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Is anyone else trying to use Vulkano Player? (It is like Slingbox for those that don't know)
I haven't been able to get it to work with the tnt lite firmware or the VEGAn firmware.
The application comes up and I can control the tv (ie: change channels). I can also transfer recordings from the box to my tablet and view them just fine. However, when I go to watch live tv, it just goes black. No audio or video.
It works perfectly on my Nexus One.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
dasmith85 said:
Is anyone else trying to use Vulkano Player? (It is like Slingbox for those that don't know)
I haven't been able to get it to work with the tnt lite firmware or the VEGAn firmware.
The application comes up and I can control the tv (ie: change channels). I can also transfer recordings from the box to my tablet and view them just fine. However, when I go to watch live tv, it just goes black. No audio or video.
It works perfectly on my Nexus One.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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No luck here either. I'm trying to stream from a Hava Platinum but the same thing happens, it just goes black.
I tried to buy TestTube (another Hava client) from the market (with the Full Market fix) but after I paid for the app... it just gives me a server error when downloading the apk. Now it's not even letting me request a refund!
zyphaz said:
No luck here either. I'm trying to stream from a Hava Platinum but the same thing happens, it just goes black.
I tried to buy TestTube (another Hava client) from the market (with the Full Market fix) but after I paid for the app... it just gives me a server error when downloading the apk. Now it's not even letting me request a refund!
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I just got an email back from the company and they are aware of this and say it should be fixed by the end of the month: (Here is the text of the email)
Thank you for contacting Monsoon Support.
Current Android Player works with Android Phones only. Android Tablet will be supported in next software release. Expected to have it towards the end of this month.
Thank you for choosing Monsoon Multimedia.
Monsoon Support
Looks like they finally updated... Unfortunately I still can't connect to my Hava Platinum.
Hi,
I have the older Hava wifi, and I'm able to watch live tv by using it with Orb by setting Orb to use the Flash player.
I don't know if a similar setup would work w Vulcanized, but just an FYI.
Jim
Moved to themes and apps
FWIW...
Not working for me either on CM6.1, CM7 or Vegan. I have the same problem on the Nook Color: it worked fine on eclair, but I have yet to find a build of Froyo or Gingerbread that it can stream video on. Does it even work on 2.2 or higher?
I have older slingbox original hooked up to my s3 TiVo working fine with my sags and gtablet
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Victory!
Vulkano Mobile 1.5.083 was just released today and fixes the problem. My G-Tablet and Nook Color now happily display TiVo! Yai!
About Sling vs. Vulkano: the Vulkano is considerably cheaper than Sling ($100 if you get the version with no SD or HD, you can always add that yourself later if you need it) and offers a lot more functionality. Also, the mobile clients (for iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Mac) are free. Sling charges $30 for mobile clients. Finally, the video quality is better. It does an especially good job on LANs.
I was just about to return my Vulkano, back in the box, rma and everything. Unboxed it, and tried 1.5.083, unfortunately, for me, same result as previous versions. When trying to watch live tv, The vulkano player says buffering, with a black screen and never displays video. Tried with fresh installs of vegan 511, and tntl44, same results on both. I caution anyone that's considering this, that it may not work with your gtablet. As an aside, it does work nicely with my evo4g, unfortunately, I was really hoping to use it with the tablet.
Justin
Tried the new app, and like Turbo, says 'buffering' but doesn't display any video.
Jim
Does not work here either. Running Calkulin's ROM and Clemsen's kernel. Just says buffering,.....works great on my Droid X, wish they would get it together.
Well my Vulkano is supposed to arrive today, so I'll post my results a bit later. Caulkulin's ROM and Clems ver. 9 kernel.
OK. Got the Vulkano about an hour ago. Works fine on my Evo, but stuck on buffering on the G Tab as well. I'll play around with it a bit and see what's up.
Ok so I just tried Corwins CM7 and it works!!! The only rom so far that my Vulkano works on. Nice, I missed my Vulkano.Give it a shot.
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Could be the OC kernel.
I had problems previously on my Nook Color where the Vulkano player would play for a few seconds and then stall. I haven't done extensive testing but the same exact version on the same CM7 build now works and the only difference is that I haven't installed the OC kernel. More testing needed, I guess. Anyway, now I'm having the same problem with Vulkano Player 1.6.083 on a stock 7" Dell Streak: stuck on the "Buffering..." screen.
