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Tune in Radio Users - Please help

I have tune-in radio app ( pro ) and I have an avid user of CNN Newsroom station - http://tunein.com/radio/CNN-s20407/ - its the exact one on TV
This used to work over 3G but now only works on Wi-Fi
I am with Rogers running ICS ( results are same with older ROMS ), same issue with another friend who has Captivate
I thought it was Rogers blocking it but it works on my friends iPhone ( with Rogers ) and I for the life of me cannot figure it out
My workaround is to use VPN but I get lot of disconnections
Can some AT & T'ers and Canadians try this on their phone and let me know please
iPhone used to have a s/w called VOIP over 3G, which tricked it by making the phone think its on Wi-Fi while on 3G. Is there any such s/w for Android?

Please, its a free download..can someone just try and let me know

Works fine for me on at&t CM9 ICS Build 17 w Glitch 14b5
Don't know what to tell you

inningsdefeat500 said:
Please, its a free download..can someone just try and let me know
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Works for me, via 3g, using tunein free version on AT&T.
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works for me on rogers in edmonton.
they have some really bad opinions of Obama's presidency.

TRusselo said:
works for me on rogers in edmonton.
they have some really bad opinions of Obama's presidency.
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Really, I actually tried it with livio radio as well..same thing..it just doesnt work

inningsdefeat500 said:
Really, I actually tried it with livio radio as well..same thing..it just doesnt work
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Same for me in Montreal. All radios are working on 3G but CNN Newsroom (and CNN News Update) still won't connect.
Will check later at home on Wifi.
TuneIn RadioPro v4.0
EDIT1: On wifi I do get feeds but not 3G.
EDIT2: Tried the Free version and can only connect to CNN News update on 3G but the CNN Situation Room is still not connecting. I think the feed being 32k wma might have something to do with it.
EDIT3: Yep wma is the culprit. Every stream that was wma either 32k,50k or 64k could not open over 3G but were fine under Wifi. As nothing to do with TuneIn being Pro or not.

silvertag said:
Same for me in Montreal. All radios are working on 3G but CNN Newsroom (and CNN News Update) still won't connect.
Will check later at home on Wifi.
TuneIn RadioPro v4.0
EDIT1: On wifi I do get feeds but not 3G.
EDIT2: Tried the Free version and can only connect to CNN News update on 3G but the CNN Situation Room is still not connecting. I think the feed being 32k wma might have something to do with it.
EDIT3: Yep wma is the culprit. Every stream that was wma either 32k,50k or 64k could not open over 3G but were fine under Wifi. As nothing to do with TuneIn being Pro or not.
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thanx a ton man, is this android issue? how can this be fixed
P.S I downloaded siriusxm trial for 7 days and it works there

inningsdefeat500 said:
thanx a ton man, is this android issue? how can this be fixed
P.S I downloaded siriusxm trial for 7 days and it works there
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If it works its because the stream it is either AAC or MP3 format. For what i read Android does not support Windows Format (wma,wmv). It does not have the licensed codec to play it so that's why it does not work.

silvertag said:
If it works its because the stream it is either AAC or MP3 format. For what i read Android does not support Windows Format (wma,wmv). It does not have the licensed codec to play it so that's why it does not work.
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Actually I got it working if I use US VPN, so is this still an wma/androidissue?

Corporate WiFi filters out radio or other streams - to reduce charges. So testing at home is the best.
WMA streaming didn't work for me in non-IE browsers.
Can't u use Pandora Radio?
Another thing - CNN sux, provides bunch of official U.S. government or partisan lies. Can't u find alternative more interesting source?

inningsdefeat500 said:
Actually I got it working if I use US VPN, so is this still an wma/androidissue?
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The only thing i see is that the protocol used may have something to do with how the app sees the stream. It works via wifi (there goes my theory about wma not being supported) so there are no reason for 3G not to work.
VPN can be considered similar to Wifi since it uses the ip protocol to establish the tunneling and might be seen as "Wifi" link.
Is it a android issue ?... i'm no longer sure.

