MediaBrowser for Android now supports ChromeCast (03/05/2014)
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MediaBrowser is more than a media manager. It's a powerful open-source platform that you can use to manage, view, play and control your media on most mainstream hardware...
MediaBrowser consists of a server and any one or more of many clients to view and manage your multimedia collection. You are able to enjoy your TV, Movies, Music, E-Books, Games* and Emulators* around your house in a wonderful 10 foot interface. (*games and emulators can only be run on a machine on which it is installed)
The MediaBrowser Android, WindowsPhone 7/8 and Windows 8.1 clients connect to your MediaBrowser server and allow you to consume your media anywhere you are connected. (Playback not supported on WP7, only library and remote functions)
Don't have MediaBrowser? Visit http://www.mediabrowser3.com/
But wait!? You said open-source? but this is in the paid section?
Yes, while the MediaBrowser server and other clients are built on free open-source systems, the android, and windows phone, and windows 8 client applications are not. These 3 clients are the only of many pieces that require any type of purchase to use, if you choose to do so. Read on, and find out about the many other free open-source parts of MediaBrowser.
Developers:
MediaBrowser is an open source project and welcomes developers from all coding backgrounds. If you are a developer and wish to get involved head on over to our github repository and check it out. https://github.com/MediaBrowser
Our plugin store allows developers to make free, premium supporters only, and paid plugins available to users. While MediaBrowser is free, it does support itself on a supporter key system, where for a small donation, users have access to premium and paid plugins, in addition to the free plugins. **Plugins are currently only available for MB server, MB Classic and MB Theater, but you just may be the developer to change that!
And a Linux/OSx mono based server is under development. If you are an experienced Linux/osx dev, and would like to help out or join our team please feel free to stop by this thread here!
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So what exactly is MediaBrowser?
Media Browser, beginning with version 3, is no longer a single program. It encompasses a large suite of applications all communicating with a central server that manages your library.
No longer locked inside Windows Media Center, Media Browser can now bring your entire media library to not only all of the computers on your network, but also many of your portable devices. Whether it's the Roku in the living room, or your tablet on the back porch, Media Browser will bring your media right to you.
And, we mean right to you as the user profile feature allows you to set up completely different views and options on your library based on who is accessing it. Keep different display styles, parental control levels and watched and favorite status' for all the different members of your household and all of that information travels with the user no matter what client or device they are using.
Start watching something at home on the HTPC and pick it back up where you left off on your phone or tablet on the train.
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A little History on MediaBrowser?
Some of you may remember VideoBrowser which eventually matured into MediaBrowser and was solely a Windows Media Centre Plugin which allowed a user to display rich and detailed information about their media collections much like other available media front ends. The benefits of using MediaBrowser were having Live TV readily available and a large media collection in the same application. It then started allowing themeing and plugins to enhance the media experience?
MediaBrowser has come on leaps and bounds within the last year or so. Firstly, it’s no longer confined to Windows Media Centre, it’s undergone a complete overhaul, complete recoding and opened up a world of new beginnings for the HTPC world, where the community is always listening to improve the MediaBrowser experience as a whole to the end user.
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So What’s Changed? Out with the old in with the new!
MediaBrowser now has a brain, a central nervous system which uses its Server Application and currently runs on your Windows based PC or even your server(Linux/Mono server is currently under development). The server is the hub of all things to do with your media collection, from Movies to Music Videos, Books to Games, MB has it all and allows the user to organise and categorize their collections as they deem fit for their use and application. Furthermore, it allows almost any device to connect to it from anywhere, such as Android, Windows Phone, iOS, Roku, Sky’s NowTV box, your favourite web browser, and standalone applications such as MediaBrowser Theatre, Windows 8 and still MediaBrowser Classic(WMC integration). These are all refered to as Apps/Clients within the MB world.
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Collection Organization - Metadata Compatibility with Plex & XBMC
The Server and what it does for you?
The server runs on the PC where your media collection is or has fast access to, such as NAS drives, Everything is in place to automatically collect the right metadata information for your media collections including all the art that fanart.tv provides, it stores all this artwork in your item’s folder but can be edited from the metadata manager within the web dashboard. What’s beautiful about MB is that if you use MediaPortal, XBMC, Plex then MB is intelligent enough to understand the metadata structures for those front ends and also integrate with them. We now have many users using MB-Server and XBMC Front End. The server has the right amount of configuration available to not daunt a new comer to the HTPC world and can leave the settings at default, where as a power user can get stuck in and, tweak things the way they want their metadata scraped and saved.
The screen shots below show just how easy it is to edit images and the selection available that MB recognizes and uses.
At the moment, our server currently only runs on windows, however, a linux/OSx mono based server is under development. If you are an experienced Linux/osx dev, and would like to help out or join our team please feel free to stop by this thread here!
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Poster Editing - Backdrop Editing - Image Editing
Apps and Accessing the Servers Content
Think about the Apps like shoppers in a mall, where the mall is the MB-Server and the MB-Apps are the customers, shopping around for things they like or want to see. It seems appropriate to call them these as that’s exactly what these MB-Apps do. Just about any handheld device, pad, laptop or pc can access the server using a dedicated app or access via a web browser, which in my eyes make life easy.
