NYCmetsfan
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I think I'm gonna pick one of these up tomorrow.
I probably shouldn't but its only 35 (40ish with tax)....
I probably shouldn't but its only 35 (40ish with tax)....
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Chromecast |OT|
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Oh, i did not know you could do that. I thought I was SOL since the DNS was locked in. How would I do that on my Asus RT-AC68R?
Well...looking at the online manual it seems you'd do that with the Network Services Filter setting in the router. Thats apparently in the Firewall settings of the router.
I just blocked all outbound traffic to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, but you could limit it to DNS traffic only (port 53 UDP).
Gully State
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Got sound working but I don't particularly like my solution.
What was the solution. I'm rather curious as theres basically no configuration options on the device it just works (or is at least supposed to - and I've used it in really old (10 years)hdtvs).
Gully State
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I restored the TV to factory settings. Previously, my TV's output was directly to my sound system. So now I have sound for chromecast off the TV's speakers but still haven't figured out how to output directly to my sound system..
Well on my parents aquos there was a setting to redirect audio out an optical connection to an avr, albeit only stereo.
For mine, I have a chromecast plugged into my avr directly.
I just got a Chromecast on Thursday. Immediately purchased the Plex app and installed the media server.
Totally worth it. It works so much better than my Smart TV. Plex automatically goes and grabs the info for the videos I have seemingly based on embedded info and filenames. One of the little things that surprised me is when I select a TV series in the Plex app, my phone will begin playing the theme for the show.
Totally worth it. It works so much better than my Smart TV. Plex automatically goes and grabs the info for the videos I have seemingly based on embedded info and filenames. One of the little things that surprised me is when I select a TV series in the Plex app, my phone will begin playing the theme for the show.
This happened to me, I didn't have ARC enabled. Enable ARC (audio return control) on your TV and sound system and all TV audio should be output through it, including the Chromecast.
i use Localcast Media
My PC running plex media server.
Commander Jameson
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Could try BubbleUPnP. Was using that to stream from my NAS drive before I bought Plex.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp&hl=en-GB
Just wanted to say, this worked great. Blocked them and used unlocator and it played UK netflix like a charm.
truthiness
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You can definitely cast directly from the PC. If you are watching a video through the web app, there should be a cast button on the top right for you to send it to your TV.
https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201206866
NYCmetsfan
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Are there any inklings about which apps might add support?
I'd love Spotify
I'd love Spotify
It seems to me that app makers don't really announce these things ahead of time. As for spotify who knows. Maybe their closeness to FB will hold them back. I think for the most part that any app that already supports airplay on ios will get chromecast, unless there are political reasons not to support google.
I know Sonos just announced support, though I'm not sure how that works. I guess as an end point so you can cast audio to a sonos system rather than a chromecast.
From everything i've heard from other apps that add Chromecast support, it's fairly simple to implement as well, so there's nothing holding them back other then fear of alienating other deals (like the aforementioned facebook)
Yeah. And looking at spotify, they don't support airplay on ios (unlike rdio for one) so I guess they wont support chromecast either. Not that I'm bothered myself, as I prefer the google music service anyway. I like the ability to mix the catalogue google has with my own music it doesn't Though of course I'd be happier with an add supported option rather than a subscription.
Picked one up for $30 in the deal a few days ago.
Chromecast + Plex is totally rad. I plunked down the $5 for the Plex Android app. Being able to use my laptop, phone or tablet to tell Plex to stream something to my TV and have my TV magically switch over inputs due to HDMI-CEC is fantastic.
The only downside I've run into is some 1080p movies stutter at times, likely due to me living in a an urban area with really really noisy wifi. If I could hardwire this thing into my LAN, I would.
I have a WDTV live, which I'm hoping this can largely replace. I hate the clunky interface of the WDTV and it takes forever when you run a library update and constantly hangs. However the upside (and why I bought it) is it has the ability to natively decode just about everything. Plex transcoding seems mostly transparent, but it does seem to get hung up from time to time. Moving positions in a video inevitably induces a delay while the transcoder picks back up and buffers.
The idea behind the chrome extension and tab casting is great, but the latency is atrocious. The Youtube integration is amazing and basically is worth the price alone. The ability to click a button on a Youtube video and send it to the TV is fantastic.
Chromecast + Plex is totally rad. I plunked down the $5 for the Plex Android app. Being able to use my laptop, phone or tablet to tell Plex to stream something to my TV and have my TV magically switch over inputs due to HDMI-CEC is fantastic.
The only downside I've run into is some 1080p movies stutter at times, likely due to me living in a an urban area with really really noisy wifi. If I could hardwire this thing into my LAN, I would.
I have a WDTV live, which I'm hoping this can largely replace. I hate the clunky interface of the WDTV and it takes forever when you run a library update and constantly hangs. However the upside (and why I bought it) is it has the ability to natively decode just about everything. Plex transcoding seems mostly transparent, but it does seem to get hung up from time to time. Moving positions in a video inevitably induces a delay while the transcoder picks back up and buffers.
The idea behind the chrome extension and tab casting is great, but the latency is atrocious. The Youtube integration is amazing and basically is worth the price alone. The ability to click a button on a Youtube video and send it to the TV is fantastic.
peanutbutterlatte
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^ Yeah I've had a few problems with 1080p videos, but on the whole it's fine. I think there's also options to change the quality of streaming so I'll have to look into it.
