mine force closes once in a while when I start it from the app drawer on my Tab 2 7.0.
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mine force closes alot ......
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Are you guys rooted or stock?
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Are you guys rooted or stock?
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I'm rooted.
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There are various reports over the last few months that the XDA app (free version) crashes on devices that do not contain an IMEI (i.e. tablets). The 'premium' version of the app does not have this issue. I would suggest someone try the premium app to confirm/deny this issue exists for this device.
and again.. .. and do you have to have the paid version to upload images?
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DesDr0id said:
There are various reports over the last few months that the XDA app (free version) crashes on devices that do not contain an IMEI (i.e. tablets). The 'premium' version of the app does not have this issue. I would suggest someone try the premium app to confirm/deny this issue exists for this device.
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I started with the premium app, then tried the xda HD, still same problem. Only thing left to try is the Tapatalk for another 3.00 $.I would spend another 5.00 bucks if I knew it would be OK, but I have no guaranty that its going to work !
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PanchoPlanet said:
I started with the premium app, then tried the xda HD, still same problem. Only thing left to try is the Tapatalk for another 3.00 $.I would spend another 5.00 bucks if I knew it would be OK, but I have no guaranty that its going to work !
Pp.
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Paid version of Tapatalk is working just fine for me here and on other forums I visit. Granted, I'm using the 7" tablet, but it should be the same I would hope.
I need to Unroot my tab and see if apps work properly without root. At that time I'll figure out if I need to try tapatalk or not.
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i'm using Tapatalk right now and it's fine. Why don't u change from XDA to Tapatalk, it can be used in several sites, rather than XDA alone
lastiko said:
i'm using Tapatalk right now and it's fine. Why don't u change from XDA to Tapatalk, it can be used in several sites, rather than XDA alone
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main thing with tapatalk is money. Anything free whether glitchy and force closing or not is going to be used over something that costs even 99 cents. Take a poll.
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lastiko said:
i'm using Tapatalk right now and it's fine. Why don't u change from XDA to Tapatalk, it can be used in several sites, rather than XDA alone
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Tapatalk has big footprint and it's disinged with slot of extra resources to work with a lot of other forums that I don't use. Not my cup of tea , I rather have a specific app for what I need.
Thank anyway.
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**************** issue resolved *****************
Problem solved by unchecking kill app after leaving in development settings ,"developer options" "do not keep activities". I had this checked thinking it would save me battery.
It was this setting that was causing me problems with my xda apps closing.
##### developer options, do not keep activities, box should not be checked. #####
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Is it me, or is everyone else experiencing the same as me.
Whenever I load my video Hub it automatically says that it is due for an update, and when you say yes it goes through a bunch of errors and cannot find the file in the Samsung server, then spits you out?
Not rooted yet
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d4rkchocolate said:
Is it me, or is everyone else experiencing the same as me.
Whenever I load my video Hub it automatically says that it is due for an update, and when you say yes it goes through a bunch of errors and cannot find the file in the Samsung server, then spits you out?
Not rooted yet
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Same for me!
started today. Did you resolve the issue?
I had the same issue, but it went away after I flashed the correct ROM/CSC for my country. I think it's got something to do with Samsung's regional releases.
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started today. Did you resolve the issue?
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Did not have to do anything, after a couple of days it updated normally!
Nope no cure for me upto this day which is a pain in the &$tt
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OK so the weirdest thing happened just now. I was charging my atrix HD when I went on it to check a phone number. Then it started opening apps and going on xda then other apps. I had no control over it. I couldn't even turn it off. I had to do the power and volume down thing to shut off. It was very creepy. I was just looking for a minute while the person did what they did. It was like when a person from dell controls your computer if something isn't working right. At first I thought it was being laggy but no! It kept going settings were changed and the person tried playing music on it! I turned it off before he could but the wierdest part is that I had turned of my wifi and set my phone on airplane mode so it can charge faster. No communication what so ever. Right now its off and I plan to keep it that way until someone can tell me what to do to protect myself. Also this could have been happening before i went to go check my phone. Which was like 15 minutes before I checked it. Please help
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Maybe you installed an app that had a RAT or some other virus in it
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That's what I'm thinking. A bad app. The likely hood of it being hacked are slim.
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What apps have you installed recently? And have you sideloaded any apps?
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I haven't installed any new apps. Just updated.
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Anything I can do? Has anyone experienced this before?
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I'm guessing you handle it like you would handle a virus on a computer and just wipe everything and start over.
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Did you use any Samsung charger?
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Aingaran said:
Did you use any Samsung charger?
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no a blackberry one
The Android Attorney said:
no a blackberry one
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android is very hard to hack probably a virus delete data in cwm
Best thing to do is just wipe.
