Is there a way, from a separate device (laptop, mobile device etc), to view what a Chromecast device is currently playing? Essentially, stream in the opposite direction of what the Chromecast is intended for.
Example:
I've got a youtube video playing on my television thru my Chromecast. I've put it there via my mobile phone. From my laptop, can I connect to the Chromecast and see what it is playing?
From the chrome browser, It should tell you what app it is using. No details though. Just "Netflix" or "YouTube"
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If you happen to connect using the same app that launched the content it will in some cases tell you what content is playing to ensure you want to jump onto the control channel.
But it's not really possible to jump onto a Plex App Control Panel from some other app other than Plex....
Same would be true for YouTube and Netflix I would suspect.
There's an Android app called RemoteCast that attempts to connect to a Chromecast already running an app and take over control. If it succeeds, it shows you what's playing and lets you ff/rew/vol+- etc.. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated in a long time, and doesn't work for most Chromecast apps these days, but the potential is there.
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I cant find an answer by searching. I am sure someone has a solution. Windows media player only plays the first few seconds of a selectin and the skips to the next and continues to loop thru all yhe titles, No problem with tcmp or any other player, just windows media player,
Any suggestions?
madhatter said:
I cant find an answer by searching. I am sure someone has a solution. Windows media player only plays the first few seconds of a selectin and the skips to the next and continues to loop thru all yhe titles, No problem with tcmp or any other player, just windows media player,
Any suggestions?
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Faced the Same problem One fine morning and have not been able to set it right.
Any suggestions folks??
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Hey, I've been all over google for the past hours and I simply can't find any good android program like TV Forecast for the iPhone..
If you're not familiar with TV Forecast, here's a sample of how it looks. Very basic but very handy:
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If you have anything like this for a TV-freak, please help me out
Try this one http://www.cyrket.com/package/ukfree.jersey.tvguide
this may suffice for a bit, i wrote it myself, it simply parses a text file from tvrage.com
http://pdxvr.com/wap/t.php
you can limit the number of days by adding a ?d=n on the end of the url where 'n' is a number below 7
I use Record it by Austin Reid, if u have sky plus it can sync with ur account and u can set ur box to record when ur out.
Today I started to keep the history of the TVRage feed I use for the web app and made some links to those days - mostly so I can see the season/episodes I may have missed.
http://wap.pdxvr.com/t.php
I saw there was an app on the market that parsed the same file I used and shows you that. I think my interface looks nicer than the app even though it's just a web page.
Simple Media streaming between multi platforms using plex
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Simple demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fM9VfkqSw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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How about the actual app's site as a link - http://www.plexapp.com.
Plex is well known. They have offerings for everything and since there server started spitting out DLNA ( couple of versions back) you don't need their apps now. Most recent is now AppleTV does not need jail breaking with the newest Plex Connect app.
My setup:
- server is OSX
- Rokus at each TV
- Plex App in all my Android devices
- Plex connect for my ATV2G
I use Subsonic for my music streaming needs as it has more feature just for music and can control the bitrate of the stream ( great for monitoring 3g data usage).
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DLNA® by Huawei®
This is one great alternative app that you might want to look into. I was looking for a ported version of LG's SmartShare app because I have a DLNA TV which I rendered more or less useless without the SmartShare app which is not working on custom roms (CM, AOKP, SlimRom and so on). I have tried BubbleUpnP, iMediaShare and some other app which was either laggy or you had to buy the pro version to enjoy listening to more than 5 songs(yep, for me those are both of those aforementioned). So I was digging and found this beauty. A standalone Stock app by Huawei which did the job great and maybe even better.
It features:
Standard DLNA sharing of Videos, Music and Photos
Connecting to your PC and playing shared media files FROM it on your TV/Phone
Downloading shared files/transfering from PC or other device connected and sharing
Cons:
Maybe a little tricky to set up
Music isn't shuffled, photos probably either
Grab it and enjoy. Worked for me on CM10, CM10.2, SlimBean 4.3 and CM11. All credits go to the original porter, TeamAndroid, and to Huawei, of course.
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Thanks so much. Been searching forever and everyones links are broken but yours. ????????
Hi guys,
I try to find a answer if it's possible to connect a Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Box MDZ-26-DA to Google Home.
Other chance would be connecting to Mi Home App. But it seems that it is not possible to connect it either to Google nor to Xiaomi. :crying:
Which other small Box would you recommend to integrate to Google Home. I dont want to use Alexe or other stuff with mic.
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Thank you so much
Hi, Chromecast Audio connected to the aux input of your Mi Bluetooth Box would provide the connection to your wifi network controlled by Google Home on your smartphone. This enables streaming content from your wifi network or the internet via your smartphone. It's simple to set up and use.
I'm no techie and I use Chromecast Audio to connect older stereo music systems to my wifi network. It makes dumb systems 'smart'. They can play music from smartphone, computer and NAS, stream Spotify, and play internet radio.
Google stopped selling Chromecast Audio recently but it's still available new from web sources.