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Hey everyone,
Browsing through the marketplace or a website for Live wallpapers is a pain, and I'd like to have a lot more than I currently do. How about you guys share some of your favorites? Maybe even include a mobile friendly link if you're feeling frisky?
Thanks!
I use 'wallme'.
You set folders in your gallery to be set as a wallpaper sideshow.
Many options available such as duration, transition, zoom, fade etc.
Android Sparkle LWP
Aquarium is nice the free version doesn't let you customize how many/what type of fishes and other things but it's pretty cool IMO.
https://market.android.com/details?id=fishnoodle.aquarium_free&feature=search_result
city at night when i'm on default homescreen.
Ive always loved Light Grid Pro's hexagon style
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Oh man Light Grid is amazingly mesmerizing, and so customizable its crazy.
i've been using video live wallpaper for ages now. my fav has always been this video of the internal working clock. it fills up the whole screen with moving gears similar to what you would inside the watch. what i normally do is go to youtube and download a vid of my choice. this way i can always keep changing my wallpaper. i have mirror lights, particles, ink on water, the beach, rain, pug licking my screen, etc.
Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
kershner25 said:
Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
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Use 'Video Get' (freeware) on your pc.
kershner25 said:
Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
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pretty easy. i don't have the link right now as it's in my laptop at home. but basically you can google it and several websites come up for saving youtube clips. what happens is you open the site in one window/tab. in another tab you have youtube open. so say you typed in the search field (of youtube) for clockwork. several video clips will come up. click on one and copy the http address as seen in the field above. paste this into the search field of the youtube video download site. once clicked, you'll get several format opitons. by far the most common are mp4 and flv. fortunately, video wallpaper plays both. save the file and transfer it to your phone.
from your phone, open video wallpaper. go to the menu screen and choose the video you want to play. presto! instant wallpaper.
btw, i noticed that some wallpapers are off-centered. if you're using adw launcher, click on the menu and bring up scrolling wallpaper option. this way you can choose which parts of the video wallpapers shows what detail. i think this should work as well with the default launcher.
hope that helps.
Waterize
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Waterize works perfectly on xplay but force closes sometimes on sony tablet s
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Seeds of Life
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kalicinscy.wallpaper.seedsoflife
Apk downloads via XDA Labs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/labs-t3241866
Playstore:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stefanpledl.localcast
Playstore Betas:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/de.stefanpledl.localcast
Help with the translation here:
https://crowdin.com/project/localcast
LocalCast RECEIVER (0.0.2):
http://goo.gl/sAk99U
(only works with LocalCast 3.0.09+)
4.2.0.2:
Roku!
Image casting to SmartTVs fixed
Streams: Title will be displayed if available
Ripples: Fixed rippling at now playing screen
Device selector: Fixed displaying multiple times
Chromecast: Fixed disconnect / exit app on tv, both did exit
BETA feature: Play on device, enable in settings
Everyone has a friend with an iPhone or an iPad. Tell them to get LocalCast on iOS here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id969804264
Older:
3.9.9.1.beta:
Major refactor under the hood, almost every file was changed.
A couple of new features added, a couple of bugs fixed and a couple of things improved. I really hate to write these notes.
3.9.9.0 -> 3.9.9.1:
- fixed items not visible pre Lollipop
- fixed text cut off
LocalCast 3.5.0:
- tablet layout for larger tablets, e.g. Nexus 9, 10
- Sonos devices added
- subtitle text color
- subtitle timing
- notification beautified and merged into one
- new icon
- new materialized album view
- Dropbox browsing added
- more, see changelog in the app
LocalCast 3.3.12:
Lots of usability improvements!
