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[Q] Google Movie App Missing?

I got the Android 3.1 update OTA this morning on my Stock Wi-Fi Xoom in the US. The update went through with no problems, but now I have just noticed that the Google "Videos" App for renting movies is no where to be found. I've looked in the Market as well and couldn't find it.
Any ideas as to why it isn't on my Xoom and how I could get it? Thanks.

dantheman8987 said:
I got the Android 3.1 update OTA this morning on my Stock Wi-Fi Xoom in the US. The update went through with no problems, but now I have just noticed that the Google "Videos" App for renting movies is no where to be found. I've looked in the Market as well and couldn't find it.
Any ideas as to why it isn't on my Xoom and how I could get it? Thanks.
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the video app has replaced the old movie app....if you log into video once....on the top left you will see two taps My Rentals and Personal video
personal video tab has all your movies that is in the internal storage space/sdcard

Ambrosios said:
the video app has replaced the old movie app....if you log into video once....on the top left you will see two taps My Rentals and Personal video
personal video tab has all your movies that is in the internal storage space/sdcard
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I guess that is the problem. I don't see a Video/Movie app anywhere in my app list. Any idea as to why or where I can download it from?

Nvm, I checked other Xoom forums, including Motorola's forum, and have seen that the missing Videos app is a widespread problem, mostly on Wi-Fi Xooms. Hope Moto/Google fix this fast, I was hoping to rent a video for a trip I'm going on this weekend.
EDIT: Here is a quote from a forum manager over at Motorola:
"The rollout to Wifi users has started -- obviously -- but the Movies function won't be available from Google at rollout. Google is saying in the near future. My personal opinion only is that means probably two or three weeks, but again, that's just my opinion."
Well this stinks. Don't see any reason why they delayed movies for us Wi-Fi people.

dantheman8987 said:
Nvm, I checked other Xoom forums, including Motorola's forum, and have seen that the missing Videos app is a widespread problem, mostly on Wi-Fi Xooms. Hope Moto/Google fix this fast, I was hoping to rent a video for a trip I'm going on this weekend.
EDIT: Here is a quote from a forum manager over at Motorola:
"The rollout to Wifi users has started -- obviously -- but the Movies function won't be available from Google at rollout. Google is saying in the near future. My personal opinion only is that means probably two or three weeks, but again, that's just my opinion."
Well this stinks. Don't see any reason why they delayed movies for us Wi-Fi people.
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Must be a random thing because I have a wifi only xoom at it was there right after I iinstalled 3.1.

i need it as well :-(

I haven't seen it either... no Video app on 3.1 Wifi only Xoom

Try pushing this to system/app
No clue if it will work

strat_player said:
Must be a random thing because I have a wifi only xoom at it was there right after I iinstalled 3.1.
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It seems like if you got 3.1 OTA, then no Google Movies. If you upgraded another way, then you likely have it.

sangreal06 said:
Try pushing this to system/app
No clue if it will work
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Tried just running it and I got a warning saying: "This is a sysyem application. Do you still want to replace it?"
Sounds like it's already there, but just with no way to access it.

i think that the video app is there bc when i go to tegra zone to watch a video on upcoming games i have to choose between Video player or another video app i have installed. im gonna try the video apk thing and see if it works.

never pushed an apk before
can someone post instructions for this for adb through windows?

Does This Work On Nexus S
sangreal06 said:
Try pushing this to system/app
No clue if it will work
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Does It Work For Nexus S

sangreal06 said:
Try pushing this to system/app
No clue if it will work
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I just tried this on my Asus Transformer 3.1 and it works!

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[outdated]non-updating rooted images

These images are outdated! do not use them anymore!
there are much more useful roms and mods for the chromecast now made my devs who actually own the device. go use them. I am no longer doing anything at all with the chromecast. (I haven't found one at any local store with a serial number in the rootable range, and I have no use for a stock one.)
rooted images for the chromecast that will remove google's ability to update anything at will. Use this to save your open bootloader.
Discussion started in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387392
Split off to make it easier to find for new users.
download:
build 13300: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2453097 not my image. Made by someone who actually owns a chromecast.
build 12940: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19978192/gtvhacker-chromecast-12940.bin.gz
build 12840: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19978192/gtvhacker-chromecast.bin.gz
Thanks to:
GTVHacker - original root image
Google - for making the h2g2-42
ellen - putting up with me making these instead of watching chick flics with her

reserved for later use

reserved because I like reserving posts

tvall said:
reserved because I like reserving posts
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I like that you're reserving posts! ...especially this kind of post! lol

If I factory reset my chromecast with this firmware will it upgrade or keep this firmware?

extrem0 said:
If I factory reset my chromecast with this firmware will it upgrade or keep this firmware?
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A factory reset will just wipe the data partition, so the device will still be safe from self-upgrading.

