Re:Chromecast URL Player
by StavrosK on Saturday March 08, 2014 @10:02AM
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This is exactly what I needed, thanks! Does it stream the video directly, or is there transcoding? I might even be able to stream videos from my home server (which has an HTTP interface) directly!
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There are several Android apps which will stream MP4s to the Chromecast from a upnp/dlna server. I use BubbleUPnP but Avia is another one.
Don't you need the BubbleUPnP server for that?
EDIT: No you don't, wow, this is fantastic. Thank you!
Re:Chromecast URL Player
by supercanuck on Saturday March 08, 2014 @02:45PM
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How is performance?
I've been using BubbleUPnP for a few weeks now and Avia for a month or two before that. No issues really. I watched a 720p MP4 movie last night, no complaints.
Just use videostream. www.streamchromecast.com
Very useful, thanks!
Re:Chromecast URL Player
by vigneshv_psg on Saturday March 08, 2014 @03:09PM
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author here. there is no transcoding. i wrote this to scratch the same itch. i have a media server which has a http interface too. plex somehow thinks it needs to transcode some videos despite chromecast being perfectly capable of playing them back as it is. i play such videos using this app.