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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 Kudos »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #152
eclipxe wrote: post #134

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As someone who works day-in and day-out with Miracast devices, you're a little bit off. The problem isn't really with features and DRM leading to incompatibility. The HDCP portion of Miracast is pretty straightforward and isn't often the problem. The problem (as seen with the charts) is manufacturers that are sorta-kinda-using Miracast but not really. For example the Samsung AllShare devices were never advertised as…

> Give the standard 2014, 2015 and let's see where we are. People said exactly the same thing about Miracast in 2013 and 2012. We still aren't anywhere with it. It is more broken than it is working, it is a giant mess. > The Chromecast comparison is really a bad one - yes you can tabcast You can fullscreen cast. > but really it is designed around a "send this URL to play" experience which is much much easier to accom…

> You can fullscreen cast.

Since when? Source?

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

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Post by robflynn »

67726e wrote: post #101
IgorPartola wrote: post #88

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I have three Roku-powered rooms in my house. I read about Chromecast's capabilities but I cannot find how it would serve me better than Roku. My needs are: * Stream Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/HBO Go to the TV. * Stream videos off my NAS, such as DVD rips, home movies, etc. (For this I use Plex.) * Occasionally, stream movies and pictures I took with my phone to the TV. * Very occasionally, stream live events, such as the Ne…

I've got three Roku boxes in my house as well and I have to agree with all of your points. I got a Chromecast as a gift at Christmas and played with it but I really just don't see it as being better than the Roku with the exception of two fronts: 1. Price. It's just cheaper. About 40% the price of the latest Roku. 2. Development. Maybe this is a personal one for me. I keep wanting to work on a Roku Channel (app) but…

For what it's worth, BrightScript is pretty much just Visual Basic. It did take me a bit to get used to their various 'screens' and events.

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

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Post by __david__ »

kllrnohj wrote: post #162
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…

Chromecast has the really nice advantage of the fact that when friends or family visit they can cast THEIR content to your TV without needing to sign in to your STB.

How is that an advantage over the Apple ecosystem? When I visit my parents I can stream random stuff to their Apple TV or their Airport Expresses without doing anything besides getting on the WiFi network.

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Post by spankalee »

untog wrote: post #95
spankalee wrote: post #76

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Play Music & Movies, Pandora, Hulu, Chrome tabs, HBO Go, Plex... See http://chromecast.com/apps for the current list. I really only use Google Play, Netflix, YouTube and tab casting though.

I know what's available- I have one myself, I just don't ever use it. I don't have a Hulu Plus subscription, nor do I buy music/video through the Play Store. Chrome tab performance is weak at best. I guess I'm just hoping for a lot more than what I have right now.

That's the reason to be excited about the SDK release, but honestly, regardless of the number of apps even available, I just don't use that many services that I want to stream to my TV. The current crop does pretty well. I would like to see the ability to throw a Flash object to the screen so I can play any embedded video, and I hope to see interesting games and ambient apps, but that's about the extent I can think of.

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Post by philsnow »

c0brac0bra wrote: post #75
whichdan wrote: post #27

If Chromecast supported Amazon Video, I'd probably use it more than my HTPC.

You can tab cast Amazon Instant Video from Chrome. I've been successfully using it for months.

tab casting is (still) not supported in linux

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

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Post by __david__ »

untog wrote: post #31
mmanfrin wrote: post #29

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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. People said that about iTunes, no?

I'd argue that the long term future of iTunes isn't fantastic. Individual music companies (Spotify, Rdio) are providing better experiences than Apple can.

Really? I don't like spotify compared to iTunes. I can't imagine locking myself into a service for the rest of my life in order to hear music. Once I buy it from iTunes, it's mine to use as I please, it's not locked up in some stupid custom DRM-laden app (which is fairly ironic).

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

lotyrin wrote: post #172
furyofantares wrote: post #165

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> They'll find a way to do it, so you have to watch them like a hawk. I'm curious why this wasn't really a problem when we had landlines in our houses. Is it just because these devices are a lot more fun to play with than phones were and the kid eventually dials 911 accidentally?

No, it's because there's usually an emergency call button of some kind (so the towers can route your call based on location, iirc), you're not actually entering the sequence "911". No touchtone phone I've seen has a big red "911" autodial button. Also, the devices are used for entertainment, even if you did give a toddler a touchtone phone as a toy, you'd disconnect it from the line.

The emergency call button brings up a standard dialer keypad. It does not dial 911 for you. It would be crazy if it did, since emergency numbers vary wildly by locale.

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

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Post by avtar »

Johnie wrote: post #161
sciurus wrote: post #160

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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…

Netflix on iOS works well with the Chromecast.

I wish I could be in this club. Instead Netflix/Chromecast will complain, more often than not, about not being able to stream content. The only workaround seems to be to perform a factory reset and even that is temporary.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromebook-central/oYV...

http://www.ibtimes.com/chromecast-update-refreshes-google-do...

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