[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
I'm not sure if you've figured out your problem yet or not, but just by looking at your post, it looks to me like you have input the wrong "Address" information before the filename. You need to include the port# right after your internal ip address. Such as... http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4 . You can re-read his instructions below..These are the instructions he outlined above, but I just typed them out in my own words...just don't forget to include the port in the address and you should be good to go!!

1. Rename your video file to something easy like for example... "Chrome.Cast.720p.H.264.2013.WideScreen.Cam.xda-Devs-Rockz.mp4" to something a little easier to remember and easier to type back in such as "chromecast720p.mp4" or simply "cc.mp4" --just for simplicity sake...name it whatever you wanna!

2.. Make sure the .mp4, .mkv, or whatever Chromecast supported video file, has been moved into the same folder/directory as the "mongoose-3.8.exe" , "cast.py" , "angular.min.js" , "index.html" , "demo_app.js" files. I think there's a couple more files in that folder, but you get my drift...

3 Run(double-click) the mongoose-3.8.exe file in that folder. It should start running in the background without any visual GUI popping up in your face. You really don't have to change any settings in mongoose, but if you want to change the port# you can. if you leave all settings the same, I believe the default port# is set to Port# 8080.

4. Locate your INTERNAL IP ADDRESS. This is the IP Address that your router assigns each individual pc/phone/tablet/Chromecast, etc... Mine happens to be 192.168.1.101 . Yours will more than likely be something different than mine, but it will probably be something between the range of: 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.149

5. This is assuming you just double-clicked on mongoose-3.8.exe & did't change ANY settings from within the mongoose server... Open up a tab in Chrome and in the address bar you wanna type this exactly, but without the quotes ---> "localhost:8080"

6. That'll open up the simplified Chromecast testing page...at least if you did everything right so far it should open that page... from this page, click that first little drop down box at the top of the page and select the HTML5 option.

7. In the filename input box that pops up below it, you wanna type "http://yourLOCALipaddresshere:8080/videofilename.extension" . Mine for example, happens to be http://192.168.1.101:8080/drinkingbuddies.mp4

8. Assuming you did everything so far exactly as we've told you, your video should start playing in the tab.

9. Right below your video, you want to click and select your chromecast... after choosing your chromecast, the video from within your chrome browser will more than likely either go blank or it will just look like it's paused. Don't worry though. From my understanding, that's totally normal...

10. Ok, cool...now if everything has been done correctly, you should be able to see the movie playing on your TV. This may take up to a minute to show up on your tv in some instances, due to your router, pc,network traffic, etc...

These steps that I outlined are pretty much the same thing as in earlier posts, just put into my own words. It works just fine for me, I'm just still getting the black bar across the bottom of the TV, unless i change the movie to a full-screen movie. Full-screen movies seem to work just fine and of course, they take up the entire screen. I for some reason still can't get ANY widescreen videos to display properly...there's always a black bar at the bottom and NO black bar at the top. It's like they're "Half-ass wide-screen" format. lol