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Chromecast Apps Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

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  • #252
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    god's toy wrote: »
    Any page that can be displayed in chrome in the pc browser can be cast to chromecast.

    hmmm...is this true?

    Try it with Sky Go. Didn't work for me.


  • #253
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    Find this great for streaming local files from laptop to chromecast.
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google-ch/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl?hl=en

    I used Videostream for the first time last night to cast a movie in mkv format. About 10 or so times during the movie, it went to 'buffering' for a few seconds before starting again - pretty annoying, given that material was already downloaded.

    Is this normal behavior for people with UPC wifi router?


  • #254
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭god's toy


    Ludo wrote: »
    hmmm...is this true?

    Try it with Sky Go. Didn't work for me.

    Have you tested this out?

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/23cy1m/sky_go_fix/


  • #255
    n1ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭n1ck


    lenoude wrote: »
    Finally got this sorted, it turns out to be a problem with AVG but there's a workaround.

    https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromecast/4VjVMUCurXg/s9UAfZCk3oQJ

    Thank you so much, this has been pissing me off for ages!


  • #256
    crowley2015
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭crowley2015


    hey guys would someone be kind enough to post the apk of the aertv android app i live in the uk and would love to have it on my android tv box for the match 2moro , if anyone is unsure how to do it use apk extractor on the playstore then u can share it here


  • #257
    Kleine Hundin
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Kleine Hundin


    I use TunnelBear VPN app to access the play store for my country of choice. You may need to create an additional google account for Ireland though while connected to VPN, but with android you can have multiple accounts.


  • #258
    Umpalumpa
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Umpalumpa


    Was thinking of picking one up today.what's the difference between chromecast and an android dongle(box)?.
    I have an android dongle which gives me all the apps.is it worth while getting chromecast?


  • #259
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Any good experiences with 4OD? I tried casting tonight via the Chrome 'cast this tab' feature. The video was fairly jerky, to the point that it was a distraction. Audio was perfect. But when I run 4od app on my phone, there is no 'cast' icon to cast from there.

    Are there any other options?


  • #260
    Kleine Hundin
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Kleine Hundin


    I have 4OD on my Nexus 10, and it detects when you try to cast. You'll get sound, no picture and message saying this feature is blocked or words to that effect.


  • #261
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Kleine Hundin wrote: »
    I have 4OD on my Nexus 10, and it detects when you try to cast. You'll get sound, no picture and message saying this feature is blocked or words to that effect.

    Bummer, but thanks for the update.


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  • #262
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    I'm sad to say that after months of Chromecast use I find the 10 euro tv to hdmi cable I bought to watch phone content on my tv a much better investment. I can watch everything I want, battery stays a float, 4od is blocked but there's a work around if you're rooted. Overall its a 100% reliable experience which Chromecast just isn't for me. Maybe it's my wifi that lets the experience down. Do people generally find the chromecast the wonder device it's supposed to be?


  • #263
    JohnK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,780 ✭✭✭JohnK


    I've two of them and they work perfectly for me. About the only annoyance is the apps on the phone that keep disconnecting although that doesn't affect the playback it just means that if I want to pause/rewind I have to reconnect the app and launch back into the play screen rather than just being able to hit pause on the notification bar or the lock screen. I really only use it with Plex, Netflix, and Youtube but I'd have several hours of content played daily on them.


  • #264
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    I'm sad to say that after months of Chromecast use I find the 10 euro tv to hdmi cable I bought to watch phone content on my tv a much better investment. I can watch everything I want, battery stays a float, 4od is blocked but there's a work around if you're rooted. Overall its a 100% reliable experience which Chromecast just isn't for me. Maybe it's my wifi that lets the experience down. Do people generally find the chromecast the wonder device it's supposed to be?

    Chromecast has no affect on your battery unless you're streaming content directly from your phone, which is not the best medium to do so anyway. Streaming from your phone via HDMI is only better battery wise because you're not heavily using WiFi.


  • #265
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,099 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Doesn't the screen on your phone stay on after using the cables as in screen mirroring, therefore being heavier on battery?

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #266
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Louis Van Haal wrote: »
    Doesn't the screen on your phone stay on after using the cables as in screen mirroring, therefore being heavier on battery?

    Yup it does, but it's a mhl cable that is plugged into a charger so I'm not sure if it charges the phone a little while it works but last night I watched something over 2 hours, via wifi, and I lost around 5% battery during that time which was pretty good.

    I didn't mean to suggest chromecast was heavy on battery btw,its not at all, I just meant the cable is equally light use in my experience so chromecast doesn't score a win over the cable on that basis.

    My problems with it cutting out during locally stored media play etc might be my own wifi related, but for me the cable is just better.


  • #267
    bennyineire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    VLC player will have chromecast support in the next release


  • #268
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    New Videostream android app released as a Beta

    View app screenshots on imgur: http://imgur.com/a/9B2Ll

    Join the beta here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101226031163302206151

    Features:

    Full library support, add a directory and we'll scan it.
    Auto-resuming your videos where you left off.
    Auto-loading subtitles.
    Change audio and subtitle tracks from the app.
    Lock-screen + Notification controls. yeah, yeah.. this shouldn't have taken this long..
    Download notifications, we'll watch newly added files to your library and notify you when they're done!
    Videostream runs in the background, no need to open it ever again, just make sure your computer is on.