bravomail said:
Corporate WiFi filters out radio or other streams - to reduce charges. So testing at home is the best.
WMA streaming didn't work for me in non-IE browsers.
Can't u use Pandora Radio?
Another thing - CNN sux, provides bunch of official U.S. government or partisan lies. Can't u find alternative more interesting source?
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It works on iPhone with same carrier
Pandora doesnt have CNN, in addition to not being available to Canadians. I can make it work with VPN but then might as well listen to CNN with that
I don't mind listening to propaganda FOX, direct me to a link ( same as their TV news )

wifi-only option
I'm looking for something just the other way 'round. A wifi-only option, I noticed iOs has an advanced option panel, but can't seem to find on the free android version

it works for me:good:

[HOWTO] Chromecast Mirroring (screen mirroring)

Hello everyone,
So I got my Google Chromecast today and after a bit of messing around I found this cool neat feature that allows you to mirror your entire display to the chromecast device.
This is how you do it.
1) In Google chrome browser on your computer click the Google cast extension and then click the little arrow in the extension and select "cast entire screen (experimental) I've attached a screenshot.
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2) after completing step one select your chromecast device and walla you see your screen on your TV
This seems to be an experimental feature so let me know how it works for you, so far I've tested it on my Linux Mint 15 laptop and it works nicely there is a minor delay but at least its something

Nice Find!!
It would be great if the audio also worked it streams xbmc great but not audio

FYI: Need Chrome Beta for this to show.

This is really cool, nice find.
I hope audio works through this in the future!

Make video please

Chrome beta allows you to shoot to your tv? I am looking for the option but dont see it !

Tower1972 said:
Chrome beta allows you to shoot to your tv? I am looking for the option but dont see it !
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Do you see the arrow in the upper right corner when you press the chromecast button in chrome?

lol my TV IS my computer monitor actually. I just use the Chromecast for when I dont want to start up my pc ,,,but I will check shortly

You can cast just audio from that menu too.

How good is the screen mirroring? If it works well with no lag, I may use this to cast some PC games to the TV!

Can.I.Haz.Jelly.Bean? said:
How good is the screen mirroring? If it works well with no lag, I may use this to cast some PC games to the TV!
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Have yet to try a game but there is definitely lag, (~ a half a second?) just scrolling the web page but audio is good, video is good, and the audio/video sync seems to be fine.
Right now I'm casting Google Play Music from my average, 1 year old, Toshiba laptop, to my cheap-ass, Insignia TV, listening to Taj Mahal tear-up the guitar.
Life Is Good!

firemountain said:
Make video please
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does this really need a video? the picture in the op sums it up completely...

PhantomGamers said:
does this really need a video? the picture in the op sums it up completely...
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Not howto video, but the video of the result, to see lag. I haven't chromecast and interested to see is it good enough to use for screen mirroring. Thanx.

firemountain said:
Not howto video, but the video of the result, to see lag. I haven't chromecast and interested to see is it good enough to use for screen mirroring. Thanx.
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oh, fair enough.
i don't think it's any laggier than the tab projection so you should look up videos of that on youtube for an idea.

There is a half a sec up to 2 sec lag so I don't think it's suitable for gaming unless someone finds a way to lower the lag somehow.
Also I use the stable version of chrome on Linux and it works so I don't know maybe for windows the beta version of chrome is needed.
The biggest down side for me is that audio is not working in the desktop cast mode

it doesnt even work for me.the CC doesnt respond to me clicking the cast entire screen (im on chrome stable)

Well when I use Netflix off my phone there is a real slight delay and it takes a few seconds after that for the proper resolution to kick in.. So if your game is lag dependant like a shooter etc.. I would be hesitant
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cammykool said:
it doesnt even work for me.the CC doesnt respond to me clicking the cast entire screen (im on chrome stable)
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Can you explain your issue in more details? What do you mean it doesn't respond?

