I have the Allcast premium app for streaming media to my Chromecast. Last night I tried to stream a video from my library and it would not stream for more than 5 - 10 seconds without buffering.
I tried the same file from my 2012 Nexus 7 and streamed flawlessly. Both are running lollipop. Not sure why my Nexus 6 had issues.
Anybody using this app and have similar issues?
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Same issue for me as well
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It's the app not n6. The app usually can't play a majority of files, my work around was just casting my screen and using MX player.
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It's the app not n6. The app usually can't play a majority of files, my work around was just casting my screen and using MX player.
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I too have run across files that had trouble playing. But like I said above I played the same file with the same app from my Nexus 7 without issue.
My Nexus 7 is running lollipop too so its not the app or the OS. Comes down to the Nexus 6. This phone is brand new so I expect there will be a software fix soon.
In the meantime I'll try MX while casting the screen.
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for chromecast you can just use the built in cast screen instead but I have also had some issues with allcast.
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You should be able to stream video if you have an HTC MediaLinkHD.
This will only work with videos/music stored locally on the tablet. It will not clone your display, so no surfing the web or games on the tv. Just streaming movies and music to a tv.
I was toying with it last night on my transformer prime. I tried bubble upnp, imediashare, etc... All of them would stream music no issues, but the video would always fail.
Then I found this free app, and every video I tested worked. In most cases, this worked better then the pairing between my evoLTE and the medialink.
If you search the play store for medialink , you should find an app called Wi-Fi Media by Cavium (wont show up when searching for Wi-Fi Media). Install it, choose your movie, and set the renderer to the medialink.
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link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iaWFub3IuYW1zY2F2aXVtIl0.
Of course I don't have the Nexus7 yet. But if anyone does, and has the medialink and wants to try it I don't see why it would be any different then my prime running AOKP.
This would be an expensive option if you don't own a newer HTC device and already own a medialink. But seems the option is there at least.
The no video output was more of a deal breaker to me then the storage, and that seems to be a non-issue now. If I could just find one in stock.
we can't have an app for make a mirror screen such as htc one x use 3 fingers to mirror the screen is not possible with a mod in next rom custom ?
I've been using the the media link and the Wi-Fi media app with my nexus 7 and must say it works well. We take it with us now just in case we need to keep the kids quiet with a film. The video quality at 720p source is very good and it hasn't stuttered once.
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Don't know if I would have bought one though. I got mine free from phones 4U, when I got my one x.
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Will it work with games
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I have one but mirroring kind of sucked and it was all that was available outside of the stock player and YouTube which actually sent the content via MediaLink (not just mirroring) on my HTC One X. I'll give it a shot with my Nexus 7 tonight. I was underwhelmed with the device using my HTC One X but I hope that it's better with the Nexus 7. Fingers crossed!
This should essentially be the same thing, a lot cheaper... once it releases.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/android-transporter
Should have a beta out in the next 4 weeks, they are planning support for the n7.
Can anyone confirm if it works using play store movies that have DRM?
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Can anyone confirm if it works using play store movies that have DRM?
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Don't think so, I've been trying to find that answer, but I think that's what the nexus q is for :'(
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nitrox1 said:
Don't think so, I've been trying to find that answer, but I think that's what the nexus q is for :'(
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Can anyone provide a categoric answer on whether the HTC Media Link HD will play movies downloaded onto the Nexus 7 from the Play store that have DRM protection?
I think answering this single question will stop a lot of people hunting around and ultimately creating similar threads on the Nexus to TV issue.
Thanks.
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This should essentially be the same thing, a lot cheaper... once it releases.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/android-transporter
Should have a beta out in the next 4 weeks, they are planning support for the n7.
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How is this possible? At 1280x800 we have 1,024,000 pixels, at 32bit color depth that gives 32mbit per full screen image, so standard 60hz video would require just shy of 2gb/s... Wifi can't do anywhere close to 2 gigabit per second, 802.11n theoretical max is only 600 megabit and that's using 4 spatial streams which no consumer hardware supports... for most home users their max is going to be about 300 megabit/second using 40mhz channels and 2 spatial streams with a guard interval of 400ns (and even that is hard to achieve). At 300mb/s you'll get a frame rate of less than 10hz without compression.
So how the hell are they doing it?
I thought would start this post since I didn't see one where people could some of there favorite video apps that don't come stock on the N7. Her is my list:
1. Netflix - pretty good app and greatest availability of streaming movies you will find from a monthly service.
2. Xfinity Player: Nice updates to the UI for 7 inch tablets and really good for catching up on old episodes of Spartacus.
3. Crunchyroll: The premiere app for watching animes that are subbed and best of all they have a free option that works over Wi-Fi. Doesn't work over Bluetooth tethering, but ICS built in Wi-Fi tethering is just fine if you don't mind the ads.
4. HomeDia: A nice free app that allows you to stream videos on your home network. I paired mine up with plex media server since you have to pay for tversity and it has worked well. If it doesn't play a video just use a third video player app like rockplayer.