While this post is a bit stale, I did want to report that I am having a great experience with the G-tab and Vulkano Player (Version 3.0.629) and my Vulkano Flow. A couple of caveats however. First the app is no longer "free" ($12.99 on Google Market). I am running VeganTab 7.1.0 on my tablet. Network speed is really key here to buffering. In my house, excellent quality and no buffering time outs (naturally), "Starbuck"s - some stuttering but generally watchable," hpsquest" (thank you however you are) quite watchable with one drop out (I think when a large truck went by) even on a "Fair" wireless connection, "Mike" - too many drop outs and unreliable wireless network; packed it up and went home.
I wasn't sure I was going to keep the Vulkano Flow, however it will let me watch on the G-tablet, football games in bed while the wife sleeps. I am using wireless blue-tooth headphones to boot and no interference. I purchased the Vulkano to watch TV remotely at a ski-house but brother-in-law decided to get cable tv instead of high speed internet access (too bad in my opinion on several accounts).
I haven't tried standard cable quality. I currently have it paralleled to my high definition cable box. (This also allows me to see what my teenagers are watching on the big screen in the basement and if I feel like it, mess with them but I digress ...). When I get some time I will experiment on a standard definition digital to analog signal (we know have to have a cable box of some sort to watch any cable television). I also will try hooking up OTA somehow to test that too. Not sure how I am going to do that but I did purchase a digital to analog converter recently so perhaps that will do it for me.
I emailed them to ask if it was compatible and they sent me an apk to test with a id and pw with one of their boxes hooked up. I didn't have any luck so I bought slingbox and I don't have any issues with slingplayer.
So, casting from Netflix seems to work fine, but anything from YouTube or Play Music results in audio so choppy it sounds like a toddler trying to learn to be a DJ. Video from YouTube plays fine, with no hesitation. Any ideas?
Local files seem to be okay as well. Netflix audio stutters a little at first (maybe 1min),but eventually smooths out. It still does it long enough to be annoying. Kinda regretting my chromecast...
Really, no one?
no issues like that here. well once a youtube video did after i resumed from pausing it reloading the vid solved that issue.
Local files? you're still able to play them?
Yeah, dropping a file into Chrome and casting the tab seems to work. When casting a tab, I'm assuming that a mild delay is typical, right?
To some degree as that is still in beta. Network conditions also play a bigger part when casting via chrome
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Well, someone (on another site, obviously) suggested it might be a bad unit, so I returned it. Grabbed another today...and same thing. Is there a particular wireless security type that it doesn't like? I'm on a 2.4Ghz router. Is there a particular channel that's better?
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Well, someone (on another site, obviously) suggested it might be a bad unit, so I returned it. Grabbed another today...and same thing. Is there a particular wireless security type that it doesn't like? I'm on a 2.4Ghz router. Is there a particular channel that's better?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en
Use WPA-personal/WPA-PSK is sufficient.
I'm using WPA-personal. And all WiFi Analyzer seems to be telling me is that I have great reception. The channel I'm on fluctuates between 9 and 10 stars, but a couple seem to hold on 10, so I guess I could switch, but it doesn't seem to be a big difference.
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Yes. It works on my non-rooted chromecast. You need to have purchased a Plex pass subscription in order for it to work.
Movies & TV shows work well if they are burned to your computer & follow the correct naming scheme. Some Plex channels work & some don't. The only thing I haven't been able to stream to chromecast is pictures & slideshows. Otherwise, it has worked great.
What Plex channels worked for you? None of the ones I tried at random worked for me.
Overall it works fine for casting local content. The only issue is that the Plex app on my Android tablet disconnects from the Chromecast after a few minutes, and I have to reconnect it to get control back. I can reconnect without interrupting the video if I do it the right way. The Plex app doesn't disconnect from my Roku player, so it looks like the issue is on the Chromecast side.
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What Plex channels worked for you? None of the ones I tried at random worked for me.
Overall it works fine for casting local content. The only issue is that the Plex app on my Android tablet disconnects from the Chromecast after a few minutes, and I have to reconnect it to get control back. I can reconnect without interrupting the video if I do it the right way. The Plex app doesn't disconnect from my Roku player, so it looks like the issue is on the Chromecast side.
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There is a bug in the Plex Control protocol but it seems to be limited to the device that starts the stream as others seem to be able to jump onto the control and not have restart issues.
Try this and see if I'm correct there....
Next time you lose control, Force Kill the Plex App on your device, Then reload and select the CCast that is streaming.
You should resume control without seeing the Restart from scratch bug.
The loss of control may be CCast related but it may also be WiFi related. Any loss of connection on the device side (even switching bands) seems to disrupt the ability to control.