the_mentor said:
Can you explain your issue in more details? What do you mean it doesn't respond?
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i got it to work

Can someone test this Chrome extension on Chromecast. Media Player allows you to play video from your chrome browser. Just drop video into blank tab.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/media-player/nmkigfdipchbagbecdmmomiahkkhlcfo

Latest Pandora App Contains Chromecasting Code

The latest update of the pandora app:
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The app_id for the chromecast receiver is going to be Pandora_App. Can't be used until Google/Pandora push the receiver app to the Chromecast repository. You could theoretically run it on an emulator but it's impossible to determine what the proper URL is for the app.

Along with the other new of mentions of Pandora on a non-live Chromecast page (don't remember the details), I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes official along with Kit Kat and the Nexus 5. Supposedly as early as tomorrow (10/31).
That would be a nice treat

Pandora is working.

Can't wait to test
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Still no luck for me.
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Since we can't use Pandora in Canada without jumping through some hoops, I'm really hoping that Rdio follows suit.

EarlyMon said:
Pandora is working.
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Same here.
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EarlyMon said:
Pandora is working.
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Yep, should be working for everyone (if it's not working you only need to reboot the chromecast).

upload
Anyone who could post the apk ? Its "not compatible" with HTC one, but i'd like to try that out for myself

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What is weird about Pandora's Chromecast support is when you switch your source in the app (Chromecast to phone for instance) it doesn't sync up and starts playing a different song. That is really the only annoying thing about the app that I've noticed so far.

bozzykid said:
What is weird about Pandora's Chromecast support is when you switch your source in the app (Chromecast to phone for instance) it doesn't sync up and starts playing a different song. That is really the only annoying thing about the app that I've noticed so far.
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It also does not allow you to control from multiple devices without interrupting the music. I really wish they implemented this like Netflix app in that you can seamlessly move between devices (phone, tablet, etc)... Even more shocked Google didn't do it right (Netflix way) with Google Music...

rd2000 said:
Anyone who could post the apk ? Its "not compatible" with HTC one, but i'd like to try that out for myself
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What he said....

jsdecker10 said:
What he said....
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I think he can't see Pandora app in play store because he's outside US. So, he's asking someone to share the Pandora. Apr file. But I don't think it would work, unless he uses a vpn

I update the pandora app on my nexus 7 and my motorola droid razr maxx. I see the cast button on the nexus 7 but not on the droid. Is it in a different place for the phone app or shouldn't it be in the upper right hand corner?

I'm not horribly keen on the Pandora app at the moment I watched it play through a couple of songs and there's areas that are 100% static. This means for TV's that have risk of stuck pixels you can't use the app for long periods of time without risking leaving images stuck on your screen.
Pandora needs to add a dynamic screen similar to the one used by Google Music for the stuck pixels to not be a risk.
I have noticed if I'm listening to a song on my phone I can cast it to my Chromecast without it changing. However if I disconnect the song is forced into a change. So there is that lack of a clean switch going from casting to not casting. I only hope that any forced changes by a disconnect isn't consider a "skip" and count against that number.

GabrialDestruir said:
I'm not horribly keen on the Pandora app at the moment I watched it play through a couple of songs and there's areas that are 100% static. This means for TV's that have risk of stuck pixels you can't use the app for long periods of time without risking leaving images stuck on your screen.
Pandora needs to add a dynamic screen similar to the one used by Google Music for the stuck pixels to not be a risk.
I have noticed if I'm listening to a song on my phone I can cast it to my Chromecast without it changing. However if I disconnect the song is forced into a change. So there is that lack of a clean switch going from casting to not casting. I only hope that any forced changes by a disconnect isn't consider a "skip" and count against that number.
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Since the Pandora update, I set my TV screen to black to avoid that. It just made sense cuz Pandora has always been a static image. Even on my laptop, I'm surfing the web and never leave my display on Pandora. Plus, the UI is ugly.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Since the Pandora update, I set my TV screen to black to avoid that. It just made sense cuz Pandora has always been a static image. Even on my laptop, I'm surfing the web and never leave my display on Pandora. Plus, the UI is ugly.
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My tv doesn't have an option to go black, maybe turning down the brightness and contrast all the way or something.