MBClassic (Original MB, WMC integration)
MBTheatre (Standalone PC based application)
Win 8 App (Windows Tablet or standalone PC based application for Windows 8)
Android App- (Available on google play and Amazon for Android OS devices and Kindle)
WindowsPhone App (Available in the WindowsPhone Store)
iOS App (Available thru AppStore)
Roku (Available from Roku Store || NowTV box from Sky is available for side loading)
WebClient (Browse your collection from your favourite internet browser thru HTML5)
XBMB3C (XBMC integration using MBServer with XBMC Front End)
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Android
Windows Phone
MediaBrowser Theater
iOS
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WebClient / WebClient on iPad(or any HTML5 enabled device)
XBMB3C
Roku
Fanart.tv and MediaBrowser
There has been a long standing partnership with MB and fanart.tv and MB would like to commend them on their hard work over the years and may it continue. I feel it’s only fair that there should be some screen shots to wet your appetite. These Screenshots have been taken from MB-Classic and show just how beautiful fanart has helped to make themes like Subdued(An MBClassic Theme) look beautiful.
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ClearArt - DiscArt - ThumbArt
Paid
Free
For more information please visit www.mediabrowser3.com
Or for support visit www.mediabrowser3.com/community/
Git-hub https://github.com/MediaBrowser
Newly supported:
Live TV
We now support live tv through the use of a modular service provider system. You'll need to install a service provider plugin, and at launch we have one, ServerWMC. We'd like to thank krustyreturns for being a part of this.
A next pvr plugin is also in development, and we also have a few more on our wish list - Argus TV, DVBViewer and DVBLink. If you would like to get involved and help develop one of these plugins, please let us know.
So let's get down to live tv. You have the ability to view the guide, watch a channel, and full recording management capabilities. And the web client design is responsive so that you can use it on your smartphone to schedule a recording when you're not home.
Transcoding Engine Improvements
Perhaps just as exciting as live tv, we've made significant improvements to our transcoding service that will really help reduce server cpu usage.
Media Browser Companion (Chrome Extension) Released
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/media-browser-3-companion/egofcbleniceaoleohckegkeepennpcn
Media Browser 3 Chrome Extension Gives You Quick Access to MB3 Notifications and Features
I am pleased to announce the Media Browser 3 Companion for Chrome. With this extension, you can quickly access status updates, latest news, and other important MB3 features without the need to load up the MB3 web client.
Features include:
Notification status icon displays number of unread notifications
Click status icon to review notification details including: new plugins that are available for download and new updates that have completed installation
Status icon turns red if your server is inaccessible so you can restart it ASAP
Restart server remotely through the extension
Link in header takes you directly to your MB3 server web client in case you want to restart
Coming Soon
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The mb3 server is fantastic and ALL the clients are great.
The dev has done a great job with the windows phone app. Open to suggestions for improvement too. ServerWMC support coming soon, best feature on that is remotely setting recordings in my opinion. That said i don't watch much media on the go...
The android app is cracking on a tablet and the dev is looking to support android media players in the future. Which with serverWMC should make for an impressive cheap mediacenter!!!
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Media Browser for Android now supports ChromeCast
TRusselo said:
Media Browser for Android now supports ChromeCast
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I bought this app so I can get the chromecast support, but whenever I try to play a video the app freeze completely. This happens on My tmo s4 kitkat and nexus 7 2012 kitkat
kawaiichi said:
I bought this app so I can get the chromecast support, but whenever I try to play a video the app freeze completely. This happens on My tmo s4 kitkat and nexus 7 2012 kitkat
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but...
what speed of router are you using? B/G/N/AC? what type of content? avi, mkv, mpg?
what is the processor speed of the server machine? it has to transcode if the file bitrate exceeds your wifi speed.
the problem is not your phones, it is your server, network, or content.
it works wonderfully on my Bell S4 on a N network, playing all my files, from a AMD FX 8 core server machine (any dual core 2.5 GHz or better should suffice)
Geet work
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Read Here!
Chromecast makes it easy to enjoy all of your favorite online content on a TV screen with the simple press of a button on your phone, tablet or laptop. We want to make it easier for that content to get to your TV, so today we’re releasing the Google Cast Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers who want to build Chromecast support into their apps and websites. For the rest of us, that means even more of our favorite movies, TV shows and music will become available on Chromecast as developers work with the SDK. Just be on the lookout for the cast button in your favorite apps and websites across Android, iOS and Chrome.
If you’re a developer looking to bring your content to the big screen, head on over to the Google Developers Blog for a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of it all. Meanwhile, for everyone else, a current list of apps that work with Chromecast can be found at chromecast.com/apps. Happy casting!
Posted by Ambarish Kenghe, Chromecast Product Manager and Cast Master
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So I assume this means we will soon be able to cast our full screens to our Chromecasts very soon! Let's Rejoice! And don't forget to thank the devs!
Mods please delete the thread I was just a little too late in posting this
Hello, I don't know much about coding, or Andriod Developing apps. But came up with this.
