Anyone get hulu, sling box or netflix working on the new xe16 kitkat update?
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I took my old dell laptop installed ubuntu and plex server. changed the settings to always keep on. installed RealVNC so that I can login from my current laptop.
showbox app to watch movies by using external player .. selecting allcast/avia and streaming to TV
Avia app -> add media > showing my plex server and all my movies are right there
Chrome browser -> casting tab -> was able to watch even australian open live with it
got some play credit smh and purchased classics in google play movies and able to watch 1080p in TV
when got bored, youtube, vevo, play music to chromecast
life getting awesome!!!
New App (needs Avia)
This may or may not be new but I only stumbled on it today.
Like Showbox (worse UI although not unacceptable) BUT with UK Tv shows thrown in as well.
MovieDroid on the playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lowlevel.moviedroid&hl=en_GB
You are welcomez.
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Keep a look out for Tv Portal. Much like MovieDroid it's hit or miss on the mp4 format; however, I've peeped out their 2.0 version (which is in beta and has zero functionality). Once released, tv portal will rank up there, maybe even surpass, showbox (current epic app ever).
Try amazon app store or SlideMe Marketplace.
Please be careful about posting about services that violate copyright rules such as showbox and moviebox. If they are providing paid content for free, then you really shouldn't post on xda.
Thanks!
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/06/fi...chromecast-roku-support-here-is-how-it-works/
I tried it. It's pretty useless for me. Firefox for Android on my tablet with Android 4.1.2 can't actually play the video from most video sites (Chrome beta does fine), and no casting control appears. I don't feel like cluttering my phone that has 4.4.4 just to try this.
Update: It turns out that the developers screwed up the beta build and left out the casting support after announcing it. It's fixed now.
An update has been posted, and Firefox beta for Android now includes the previously-announced casting support. I can confirm that it does work. The Firefox beta on my tablet is still unable to play video that plays just fine in other browsers, but the casting control appears and it can cast it to the Chromecast successfully. Since it only supports compatible mp4 and WebM streams that we can already cast by other means, I'm not sure it's very useful, but if you were planning to use Firefox for Android anyway...
It's supposed to support Roku too, with the addition of a Firefox receiver channel on the Roku, so I gave that a test too. It does detect the Roku, and the Roku dings when I try to cast a video to it from Firefox, but nothing else happens.
So still a work in progress...
So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
sawyerbenjamin said:
So my dad has this love for playing movies on the TV with his new tablets. I told him he might as well buy the Chromecast because it will work wirelessly and he doesn't need to go across the room to pause and play (he had to use HDMI cables).
Anyway, I didn't know til we got the thing that mirroring is only supported on a small amount of devices. I got it to work on my phone because I'm fully rooted with a KitKat rom on my G2, which is actually a supported device. But my dad has a Hisense tablet running 4.2.2 (latest update). I'm a little nervous about breaking it to him that he actually can't stream movies from his favorite app or mirror his screen.
He uses the app Show Box, I'm sure a lot of people know about it. Its basically free movies. I was wondering if there was an app like MX Player that has Chromecast support. I.e. he can stream movies with this app, and the video player that is playing the movie can cast it.
Or if there is a workaround to mirror the screen on a 4.2.2 device, hopefully doesn't require root.
Our internet isn't too fast, so we're not too hip on downloading movies and having to wait forever to stream them locally. Unfortunately, that might be the best option though.
Thanks!
---Update---
Found an app called Web Video Caster. Does exactly what I was looking for. When you play a video in an app, just choose the option.
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Popcorn Time
Those that have a ROOTED Chromecast, can you share the interesting things you Personally are doing with it.
What are your hopes NOW that you have your Chromecast rooted?
What are the latest developments and projects being done on the Rooted Chromecast?
There is thread on Rooting the Chromecast, this thread is all about what you are doing NOW with your rooted Chromecast.
For me, I like the cast "entire screen" via Chrome browser but it's still in experimental phase. I also like the idea of local file streaming by typing in "file://c:/" but it lags too much to watch any movies.
I noticed I get the icon to mirror my phone to my LG tv immediately when I'm using my youtube app but not when I play a movie with the stock video player. Is there a video app that has built in Miracast? I'll try VLC since it mentions Miracast and see when I get home.
jeffrimerman said:
I noticed I get the icon to mirror my phone to my LG tv immediately when I'm using my youtube app but not when I play a movie with the stock video player. Is there a video app that has built in Miracast? I'll try VLC since it mentions Miracast and see when I get home.
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Native miracast is hit and miss as Google seems to have coded it to not fully work as to move users to Chromecast. Try LocalCast on playstore and play with the settings to see if that works.
I personally have never been able to cast successfully on my N6. I caved in and bought a Chromecast lol
I'll probably get a roku and I think it can cast to it but it might need a casting app for the roku and for the phone