    Lots of magic happening here in the coming weeks! Join the beta and get all the new goodness of the new Videostream. (No longer just a stupid remote)


  • #269
    bennyineire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    bennyineire wrote: »
    VLC player will have chromecast support in the next release

    http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/vlc-adds-chromecast-support-next-update/


  • #270
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    I didn't know this, I'm guessing there are other WDTV Live owners that don't know too.

    The YouTube app, within Android, will just see a WDTV Live media player as another casting device and cast a YouTube video to it, which will cause it to play no matter where you are on the WDTV Live interface, home screen, app, doesn't matter..

    I don't have to set up anything on the WDTV, or log into my Google account etc.. YouTube just casts 'blind' to it, so long as your phone can see the WDTV as being active/switched on.

    Behaves in exactly the same way as a Chromecast, supports playlists and you can also close the YouTube app on the phone, even have the phone's wifi off, doesn't matter. The videos will just continue to play on the WDTV device.

    I noticed the WDTV tends to pick a better/higher bitrate for video, seems to cache a stream better, on pause, too, compared to the Chromecast.

    The more you know!

    02chromecastwdtv.jpg

    01chromecastwdtv.jpg


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  • #271
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    Amalgam wrote: »
    I didn't know this, I'm guessing there are other WDTV Live owners that don't know too.

    The YouTube app, within Android, will just see a WDTV Live media player as another casting device and cast a YouTube video to it, which will cause it to play no matter where you are on the WDTV Live interface, home screen, app, doesn't matter..

    I don't have to set up anything on the WDTV, or log into my Google account etc.. YouTube just casts 'blind' to it, so long as your phone can see the WDTV as being active/switched on.

    Behaves in exactly the same way as a Chromecast, supports playlists and you can also close the YouTube app on the phone, even have the phone's wifi off, doesn't matter. The videos will just continue to play on the WDTV device.

    I noticed the WDTV tends to pick a better/higher bitrate for video, seems to cache a stream better, on pause, too, compared to the Chromecast.

    The more you know!

    02chromecastwdtv.jpg

    01chromecastwdtv.jpg

    I wonder will this work with any other of the cast apps like localcast or allcast? I've a WDTV that I never use anymore cos of the chromecast


  • #272
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,944 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Is there a better way to watch XBMC on chromecast, currently screen mirroring from phone


  • #273
    tharmor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭tharmor


    scudzilla wrote:
    Is there a better way to watch XBMC on chromecast, currently screen mirroring from phone

    Nopes u can try config.xml update method but most of the streams don't play as they r not supported.


  • #274
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    My Chromecast just updated to Firmware 27946


  • #275
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    The Chromecast can do a lot, but until today, you needed your smartphone to control what you're watching. If your TV has HDMI-CEC support, though, you can now use your existing TV remote to play or pause videos.


    http://lifehacker.com/your-tv-remote-can-now-control-your-chromecast-1691813548


  • #276
    keano25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭keano25


    Lads, I use Hola unblocker to watch American Netflix.

    When I try to watch any American program via Chromecast my TV shows an endless Netflix logo with 3 dots underneath.

    When I use the American netflix to watch a program available on Irish netflix it plays on same TV no problem.

    Any idea how to work around?

    Thanks


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  • #277
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    keano25 wrote: »
    Lads, I use Hola unblocker to watch American Netflix.

    When I try to watch any American program via Chromecast my TV shows an endless Netflix logo with 3 dots underneath.

    When I use the American netflix to watch a program available on Irish netflix it plays on same TV no problem.

    Any idea how to work around?

    Thanks

    Wont work. DNS hard coded into the chromecast so itll only be able to access shows available on the UK one


  • #278
    keano25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭keano25


    Ah I see. Anything similar to chromecast that doesn't have DNS built in?


  • #279
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    If you change the DNS settings on your router, would it make a difference?


  • #280
    Rabo Karabekian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 275 ✭✭Rabo Karabekian


    keano25 wrote: »
    Ah I see. Anything similar to chromecast that doesn't have DNS built in?

    Have the same issue as yourself. I was wondering if anybody could answer your question? I have heard that you can fix the problem by altering the DNS on the router, but wouldn't be very gifted technologically and I live with a few others and would be worried about causing issues with accessing non-US content.

    So, can anybody recommend something similar to Chromecast that you can watch the American Netflix through?


  • #281
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    Google I/O - No chromcast version 2 - New features for current!


    Autoplay, queuing, second screen and multiplayer gaming comes to the Chromecast


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  • #282
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    How to use chromecast to stream local media when you have no access to wireless internet. Could be very handy with summer holidays coming up and when staying away from home.

    http://lifehacker.com/stream-local-media-to-a-chromecast-without-an-internet-1709666323


  • #283
    SummerRebel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭SummerRebel


    Anyone use a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and cast their screen onto the TV? And use their phone like a mini computer??

    Something I'm thinking of doing, but would like a recommendation on keyboards/mouses.