New:
Resume: videos / music, it will resume 10 seconds before (you can set the time in the settings)
Multiselect: Touch icon/preview image
Bookmarks: You can now add folders into the navigation drawer (device only)
Subtitles: Subtitle file in same folder will be searched
Subtitle folder: Add a subtitle folder, which will be searched automatically for a matching file
All songs: sorting can be changed to alphabetically
Navigationdrawer: Items can be hidden
SMB: you can now append folders e.g. 192.168.178.2/Users/me/Videos/
Changes:
Settings beautified
Preview images cropped to circles
Minor layout tweaks
Fixes:
Folder view: lag fixed when browsing music files
Lockscreen image: fixed displaying wrong image
LocalCast 3.2.2:
bug fixes and performance improvements
LocalCast 3.1.12:
bug fixes and performance improvements
LocalCast 3.0.09:
SmartTV casting fixed
LocalCast 3.0.02:
Material
cast to Apple TV, DLNA, SmartTVs
LocalCast 2.6.4.beta:
Google Drive
Google+
Dropbox
Subtitle font size
Playlists
Fixed: urls got cut off
Picture panning
Other things I forgot already
LocalCast 2.2.3:
Route audio to phone
crash fixes
LocalCast 2.1.0:
Fixed not casting
Multiple picture selection
SMB: Queue added
Server notification updated
Changelog: 2nd post
LocalCast 2.0.3:
New features:
- Subtitles:
Start a movie, then either hit 'Add subtitle' or just go back and open the Folder view. Navigate to your subtitle and touch it. You can toggle the subtitle on the 'Now playing' screen.
- Rotation:
Pictures and Videos can be rotated in 90° steps
- Zoom:
Pictures and Videos can be zoomed in & out.
- Artist: & Albums:
The music category got 2 new tabs for Artists and Albums
- Paste Link:
You can now paste every link in the App. Instead of blindly searching a video link and playing it, all links to videos will be displayed. You can choose to play it or queue it. This works for links that get shared with the app, too.
- TV Layout:
I don't use a ready made receiver app by Google anymore, but a custom one, where I had to build everything myself, so it looks different. To avoid burn in on Plasma and other TVs, when only music is playing, the background changes and the cover moves.
- Subtitles + SMB:
I forgot to handle subtitles from smb shares. So an easy fix for now is: copy the subtitle to your device. Start the movie from your smb share and add the subtitle.
Thanks! Downloaded and works like a charm on my nexus 7 2013.
If you continue with this, could you possibly add subtitle support?
EDIT: How does the app screen for videos? There are a couple that didn't show up, but they're unplayable with Avia/Real Player Cloud as well. Does the app only show videos that are compatible with the ChromeCast?
You sir are my hero
I would say I love you but then my wife might get jealous
PS: Subtitles support would be quite awesome
PS2: Haven't downloaded the app and I'm already waiting for incoming updates and in love with it
EDIT
It's working like a charm but I would like to ask for a feature if it's possible.
Right now the app scans the memory for video files which is great BUT, it's a bit of a mess if you have several videos from whatsapp, downloaded files, camera files, etc.
Would it be possible to separate the files per folders like "Whatsapp videos" Camera Videos", etc... Like how the gallery works.
Also, it would be awesome to be able to also show the pictures and not only the videos... I know is a lot to ask for, but that would make the app perfect...
Also, as I said, the app is working awesomely
I can use this app but, it doesn't detect all of my video files. It detects 1 or 2 in the same folder and same format and permissions and everything but, doesn't detect the others. What can I do?
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Wow! This works better than AllCast!
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Is it possible to use the android unified file open dialog? Or maybe some sort of browsing? When I open the app it says no video on device. How do I cast pictures? Its not detecting pics in gallery...
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This is awesome. Works great.
Thanks
OP, you may want to check that pname
localhost, localcast
Thank you for the app
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Thanks, but what about local pictures, music?
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D/l'd. And was about to test...but my stomach started growling. I would love music, screencast and pics as well. Would be a total hit.
Anyone know if there is a app that allows us to implement or own wallpapers into chromecast yet?
Nice app, good coding, but.....,from my point of view it wil need more work on format suport, "local" will also need to include a local NAS. On controling video play back it will also need a way to jump, fast forward,
Again good coding and thanks
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Version 1.3:
Thumbnails added
Seeking should work
Fixed a crash on 2.x
Ads added
About the ads: I will only display the banner at the bottom, no popups, no bull****.
Apk download 1.3: http://goo.gl/6qMFXO
Folder navigation will be added.
Casting Images will be added, along with folder navigation.
