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Yes, sender and reciever has a bi-directional communication channel, you can do whatever you want.
Correct. Think of a virtual webwebsocket: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/receiver/c... The sender is written for any of the platforms supported (iOS, Android, Chrome) and the receiver in javascript.
That'll be great. Currently there are services like Amazon instant video,Vimeo, Rdio, Spotify, Put.io are not on chromecast. They usually have Smart TV apps but Chromecast can be the new de facto of TV app development.
Plex, however, is on Chromecast.
Thankfully the Plex app will not require the Plex Pass soon.
How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I'd love to have something like the Chromecast if I could use it to stream content (MKV, x264) from my NAS plus maybe some Netflix/Pandora. Is that possible with the Chromecast? If not, does this SDK open up more possibilities for playing local content vs. strea…
How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I'd love to have something like the Chromecast if I could use it to stream content (MKV, x264) from my NAS plus maybe some Netflix/Pandora. Is that possible with the Chromecast? If not, does this SDK open up more possibilities for playing local content vs. strea…
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdut...
Anyone that has looked into the SDK - is it possible for other manufacturers to create their own Chromecast device, and embed it in their TV, or other device?
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…
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…
How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I'd love to have something like the Chromecast if I could use it to stream content (MKV, x264) from my NAS plus maybe some Netflix/Pandora. Is that possible with the Chromecast? If not, does this SDK open up more possibilities for playing local content vs. strea…
Not a free option but Plex, the commerical spin off of XBMC, does this now.
How does the Chromecast work for someone like me that has their movie collection stored on a NAS? I currently use XBMC in my living room, but for the bedroom I'd love to have something like the Chromecast if I could use it to stream content (MKV, x264) from my NAS plus maybe some Netflix/Pandora. Is that possible with the Chromecast? If not, does this SDK open up more possibilities for playing local content vs. strea…
I think it will require the XBMC community to embrace it and push it in. I'm not sure if they could do this via a skin, if we'll have to wait for an XBMC release after Gotham, or if someone will figure a way to have Chromecast act as a second monitor.
Any of those and I feel that my home media center will be complete, but until then I'm stuck waiting.
Chromecast is missing one thing, imho: a controller for my kids. I'm not giving my kids the Nexus 7 every time they want to watch something on the TV screen. The Chromecast suddenly goes from a $35 to a $235 device. Instead I have a uHost android-stick that uses an accelerometer-based airmouse... it's not good, but it works and cost me $50. I keep waiting for Google to complete the Nexus line with a bare-bones 4" low…