5. Dailymotion: To be honest the only reason I use this app is to catch up with subbed anime episodes of OnePiece, outside of that nothing really else for me.
The good thing about these apps are they are free to download and numbers 1, 2, and 5 have apps for the Xbox 360. Well those are mine, so what are yours?
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All I ever use is netflix for streaming and mx or dice player for playing movies via stickmount.
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Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.
If you like to watch current TV DROID TV Primetime actually works very well on the N7. There are quite a few free shows but for @$9 for three months you can get shows like Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Greys Anatomy, and dozens of others. I have used it for over a year on my DROID X and it sizes up really well to the 7inch for factor.
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Check out veetle for movies
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Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.
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Are you doing this on a N7?
I had problems with it on my N7 in that I couldn't get it to lower/hide the info when the video was playing. Unless I am missing something .... On my phone it worked just fine.
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Now if this isn't stupid on my part..... if you touch the video when it is playing, a icon shows on the bottom left to make it Full Screen... thought I had tried everything...
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Crackle has some good free movies and tv shows. I also like to browse vimeo using the app, there are lots of cool videos on there.
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Thanks I didnt know that Crackle would work with the N7 unless I installed flash. So far it looks pretty good, I just dont like how the UI doesn't work that well in portrait mode. Hey that's what updates are for.
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If you like to watch current TV DROID TV Primetime actually works very well on the N7. There are quite a few free shows but for @$9 for three months you can get shows like Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Greys Anatomy, and dozens of others. I have used it for over a year on my DROID X and it sizes up really well to the 7inch for factor.
Yeah I will defiantly try this out since I will have a little of the google play credit left.
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Check out veetle for movies
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When I checked out veetle in the play store for some reason it said it was not compatible with the N7. Still looks pretty good though.
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plex server on my PC
BubbleUPNP and BSPlayer on my nexus 7
Xbmc!! I'm really happy with it and watching all my movies on my tablet
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Im having an issue with my Chormecast. When i try to stream from my play music i get an error that says can not cast to . Everything else is working netflix youtube and play movies. This happens with my all access music my music uploaded to google music and even side loaded music im not sure what the issue is any help is welcomed
I'm having the same issue, I received the update, now I get a "can't verify the license" error message. Grrrrrrr!
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I think it might be a ROM issue . I'm using slim bean on my Nexus 4 . It works on my ladies note 2 and my moms stock nexus 4 . I think I will try a new rom
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I purchased a few months ago a transformer tf701.
I love the dice player but when using it on my tf701 I face weird issues.
For instance whilst playing video, screen blocks and audio keeps playing...
Anybody facing similar issues ?
Thanks
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Shacamus said:
I purchased a few months ago a transformer tf701.
I love the dice player but when using it on my tf701 I face weird issues.
For instance whilst playing video, screen blocks and audio keeps playing...
Anybody facing similar issues ?
Thanks
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I can honestly say I don't use Dice Player. Are you aware of the fact that there is a VLC player for android? It may still be under a geographical restricted beta, but the application just like the windows variant is free, so there are APKs floating all over the place for beta 0.1.3.
I would give that a try, in lieu of any practical advice on Dice.
Hello I know VLC is available I have it too but I need an app with popup play
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Hello
Great news now VLC has popup play
N5, stock & rooted. Chromecast, 16664 firmware unrootable.
MLB recently added casting support to their mobile app but frankly it's pretty bad for me. Casting from a chrome tab on a PC works "fine", but I can't get more than a few innings when casting from the atbat app before it freezes. Then, in order to restart the stream you have to disconnect/reconnect the cc in the app, not simply reload the stream.
Anyone on a custom ROM tried it? Anyone else seen this, possible fixes?
My CC is on usb power from the TV so it sees fresh boots frequently. I've rebooted after a freeze only to get one batter's worth of feed afterward.
All other casting apps work great, but sadly not my most expensive streaming service.
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I'm watching an archived game right now after plugging into a different power source besides the TV so far no freezes. I will try a live game tomorrow. It's possible the USB port on the TV doesn't supply constant enough power or something.
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Only when casting from the app though? Google play movies, Hulu, Netflix; all of these services cast from their app without issue. I can also cast a whole game from a PC to the CC just fine.
I'll try an archive game tonight, I imagine that's a bit different than a live stream.
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I loaded the same game up as an archive and i'm about to turn it off because it's been playing for over 2.5 hours with no issues. It's only the live streams that have problems.
EDIT/UPDATE: So today, Live streams are worse. Every live stream I click on plays a couple frames then gives error 1. Nice.
My live streams are perfect now that my device is no longer plugged into the TV for power.
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Was AFK for a while, gave the mlb team some feedback about it & all is good, confirmed after several live games. They're actively tweaking on their end so GJ mlb. Still plugged into TV and all is fine, that wasn't my issue. Maybe your TV doesn't provide enough power on the usb port?
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