Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK

Post by Johnie » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

sciurus wrote: post #160

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…

So you're saying that the chromecast (created by google) works well with android (created by google) and chrome (created by google)? And you love this, because it's so much better than Miracast where Samsung only works with Samsung, Sony only works with Sony, etc? I agree it's a shame that a standard like Miracast has incompatible implementations. However, creating another protocol just makes that situation even wors…

Post by SimpleXYZ » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

Post by furyofantares » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:58 PM UTC

mbreese wrote: post #118

bduerst wrote: post #92

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Sounds less like a technical issue and more like a parenting one. Plus having another way to dial 9-11 from the living room could be good if you don't have a land-line.

You've obviously never given a toddler a cellphone to play a video. They'll find a way to do it, so you have to watch them like a hawk. For older kids, this is less of a problem. On the other hand, they can use the AppleTV remote quite easily without much worry. So, the lack of a viable (dedicated) remote for the Chromecast is an issue for some. For us, I have an AppleTV in the living room that the kids can use, but…

Post by dclara » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:01 PM UTC

wahsd wrote: post #103

isomorphic wrote: post #47

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Out of curiosity, what have you been using your Chromecast for? I have drunk the Apple Kool-Aid: I have iOS devices, AppleTVs, and a home server running iTunes. Admittedly, the iTunes server is serving video and music that is ripped from legitimately-acquired spinning-discs, so perhaps I haven't tasted the iTunes Store Kool-Aid. I purchased a Chromecast right at launch. As far as I could tell, the only things it did…

I played with Chromecast for about a couple weeks and just yesterday remembered I had totally forgotten about it. It's a typical Google product, released just after leaving Alpha state, marginally decent, of limited and disjointed utility, and generally poorly executed. Judging based on Google's history with, literally every single thing they have done, we are approaching peak internal support and attention with decl…

Post by treelovinhippie » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:03 PM UTC