This is great man, I just got my cable today and my chromecast a couple days ago, I refrained from plugging it in, so unless its been updated already it should be on!
So do I need to flash the original GTVHacker bin and then your 12940 bin?
Thanks for the great work and thanks to GTVHackers and XDA.

You can just flash mine

twist said:
This is great man, I just got my cable today and my chromecast a couple days ago, I refrained from plugging it in, so unless its been updated already it should be on!
So do I need to flash the original GTVHacker bin and then your 12940 bin?
Thanks for the great work and thanks to GTVHackers and XDA.
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Flash tvall's image if you don't want it to auto-update and loose root..

Wisiwyg said:
Flash tvall's image if you don't want it to auto-update and loose root..
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So we only need to flash one of these two images, correct? I'm assuming it's the first one, right? "gtvhacker-chromecast-12940.bin.gz" is tvall's image that we need to flash? After flashing that image, we'll be rooted, on the most current version, AND auto-updates will be disabled?

jsdecker10 said:
So we only need to flash one of these two images, correct? I'm assuming it's the first one, right? "gtvhacker-chromecast-12940.bin.gz" is tvall's image that we need to flash? After flashing that image, we'll be rooted, on the most current version, AND auto-updates will be disabled?
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Correct

It is my understanding that one of Google's OTA's blocks local files streaming like Fling. Does your image contain the update that broke Fling?

dmcccdmn said:
It is my understanding that one of Google's OTA's blocks local files streaming like Fling. Does your image contain the update that broke Fling?
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IIRC, it wasn't an OTA update that broke Fling. Google made some changes server-side that broke it. The ChromeCast connects to Google servers (or 'phones home') during use. The developer of Fling used unsupported API calls in the app, which was built using the preview SDK. Google's updates invalidated those calls, essentially rendering the app useless. Google has stated that the breaking of local media casting was unintentional, and they do plan on allowing support in the future. At the moment, the ChromeCast can still be considered a device in testing. I don't think the official SDK is out yet.

AirCast was "reverse engineered" though, right? So if it didn't have that "time bomb" in it, it should still work, right?
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jsdecker10 said:
AirCast was "reverse engineered" though, right? So if it didn't have that "time bomb" in it, it should still work, right?
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Aircast is dead. Fling is dead. Rooting does not help. These are dead until some day Google decides to allow it. Google allows only a few apps : Netflix, YouTube, and Google provided content. Google could have decided that allcast and fling were so popular that permitting it like Netflix is permitted will increase sales. Google could have decided to permit allcast and fling, but decided against it.
So, you might have purchased the chromecast after reading about allcast as I did, and am disappointed with having purchased a device whose very few apps are uninteresting to me.
There are only a few choices :
1. Wait and hope google will permit allcast and Fling in the future.
2. Wait and see if developers will provide this functionality for rooted devices.
3. Sell the chromecast to someone who loves Netflix and netflix alone - who isn't interested in connectivity to the many other Internet content providers - like one has access to via Roku.
Actually, stores have many devices, either standalone or built into blu ray players which provides Netflix along with far more choices for Internet provided media. Google's chromecast looks very inferior to me.
In its current form, chromecast is probably a big disappointment to most people who have purchased it. The only hope is that it will become something better in the future - either directly from Google, or via developers.
At this time, rooting gets us nothing, except hope.

Anyone want to write some detailed instructions on how to use this?
I just make the images, I don't know exactly how to use them

tim is so helpful

tvall said:
Anyone want to write some detailed instructions on how to use this?
I just make the images, I don't know exactly how to use them
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tvall...man, lemme tell ya...i'm impressed. You're sittin there making images for our Chromecasts and you aren't even able to see if they work or not and you aren't even getting to enjoy this toy. I wouldn't have NEAR the patience that you must have, especially if I wasn't even able to enjoy what I had worked on. I dunno how you do it man, but congratulations! you're officially DA BOMB!! lol We all appreciate everything you've done for us here and look forward to MANNNYYYYY more updates from you! Thank You!

deepdespair said:
IIRC, it wasn't an OTA update that broke Fling. Google made some changes server-side that broke it. The ChromeCast connects to Google servers (or 'phones home') during use. The developer of Fling used unsupported API calls in the app, which was built using the preview SDK. Google's updates invalidated those calls, essentially rendering the app useless. Google has stated that the breaking of local media casting was unintentional, and they do plan on allowing support in the future. At the moment, the ChromeCast can still be considered a device in testing. I don't think the official SDK is out yet.
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That's very odd. I didn't think that Fling would need to connect to Google servers in order to function. Shouldn't everything just work locally? If I unhook my cable modem and leave my router on, wouldn't Fling still function without the internet?

dmcccdmn said:
That's very odd. I didn't think that Fling would need to connect to Google servers in order to function. Shouldn't everything just work locally? If I unhook my cable modem and leave my router on, wouldn't Fling still function without the internet?
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See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45011314
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Split Browser for Android is Chromecast ready!

