Redshirt 1485 Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 I should have mentioned it in the official blog posting, but I'd like to thank @@Darth Octane for his donation of a Chromecast to my development efforts. Hope you like the results Darth 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tikuf 663 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I would also like to thank @@gthrift for his donation. Donations like these are really important to development particularly when devs are so removed from each other geographically. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LASooner 23 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Chromecast update is awesome, my son is currently watching his movies in the other room. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 25795 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Please like and comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1zl6gs/enjoy_chromecast_with_media_browser/ Link to post Share on other sites
ebr 11149 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 These guys have been working on this really hard for several weeks and all of them did a great job. Redshirt got the first client out and more are to come. Great job all of you (darwinweeds, Luis, Redshirt, Tikuf, etc.). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TheShanMan 29 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 After updating, the app crashed several times in a row, but after rebooting it was fine. I've only tried a test cast so far, but it seemed to work great! I can't wait to start using it for real. Nice work. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
JustEric78 10 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Please like and comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1zl6gs/enjoy_chromecast_with_media_browser/ Done! Link to post Share on other sites
aperry 9 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Tested out Chromecast this morning. Works really well! Thank you! What a great way to extend a media collection into new rooms/TV's/etc. Edited March 5, 2014 by aperry Link to post Share on other sites
CloudVader 0 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I'm going to be stuck in a hotel room for two weeks in a row pretty soon, so MB Chromecast support for my Android tablet is the best news I could have hoped for! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
aperry 9 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I'm going to be stuck in a hotel room for two weeks in a row pretty soon, so MB Chromecast support for my Android tablet is the best news I could have hoped for! Thanks! Just an FYI, there are some documented issues with the Chromecast in hotels. Like the inability to handle portal based wifi authentication. I think there are some workarounds that you could prepare. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ajz1982 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Amazon doesn't support Google Play Services, so CC support won't be coming to the Amazon version. Well that is unfortunate considering I purchased it from Amazon back in December. I guess I will have to purchase it again under Google Play. It will be great to have Chromecast ability. Link to post Share on other sites
Redshirt 1485 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 This is an issue I'm going to have to face with all these stores. Ouya, Amazon, Samsung, Nokia, and any others that pop up. They all want to do there own thing and as such Google is locking them out of various features. It really adds complexity to the maintenance of my source code if I require 4 or 6 or more different versions of my app. Link to post Share on other sites
mattykellyuk 12 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Hi I have just had a play with the chromecase feature works great at home (on my strong network) but at my mates (who's network is not so strong) its stopping every 4 seconds. I have tried to change the kb/s under LAN in the settings but it doesn't seem to affect the quality of the video and therefore it doesn't fix my problem. Is this because it isn't streaming from the app, its streaming from the server and is anyone else seeing this? Thanks for the hard work and hope to see this feature soon (if its not already and I'm being stupid) Do I need to do a feature request for this? Edited March 5, 2014 by mattykellyuk Link to post Share on other sites
Redshirt 1485 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Minor bug. Under the Music tab at the top, no music appears populated despite a folder defined as type 'music' in the server. Music does appear on the library list, that I click into it from there, just not the Music tab at the top. That's a weird one. I'd like to see a client log for when you click the music view at the top. Link to post Share on other sites
Redshirt 1485 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I hard coded the bitrate for the CC playback. I thought 387200 would be low enough for the video bitrate. I may have to expose an option to allow users to lower it. I'd hoped to avoid that as I didn't want users setting the value to high all the time. Link to post Share on other sites
mattykellyuk 12 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yeah I thought it might be fixed. The extra option would be fantastic, it would make my chromecast purchase definitely worth it. Thanks for your quick response and hard work. Link to post Share on other sites
wallaceff 3 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Minor bug. Under the Music tab at the top, no music appears populated despite a folder defined as type 'music' in the server. Music does appear on the library list, that I click into it from there, just not the Music tab at the top. Link to post Share on other sites
CloudVader 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Just an FYI, there are some documented issues with the Chromecast in hotels. Like the inability to handle portal based wifi authentication. I think there are some workarounds that you could prepare. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Not at all a problem for me. I've already used a Chromecast with the MB3 web client from a Windows laptop in several hotels. The trick is to have a portable router to set up your own private wifi network. Works like a charm once that's all set up, since it only requires one device (in this case, my tablet) to authenticate with the hotel portal. Link to post Share on other sites
canuck 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm having trouble sending anything to my Chromecast. The app successfully connects to chromecast as I get the Media browser screen on my tv. The problem is when I choose any media it just plays back on my phone and I get nothing on chromecast. Link to post Share on other sites
Redshirt 1485 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Is the cast icon blue when you press play, or has it gone back to white? Link to post Share on other sites
canuck 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Is the cast icon blue when you press play, or has it gone back to white? I've successfully cast some TV shows, but with music it just plays on my phone. The cast icon stays blue when it doesn't cast. Link to post Share on other sites
ajz1982 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 When will the Amazon copy of Media Browser be updated with this version? http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Linton-Mediabrowser-Android-Client/dp/B00GVH9O0I Link to post Share on other sites
Redshirt 1485 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Amazon doesn't support Google Play Services, so CC support won't be coming to the Amazon version. Link to post Share on other sites
aperry 9 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Not at all a problem for me. I've already used a Chromecast with the MB3 web client from a Windows laptop in several hotels. The trick is to have a portable router to set up your own private wifi network. Works like a charm once that's all set up, since it only requires one device (in this case, my tablet) to authenticate with the hotel portal. Excellent, that's a great solution! Link to post Share on other sites
philyew 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Currently, there seem to be download issues for the app in.com the Google Play store. It persistently gives a server error when trying to download to a Nexus 5, despite having completed the purchase transaction. It also does not appear at all when using the Play store on a Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Link to post Share on other sites
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