I am thinking of releasing an app that can mirror any android devices (starting from Android 2.3 up to android 5.1) to Chromecast receiver.
Since google's Chromecast app can support quite a lot devices, I am not sure if there are still enough interests to mirror android devices with old versions？or to mirror new android devices that Chromecast app do not support?
I did develop such an app, but never released it to public, it's working quite well actually.
Please let me know if you are interested in it, and I can post free versions here.
Please , go ahead. and Let us have a look at it .
huisinro said:
I am thinking of releasing an app that can mirror any android devices (starting from Android 2.3 up to android 5.1) to Chromecast receiver.
Since google's Chromecast app can support quite a lot devices, I am not sure if there are still enough interests to mirror android devices with old versions？or to mirror new android devices that Chromecast app do not support?
I did develop such an app, but never released it to public, it's working quite well actually.
Please let me know if you are interested in it, and I can post free versions here.
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Would definitely love to try it here also
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I'll be glad to test it out
I'd test it for you...
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Ok, will try to cleanup the current code, and post a version within next week.
Hey. Such an app would be great!!! Thanks
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Ok, will try to cleanup the current code, and post a version within next week.
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Any update on this?
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Hmm, is this being done somehow using the Miracast standard? Curious.
CDB-Man said:
Hmm, is this being done somehow using the Miracast standard? Curious.
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We will release a version that works on rooted devices first, just to check our native implementation for the chromecast mirroring protocol.
Yes, we also have a miracast receiver, more info will be revealed here.
Thanks for your patience on this app.
Is this still in the making? Really want to screen cast my mx3 android box to my Chromecast
@timdoggg, Yes, it's beging developed, and working very well, but right now, it requires rooting to get the audio. Can you tell me your Android version? why is google Chromecast app not working for your device?
I will try to post something in this thread late this month.
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@timdoggg, Yes, it's beging developed, and working very well, but right now, it requires rooting to get the audio. Can you tell me your Android version? why is google Chromecast app not working for your device?
I will try to post something in this thread late this month.
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i have a rooted mx3 android box running kitkat 4.4.2. when i use the chromecast app to castg or quick settings it says "casting ended".
ive gotten some luck using 'Screen Stream Mirroring Free' from the play store but its very slow and laggy
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i have a rooted mx3 android box running kitkat 4.4.2. when i use the chromecast app to castg or quick settings it says "casting ended".
I've gotten some luck using 'Screen Stream Mirroring Free' from the play store but its very slow and laggy
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Have a rooted Nook HD+( on CM12.1 - lollipop 5.1 ) and chromecast 2015(new version). Regular casting works fine, but there is something preventing mirroring . When hitting casting selection the screen abruptly disconnects. I've tried a program called Mirrorenabler and it also will not mirror. A report by someone using CM11 and some custom rom reported mirroring working fine on Nook HD+ so its not a hardware issue. Does anyone have any thoughts ??
Thanks,
Al
In order for Chromecast app mirror to work, google play services must be installed into system partition. Your android most likely does not have it.
Our Chromecast sender app does not use Google play services, so it should work, please visit this thread later for the apk.
Hey,
I can also confirm that unfortunately on Nook HD+ on CM12.1 mirrorenabler doesn't work, nevertheless on cm11 latest built mirror enabler works great. But still both CM11 and CM12.1 for me are unstable, actually cm12.1 is worst for me getting a lot of download and apps installation slow down, on cm11 I get a lot of keyboard droppings when typing in the browser but gennerally the experience is a lot better.
So would love to test on stock (4.0.4) your app apparently with root.
Thanks
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Hey,
I can also confirm that unfortunately on Nook HD+ on CM12.1 mirrorenabler doesn't work, nevertheless on cm11 latest built mirror enabler works great. But still both CM11 and CM12.1 for me are unstable, actually cm12.1 is worst for me getting a lot of download and apps installation slow down, on cm11 I get a lot of keyboard droppings when typing in the browser but gennerally the experience is a lot better.