For streaming/casting music check out my other app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stefanpledl.beat
I'll push an update to beat-beta with ChromeCast support, soon.
1.3 not available in play Store?
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1.3 not available in play Store?
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Will be available in a bit, I just uploaded it. Normally takes 1-2 hours until it is visible.
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Does anyone know of a WORKING "renderer" app i can use with this app, that i can install on my phone
So i use this app on my tablet, to dlna over my network to my phone which is running a renderer, which in turn is hooked up to my tv
Ive tried bubbleupnp, but its tempermental, works sometimes, but media control does not work,......posting in the hopes i might be missing a app that does this and does this well i.e. video support, video controls
Dont suppose there are any transcoding apps for android also?
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Will be available in a bit, I just uploaded it. Normally takes 1-2 hours until it is visible.
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I've just voted your app in play store...
If you need/want help with translation, I can help you with Spanish
Just flashed a 2.3 ROM on my old device...
Crashes fixed for Android 2.3.x in Version 1.4: http://goo.gl/Ng3hc7
No more critical crashes so far, so the update flood is stopped
I just happened to update the pluto.tv app today. I happened to notice on the Leanback launcher that there was a "Live Channels" icon/banner. When I started "LIve Channels", it gave me the option to include pluto.tv as a source for channels! I looked at the Google I/O schedule and apparently this will be discussed this "feature" tomorrow. This gives me hope for the future of Android TV!
Found an article on endgadget:
Article Link
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I just happened to update the pluto.tv app today. I happened to notice on the Leanback launcher that there was a "Live Channels" icon/banner. When I started "LIve Channels", it gave me the option to include pluto.tv as a source for channels! I looked at the Google I/O schedule and apparently this will be discussed this "feature" tomorrow. This gives me hope for the future of Android TV!
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Awesome! Cord cutters rejoice.
Endgadget did a quick blurb about it. Looks like early content providers include: "AOL, Bloomberg, TED, The Huffington Post, Pluto, Vevo and European streaming video service Zattoo."
I wouldn't mind if Hulu, CBS News, & some of the other networks built on top of this platform...
I just tried it today with Pluto and I think it just blew my mind with what I suddenly realised was possible with this framework. It does turn a app into an almost TV watching like experience. Just need more apps to now take advantage of it.
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I notice I have Ted, Vevo and the Huffington Post but none of these are options to add to Live channels. Can't find Zattoo on the Nexus player even though I am in the UK and it has a troubleshooting page on their website.
Wasn't it like that before? not on nexus but on my forge I could select HDhomeRun View to select my source for live-tv channels.
I didn't see any update to Live Channels app I think it was like that already.
I love the overall concept but I hope they improve the stability of Live Channels. Right now Live Channel stutters when changing Pluto TV "Channels."
I am really tempted to pick up an HDHomeRun Extend so I can add real channels meshed with internet based channels.
In the ideal world, I would love to have SlingTV, CBSNews, WatchESPN, FoxSportsGo, & potentially other services like Hulu & USA integrate into live channels. This way, I have one channel "guide" to view all the "channels."
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I love the overall concept but I hope they improve the stability of Live Channels. Right now Live Channel stutters when changing Pluto TV "Channels."
I am really tempted to pick up an HDHomeRun Extend so I can add real channels meshed with internet based channels.
In the ideal world, I would love to have SlingTV, CBSNews, WatchESPN, FoxSportsGo, & potentially other services like Hulu & USA integrate into live channels. This way, I have one channel "guide" to view all the "channels."
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DId you try downloading FoxSports GO and trying it? it 's in play store you just gotta type Sports in play store.
Yeah, I have the app installed and working. It hasn't shown up as a source in live channels yet...
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Installed Pluto on my Sony Bravia ATV and it then popped up a Streaming Channels Icon, however no video is displayed....it's so close but not quite for the Sony's will have to try some of the other apps listed.
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Installed Pluto on my Sony Bravia ATV and it then popped up a Streaming Channels Icon, however no video is displayed....it's so close but not quite for the Sony's will have to try some of the other apps listed.
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Can you launch videos through the actual pluto app or do you not get any videos their either?
