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...
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Installed Plex-Media-Server-0.9.818.290-11b7fdd-en-US
Plex Web Version 1.2.24
Latest Chrome Dev /Chromium snapshot
Using VidCast script
Result="No MP4, WEBM, or OGG files found on this page"
Maybe Plex did some silent update to prevent VidCast to Chromecast scenario?
Or maybe it never worked - people just casted whole Chrome Tab?
I tested it right after it was first mentioned as a possibility, without any Plex updates. Doesn't work and never worked as far as I could tell.
Today I was trying to watch a live YouTube stream from my phone. I got the message that live streams were not permitted on my Chromecast.
I then tried casting the same stream from my desktop. It worked. To verify that I wasn't just casting a chrome tab, I closed all of the chrome windows. The stream kept working.
I also tried casting the stream from chrome beta for android. I didn't get an error, but the casting didn't work. I just got a black screen on the phone and a YouTube screen on the TV.
Is there a way around this restriction? Can I cast a live feed from my android phone to my Chromecast?
Thanks,
Ken F
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kafarnsworth said:
Today I was trying to watch a live YouTube stream from my phone. I got the message that live streams were not permitted on my Chromecast.
I then tried casting the same stream from my desktop. It worked. To verify that I wasn't just casting a chrome tab, I closed all of the chrome windows. The stream kept working.
I also tried casting the stream from chrome beta for android. I didn't get an error, but the casting didn't work. I just got a black screen on the phone and a YouTube screen on the TV.
Is there a way around this restriction? Can I cast a live feed from my android phone to my Chromecast?
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Being that live streams aren't supposed to work, either you got lucky, or they're working on it.
Not much you can do but wait to see if YouTube updates its info and/or capabilities.
Live streams work for me from my laptop but not from my phone as well. I don't think it's a mistake, I just don't think the mobile app has added that feature yet.
As I understand it the chromecast doesnt render the video but connects to youtube and plays a specially renderd version for the chrome cast, I guess this is not available live. When you cast from a pc the pc renders the video for you.
YouTube added this support on the Website just recently.....
Coming to an Android App near you at some point!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...romecast-but-only-from-the-desktop-right-now/
Private Videos too!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...lay-private-youtube-videos-on-the-chromecast/
Looks like the next Android and iOS will remove the live limitation to casting. They may be beta testing it by only offering it on the website for the moment.
I think u should remove it, maybe it is beta?
Just a quick heads-up that the new video casting capability recently added to Android Chrome (v.35.0.xxxx.xxx and above) seems to works well with the standard browser Plex Web interface.
Load up either your local Plex Web (xxx.xxx.x.x:32400/web/index.html#) or if you have published your server the remote Plex Web (plex.tv/web/app) in Android Chrome, select your video, start playback, hit full screen and the cast icon will appear - connect to your chromecast and hey presto....
Doesn't work for me, but connecting Plex Web to the Chromecast is hit and miss for me (and many other people according to the Plex forums). Sometimes the Chromecast appears, sometimes it doesn't.
In any case, you can get the official Plex Android app for free or 99 cents, and free BubbleUPNP can cast from Plex via DLNA, so there are plenty of alternatives.
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Doesn't work for me, but connecting Plex Web to the Chromecast is hit and miss for me (and many other people according to the Plex forums). Sometimes the Chromecast appears, sometimes it doesn't.
In any case, you can get the official Plex Android app for free or 99 cents, and free BubbleUPNP can cast from Plex via DLNA, so there are plenty of alternatives.
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I know -
Android Chrome can't cast music anyway from Plex Web (Mobile Chrome is limited to HTML5 video only) so is not a full alternative to the Plex App or Bubble. Potentially a useful addition though especially as the Plex App still seems prone to occasional irritating random disconnects from Chromecast - for me the Google Chromecast compatible apps (including Android Chrome now) are way more stable in that regard.
I've stopped using Bubble as a Plex client as-well - nothing wrong with Bubble, but for me disabling Plex's DLNA server is one of several tweaks that has improved casting stability (in terms of freezes and stutters) from Plex to Chromecast.
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Android Chrome can't cast music anyway from Plex Web (Mobile Chrome is limited to HTML5 video only) so is not a full alternative to the Plex App or Bubble. Potentially a useful addition though especially as the Plex App still seems prone to occasional irritating random disconnects from Chromecast - for me the Google Chromecast compatible apps (including Android Chrome now) are way more stable in that regard.
I've stopped using Bubble as a Plex client as-well - nothing wrong with Bubble, but for me disabling Plex's DLNA server is one of several tweaks that has improved casting stability (in terms of freezes and stutters) from Plex to Chromecast.
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Most of the issues with Plex on Android are due to the fact Plex Devs are still using that V1 API which is really the PRE-RELEASE beta SDK. They claim the V2 API SDK doesn't have the code Plex needs to work but it doesn't seem to stop developers like Bubble from getting the job done.
Not a Knock but it would appear they are really an iOS centric project (the original fork of XBMC that has become PHT was mainly aimed at Apple Folks) and it seems as if they are a little short on Android Devs.
As a result they seem to be trying to solve all their issues via transcoding to overcome limitations of the default player they are using.
The issue is they don't have any real competition in the space they are in right now...
Bubble is better at the streaming but it doesn't actually do the server part by itself without a DLNA or UPnP server to aggregate. (perhaps this has changed recently I have not checked.)
So unless someone like Twonky or some other product comes out that supports CCast and does what Plex does they really don't have anything pushing them to take that next step.
I have even started using Yatse to connect to my XBMC box to get some of the features I want during playback.
After install Chrome Beta it was sweet to cast Youtube and several other HTML5 broadcast, but for whatever reason, it doesn't show the casting logo anymore.
My setup is a little different, but casting from Avia and MLB show the casting icon, different in that my Chromecast connects to my phones Hotspot.
So I am trying to watch live streams on xbmc on my windows pc and cast them to my chromecast, without the "experimental" cast screen option with the ChromeCast chrome extension.
Chromecast doesnt support flv so is there a way to link it with vlc?
no. only mp4
I don't believe VLC supports Chromecast (yet). If it did, u should be able to use it by using a modified playercore file in XBMC. A wait and see game as of now.
I personally gave up on any other method until VLC incorporates Chromecast. What does work for me in the interim is an Android VM set up with Kodi and LocalCast. It works perfectly. It's the exact same perfect setup I use on my phone and my tablet, and I never get any performance or playback problems.
if you don't mind paying $15, Airparrot 2 works phenomenally to cast both specific apps (VLC) and mirroring as well. I've only used it on my mac, but I know there's a window's version as well. BUT, since VLC is going to support it on their own (free), I'd just wait.