A Wesbite/App which can have like a large Online database/torrent whereby users can pick any torrents and simply click on then and STREAM them directly.
After doing some research I found this:
The closest thing is from some Russians, who have managed to successfully, create some sort of new Unique protocol or something like that ^^^, and it works GREAT, however its LIMITED to Russian and TV only.
Could an Developer use this Unique Technology/Protocol and create an English type or library?
The App: Torrent Stream
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.vidsoftware.acestreamcontroller.free
"Using this software you can watch TV, movies and any other video content broadcast on technology AceStream (formerly Torrent Stream"
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The software more info :"
" Ace Stream is an innovative multimedia platform of a new generation, which includes different products and solutions for ordinary Internet users as well as for professional members of the multimedia market.
Note: Ace Stream uses in its core, P2P (peer-to-peer) technology, BitTorrent protocol, which is acknowledged as the most effective protocol to transfer/deliver «».""
Ace Stream platform provides excellent audio-visual quality for Internet online broadcasts/shows and the most effective system of storing and delivering audio and video content.
Note: Ace Stream users watch online video with audio-visual quality level ten times greater than quality of video on YouTube (provided in 1080p format) and many times greater than broadcasts/shows of all other existing services of VoD and Live Stream provided by OTT (Over The Top) service operators, which do not use P2P technology.
No existing Live Stream service or standard CDN operator using unicast can provide live broadcast with the same high level quality, for the same number of viewers, that can be provided by the average Ace Stream user from his personal computer using home Internet-channel!
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"P2P Live streaming for all torrent trackers and most popular sites
http://info.acestream.org/#/about/acestream
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Russian Fourm - Please Use google translate
http://forum.torrentstream.org/index.php
http://forum.torrentstream.org/index.php?topic=1295.0
http://forum.torrentstream.org/index.php?topic=1460.0
Would it be possible to model a App like that ^^^ with that protocol/technology,
The tools, are all there! if someone or any developer can use them, it can be very advantageous. If you know any developers please share that or PM me
Plex has multiple "unofficial" channels that do this.
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Hello Everyone!
I’m working on a business project for my University course and had a brief Yes/No question I’m hoping someone on the forum could answer: Is it theoretically possible for someone to customise the Google Cast software to trigger periodic auto play of commercial ads when someone is trying to cast their content onto a TV equipped with Google Cast?
To illustrate my point, imagine you have someone trying to cast their Netflix show from their mobile device onto a TV with a Chomecast Dongle. When this person triggers the request to play their content on the TV, the Google Chromecast would be configured to play a 60 second commercial before allowing said person to watch their content. Could this be possible? Would the Google Cast API allow you to customise the software in this way?
Kindest,
Ama
Adoumbia86 said:
Hello Everyone!
I’m working on a business project for my University course and had a brief Yes/No question I’m hoping someone on the forum could answer: Is it theoretically possible for someone to customise the Google Cast software to trigger periodic auto play of commercial ads when someone is trying to cast their content onto a TV equipped with Google Cast?
To illustrate my point, imagine you have someone trying to cast their Netflix show from their mobile device onto a TV with a Chomecast Dongle. When this person triggers the request to play their content on the TV, the Google Chromecast would be configured to play a 60 second commercial before allowing said person to watch their content. Could this be possible? Would the Google Cast API allow you to customise the software in this way?
Kindest,
Ama
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Any one have an idea about this?
from the user-facing perspective, I don't think it's possible. when one device casts, then another one does, it doesn't resume the first cast automatically when the 2nd cast ends.
I suppose if you start digging into the internals, you could get somewhere, but from a user facing perspective, one cast stream ends the prior, so once you play that 60s commercial, the cast ends
Adoumbia86 said:
Hello Everyone!
I’m working on a business project for my University course and had a brief Yes/No question I’m hoping someone on the forum could answer: Is it theoretically possible for someone to customise the Google Cast software to trigger periodic auto play of commercial ads when someone is trying to cast their content onto a TV equipped with Google Cast?
To illustrate my point, imagine you have someone trying to cast their Netflix show from their mobile device onto a TV with a Chomecast Dongle. When this person triggers the request to play their content on the TV, the Google Chromecast would be configured to play a 60 second commercial before allowing said person to watch their content. Could this be possible? Would the Google Cast API allow you to customise the software in this way?
Kindest,
Ama
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In theory if you had root access to the device, you cold make it do whatever.
Normal circumstances though would be no. All the Chromecast does is fetch the content on its own. You "casting" basically tells the Chromecast to make a request to xyz and start playing. You maintain an open session to the local API for basic controls. Not only is the API traffic encrypted, even if you were able to maliciously redirect the cc to your source the user would be like wtf and click cast again, starting the whole process over.
What you're trying to do isn't really feasible with the Cast SDK and actually violates the terms of service since it interferes with basic expected functionality. That said, it is possible with some other creative methods. It would require you to be in control of the network the Chromecasts are on and act as a command bridge of sorts between the user devices and the Chromecasts. Lots of work for getting ad revenue that is questionably violating terms of service.