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Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK

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Re: Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK

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Post by daeken »

seppo0010 wrote: post #4
daeken wrote: post #3

Oh man, all I can imagine is a party game played with Google Glass and Chromecast. This could be fun.

Only one client can be connected at a time as far as I could see. That limits the gaming part.

You'd just have one computer/server/Glass connect to the Chromecast, and the other Glass units connect to that.

Re: Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK

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I love my Chromecast and use it extensively. This is what Miracast should have been, something that "just worked" and seamlessly interconnected devices.

But instead Miracast is yet another classic example of "death of committee" where tons of big media and hardware companies wanted to get their features and DRM in, and as a direct result we now have dozens of completely incompatible Miracast devices.

I think this table accurately sums of the Miracast issue: http://i.imgur.com/I2QmeZe.jpeg

And that is my experience too. Samsung works only with other Samsung "allshare" devices, Sony works only with other Sony "Xperia" devices, and so on.

Ironically my Samsung TV has a YouTube app which can almost act like a Chromecast built in, and that is the only reliable way to stream content to the thing. I've never been able to get Miracast on either the Samsung or Sony to work reliably (both 2013 models).

My only slight complaint right now about Chromecast is that I cannot stream from VLC but hopefully with the release of this SDK that might change in time.

PS - If Chromecast becomes popular this really will isolate Apple's iTunes video. Most other video providers/renters work with Chromecast (Hulu, Netflix, Play Store, et al), or with apps on your TV already. Apple is the only large digital content provider which wants to force us to buy their proprietary device ("Apple TV") to watch their proprietary content. It really does decrease the value for Apple's content. In fact I'm just not going to buy Apple's DRM-ed video anymore, as I have to plug in a HDMI cable to watch it on my TV.

Re: Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK

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Post by xur17 »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #6

I love my Chromecast and use it extensively. This is what Miracast should have been, something that "just worked" and seamlessly interconnected devices. But instead Miracast is yet another classic example of "death of committee" where tons of big media and hardware companies wanted to get their features and DRM in, and as a direct result we now have dozens of completely incompatible Miracast devices. I think this tab…

I also use mine extensively. The interface for Netflix alone makes it worth it, even if you already have another device that works with netflix. I'm really excited to see what new apps, etc come out, now that my biggest complaint has been solved (no public api).
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