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[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
Thanks....I've added a directory of files directly from my tablet...which has casted every file so far to phone....they are .jpg .gif .mp3 .mp4 files....none cast.....so why are the same exact files not working on my phone....it's like my phone is blocking something...I've been trying everything...losing my mind lol
[Android Apps and Games] yhknq:
just came across this

saw it featured on android police

so far looks great

great app
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
[MENTION=1726762]darkdroid[/MENTION]

I have an idea:

why don't you post some sample videos that you know have the right supported format, so that everyone could test your app with the same videos, that you (and we) know for sure should work, so when people report bugs, we can eliminate the format incompatibility issue...

Sent from my SGS3 with Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] json30:
This is what is supported by chromcast hardware/software

https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
I'm sure mine is my phone...I have an Asus tablet(tft300) and it casts every photo...music and video (jpg,png,bmp,mp3,mp4) that I try....I took the same photos, music and videos and copied to my phone (Samsung galaxy S2)...nothing works....very odd :(
[Android Apps and Games] kevtuning:
Tip for pictures ?

Hello,

I tried this app yesterday... and it seems like great...

But maybe I missed a tip...

I would like simply to show some pictures from my Android device to my Chromecast...

So I go to Pictures... and begins to cast... but it's one by one...

I tried the add to queue... but it's not so easy to use....

Is there an easy way to parse pictures... fast... (like automatic queue.... )

Thanx !
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
You can add a whole folder to the queue in the Folder view. Just long touch it. I'll add more options soon.

Progress on subtitles:

https://plus.google.com/109720416927515295704/posts/fXnikWthzkb
[Android Apps and Games] [-Amrish-]:
Amazing about the subtitle mate!

Hardcode subs with Handbrake = almost historyyyyy :cowboy::cool::victory:
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
I'm loving Localcast and want to use it in my RV. (It's still camping because I'm disabled) I have an old Linksys router I want to bring so I can use it without connecting to the campgrounds Wi-Fi. Any suggestions on how?

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I have my old Linksys WRT54G router and trying to get it set up. I can see it from my phone and I can enter the password, but doesn't actually connect. Presumably because it's not actually hooked to the internet. I tried using both the Gateway and Router settings with no luck.
[Android Apps and Games] DroidsBeforeBoids:
some freaky stuff....

OK, so I have localcast working perfectly on my Chromecast at my place, mostly for streaming online video. I use an app called showbox, which has only proper mp4 video files. I go over to my girlfriend's house, and try to play(stream) the same videos and all I get is the loading screen. I assume her Chromecast is up to date and normal apps like Netflix and YouTube work on hers. This may be related to fastracer's problem too. Any ideas?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] raztro:
Same here. Stuck on the loading screen.
[Android Apps and Games] DroidsBeforeBoids:
I think I figured it out.....We both have the same router, but her firmware wasn't updated. I updated it and now everything works. I hope this helps.:laugh:

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Any chance of a iOS or a chrome for PC/MAC version? I feel bad for my iPhone using significant other (She's pretty stuck in her ways lol)
[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
Thanks for the info...I did update my firmware on my router to try but that didnt help. I'm sure its not Localcast itself.... I think its just my phone...I tested it with My Asus tablet and my 2 kids have Samsung G3 phone and they all play the test files fine. My frustration is what and why? I have tried just about everything to troubleshoot...nothing. I appreciate anyone who can think of anything to try.

P.S. One thing i just tried that works...I have the showbox app...streamed a tv show (.mp4) to localcast and it workes fine!! Seems like it has to do with local content on my phone....SD card? Hmmm:rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] DroidsBeforeBoids:
Sounds like you may have to update your google play services. What kind of phone do you have? Stock or custom rom?
[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
I have the latest version of Google play services(I believe)...my phone is a boost mobile Samsung galaxyS2 stock Rom...rooted...I attached pics
[Android Apps and Games] TheMorpheus:
Yes!! Subtitles support is sweet feature!

Did you add also the portrait support?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Unfortunately the Chromecast will never work without a internet connection. The app are actually two. One is downloaded onto the Chromecast when the app is started.
[Android Apps and Games] klasses:
Loses connection after short while to SMB

Hi,

I have a SMB setup and all is fine and dandy until a minute or 2 into any clip. Then it shuts down out of nowhere and I'm back to the localcast logo and nothing else.

Any idea what that is? I love the app and I wish it was as simple that I had ot pay for it to get it working but that doesn't seem to be it from what I can understand.

Does anyone have any advice?

Regards

Klasses
[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
I'm running the latest beta...I now get the loading screen but goes no further...pics or video...i check ports and I don't have a picture port...any reason for that?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Picture port was removed. Please try 1.9.4 beta once it is available.

LocalCast, beta: http://goo.gl/ki5TDM

Changes 1.9.4.beta:

- Zoom added for pictures and videos

- Music: Albums/Artists added

- Next queued item plays when app is in background

- Shared videos from browser work again (added option to queue or play shared links)

Changes 1.9.2.beta:

- Extension lower/upper case fix (JPG, etc. work now)

- Displaying device selection if no Chromecast is connected.

