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when is the chromecast app going to allow me to just select any video that i view on the internet and click the symbol to stream? I know their big worry is prob

when is the chromecast app going to allow me to just select any video that i view on the internet and click the symbol to stream? I know their big worry is probably pirated movies, but that's not what i want. it's for porn.

seiji 13y ago
iOS (720p) or OS X (1080p) AirPlay video mirroring is what you're looking for. Mavericks even lets you use an AirPlay display (read: AppleTV) as a fully independent 1080p monitor, not just a mirror.
- cromwellian 13y ago
  Mirroring from another device is not the same as streaming from a TV connected device. It requires active participation from the mirroring device.
  - seiji 13y ago
    Streaming from a TV connected device with arbitrary content restrictions is silly. Freedom and whatnot.
    - cromwellian 13y ago
      The freedom to leave the house and to preserve your battery life is another issue. I often fling videos to my chrome cast for my kids remotely. AirPlay style mirroring is wasteful of bandwidth, battery, it double compresses streams, and adds latency. It's a fallback of last resort IMHO.
- ceph_ 13y ago
  The chromecast already let's you directly stream the contents of a chrome tab. He's looking for something less clunky.
- agotterer 13y ago
  Related to AppleTV: I've been using Beamer.app (http://beamer-app.com/ http://beamer-app.com/) to stream unsupported content to AppleTV. It's a premium product, but it was worth the $15 (or thereabouts).
d0ugie 13y ago
Far from ideal, and not exactly what you requested, but instructions to play videos from your phone appear to be here (involves rooting the Chromecast, and having a rootable Chromecast...): http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU
mumphster 13y ago
If you just want porn you can cast an entire tab to your ChromeCast and just fullscreen the video. Works fine with sites like Twitch.TV too.
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  Tabcasting currently only works with PCs, and not with Android. Android support is coming soon though.
  - Crito 13y ago
    Tabcasting also has godawful performance for me on Linux (running on a chromebook pixel no less). I assume the problem is they are doing software encoding of your tab instead of hardware, but I haven't investigated this.
heyheyhey 13y ago
People have been clamoring for this type of feature ever since the CC and its SDK were announced. There was a hackathon this weekend for the SDK and people hoped this would finally be when the SDK would be open for everyone but nope :(
jrockway 13y ago
I gave up and bought a 30 ft DVI to HDMI cable. Then "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs whatever" just works. Cheaper than the Chromecast, too.
AsymetricCom 13y ago
Replace your "Chromecast" with any generic USB Linux computer and your wish will be granted.
rybosome 13y ago
I humbly suggest that you back AIRTAME on IndieGoGo[0] - the tagline is, "Wireless HDMI for everyone". It allows you to mirror a computer screen, or use it as a second desktop. $89 to back, plus $15 for shipping if you live outside of Denmark. The project is fully funded, so although there are no guarantees given the crowdfunding model, this is a reasonable horse to back. EDIT: Just want to add that I am not affiliated with this project. I have backed them, so I suppose I have an interest in it being very successful to make it more likely that I will receive a product. [0]: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-everyone--2 http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-...

seiji 13y ago

iOS (720p) or OS X (1080p) AirPlay video mirroring is what you're looking for. Mavericks even lets you use an AirPlay display (read: AppleTV) as a fully independent 1080p monitor, not just a mirror.

cromwellian 13y ago
Mirroring from another device is not the same as streaming from a TV connected device. It requires active participation from the mirroring device.
- seiji 13y ago
  Streaming from a TV connected device with arbitrary content restrictions is silly. Freedom and whatnot.
  - cromwellian 13y ago
    The freedom to leave the house and to preserve your battery life is another issue. I often fling videos to my chrome cast for my kids remotely. AirPlay style mirroring is wasteful of bandwidth, battery, it double compresses streams, and adds latency. It's a fallback of last resort IMHO.
ceph_ 13y ago
The chromecast already let's you directly stream the contents of a chrome tab. He's looking for something less clunky.
agotterer 13y ago
Related to AppleTV: I've been using Beamer.app (http://beamer-app.com/ http://beamer-app.com/) to stream unsupported content to AppleTV. It's a premium product, but it was worth the $15 (or thereabouts).

d0ugie 13y ago

Far from ideal, and not exactly what you requested, but instructions to play videos from your phone appear to be here (involves rooting the Chromecast, and having a rootable Chromecast...): http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU http://youtu.be/NTcyBwT2EIU

mumphster 13y ago

If you just want porn you can cast an entire tab to your ChromeCast and just fullscreen the video. Works fine with sites like Twitch.TV too.

w1ntermute 13y ago
Tabcasting currently only works with PCs, and not with Android. Android support is coming soon though.
- Crito 13y ago
  Tabcasting also has godawful performance for me on Linux (running on a chromebook pixel no less). I assume the problem is they are doing software encoding of your tab instead of hardware, but I haven't investigated this.

heyheyhey 13y ago

People have been clamoring for this type of feature ever since the CC and its SDK were announced. There was a hackathon this weekend for the SDK and people hoped this would finally be when the SDK would be open for everyone but nope :(

jrockway 13y ago

I gave up and bought a 30 ft DVI to HDMI cable. Then "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs whatever" just works. Cheaper than the Chromecast, too.

AsymetricCom 13y ago

Replace your "Chromecast" with any generic USB Linux computer and your wish will be granted.

rybosome 13y ago

I humbly suggest that you back AIRTAME on IndieGoGo[0] - the tagline is, "Wireless HDMI for everyone". It allows you to mirror a computer screen, or use it as a second desktop. $89 to back, plus $15 for shipping if you live outside of Denmark. The project is fully funded, so although there are no guarantees given the crowdfunding model, this is a reasonable horse to back. EDIT: Just want to add that I am not affiliated with this project. I have backed them, so I suppose I have an interest in it being very successful to make it more likely that I will receive a product. [0]: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-everyone--2 http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airtame-wireless-hdmi-for-...