Split Browser version 2.9.0 (and trial 2.4.0) are Chromecast ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Cast away!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser_trial

Why didn't your post the playstore links?
Tried the app, couldn't cast anything (hoped for entire tab casting, later saw it should allow only casting various videos on various webpages).
Maybe it works and would appeal to some but it's not really intuitive..

This gives vGet some competition. Thanks for letting us know.
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Does this only cast sites of services already compatible with chromecast? I tried it on videos at amctv.com and couldn't get it to work.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser
Check out the Chromecast description, not all videos will cast, and that makes sense.
Amctv.com videos aren't in a format that the native Chromecast player understands.

Tab casting
bungadudu said:
Why didn't your post the playstore links?
Tried the app, couldn't cast anything (hoped for entire tab casting, later saw it should allow only casting various videos on various webpages).
Maybe it works and would appeal to some but it's not really intuitive..
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Thank you. Tab casting is cool idea, but it will drain the phone battery just like screen mirroring (Miracast). Let's see if we can make that happen with Chromecast.
Added the links to Play store as well.

How long did it take to implement this?

joshmmo said:
How long did it take to implement this?
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About a month initially with the Chromecast "preview" SDK and then a week to update it after the final SDK was released. It took longer because we didn't use the Cast SDK's companion library. We didn't like the default look and feel of Google's remote control buttons all squished up in one corner of the screen. Hope it helps.

...and with the latest update of vGet and its unusually high cost, this browser looks like a sweet deal. I might give it a better test this time around

Maybe this would be a good community to post a beta on for a version that supports 4.4
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Android 4.4 - Chromecast support
abuttino said:
Maybe this would be a good community to post a beta on for a version that supports 4.4
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Split Browser 2.9.2 (and trial 2.4.2) support Chromecast on Android 4.4 devices. Please give it a try and let us know!

Dude, this needs a lot of work. It is pretty much unusable
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10 minute trial = license patch
Sweet but 10 minutes champ? That wasn't long enough to get me past stealing it to buying it .

Anyone else get a New Update to 26653?

Just noticed Google released an Update to 26653 for CCast...
Not sure what they added but I noticed it on my other non-rooted CCast.

Yes, I have it. But I don't know what's new.

Lets hope it doesn't have the usual breakage that past Google Updates have brought! LOL

I have it since Friday. Nobody knows what brings yet. Incredible, but every time a new version is released, the changeling is first published on Wikipedia, in Google Chromecast Article, but, as I said above, there are interrogations because is a misterious. Also, I don't know why they de-activated the option to send the serial number when searching updates.

The only info I found was in this link:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromecast/bKISMl5AOTs
Hi everyone,
A new year, a new Chromecast release! 25525 is rolling out to devices over the next week or so with improvements to guest mode, audio output, and HDMI. In addition, there are bug fixes and stability improvements.
As always, we’re looking to improve Chromecast and would love to hear your feedback and any issues you’re seeing with 25525.
Jacky and the Chromecast Team
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Got it as-well.
Check for offers - I got a £5.00 play store credit which I hadn't seen before.

neu - smurph said:
Got it as-well.
Check for offers - I got a £5.00 play store credit which I hadn't seen before.
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Valentine's Day Special in the US. Got $6 credit on each of my Chromecasts. They've pretty much paid for themselves now.

I have had the update for a bit (cannot remember when I first saw it) and everything seems to work properly.
Granted, I have been lucky and only experienced an issue once post a Chromecast update, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt.
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I got the iOS Chromecast app update at about the same time so I'm not sure which update added this new behavior. But you can finally enable guest mode on iOS. Perhaps the firmware update enabled this for iOS?

my chromecast reset i have to settings again
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Asphyx said:
Lets hope it doesn't have the usual breakage that past Google Updates have brought! LOL
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Alas, AC3 breakage
:crying:

Eserim said:
Alas, AC3 breakage
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Would explain some of the reports I have seen over at the Plex Forums...
That won't kill me though since I usually add an AAC 5.1 and AAC stereo track to all the movies in my library.