So, picked one of these up yesterday. I'm incredibly impressed. Been playing around with Netflix. YouTube, and Plex. I really think they're onto something here; the affordability and ease of use is a fantastic twofer. I've been showing it off to my parents, and they already want to pick one up for the other rooms in the house. Why wouldn't they for £30?
It's a little limited right now, and I'm having trouble with getting stuff like US Netflix, but it's been a very surprising impulse buy so far. And the portability is great; I can just pack this thing in my bag and take it over to my girlfriend's house, and save us from the monotony of UK terrestrial TV.
So, picked one of these up yesterday. I'm incredibly impressed. Been playing around with Netflix. YouTube, and Plex. I really think they're onto something here; the affordability and ease of use is a fantastic twofer. I've been showing it off to my parents, and they already want to pick one up for the other rooms in the house. Why wouldn't they for £30?
It's a little limited right now, and I'm having trouble with getting stuff like US Netflix, but it's been a very surprising impulse buy so far. And the portability is great; I can just pack this thing in my bag and take it over to my girlfriend's house, and save us from the monotony of UK terrestrial TV.
for people casting from android phones:
I'd noticed at points that my stream would randomly disconnect, often just a minute or two after starting, specifically with google music.
Changing my wifi settings (under advanced) to always 'keep wifi on during sleep' seemed to alleviate the issue. Maybe that will help someone.
I'd noticed at points that my stream would randomly disconnect, often just a minute or two after starting, specifically with google music.
Changing my wifi settings (under advanced) to always 'keep wifi on during sleep' seemed to alleviate the issue. Maybe that will help someone.
What is your signal strength like? I can't say I've noticed it at all, even with 1080p video (either from plex or netflix). But yeah this is exactly why I hope for the AndroidTV thing to be real, just to get something that I can cast to like a chrome, but has ethernet.
it didn't seem to be a signal strength issue, as it's happend with all sorts of setups, and seemed specific to my phone. since the wifi keep awake thing fixed it it's been great. For netflix and hbo go it's been great regardless
It shouldnt be phone specific as the phone only just tells the chromecast what URL to grab the video from. Video is not sent from the phone.
yeah that's why video was rarely a problem, yet music was. I theorize that when playing a google music radio station, the phone has to tell CC every song to stream. After a few minutes the phone would turn off wifi to save battery during sleep, and stop telling CC what to play next, and the connection would drop.
The only thing I've noticed with google music is the track changes are a bit slow as it loads a new page with album art after every track. Which I thought might have just been my shitty internet.
But yeah if your wifi is disabled guess that might be causing trouble. Have you tried using Google Music from a wired PC and see if it happens there too?
I don't know.HDMI2.0 spec does not include power, so for now people will still need to use either USB in their TVs or an external power (I use that as I plugin mine into an AVR).
Apparently MHL implementations support power over HDMI, however CC does not support MHL yet.
NYCmetsfan
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Is it normal for the device to slow down when casting?
osiris3355
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NYCmetsfan
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It only happens on my nexus and with HBO. Its weird.
Guys are any of you having this problem? My phone loses connection to my chrome cat regularly and it seems to have gotten worse. To solve the problem i have to reset the CC by pulling the power lead out.
This is really beginning to get on my nerves because it was rock stable weeks ago. My tour is only 15 get away and I'm on fibre optic so when it works it's fantastic.
Ideas why this is happening?
This is really beginning to get on my nerves because it was rock stable weeks ago. My tour is only 15 get away and I'm on fibre optic so when it works it's fantastic.
Ideas why this is happening?
that was me. it was 'keep wifi on during sleep' in advanced settings
Hey guys.
I released a new Chromecast app, AutoCast.
This is not a regular video/audio casting app. This lets you totally control your Chromecast device with custom screens that do any number of things.
Check out the presentation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCiiX48mq8
Let me know what you think!
I released a new Chromecast app, AutoCast.
This is not a regular video/audio casting app. This lets you totally control your Chromecast device with custom screens that do any number of things.
Check out the presentation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCiiX48mq8
Let me know what you think!
Hey guys.
I released a new Chromecast app, AutoCast.
This is not a regular video/audio casting app. This lets you totally control your Chromecast device with custom screens that do any number of things.
Check out the presentation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCiiX48mq8
Let me know what you think!
Looks pretty slick. Unfortunately I use ios as my Chromecaster
http://www.androidcentral.com/playon-bringing-100-channels-chromecast
Never heard of PlayOn. Is this better the Plex?
Never heard of PlayOn. Is this better the Plex?
Depends what you want. It sees a pretty different thing, being a 30$ a year service to stream various things, whereas Plex is mainly just a home media streamer that has a small one-off cost for a android client but free otherwise.
I remember hearing about it many years ago as one of the first things that could stream stuff to a PS3. Before the Playstation Media Server, before probably anything.
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Lionel Mandrake
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Just realized Flixter/UltraViolet now have cast options. This is now officially awesome.
ThatObviousUser
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OP updated and prettyfied.
Nice.
Is there a current list of all the ways I can take advantage of my 35 dollar device? All the apps, etc.