Plex Devs are aware there is an issue but right now all their CCast attention seems to be focused on the Transcoder and the Surround Sound Transcoding issue.
MediaBrowser will be adding Chromecast support soon.
www.mediabrowser3.com
MediaBrower Server can also act as a backend server for Plex
Asphyx said:
Next time you lose control, Force Kill the Plex App on your device, Then reload and select the CCast that is streaming.
You should resume control without seeing the Restart from scratch bug.
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I don't have to do anything that drastic. I can simply reconnect to the Chromecast and resume control of the current Plex stream without interrupting it as long as I don't change the selection. That's why it's not a big deal.
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I don't have to do anything that drastic. I can simply reconnect to the Chromecast and resume control of the current Plex stream without interrupting it as long as I don't change the selection. That's why it's not a big deal.
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So your not seeing the Loss of Control, Reconnect and Restart from beginning bug?
I wonder if they fixed that in a recent update...Could be...
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What Plex channels worked for you? None of the ones I tried at random worked for me.
Overall it works fine for casting local content. The only issue is that the Plex app on my Android tablet disconnects from the Chromecast after a few minutes, and I have to reconnect it to get control back. I can reconnect without interrupting the video if I do it the right way. The Plex app doesn't disconnect from my Roku player, so it looks like the issue is on the Chromecast side.
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I am able to get Nickjr, That Daily Show, and The Colbert Report channels working. However, many others don't work.
Sucks that if your internet goes down that you can't stream local plex content to a chromecast. I was sad when I observed that. Maybe that'll be fixed in the future.
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Huh, you're right about that, just tried it. With no internet connection the Chromecast won't connect to Plex over the LAN and instead gives the cheery error message "Oops, shouldn't be here." Along with that other delightful message "Brain freeze!" that you get when Pandora doesn't work, it really helps give the impression of a mature, well-designed, user-friendly product. I'm expecting to see "Shucks, we done screwed up." any time now.
The real player cloud app works well. No $$ needed. And you don't have to upload anything. It'll play smoothly regardless. I'm sorry I spent money on plex to find out that I still needed a subscription
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You don't need Plex pass, just the Plex for android app is enough. It's released about 10 days ago. It works like a charm for me.
betizad said:
You don't need Plex pass, just the Plex for android app is enough. It's released about 10 days ago. It works like a charm for me.
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That's not true. You do need the $3.99/month Plex Pass. The paid Plex for Android app alone is not enough. Perhaps you are referring to the special developer version that was temporarily linked here in this forum before being removed. That was not an officially sanctioned release.
As said above, you need to be PlexPass member. PlexPass members have access to the development Android app which is no extra cost. On a side note, I thought they brought back the life subscription.
More on topic, I have used the Chromecast with Plex. It works fine for me. I don't recall if I tried on my LAN that has the PMS. I have used it work and worked well; I bring a TV, use my smartphone for internet access and router, and a tablet to control plex (phone doesn't get an local IP).
Towards channels that work, I've tried Revision3 and worked fine.
The only issue I have encountered is that the resume feature for movies/tv shows doesn't work. I get the load screen. The load screen disappears, but no movie plays. The tablet doesn't show the movie playing either. Basically, you have to restart the movie, and then jump to where you left off. I've seen this issue before with the Android app, which was eventually fixed.
I haven't tried music or pictures.
This is how I get around the problem of Plex for Android disconnecting from the Chromecast while playing a video:
1. The problem:
I start the stream on the Chromecast from Plex on my Android tablet. Initially I can control it from the tablet. A few minutes later I check the tablet screen again, and I see that Plex has disconnected from the Chromecast and the playback controls have disappeared. If I reconnect to the Chromecast, the controls do not come back. If I back up to the previous screen and hit Play again, the video restarts from the beginning.
2. The solution:
When I reconnected to the Chromecast, I should have noticed a small Plex notification icon appear in the notification area at the bottom of the screen. If I click on that, it shows me that the Chromecast is currently playing a video, and I can tap the entry to reconnect to that video stream. The controls come back without interrupting the Chromecast.
It only stays connected for a few minutes before it disconnects again, but at least I can regain control at any time with a few clicks. It's a bit of a strange quirk, because this doesn't happen when I play a video remotely on my Roku using Plex on the tablet to control it (and BTW there's no extra cost or requirement for Plex Pass to play from the Android app to the Roku).
This always works reliably when I am playing a single video. I have seen problems though when I have played multiple videos in a row. In that case when I reconnect to the Chromecast it may suddenly flip back to a previous video and restart at the beginning of that stream before it gives me the chance to select the current stream from the notification icon.