  • #284
    n1ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭n1ck


    SummerRebel wrote: »
    Anyone use a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and cast their screen onto the TV? And use their phone like a mini computer??

    Something I'm thinking of doing, but would like a recommendation on keyboards/mouses.

    I have this one,I find it good, saying that I do not use it anymore but only because I use Plex and I use the app on my phone.


  • #285
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    "90 days of unlimited music for free with Deezer Premium+"


    Check you offers in chrome with this link make sure your chromecast is on.


    I'm on limited broadband data, so this offer is not for me.


  • #286
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    DivX player for Windows directly supports Chromecast in its latest version. Probably depends on your machine but it seems to work very well with a great quality picture.


  • #287
    steve_r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭steve_r


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    DivX player for Windows directly supports Chromecast in its latest version. Probably depends on your machine but it seems to work very well with a great quality picture.

    Excuse the dumbass question, so you just load up Divx player as you would say, VLC, and chromecast from there?

    I use videostream, it's very good but it's slow to get everything sorted in chrome


  • #288
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    You'll see a media share button on the bottom right when playing a vid, and the chromecast should appear in the pop up list. You'll be prompted to turn on media sharing if it's not already done.

    However after messing around I'm not sure of its advantages over Videostream, particularly as that now has a good android app as a remote control. DivX also opens a chrome page in order to stream anyway. Plus I found Videostream played some vids that DivX complained about not having the right audio plug ins for.

    Worth a mess around with though.


  • #289
    steve_r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭steve_r


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    You'll see a media share button on the bottom right when playing a vid, and the chromecast should appear in the pop up list. You'll be prompted to turn on media sharing if it's not already done.

    However after messing around I'm not sure of its advantages over Videostream, particularly as that now has a good android app as a remote control. DivX also opens a chrome page in order to stream anyway. Plus I found Videostream played some vids that DivX complained about not having the right audio plug ins for.

    Worth a mess around with though.

    Yeah I'll definitely give it a go thanks.


  • #290
    Fowler87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,734 ✭✭✭Fowler87


    Can anyone recommend a casting app for live streams direct from chrome. Have been using cast2tv but its gone downhill since their latest updates. Thanks


  • #291
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    Ethernet Adapter for Chromecast (not available in Ireland)!

    -LxYnFZo4FFqQ_4nH4c0x1oS_2BXGzPYgODyvLImx2er0UZy0968K99RjS2A-Shjaw=w852


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  • #292
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭corkie


    Check your chromecast offers, there maybe a free movie rental in there!

    Get a free movie rental from Google to celebrate Chromecast’s second birthday
    It should be noted that Google does have some restrictions in place for the number of free movie rentals you claim on your Google account. So, depending on how many offers you’ve already claimed, you might not be able to take advantage of this deal.

    I checked and didn't get the offer! Maybe US only for now or I have used up all my free movies om my account!

    Anyone else get an offer?


  • #293
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    corkie wrote: »
    Check your chromecast offers, there maybe a free movie rental in there!

    Get a free movie rental from Google to celebrate Chromecast’s second birthday



    I checked and didn't get the offer! Maybe US only for now or I have used up all my free movies om my account!

    Anyone else get an offer?

    Us only mate


  • #294
    irishpancake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭irishpancake


    mass_debater wrote:
    Us only mate

    Just youse.....;)


  • #295
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,534 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Chromecast 2 to be announced at the end of the month.

    http://www.techradar.com/news/television/next-gen-chromecast-to-be-announced-later-this-month-1304545
    The upgraded media-streaming device is set to include improved Wi-Fi, support for content feeds, a new feature called 'Fast Play', which the report speculates will enable faster connections and content access, and Chromecast Audio.

    Not to be confused with Google Cast for Audio, it's thought that Chromecast Audio will enable the device to be plugged directly into any speaker system via an auxiliary chord, while also delivering multi-room support.

    Exactly what all these new features amount to remains unclear, but with a Google event scheduled for September 29 we won't have to wait long to find out.


  • #296
    Silver-Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭Silver-Tiger


    And there is it.

    Same price @ €39.99 which is fair enough.


  • #297
    sheepeater
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭sheepeater


    guys the new 5.95.5 version for OPenElec is out. try it out.

    its fantastic. tell me about your experience.

    Ty


  • #298
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    sheepeater wrote: »
    guys the new 5.95.5 version for OPenElec is out. try it out.

    its fantastic. tell me about your experience.

    Ty

    I'm confused. What has this to do with Chromecast?


  • #299
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Probably better suited to this thread, the cast option has been added to Google photos recently.


  • #300
    sheepeater
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭sheepeater


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    I'm confused. What has this to do with Chromecast?

    where you think i should talk about this? im really interested in gathering infotmation.

    Ty and sorry if im in the wrong topic.

    Should i create one?

    Ty

    Best Regards


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  • #301
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    sheepeater wrote: »
    where you think i should talk about this? im really interested in gathering infotmation.

    Ty and sorry if im in the wrong topic.

    Should i create one?

    Ty

    Best Regards

    Openelec would be suited to HTPC & Media Centre more


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