strange I'm only noticing ads while connected to chromecast and casting to my TV (ad pops up on the tv screen once in a while and I can't skip songs as much as I want). If I disconnect and just skip songs on my nexus tablet I get no ads or limited skips. Anyone else notice? Don't know how this could have anything to do with Chromecast

simultaneously chromecasting pandora ?
is it a possibility to simultaneously chromecast the same pandora app throughout the house..?

bodecove said:
is it a possibility to simultaneously chromecast the same pandora app throughout the house..?
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As in to multiple TVs?
Since each Chromecast is independent (think micro computer accessing Pandora), even if you managed to get the Pandora playlist point the same on all Chromecasts, they'd still all be receiving a separate and individual data stream, so sync would not be 100%. You'd probably get weird echo/reverb effects if you can hear more than one player's audio.
It's like if you and your friend both brought up the same YouTube video on two phone/tablets. Even if you both hit play at exactly the same time (and didn't get interrupted with an ad), each phone/tablet is getting a separate on-demand video "feed" and decoding it. Your playback would likely be close in time with identical hardware, but still no guarantee.
The proper way to do multi-location playback is via multicast streaming, which is more like an over-the-air TV broadcast. The "feed" is broadcast, and any number of receivers can "tune into it" and they'll get whatever is being broadcast at that time.
But I don't think Pandora can do that...
So back to your original goal, the easiest way would be to use an HDMI distribution device or splitter (be mindful of HDCP compliance, not sure Chromecast requires it, but it probably does) so the same signal is going to your multiple locations in the house.
You could put a Chromecast on each TV and switch cast destinations (I do this with YouTube sometimes), but that will give you breaks between moves as things reconnect. Don't forget to turn off the TV when you leave.

Mirroring Android to Chromecast

Check this out from the man who made the AllCast app.
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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This is the answer to all

Sending video to Chromecast will not be too difficult.
Sending video + synced audio, all of this with minimum latency so it is actually usable will be much more difficult. I doubt it will be possible to do a better job at it than Miracast whose it is the entire purpose.

I have a miracast dongle and used it about three times with n10 and new n7. Some apps of interest block output (sky go etc) the delay is short but too long for most games, the pic quality is Inferior to hdmi, so what are you left to do with it? Photos/video? Which we can now do easily at hq .. My only use case idea was communal game watching, which is kind of dull really. I was excited to try it but seriously the reality is not that exciting. Still a nice feature to have I just dont fathom the idea its the best thing ever. After two minutes of pointing and going 'mirroring with android!!' You will likely be bored
If you have a killer use i've missed do say.
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Why is it difficult for chromecast to mirror things? What's inside the miracast dongle that isn't inside chromecast?

The S3 Kid said:
Why is it difficult for chromecast to mirror things? What's inside the miracast dongle that isn't inside chromecast?
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Completely different software, possibly different hardware such as more ram.
Miracast was designed for this - think of it as wireless HDMI over a peer to peer connection.
Chromecast was designed to receive content via the internet with control from any device on the same network, not peer to peer.

