tp546 39 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Not sure how possible this is, but I would love to have the option in the Android client to stream to my Chromecast. They just added compatibility with Pandora recently and it is great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 That's something I'd rather see the server do so that as that's where the library would be streaming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 I'm not sure that makes sense. If you are streaming a video to your tablet and want to stream to your Chromecast, how would that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 why would you stream it to the tablet if you want to use a chromecast device. Why should you even need an android tablet to stream to chromcast Wouldn't it be better to pick up any tablet or the web-ui and just select the chromecast from the list of devices to play to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Ohhh I see what you mean! Yes, that would be better. Would that be possible though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I'm not sure. Someone else will have to answer. I don't own a chromecast, I just have a basic understanding of what they are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwindeeds 356 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 So I have done some research on the chromecast prospects and there is a big confusion on how it works. People assume that Chromecast is google's equivalent of AirPlay. Its not! Airplay mirror's iphone/ipad screen to your tv with apple tv being the receiver. Chromecast doesn't do mirroring (except chrome's tab mirroring, not ideal for video playback) What is Chromecast? It is a tiny little device that runs a stripped down version of Chrome OS (or android, I forgot) and it has a HTML5 player in it that is capable of playing videos from the internet. Ie., it can play http://youtube.com/funnycatVideos It opens up the video in the html5 player and streams it. The mobile client or chrome extensions essentially pass the url to the chromecast and other than that they don't play any part in streaming the videos. The mobile devices can send commands like play, pause and forward but still has not control on the streaming content. Similarly, Netflix could have an url like http:netflix.com/xxx/diehard that would play in chromecast. Same is the case with pandora. Now the catch 22, Media browser server can serve up a URL http://mylocalcompter:8096/xxx/diehard to chromecast and it can play the video just fine BUT google does not want you to do that. Google wants an external URL. They have promised that they would open up local streaming when chromecast SDK is publicly released. Theoretically, a tracker website can be setup for example http://mediabrowsertracker.com that can route the stream from your local computer to internet and from internet back to your chromecast. This url needs to be approved by google for mass distribution and would involve server costs etc. I'm not sure if it is a feasible option. Your best bet is to hope for google to be NICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37058 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Microsoft is in the most vulnerable position though right now. As time goes on I could see them opening up more and more as a means to encourage platform adoption. Not necessarily in regards to local streaming, just as a general thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 All of these guys (Google, MS, Apple) are doing everything they can to keep people from playing local content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 How true ebr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Anderson 2 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I'd be really interested in this, so I can just add a $35 device to any TV. "All" it needs is chromecast support adding to the respective mobile apps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saajan4u 79 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 http://1geek1tool.com/media-center-cast/ i been using this for the past few months, works great for HTPC's, for the actual chromecast you have to change the hdmi input, which sucks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 241 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 So it appears that Google might not be averse to streaming local content after all, as Plex is one of the now-supported applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusselo 220 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 So it appears that Google might not be averse to streaming local content after all, as Plex is one of the now-supported applications. oh you beat me by 40 minutes... http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-chromecast-now-supports-ten-new-apps-local-content-now-here-indirectly/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes, we saw it and are looking into it. Now that they have opened it up, we hope to add support for it in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoror 6 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think it would be better if the android client supports chromecast. Suppose I am at a friends house, and would want to stream something to their chromecast device. If chromecast is support by the MB3 server, it would not be able to see the existence of my friends chromecast device. However, if the android client initiates the cast request, it can just give my friends device the http stream address for my mb3 server. Youtube certainly works this way (you won't expect the youtube servers to be the one maintaining all the chromecast devices in the world). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'll be looking into supporting chromecast on sndroid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoror 6 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Thanks Red!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShanMan 34 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'll be looking into supporting chromecast on sndroid Awesome. I got a chromecast when they first came out entirely in anticipation of MB support. I bought your android MB app, so I would certainly be happy to help test chromecast support if you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviefan 184 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Some additional chromecast developments: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-12/15/chromecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Excellent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gthrift 57 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 That's good news. I sent a chromecast to Tikuf a couple of days ago to get a jump start. Hopefully we'll have something ready when the expansion goes live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusselo 220 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 mine should be in the mailbox any hour now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN 47 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I received a fresh new Chromecast yesterday; please let me know if you need testers DaN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchmor 584 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Yip I have mine too so ready to test whenever needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now