Easy way to do it is to go to Settings->Privacy->Factory Reset
It was probably a bad app.
Click thanks if I helped!
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Another thing to be aware of is I've noticed Motorola's screens (at least on the Atrix models) are kind of finnicky. If there's a little bit of moisture around they just start registering touches on their own sometimes.
With my battery life being... less than ideal.. I find myself plugging into all kinds of chargers along my travels. Some non moto chargers make my phone go nuts, exactly like what was described - apps opening etc. Have experienced this several times. Feel the other explanations are possible of course but highly unlikely.
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There was a story on the news recently that someone's iPhone was hacked by trying to charge at a public charging station. I would be weary of these charging stations.
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lucasantarella said:
There was a story on the news recently that someone's iPhone was hacked by trying to charge at a public charging station. I would be weary of these charging stations.
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Airport WiFi connections are VERY insecure. Basically they monitor everything that goes through. Text messages, calls, anything. Maybe they also have access to control phones?
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I agree with above post non oem chargers can make the phone act funny especially the cheap dollar store chargers get an oem cable the you will know that it will work for charging and data.
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Aingaran said:
Did you use any Samsung charger?
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Charger ??? Really ? ... u mad bro ?
[You just went full retard,Never go full retard!]
right...
Were you on a custom rom, or stock rom...?
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OK so the weirdest thing happened just now. I was charging my atrix HD when I went on it to check a phone number. Then it started opening apps and going on xda then other apps. I had no control over it. I couldn't even turn it off. I had to do the power and volume down thing to shut off. It was very creepy. I was just looking for a minute while the person did what they did. It was like when a person from dell controls your computer if something isn't working right. At first I thought it was being laggy but no! It kept going settings were changed and the person tried playing music on it! I turned it off before he could but the wierdest part is that I had turned of my wifi and set my phone on airplane mode so it can charge faster. No communication what so ever. Right now its off and I plan to keep it that way until someone can tell me what to do to protect myself. Also this could have been happening before i went to go check my phone. Which was like 15 minutes before I checked it. Please help
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I'm angry I did t keep root granted. But it feels like I'm just out of luck now...
Is there no hope for a 1330 root
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I feel your pain.
To be honest, I think the folks in other countries are in a slightly worse boat. At least US users of non-rooted Chromecasts still have all the stock apps including HBO Go and Pandora. Seems like the folks in Canada are having trouble even with those.
If we're lucky there will be a nice Christmas (or pre-Christmas) present from Google...
bhiga said:
To be honest, I think the folks in other countries are in a slightly worse boat. At least US users of non-rooted Chromecasts still have all the stock apps including HBO Go and Pandora. Seems like the folks in Canada are having trouble even with those.
If we're lucky there will be a nice Christmas (or pre-Christmas) present from Google...
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I'd say that's definitely gonna be the case, especially since Google is conducting their Google Cast SDK "Hackathon" on Dec. 7-8th. I'd say the SDK will be released either at that time or less than a week after. My bet is that it will be officially released immediately following that event though.
Just bought one today and was really disappointed to find out it's not rootable because it's the new firmware. Hoping there's a fix soon..
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Yeah. I got one today. Tried to root. No dice. Gave up and just plugged it in the TV. And then the update came. Oh well. Maybe someday.
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tylerholbrook said:
Just bought one today and was really disappointed to find out it's not rootable because it's the new firmware. Hoping there's a fix soon..
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pandacookie said:
Yeah. I got one today. Tried to root. No dice. Gave up and just plugged it in the TV. And then the update came. Oh well. Maybe someday.
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For the sake of the thread on here about rootable/non-rootable Chromecast's serial numbers, what do y'alls serial numbers look like? i.e. 3901***** , 38*****, etc..
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jsdecker10 said:
For the sake of the thread on here about rootable/non-rootable Chromecast's serial numbers, what do y'alls serial numbers look like? i.e. 3901***** , 38*****, etc..
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It was a 3A number. I know what the other post said about those, but I'm stubborn ( lol ) and tried it anyway.
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Yeah since I'm outside the US and have an unrootable Chromecast I had to buy a new wireless router just so I could use DD-WRT to get around the Chromecast's built-in Google DNS and access the US Netflix library. But on the bright side it's a damn good router even without the Chromecast :laugh:
Same prob here, I was in a rush to try it out, I forgot to check xda first. The device is currently just lying in the drawer as I hardly use it since I live in Singapore so I got no netflix, just YT lol
Is it possible to play videos on websites based on flash in cc? Or is it possible with root? What i really want to know is do flash videos play? Thanks a bunch.
Kensai said:
Is it possible to play videos on websites based on flash in cc? Or is it possible with root? What i really want to know is do flash videos play? Thanks a bunch.