EarlyMon said:
Completely different software, possibly different hardware such as more ram.
Miracast was designed for this - think of it as wireless HDMI over a peer to peer connection.
Chromecast was designed to receive content via the internet with control from any device on the same network, not peer to peer.
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Exactly the above.
Miracast is designed for low-latency, high-bandwidth connection, hence the peer-to-peer, minimal compression.
Since Chromecast connects to your WiFi access point, putting a Miracast load on that would heavily bog down the wireless network.
Assuming a wireless source device,
A 50 Mbps stream on Miracast is just that - source device ---50 Mbps---> mirroring device
A 50 Mbps stream on a WiFi AP is double that - source device ---50 Mbps---> AP ---50 Mbps---> mirroring device
Going through the AP means the wireless bandwidth usage is doubled, just like casting device-local media to Chromecast.
Except in the case of device-local media, we have the benefit of some amount of buffering and latency is not as huge an issue because we're not seeing it on both screens so a delay in response time isn't as perceptible or annoying. It's not like you're trying to interact and have to wait a second or two after each keypress like on a slow TeamViewer connection.
There are many potential delays in the chain:
Compression on source device
It takes CPU cycles to compress data, and this creates delay, as is currently the case with the Cast extension for Chrome.
This can be offset if there is hardware-assisted or complete hardware-based compression like Nvidia ShadowPlay does, though there will always be some amount of delay as long as compression is used.
Another possibility is to use vector-based graphic commands rather than sending raster images.
An additional possibility for Android is to use "shorthand" and an agreed-upon set of UI elements. The source would say "draw menu" rather sending the actual graphics and the target would draw the requested menu using the agreed UI elements. It's like sending plaintext and a font rather than rendering text as graphics.
Wireless transmission
Source -> AP -> Target incurs delay because the AP has to forward the packets. Essentially it's a router hop.
This can be avoided by doing a direct connection of some sort, but in the Chromecast world that would mean taking Chromecast off the "normal" network entirely. That kind of goes against the current Chromecast behavior where another device can assume or override control.
Decompression on target device
It takes CPU to decompress data too, and that also creates delay, though usually less than the initial compression.
Again, this can be offset by using hardware-assisted or complete hardware decompression, but there will always be some amount of delay as long as decompression is necessary.
If using vector-based graphic commands rather than sending raster images, it's just a matter of the graphic engine's drawing speed and the complexity of the vector, unless you start using a crazy amount of shapes. Nice thing about vector is that it's scalable so you don't have to worry about bandwidth bloating as the resolution increases.
Ideally Chromecast mirroring would employ as much of the compression and decompression optimizations above as allowable on the platform.
And of course we have to remember that the source device is going to be in use during this entire ordeal, so we don't want to negatively impact actual usage of the source device.
Technicalities aside, I am very curious to see what Koush has cooked up!! It could just be a question to gauge interest, but it's Koush...

Chromecast mirroring is going to lag like hell. Why even waste your time with this? Ever send a 3MB jpeg to Chromecast? It loads like you are on a 56k modem..

bhiga said:
Technicalities aside, I am very curious to see what Koush has cooked up!! It could just be a question to gauge interest, but it's Koush...
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^^ This.
I've seen a lot of folks say that they want MX Player, MoboPlayer, etc etc, supported.
Others still can't figure out how to get their phone videos visible elsewhere.
If he's solved the expected audio syncing issue then this is going to make those camps very happy. I doubt they'd care about an initial delay.
PS - lest we forget: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
With Google Cast you have several options for supporting various media types, codecs, and facilities:
Video codecs: H.264 High Profile Level 4.1, 4.2 and 5, VP8
Audio decoding: HE-AAC, LC-AAC, CELT/Opus, MP3, Vorbis
Image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WEBP
Containers: MP4, WebM
Containers: MPEG-DASH, SmoothStreaming, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
Level 1 DRM support: Widevine, PlayReady
Subtitles:
TTML - Timed Text Markup Language
WebVTT - Web Video Text Tracks
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The ASUS Miracast Dongle specs for that, for comparison -
Video codec:
H.264, MP4V
Audio codec:
AAC, LPCM, MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG Vorbis
Containers:
MP4, AVI, MKV, 3GP, TS
Image:
JPEG, BMP, PNG
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For video to work, most cases are ultimately going to amount to transcoding.
I'd imagine that he's solving that by catching the streams at some common point, possibly in a framework, and encoding those.
And that makes sense if you're going to mirror homescreens and anything else.
If what I suspect is true, this is likely going to be a rooted-Android-device-only solution.