So would love to test on stock (4.0.4) your app apparently with root.
Thanks
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My CM12.1 on Nook HD+ is not as good as 5.01 that I previously had. If you get Trickster Mod ( to increase responsivness ) and increase read ahead buffer 768 and get Glove Xperia ( to adjust screen sensitivity if needed ) you might like CM12.1 better
Al
Is this still being developed?
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I know nothing about Android TV software, but I'm interested in buying an Ouya (already pre-ordered) for the sole purpose of installing Android and using it as an Android TV with gaming capabilities. This may seem like quite a stretch, I'm not sure.
Does Google share the source code for Android TV? Is anyone else interested in this or something similar?
Well, someone can try to port the Android TV Apps to Ouya, but we need the sources...
Hey ... i think about the same Project.
First of all we should wait if the first Ouya Devices shipped because i think at these time they will release the needing Sources.
If not we have "GPL Violation" .... so we should wait.
I will perfom the integrated "XBMC" with now support Live-TV in Combination with "tvheadend" Server but need help to get tvheadend compile and run under "Android-Kernel" (Tegra3). If some developer will help it would be great !!!
XBMC is already working on supporting OUYA so no worries there. It will probably be ready by the time OUYA consoles ship out.
.........TPT'd From my SGS3
AW: Android TV Software
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XBMC is already working on supporting OUYA so no worries there. It will probably be ready by the time OUYA consoles ship out.
.........TPT'd From my SGS3
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I know it but for getting xbmc work like live tv you need server with Communication to your dvb device over USB. I actually test some dev porting and compiling of tvheadend server for Android Kernel but got some Problems because Most libs doesnt work .
I test actually with tegra 2 device so if first Version run its easier to port it to newer tegra parts !
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I use my HDHomeRun on XBMC. It's natively supported with XBMC and it's a network streamer. You set up a list of your channels (takes a bit of work), then select which channel you want from a list. Get a HDHomeRun.
I been using a Rasp Pi....
Sort of related, I installed the YouTube for Google TV apk on my Ouya and it runs great. Works splendidly with a controller, and can still use my phone to control playback.
edit: sorry if this was a terrible grave-dig.
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Sort of related, I installed the YouTube for Google TV apk on my Ouya and it runs great. Works splendidly with a controller, and can still use my phone to control playback.
edit: sorry if this was a terrible grave-dig.
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Sounds great. Is there a place you might point us to to find this?
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Sounds great. Is there a place you might point us to to find this?
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I found a "newish" version here (not sure if it's the newest or not)
http://minixforums.com/threads/youtube-for-google-tv-v1-5-1.152/#post-1677
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I found a "newish" version here (not sure if it's the newest or not)
http://minixforums.com/threads/youtube-for-google-tv-v1-5-1.152/#post-1677
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That's where I got it too.
For those that can't locate the APK cause it keeps being removed....see attached.
James
I guess there's no playback control other than backing out?
I'd like to start a thread for news/rumors of more officially supported services.
Not casting web-pages, or demo Apps/Hacks, but Official Apps from other services that support Chromecast.
Any hope?
well hulu and pandora is confirmed, but the main problem right now is the SDK isn't complete (they have a preview one out though).
Once the SDK is done we will start seeing a lot of content I bet.
I am looking forward to bitcasa support. That will be awesome.
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I'd like to start a thread for news/rumors of more officially supported services.
Not casting web-pages, or demo Apps/Hacks, but Official Apps from other services that support Chromecast.
Any hope?
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I hope so - I think this is the first step of moving away from Broadcast TV for TV entertainment. This is the revolution that Apple had planned to do but didn't. When people do reviews of the Cast I think they miss the largest point. Controlling the content using an interface we all love (phone or tablet) is a giant step forward. Using the built in smart features of a TV or DVD to search for a YouTube video is a terrible experience. You need a link to find most things and those are shared in communication links in your phone.
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well hulu and pandora is confirmed, but the main problem right now is the SDK isn't complete (they have a preview one out though).
Once the SDK is done we will start seeing a lot of content I bet.