Slightly OT but newsworthy....
Plex has released a PlexPass preview of PMS (0.9.9.0) that is said to fix the Surround Sound Transcoding issues.
Back to the topic at hand...
I'm sure there is a bug in the Plex Control Protocol...
Just about everyone has seen the problem you describe. And I think it is in the Player App that gets loaded to the CCast which they probably haven't looked at recently. Too busy on the Transcoding and PlexWeb stuff.
Why it loses the connection in the first place may not be Plex related just something that is related to Normal WiFi connections that Plex needs to compensate for in their app.
I don't have any info to back up this notion but I am betting that whatever dev team they have working on the Player App for the CCast side is busy working on Music and Picture support (and it's playlist requirements) and what we are using now is just a down and dirty Video Player since that is the Primary Media people stream from Plex and there are so many other options for playing Music available already (Like Google Music app)
Music will on it's own require an expansion and fleshing out of the Control protocol to enable things like Repeat, Shuffle, FF and REW as well as solving the problem of the CCast sending a signal to play next file in the Playlist. That should also solve the issue some are having with multipart videos not playing properly as well.
Works for me. You have to purchase a full subscription in order for it to work. Also make sure when you open the browser you refresh it after you turn or or wake your computer. Chromecast doesn't need to be rooted.
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I pointed the Plex PC application to the folder on my hard drive where my local media content is stored and was subsequently able to use the plex android app to play these items on my chromecast but my question is how do I make sure that the chromecast is playing these media files via the local LAN and not using the internet to do it? i.e. I want to make sure its not using my internet cap space to stream when Ive already downloaded the files and have them on my PC.
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I pointed the Plex PC application to the folder on my hard drive where my local media content is stored and was subsequently able to use the plex android app to play these items on my chromecast but my question is how do I make sure that the chromecast is playing these media files via the local LAN and not using the internet to do it? i.e. I want to make sure its not using my internet cap space to stream when Ive already downloaded the files and have them on my PC.
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Try disconnecting your Internet connection while the video is playing then wait a while (at least a minute or two). If continues to play without Internet connection you can rest assured, it's not proxying the media through an external server.
If you disconnect before Plex launches on the Chromecast it may not launch because Chromecast won't be able to look at the Google whitelist.
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Try disconnecting your Internet connection while the video is playing then wait a while (at least a minute or two). If continues to play without Internet connection you can rest assured, it's not proxying the media through an external server.
If you disconnect before Plex launches on the Chromecast it may not launch because Chromecast won't be able to look at the Google whitelist.
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I'm a newbie in all of this and curious to learn... Why is this necessary? When I'm home, my smartphone is connected to my home network via wifi. Couldn't he just make sure his smartphone is connected to his home network via wifi? If he disconnects, he will no longer be able to browse his collection on the PC and will have to reconnect to select a different movie, correct?
Hello everyone!
I just recently got myself a Chromecast to use specifically with Netflix and Hulu Plus (casting from an iOS device).
Thanks to this forum I knew how to proceed for everything beforehand, using Smart DNS in my router, blacklisting google's DNS servers, etc. I have a TP-Link router.
Netflix is working perfectly, bumps to the 720p stream in about 6 seconds and another 5-6 seconds later it streams at 1080p without any noticeable drops so far.
Hulu Plus however is being problematic. It might smart in HD (sometimes) but either a few minutes later or after the commercials it drops to SD quality and rarely ramps up again. Starting the stream again helps, but only for a short while.
As I currently don't have another H+ device to test, i was wondering if the hulu plus implementation with Chromecast is indeed flawed or if this is happening just to myself (I understand that being overseas might not help - although I'm not sure which CDN I'm getting the content from), but it's really annoying seeing all the godawful pixels on my screen constantly - the Ads... pfft, well, those are always in 720p, go figure!
Anyway, hopefully you'll be able to share your experiences with me!
Cheers, thanks.
So i wanna cast my pc games locally to a tv in my house for others in my house to watch. ( not trying to game from the stream directly, as i know there will be a lag ) via chromecast but not waste my metered bandwidth by having to stream out to twitch and back to the TV. I know casting the whole desktop is not an option as the playback is super choppy and just not really functional . I came across a site the explains how to do this :http://www.davidandersen.us/uncategorized/stream-video-game-chromecast/#comment-9 but i just cant seem to get this to work. My experience with nginx is none existent. I wonder if someone else has come up with a simpler method . Ideally instead of using OBE , it would be nice to use the shadowplay ( or what ever Nvidia is calling it now ) to stream out directly to one of my chromecasts.
Any suggestions..?