EarlyMon said:
^^ This.
I've seen a lot of folks say that they want MX Player, MoboPlayer, etc etc, supported.
Others still can't figure out how to get their phone videos visible elsewhere.
If he's solved the expected audio syncing issue then this is going to make those camps very happy. I doubt they'd care about an initial delay.
PS - lest we forget: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
The ASUS Miracast Dongle specs for that, for comparison -
For video to work, most cases are ultimately going to amount to transcoding.
I'd imagine that he's solving that by catching the streams at some common point, possibly in a framework, and encoding those.
And that makes sense if you're going to mirror homescreens and anything else.
If what I suspect is true, this is likely going to be a rooted-Android-device-only solution.
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He's probably going to take what he already has in the Mirror.apk (which does screen recording and mirring to AirPlay and also to a "computer").
The computer streaming sets up a web server on the phone where the stream is played. He will likely take this and display it in the Chromecast web container. Hopefully it will also be more reliable.

ralphwiggum1 said:
He's probably going to take what he already has in the Mirror.apk (which does screen recording and mirring to AirPlay and also to a "computer").
The computer streaming sets up a web server on the phone where the stream is played. He will likely take this and display it in the Chromecast web container. Hopefully it will also be more reliable.
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I'd completely spaced that, many thanks.
https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/Z9kB5vyGQtJ
As he said there on December 12th,
Root your Android 4.4.2 phone (not necessary in the future).
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So, I haven't followed that since the announcement, hopefully the future has arrived and root won't be necessary.
If the 4.4.2 rev is still required, I predict some gnashing of teeth.
He also mentioned,
I've spent a lot of time in this code, and actually implemented my own variant of the Virtual Display API in 4.2 to get Airplay Mirroring working.
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The web server is no surprise, that's a given for Chromecast.

Here it is. https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/Z9kB5vyGQtJ

The S3 Kid said:
Here it is. https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/Z9kB5vyGQtJ
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Doesn't work with chromecast.

That's the old Mirror beta that @ralphwiggum1 mentioned.

Dun dun duuuun!

mdamaged said:
Dun dun duuuun!
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But, but, but... the doubters said it couldn't be done?! :laugh:

lazyn00b said:
But, but, but... the doubters said it couldn't be done?! :laugh:
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Impressive! I'm curious to see how it does for actual video, and hopefully it will apply to Chromecast (right now it seems to be "playing" on Mac)

get 'r dun!! yeaaaa

And now on Chromecast.. The lag isn't as bad as I predicted, although at the end it gets pretty bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhACF2mReY

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But, but, but... the doubters said it couldn't be done?! :laugh:
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Count me in as happy to eat crow, I had a lot of doubts.
Now I'm curious about videos and what the final requirements will be.

[CHROME-EXTENSION] Thundercast

I'm writing an extension to send various contents from the web to the chromecast. If you are brave enough you can give it a try.
Update 0.8 (the new version is taking shape)
Major changes: new name. : )
Minor changes: the UI is more conventional but is the result of the code simplification and allows avoiding some operations, like javascript injections.
To install the extension you have to drag and drop the crx file in the extensions tab (chrome://extensions)
If you use the stable channel of chrome, google will likely block the extension soon after the first restart of the browser. In that case, to use it further, I suggest installing chrome canary.
dropbox link: goo.gl/kgatdZ
PS: forgive my English

bio-xda said:
I’ve written a chrome extension I use to send various contents from the web to the chromecast. If you are brave enough you can give it a try.
To install the extension you have to drag and drop the crx file in the extensions tab (chrome://extensions)
dropbox link: goo.gl/kgatdZ
PS: forgive my English
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What does it do more than google cast?

albanodesign said:
What does it do more than google cast?
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Basically it forces the use of the cast API so your pc won’t act as the server of the video but only as the remote controller, mimic the behavior of youtube in websites that don’t support chromecast.

bio-xda said:
Basically it forces the use of the cast API so your pc won’t act as the server of the video but only as the remote controller, mimic the behavior of youtube in websites that don’t support chromecast.
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Does that have any advantages? I notice that often, casting the entire tab of a screen playing a video makes it tough on my Chromecast whereas the Youtube implementation works pretty smoothly. Does using your version make it smoother?