Do you need an app to mirror any Android devices to Chromecast?

I am thinking of releasing an app that can mirror any android devices (starting from Android 2.3 up to android 5.1) to Chromecast receiver.
Since google's Chromecast app can support quite a lot devices, I am not sure if there are still enough interests to mirror android devices with old versions？or to mirror new android devices that Chromecast app do not support?
I did develop such an app, but never released it to public, it's working quite well actually.
Please let me know if you are interested in it, and I can post free versions here.

Please , go ahead. and Let us have a look at it .

huisinro said:
I am thinking of releasing an app that can mirror any android devices (starting from Android 2.3 up to android 5.1) to Chromecast receiver.
Since google's Chromecast app can support quite a lot devices, I am not sure if there are still enough interests to mirror android devices with old versions？or to mirror new android devices that Chromecast app do not support?
I did develop such an app, but never released it to public, it's working quite well actually.
Please let me know if you are interested in it, and I can post free versions here.
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Would definitely love to try it here also
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I'll be glad to test it out

I'd test it for you...
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Ok, will try to cleanup the current code, and post a version within next week.

Hey. Such an app would be great!!! Thanks

huisinro said:
Ok, will try to cleanup the current code, and post a version within next week.
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Any update on this?
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Hmm, is this being done somehow using the Miracast standard? Curious.

CDB-Man said:
Hmm, is this being done somehow using the Miracast standard? Curious.
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We will release a version that works on rooted devices first, just to check our native implementation for the chromecast mirroring protocol.
Yes, we also have a miracast receiver, more info will be revealed here.
Thanks for your patience on this app.

Is this still in the making? Really want to screen cast my mx3 android box to my Chromecast

@timdoggg, Yes, it's beging developed, and working very well, but right now, it requires rooting to get the audio. Can you tell me your Android version? why is google Chromecast app not working for your device?
I will try to post something in this thread late this month.

huisinro said:
@timdoggg, Yes, it's beging developed, and working very well, but right now, it requires rooting to get the audio. Can you tell me your Android version? why is google Chromecast app not working for your device?
I will try to post something in this thread late this month.
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i have a rooted mx3 android box running kitkat 4.4.2. when i use the chromecast app to castg or quick settings it says "casting ended".
ive gotten some luck using 'Screen Stream Mirroring Free' from the play store but its very slow and laggy

timdoggg said:
i have a rooted mx3 android box running kitkat 4.4.2. when i use the chromecast app to castg or quick settings it says "casting ended".
I've gotten some luck using 'Screen Stream Mirroring Free' from the play store but its very slow and laggy
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Have a rooted Nook HD+( on CM12.1 - lollipop 5.1 ) and chromecast 2015(new version). Regular casting works fine, but there is something preventing mirroring . When hitting casting selection the screen abruptly disconnects. I've tried a program called Mirrorenabler and it also will not mirror. A report by someone using CM11 and some custom rom reported mirroring working fine on Nook HD+ so its not a hardware issue. Does anyone have any thoughts ??
Thanks,
Al

In order for Chromecast app mirror to work, google play services must be installed into system partition. Your android most likely does not have it.
Our Chromecast sender app does not use Google play services, so it should work, please visit this thread later for the apk.

Hey,
I can also confirm that unfortunately on Nook HD+ on CM12.1 mirrorenabler doesn't work, nevertheless on cm11 latest built mirror enabler works great. But still both CM11 and CM12.1 for me are unstable, actually cm12.1 is worst for me getting a lot of download and apps installation slow down, on cm11 I get a lot of keyboard droppings when typing in the browser but gennerally the experience is a lot better.
So would love to test on stock (4.0.4) your app apparently with root.
Thanks

pavlos46 said:
Hey,
I can also confirm that unfortunately on Nook HD+ on CM12.1 mirrorenabler doesn't work, nevertheless on cm11 latest built mirror enabler works great. But still both CM11 and CM12.1 for me are unstable, actually cm12.1 is worst for me getting a lot of download and apps installation slow down, on cm11 I get a lot of keyboard droppings when typing in the browser but gennerally the experience is a lot better.
So would love to test on stock (4.0.4) your app apparently with root.
Thanks
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My CM12.1 on Nook HD+ is not as good as 5.01 that I previously had. If you get Trickster Mod ( to increase responsivness ) and increase read ahead buffer 768 and get Glove Xperia ( to adjust screen sensitivity if needed ) you might like CM12.1 better
Al

Is this still being developed?