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Yes, if done via the Cast extension for Chrome, but this does on-the-fly transcoding (decode/re-encode) on your computer so it needs some CPU horsepower.
Chromecast cannot natively play Flash, rooted or not.
https://developers.google.com/cast/supported_media_types
Yeah mine was a 3a as well, I didn't even try to root it after reading this. Plus my otg is unpowered. Figured I can look for a older one and just buy another since they are cheap and try again or just hope with the release of sdk....
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Sheeeit.... im down to send out some chrome casts internationally for a small handling fee jk
Anyone want to send me a pre rooted one? Lol pm me
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Chromecast + Avia + good times
I love how i can choose avia as the player from showbox and chromecast the movie/show to my tv with excellent quality :laugh:
killerdan56 said:
Chromecast + Avia + Showbox= good times
I love how i can choose avia as the player from showbox and chromecast the movie/show to my tv with excellent quality :laugh:
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Not sure if shhhhh or tell everybody.... :sly:
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Cant play the video true avia.. How do you guys do that?
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nigne said:
Cant play the video true avia.. How do you guys do that?
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In app purchases are extremely convenient at times. Just saying.
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That is freakin awesome. Hadn't tried it but works great. My chromecast finally has a use.
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Can you put a link to the show box you are talking about cause when I type it in playstore several apps show up
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Danzoman said:
Not sure if shhhhh or tell everybody.... :sly:
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Tell everyone! They were down but back up in less than 4 days last time
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xrizwan said:
Can you put a link to the show box you are talking about cause when I type it in playstore several apps show up
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Its not on the play store and a link is not allowed. This thread will be closed as soon as a moderator comes across it. Every thread about showbox gets closed because it supports bootlegged material. Just Google it.
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I'm loving chromecast too
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I'm getting, sorry chromcast does not currently support this file type.... Any suggestions? All shows I've tried
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For what I know chromecast only seems to play mp4 formats
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Omg I just got it off of app 2 odie awesome thank you so much and it works
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killerdan56 said:
Chromecast + Avia + Showbox= good times
I love how i can choose avia as the player from showbox and chromecast the movie/show to my tv with excellent quality :laugh:
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Thanks, best tip I've gotten in a while!
Can anyone pm me how to get this to work? I don't get how you guys get it to work but I'm getting chromcast does not currently support that format. Do I need a certain version or what
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I can get it to play downloaded shows but not play now. ... Anyone else able to stream without downloading?
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Thank you!! Totally works and is just plain awesome .
What kind of quality are you guys getting with Chromecast? I was considering buying one so that I don't need to keep taking videos from my phone to my laptop to play on the TV, but I'm a little hesitant with devices like this because of a very, very bad experience with Apple TV.
I've been using AllCast with my Roku3 and it's awesome. I'm assuming it is the same concept. I'll have to check out Avia.
This is basically the whole reason I bought a Chromecast was for when I travel, I can just plug in the Chromecast and send movies to the in-room TV along with Netflix and such. I'm tired of watching movies and shows that I pay for on a 7" screen when there is a 42" TV just 10' away. Glad that I can finally start using it now that development is picking up.
All I need is:
Netflix
Hulu
Play videos off my mobile
mrzilla said:
What kind of quality are you guys getting with Chromecast? I was considering buying one so that I don't need to keep taking videos from my phone to my laptop to play on the TV, but I'm a little hesitant with devices like this because of a very, very bad experience with Apple TV.
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As long as you stay within the Chromecast's limits and your network's limits, looks good. My TV says Chromecast is feeding it 1080p.
Played Taken 2 via HBO GO and it looked great.
bhiga said:
As long as you stay within the Chromecast's limits and your network's limits, looks good. My TV says Chromecast is feeding it 1080p.
Played Taken 2 via HBO GO and it looked great.
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Well, then, if it plays HBO Go that well, I wouldn't imagine it'll have any issues with Netflix or a video on the device itself.
Thanks
mrzilla said:
Well, then, if it plays HBO Go that well, I wouldn't imagine it'll have any issues with Netflix or a video on the device itself.
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On-device is subject to Chromecast's format restrictions.
Remember that HBO GO, YouTube, Netflix, etc already have and serve their content in Chromecast-compatible format.
player911 said:
I've been using AllCast with my Roku3 and it's awesome. I'm assuming it is the same concept. I'll have to check out Avia.
I can just plug in the Chromecast and send movies to the in-room TV along with Netflix and such.
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Well it may not be quite as easy as all that depending on the Hotel and how they have their network AUTH set up.
Many set up AP Isolation so two devices on the network can't talk to each other....
In some cases it will require Certificate Auth (such as going to a web browser first) which is not going to be very conducive to connecting the Chromecast.
Miracast makes a direct connection but that might preclude you from connecting to the Hotel AP for content on the Web...
Just a forewarning...