I am looking forward to bitcasa support. That will be awesome.
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There is still no "cast" button on Pandora. Did you mean it is confirmed that they are working on it?
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There is still no "cast" button on Pandora. Did you mean it is confirmed that they are working on it?
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Ya i thought that is what you were talking about, what else the chromecast will be able to do. Its confirmed it will be able to use hulu and pandora should be comming kinda soon. And HBO, Vimeo, Redbox Instant, Vevo (?), Devour (?), Blip (?) (maybe these are britsh or something, i've never heard of them), have all mentioned they are planning on it.
(where I got the information)
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/01/blip-hulu-vevo-and-devour-are-coming-to-chromecast/
http://www.mediapost.com/publicatio...ndora-coming-to-chromecast.html#axzz2bxRDgXfS
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/30/redbox-instant-and-vimeo-coming-to-chromecast
So ya in total we have
right now
youtube
netflix
google play music
google play video
soon
hulu
pandora
HBO go
announced support
Vimeo
Redbox Instant
Vevo
Devour
Blip
plus soon we get the official sdk and we will get 100s of apps I bet
Hulu said they were interested in adding it some day. I wouldn't be expecting it anytime soon. The only real partner besides Netflix announced at launch was Pandora. My guess is Pandora will release an update about the same time the final SDK is released. Google is probably working with Pandora as sort of a beta test of the SDK.
PLEX has announced support. :good:
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PLEX has announced support. :good:
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Source? I just quickly looked over their website but couldn't find an official announcement.
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Source? I just quickly looked over their website but couldn't find an official announcement.
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there is no "official" announcement....
look for the posts by "elan" on this page: (hes the lead dev of PLEX)
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/75359-chromecast/page-8
You won't need much more once new version of BubbleUPNP is released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLkKbfl42E
Can't wait.
Split Browser version 2.9.0 (and trial 2.4.0) are Chromecast ready! Give it a try and let us know what you think. Cast away!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser_trial
Why didn't your post the playstore links?
Tried the app, couldn't cast anything (hoped for entire tab casting, later saw it should allow only casting various videos on various webpages).
Maybe it works and would appeal to some but it's not really intuitive..
This gives vGet some competition. Thanks for letting us know.
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Does this only cast sites of services already compatible with chromecast? I tried it on videos at amctv.com and couldn't get it to work.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appestry.split_browser
Check out the Chromecast description, not all videos will cast, and that makes sense.
Amctv.com videos aren't in a format that the native Chromecast player understands.
Tab casting
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Why didn't your post the playstore links?
Tried the app, couldn't cast anything (hoped for entire tab casting, later saw it should allow only casting various videos on various webpages).
Maybe it works and would appeal to some but it's not really intuitive..
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Thank you. Tab casting is cool idea, but it will drain the phone battery just like screen mirroring (Miracast). Let's see if we can make that happen with Chromecast.
Added the links to Play store as well.
How long did it take to implement this?
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How long did it take to implement this?
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About a month initially with the Chromecast "preview" SDK and then a week to update it after the final SDK was released. It took longer because we didn't use the Cast SDK's companion library. We didn't like the default look and feel of Google's remote control buttons all squished up in one corner of the screen. Hope it helps.
...and with the latest update of vGet and its unusually high cost, this browser looks like a sweet deal. I might give it a better test this time around
Maybe this would be a good community to post a beta on for a version that supports 4.4
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Android 4.4 - Chromecast support
abuttino said:
Maybe this would be a good community to post a beta on for a version that supports 4.4
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Split Browser 2.9.2 (and trial 2.4.2) support Chromecast on Android 4.4 devices. Please give it a try and let us know!
Dude, this needs a lot of work. It is pretty much unusable
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10 minute trial = license patch
Sweet but 10 minutes champ? That wasn't long enough to get me past stealing it to buying it .
I have a 3 rooted chromecasts that won't seem to load netflix today. It says an error connecting to netflix.
Netflix still works on mobile, and web browsers on the same connection. anyone else experiencing this?