Videos played through the app work fine, just not in the channels icon.
I've heard that a new firmware is imminent for it, maybe that will be based on 5.1 and will fix my casting and this streaming channel problem.
Can the live channels app be ported to mobiles? Been looking for an epg that uses iplayer uktvplay itvhub etc so you can click whatevers on and it opens instead of having to look through all the afromentioned apps.
Hi Guys,
are their any other apps downloadable which can be used with the live channels app from google than:
Pluto TV - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.pluto.android
HDHomeRunTV - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondust.mg.upnp
Zatoo - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zattoo.player
Cumulus TV - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.felkertech.n.cumulustv
The Weather Network -
InstaTV - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keyitech.instatv.pro
I think the thread could also be a collection of all apps which support live channels.
ProgTV! If you have a Hauppage or similar card that connects an antenna into a computer, you can stream channels to your nexus player! Much cheaper than spending 200+ dollars on an HDHomerun
Hi sheikboy, prog TV isn't supporting the live channels app. I can't see any possibility to add it there.
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are their any other apps downloadable which can be used with the live channels app from google than:
Pluto TV
HDHomeRunTV
Zatoo
???
I think the thread could also be a collection of all apps which support live channels.
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I think this is a good idea since google does no tell you what is compatible with live channels.
Apps
The Weather Network, HDhomerun, pluto, and instaTV
The weather network and pluto are streaming and put channels directly into Live Channels and instaTV requires HDhomerun be installed.
Hope this helps. And looking forward to see if theres other apps out there.
Cumulus TV https://github.com/Fleker/CumulusTV
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Cumulus TV https://github.com/Fleker/CumulusTV
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Can you upload a stream file or point to where they can be found. I cant figure this out
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Can you upload a stream file or point to where they can be found.
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I can share an example. I only have german tv stations in it and they are geoblocked, so it may not work for you:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8NrUksLGljUU29YbmYzOVYtR2c/view?usp=sharing
Playlist import and xmltv EPG support is on the roadmap.
It forces close upon opening on my end!
Thx guys for your anticipation. The cumulus app doesn't work really well for me, but the app uses the live channels app and if the app is finished it could be a great app.
Hey, Cumulus dev here. I have fixed some stability issues and added playlist import capabilities. EPG support is sort of there but not fully integrated yet.
Available on google play and XDA - labs
The application uses nanohttpd to serve videos to google chromecast and UPnP renderers. Also include a UPnP Media Controller and the ability to download movies from a UPnP server
Specially for XDA users the full Application is currently available for Free!!
I'm not sure how well this works for me, but the version available here has the full app with no restrictions.
I would like to find out
What UPnP servers it works with
What UPnP servers it doesn't work with
How to localize the app
Feature Requests
https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/uk.org.hearnden.cast.castLocal.xda
Crash reports
I have seen some crash reports....
GalaxyNote8 RuntimeException
That looks like it is a bitmap which is too high resolution for the screen. Will track it down, and move it to a better resource directory
Galaxy S8
IllegalStateException
This is related to starting a service when in the background on Oreo. Should be easy to fix.
Galaxy S8+
Crash in TakePersistableUriPermission - using the gallery to open a video - will work on this one. But in the meantime use settings to use non-android browser
Another issue on a Galaxy S5 launching the player
Updated to try and fix crashes
New version uploaded 1.2.2.13 minor bug fixes
1.2.2.14
New version updated. Improved performance with VideoView and remote videos
Fixes to Samsung Galaxy J3 issues
Fixes to Samsung Galaxy J5 issues
Last release through up a new bug, so 1.2.2.16
Fixes issue on LG where cast library was unavailable, but google API returned true, resulting in a crash.
What's the advantages/disadvantages of this app over similar casting apps on the Play Store like LocalCast?
MishaalRahman said:
What's the advantages/disadvantages of this app over similar casting apps on the Play Store like LocalCast?
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The cast a lot is more focused on movies, so maintains a database of files which have been downloaded from upnp, or attached using IMDB. This allows it to show a movie-centric view of the content it is managing.
It doesn't currently have support for apple TV, or ROKU.