Flowah said:
Does that have any advantages? I notice that often, casting the entire tab of a screen playing a video makes it tough on my Chromecast whereas the Youtube implementation works pretty smoothly. Does using your version make it smoother?
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It should, as the extension is telling Chromecast to go grab the media directly, rather than your PC trying to encode from the screen and send the (re)encoded video to Chromecast.

Did anyone try it ?

its working good
but i also have to have the cc extensionn running to cast directly to cc
would be nice if that is automatic

I tried at yify.tv, doesn't work, extension always fail to transfer source to chromecast with the red ! sign on the extension icon.

kawaiichi said:
I tried at yify.tv, doesn't work, extension always fail to transfer source to chromecast with the red ! sign on the extension icon.
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Unfortunately you’re right, I’ve never had to deal with video urls like theirs. There are many things that need to be improved, i hope to find the time

Awesome extension... exactly what i was looking for... my mother just has an old slow laptop n with this extension streaming simple flash streams works like a charm. With google cast its realy realy laggy.. so thnx n keep on working
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nice!
but how I use? just enable and cast with google cast?

yuriebc said:
nice!
but how I use? just enable and cast with google cast?
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While thundercast is enabled you should see a big, ugly button over the videos. It will cast the video if chromecast support its format, otherwise you can always download it.
Btw, i'm rewriting the extension from scratch and will be very different. My intention is to release it in the store, but it's not going to happen soon.
Maybe this thread can be closed, but i have a thing for the user of xda i'd like to share when the new version is ready.
Ps: sorry i didn't get (or i lost) the notification from the forum

bio-xda said:
While thundercast is enabled you should see a big, ugly button over the videos. It will cast the video if chromecast support its format, otherwise you can always download it.
Btw, i'm rewriting the extension from scratch and will be very different. My intention is to release it in the store, but it's not going to happen soon.
Maybe this thread can be closed, but i have a thing for the user of xda i'd like to share when the new version is ready.
Ps: sorry i didn't get (or i lost) the notification from the forum
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I'm liking the current version already. Looking forward to what you cook up in the revamp!

Update 0.8
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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This has become one of my favourite extensions. Looking forward to try out when I get home. Any chance to release it to the store, it is really painful to come back here and update manually every time a new version is out or if I want to install it on my other devices

This version seem fantastic. I hope it reduce the lag that official chromecast extension give in flash video on chrome.
I try to use it.
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About the store, I haven’t decided yet. There are some (few) things I want to improve before but I'm having issues with the chromecast. It has such a poor wifi reception I have to carefully position the tv to get it work and, in these days, with the heat, things seem even worse. It’s becoming a bit frustrating…

bio-xda said:
About the store, I haven’t decided yet. There are some (few) things I want to improve before but I'm having issues with the chromecast. It has such a poor wifi reception I have to carefully position the tv to get it work and, in these days, with the heat, things seem even worse. It’s becoming a bit frustrating…
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An HDMI extension (if the included one isn't sufficient) can do wonders for getting Chromecast away from the TV and into a better reception zone. Even a 3-foot (1-meter) cable can help tremendously. TVs are very bad with signal reflection and interference.

Is live streaming websites supported by this extension? I tried to use it with livestation no luck
Also tried it with file drive and did not see cast icon

Where do we get this extension
WHere do we download this extension, I do not find it on the Chrome Extension site???