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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 saltysugar »

eclipxe wrote: post #202
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #152

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> 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…

>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. I'm glad your time-machine is working and you've experienced the 2015 ecosystem. >You're strangely contradicting yourself. First you acknowledge that tab casting is a thing,then you pretend that tab casting isn't something it does and use that as justificatio…

> here is only one target device you have to build for (Chromecast) not hundreds of TVs, BluRay players, and dongles.

Just chiming in, Google actually has plan to work with TV makers to integrate Chromecast technology into future smart TVs, and hopefully other peripheral devices too.

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

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Post by saltysugar »

jsloat wrote: post #217
_ea1k wrote: post #62

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My usage falls into three categories: - Netflix (a lot) - Tab Casting (occasionally) - Youtube (very seldom) I suspect that AppleTV would work better for everything except for the tab casting for me. Even with the current limitations, I don't know of another settop box that does that as effectively as the Chromecast. Having said that, I have still been mostly disappointed with the device so far, as tab-casting has be…

Screen mirroring on Apple TV works well, assuming, of course, that you're on a Mac and the OS lines up.

That's a very expensive assumption for most people

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

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Post by saltysugar »

__david__ wrote: post #188
untog wrote: post #31

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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).

iTunes videos are DRM-ed

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

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Post by andrewaylett »

BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #189
lotyrin wrote: post #172

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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.

Here in the UK, our emergency number is 999. Or you can dial 112, as that's the European standard, and we'd be daft not to implement it even if we hadn't agreed to do so. Alternatively, try dialling 911, which I understand also works and which was introduced to help children who grew up with US TV.

In any case, the phone won't actually dial the number even if you do type it in -- if you dial what it thinks is an emergency number, it initiates the emergency call setup, which is what lets you dial without a SIM and on a different providers' network. So a dedicated button is all that's required.

This does mean that there's a possibility that my phone and the PSTN disagree over what constitutes an emergency network, but as the phone gets its numbers from the SIM, which comes from my provider, which is regulated by the same people as make the rules for the PSTN, it seems likely that all the options will work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number

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

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Post by aninhumer »

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.

Where on earth did you get that idea? I've never owned a smartphone with a button like that.

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

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Post by pawelkomarnicki »

officialjunk wrote: post #230
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #191

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Basically since the Chromecast was released. The Chromecast came out on July 24, 2013, and several dozen articles note the feature before the end of July (26-28th). Just click the little down arrow on the Chromecast button (part of the Chromecast extension) then "Cast entire screen (experimental)." July 26th, 2013: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/26/tip-chromecast-can-cast... July 26th, 2013: http://www.androidauth…

Does this mean I can stream any app and my desktop or just a full screen chrome window?

Unfortunately (at least for me) it seems like it doesn't work via LAN, but somehow uses Internet connection to stream to somewhere and then back, kinda sucks and slow

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

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Post by dmdavis »

pawelkomarnicki wrote: post #237
officialjunk wrote: post #230

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Does this mean I can stream any app and my desktop or just a full screen chrome window?

Unfortunately (at least for me) it seems like it doesn't work via LAN, but somehow uses Internet connection to stream to somewhere and then back, kinda sucks and slow

Full screen streaming works beautifully for me, it's how my wife and I watch Amazon Prime movies. It's just like watching TV. I've read that the computer needs to encode the video it's streaming to the chromecast, so if your computer is slow, the streaming will be slow. That may be why you were getting poor results.

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

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Post by coda_ »

officialjunk wrote: post #230
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #191

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Basically since the Chromecast was released. The Chromecast came out on July 24, 2013, and several dozen articles note the feature before the end of July (26-28th). Just click the little down arrow on the Chromecast button (part of the Chromecast extension) then "Cast entire screen (experimental)." July 26th, 2013: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/26/tip-chromecast-can-cast... July 26th, 2013: http://www.androidauth…

Does this mean I can stream any app and my desktop or just a full screen chrome window?

You can stream any app and your desktop, yes.
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