I bought a Chromecast Google tv a week ago and I must say for the money it works perfect.
Only one thing, is it possible to get rid of the Disney adds on the background, maybe use my own wallpaper ?
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Hey guys, I wanted to see who all here has picked up a chrome cast and what your thoughts are on it so far?
I really dig it, quick connection and ability to play things with no noticeable degradation or lag. And with HBO Go and Hulu Plus both coming soon it is going to be really nice.
One issue though that I have found is that the previous version of Google Play Movies allowed you to play locally stored videos on your device through the app. With the update to work with Chromecast this option is removed even when trying to do it on your device only so you have to use an external app such as the gallery or MX player etc.
Any word or people working on creating a cracked version of google movies or a work around to allow other apps to chromecast?
Read somewhere that clockworkmod and someone else have done it or are really close. Check Chromecast development
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
Koushik Dutta's Aircast
Koushik Dutta is still working on it. Still in beta and will self destruct after 2 days but it is a amazing start
http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/AirCast2.apk
indiscriminant said:
Hey guys, I wanted to see who all here has picked up a chrome cast and what your thoughts are on it so far?
I really dig it, quick connection and ability to play things with no noticeable degradation or lag. And with HBO Go and Hulu Plus both coming soon it is going to be really nice.
One issue though that I have found is that the previous version of Google Play Movies allowed you to play locally stored videos on your device through the app. With the update to work with Chromecast this option is removed even when trying to do it on your device only so you have to use an external app such as the gallery or MX player etc.
Any word or people working on creating a cracked version of google movies or a work around to allow other apps to chromecast?
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This may be irrelevant now, and if so I apologize for the waste of time, but I have found that if you open the video files in a Chrome tab, they can be cast that way. At times it can be a little inconvenient, but I think the video/audio is pretty good.
Hi everybody,
i bought a great smart tv (Samsung UN40EH5300 40" Smart LED HD TV Full HD 1080p 120CMR Built-in WiFi HDMI), and sometimes when a bunch of friends come over on weekends i like to put some youtube music videos on and dance with them. In this case, ads are a real pain. I also bought a Logitech keyboard as suggested on amazon reviews, and it works great with everything but not at all with the youtube app (it is a known issue). Without keyboard is basically impossible to search for videos, it takes forever with the remote. And with my smartphone it loses connection. Basically: id like to use keyboard to search for video and not have ads!!! options:
utube application: it looks like it does not have ads, but keyboard wont work.
utube from the web browser: keyboard works like a charm but I have ads.
Any solution to have keyboard ad free experience for nice dancing night without embarrassing silents/rumorous ads moments?
thanks
A.
Sooo I was just about to buy either a fire tv or stick until i just found out about the nexus player today.
So my question is which one and which one is being more supported and easier to load xmbc at this time?
another question is are the apps and playstore preinstalled on these devices?
New "Kodi Streaming Auto Wizard" App
cpugeeker said:
Sooo I was just about to buy either a fire tv or stick until i just found out about the nexus player today.
So my question is which one and which one is being more supported and easier to load xmbc at this time?
another question is are the apps and playstore preinstalled on these devices?
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If I were you, I would take my time, look at the Nexus TV Player, and the Coming real soon Razor Forge TV, depending on your needs, plus the features
you want on your Android TV box. As far as the XBMC player, take a good look at my new "Kodi Streaming Auto Wizard" app found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...nback-launcher-code-play-store-t2976754/page9 !
If you plan on adding a HDHomeRun Prime {For Cable TV} or a HDHomeRun Extend OTA Digital {HD} box for adding your Live Local TV via a PVR set up, then I will advise you to take a very strong look at my new "Kodi Streaming Auto Wizard" app!
Afternoon all,
Just looking for a bit of advice, I've recently bought a MXQ Android TV Box which I hoped to use on our main tv for Amazon Prime Video. I've installed the apk from the amazon website and logged into my account, I can see all the tv and films on offer although when I click to play the file I get the usual orange circle and then the screen goes black and I get redirected back to the choose a video. Seems to work file on my Samsung Tablet and Justop windows mini pc.
Any tried Amazon videos with one of these recently? Any help would be great.
Cheers
Dave
Looks like the trailers are working fine
I have had similar issues with the recent versions of the Amazon video apps. I began to think they just want their fire TV to dominate the tv. I now use a older version of their app side loaded from my 6 year old Sony goggle tv blue ray player which i never update.. It basically gives the Web site for the interface but at least it works. You might use yor Web browser and save the amazon video page as a bookmark on your desktop.
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I have had similar issues with the recent versions of the Amazon video apps. I began to think they just want their fire TV to dominate the tv. I now use a older version of their app side loaded from my 6 year old Sony goggle tv blue ray player which i never update.. It basically gives the Web site for the interface but at least it works. You might use yor Web browser and save the amazon video page as a bookmark on your desktop.
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Tried dolphin, Firefox & Chrome to play the videos with no luck on the website. Same as you now though I found an old apk and installed that which plays the videos from the website. ?
I too have the same problem with Amazon prime video on my MXQ. Did anyone find any solution​
Same here
Any news about that, i have the same issue, the app installe dcorectly, but when i run the stream .. it says that the app encounted some error.
@RG GEIGER , @DaveG46
What version of the old apk did you find?
Sorry @neffly27 I've since switched to the fire TV cube which has its own set of limitations but happy so far. Anyway I'm not sure of the version of the app I used on my mx box but it was years ago from the original goggle tv on a Sony DVD player.
anybody use Amazon Music? Been using Google, but wanted to try Amazon since free. After installing notice casting option not there. It show on wife's non Samsung phone, but not mine. Nope, cant cast from app.
Anybody able to get this to work, or does it natively work for you? If so, did you k stall from somewhere other than Google play store?
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anybody use Amazon Music? Been using Google, but wanted to try Amazon since free. After installing notice casting option not there. It show on wife's non Samsung phone, but not mine. Nope, cant cast from app.
Anybody able to get this to work, or does it natively work for you? If so, did you k stall from somewhere other than Google play store?
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I can't answer your question about casting. I do like Amazon Music though. I use the payed version because the streaming music fidelity is very high. AFAIK Tidel is the only other choice for high fidelity.
OK, for others, figured this out. There is a bug on family plans Prime where only main Prime member can cast. All other family users can only cast if logged in as main account holder... Which screws up personalized playlists.
Mine doesn't work well for casting. If I have it on the TV and am cleaning or whatever where I am not touching my phone it stops every song or two until I touch the phone...
No other service does this for me.
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Mine doesn't work well for casting. If I have it on the TV and am cleaning or whatever where I am not touching my phone it stops every song or two until I touch the phone...
Maybe you need to set the app to never close in the battery saver menu.
No other service does this for mMaybe e.
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Mine doesn't work well for casting. If I have it on the TV and am cleaning or whatever where I am not touching my phone it stops every song or two until I touch the phone...
No other service does this for me.
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While I don't use Amazon's music service, I did find that my preferred media player was being limited by the Samsung "Background usage limits". I put the app into the "never sleeping app" list and then it continued to work well when the phone went to sleep or screen locked. Hopefully this willl tip help you.
So the answer is... Broken. Amazon admits won't work properly with anyone other than Primary Amazon account holder. So, I used my wife's account to log into music and it works, however stupid Amazon didn't keep log in on the app separate from other Amazon apps so all Amazon apps think I'm the primary and that won't cut it, particularly for Amazon shopping as I get her lists and history,.