BlueCop said:
I have a 3 rooted chromecasts that won't seem to load netflix today. It says an error connecting to netflix.
Netflix still works on mobile, and web browsers on the same connection. anyone else experiencing this?
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Yep the latest google update contains a new Netflix app and Team Eureka hasn't been able to update Eureka rom to include the newest version yet....
I believe they said it might go out this weekend but don't hold me (or more important them!) to that timeline....
It works on Mobile because it automatically updated to the newest version on your mobile but the new version only works with the latest CCast Update and we are currently one version behind on Eureka.
Be patient Team Eureka will get you fixed up soon....
cool I just wanted to know if I was unique. Thanks for the information.
New build is out. It fixes Netflix issue. Update rollout may take up to five days.
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New build is out. It fixes Netflix issue. Update rollout may take up to five days.
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That was even sooner than I thought! LOL
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That was even sooner than I thought! LOL
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Yeah!! Totally unexpected. I'm really glad they just released.
Can't have the wife without netflix for up to five days......I just manualy flashcast their latest update and can confirm that netflix is working just fine.
I'm on rooted 12072 firmware with OTA disabled and like couple of days ago Im not able to cast Netflix from the laptop from my S3 and not even from my wife iPhone. You tube is working no problem. This has something to do with the new Netflix update on Chromecast end? Can I update chromecast with eureka firmware or I'm pretty much screwed? Thanks.
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DC_MTP: where did you grab it?
nevermind
/me looks up at thread
hachuelo said:
I'm on rooted 12072 firmware with OTA disabled and like couple of days ago Im not able to cast Netflix from the laptop from my S3 and not even from my wife iPhone. You tube is working no problem. This has something to do with the new Netflix update on Chromecast end? Can I update chromecast with eureka firmware or I'm pretty much screwed? Thanks.
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Update your Chromecast via Flashcast to build 19084.001 of Eureka-ROM. Then you can enjoy Netflix without problems again.
except manually upgrading requires you being physically next to the device with a usb drive and an OTG cable...
It is pretty annoying to not have an easy way to update yourself without hardware.
It should be an option in the web interface because it just wastes everyone's time who needs to update.
anyone have a way to force an update is over ssh?
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Update your Chromecast via Flashcast to build 19084.001 of Eureka-ROM. Then you can enjoy Netflix without problems again.
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Do I have to use a special hardware for this or just the OTG cable and a usb drive? Thanks
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Do I have to use a special hardware for this or just the OTG cable and a usb drive? Thanks
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Follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452838
You only need a usb drive and the OTG cable.
The new netflix works great on the new eureka rom.
I love the automatic playback of the next episode they added. It works great to marathon old doctor who while playing with my other chromecast.
Just wanted to bring to everyone's notice that casting works full time while playing vidoes on Chrome on mobile !!
That is great news! I can't wait to try it out. When did that change get implement ed?
I thought this was old news. Been doing this now for weeks. I assumed it came with the newer google play services that allows beta screen casting on select devices
Months ago - It was enabled in Android Chrome Beta v34 in March this year, rolled out to Android Chrome stable in v35 in May.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...tab-better-fullscreen-video-support-and-more/
I am talking about main app.....not beta....beta was experimental and never worked !!!
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Like I said its been in Android Chrome stable since May. It worked just fine when it was in only Chrome beta for me.
Darn can't get it to work on mine....
Thanks
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Darn can't get it to work on mine....
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You need to make the video full screen and once you do that you will get a cast icon on the top left corner of the screen !
This has been enabled on my device for quite a while. I happily play videos from Vimeo on my chromecast. :good:
It works for me in Chrome Beta on my tablet, but not in the current official release of Chrome on my phone (Android 4.4.4).
But I wonder how much use this really is. I tested it with Vimeo, but really pretty much every source falls into one of two categories:
a) Already has Chromecast support
or
b) Uses a custom video player, custom DRM or custom app that either you can't play within Chrome on Android or isn't compatible with the Chromecast.