- GIFs work

- Google+ pictures (+gifs) shared from Photos app work

Previous beta changes:

Layout on the TV (Receiver app):

- In all version before this I used a ready made receiver app by Google. From now on I will use my own.

- Some parts don't look as nice as before, but I'll polish it.

Subtitles:

- Start a video, go back to the folder view and select the subtitle.

- Automatic subtitle detection and probably a standard subtitle folder, will be added

Rotation:

- Works on pictures

- Videos won't be rescaled YET to fit the screen

Video links and shared links:

- Can be entered at 'Paste link'

- The page will be searched for video links and all will be displayed. Original link is at the top
[Android Apps and Games] [-Amrish-]:
It should find the subs automatic but it doesn't. I have to add it but then it says "lost connection" and then it doesn't load the subs (sometimes it loads and sometimes with double lines)

Sent from my Xperia Z running PAC rom! pretty awesome ha?
[Android Apps and Games] [-Amrish-]:
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION],

Now I know what happened.

The app hangs sometimes. I pressed 2 times on the subtitle that's why I got double lines.

Can you erase the subtitle background?

That would be nice!

Sent from my Xperia Z running PAC rom! pretty awesome ha?
[Android Apps and Games] json30:
Nice app and thank you for it.

On my opinion I think in file browser will be much niceier with dark background and white text on darker rooms for waching movies.

Again, thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
Got this app on day one, loved it, so decided to buy a IAP to get rid of the ads to support you! Thanks for this great app!

That being said, no site I've tried will stream, tried (via share in browser. dolphin and chrome) vimeo, dailymotion, and even the earlier-suggested sockshare, it just loads up that blue spinning thing and never streams. :(

I rebooted the CC and my device (N7 2013), and still nothing. Is there a (legit) site that someone here has streamed from (an exact url would be great), so I can hopefully see this thing work from a stream?

EDIT: Add URL works with a sockshare video I tried, but sharing from a browser still does not...and vimeo and dailymotion still fails even using add url.
[Android Apps and Games] shamdroid:
player name

I am new to all this. I am wondering how to find out the name of the player if I want to add that to playercorefactory.xml ?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
de.stefanpledl.localcast

LocalCast 2.0.3:

Apk download: http://goo.gl/WgJ3Pc

Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stefanpledl.localcast

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.﻿
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
It should be fixed in 2.0.3. Please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
Got the update, went and tried, no change, so I tried some things, uninstalled the app, rebooted my device, rebooted the chromecast, reinstalled the app, tried vimeo and dailymotion again, no change there, but sockshare works (as long as it's in a supported format, obviously), but I don't use sockshare, nothing on there of interest and getting the url that will work on share is rather convoluted, not to mention that site is a freakin malware haven...for what it's worth, when I try bubblepnp on vimeo and dailymotion, it gives error, cannot get mime type...VidCast (through PC's browser) plays them (the vimeo videos and dailymotion videos) just fine though, so it does not seem to be a codec issue.
[Android Apps and Games] [-Amrish-]:
The app crash if I load the media as gallery. I have to hard reboot my Xperia z every time.

As a file manager it works fine, so no problem with that.

Can you please make the subtitle background transparent?

Can you also implement a font chooser for the subtitle?

Sent from my Xperia Z running PAC rom! pretty awesome ha?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Seems like there is no crash report for this. Can you please hit "Send report" when it crashes ?

Yes I'll add those options.
[Android Apps and Games] [-Amrish-]:
That's the problem, I can't send any crash reports. My whole phone gets stuck. Also my navigation bar.

Sent from my Xperia Z running PAC rom! pretty awesome ha?
[Android Apps and Games] :No-Frost::
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION]

I can't at the moment, but I will for sure pay for your app...You just made history mate... First app I see it can play subtitles!!! Being able to choose subtitle fonts and background transparent... Just EPIC!!!

By the way, hope it's possible, it would be good to be able the size of the fonts and if we can put a black border over the font also...

I'm imagine white subtitles with no borders on a movie or video with a lot of bright scenes :p

Well... Hopefully I will be ale to pay for the full app in about 10 to 15 days :)

EDIT

Just tried to watch the.walking.dead.s04e13.720p.hdtv.x264-2hd.mkv, video looks great, but there's no audio :(
[Android Apps and Games] json30:
@No-Frost

Because audio track on your file is most likely AC3 format, and chromecast doesn't have support for this
[Android Apps and Games] json30:
Chromecast doesn't have suport for AC3 or xvid, best way to go is x264 , h264 for video and mp3 , aac for audio

https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
[Android Apps and Games] :No-Frost::
Thanks for the answers...

Now, I have another question... Is there a way to increase the buffer for chromecast?

I'm asking this because I was trying to watch a 45 minutes video, and every few minutes the image just freeze and buffers again to continue playing the video...

:)

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
The newest releases of Localcast don't rely on the ChromeCast app on the device (if I'm reading correctly) and I believe it loads directly into the chrome cast device. If this is correct, would I still need internet to connect or would any wireless router I set up work?
[Android Apps and Games] json30:
From what i konw software and hardware from chomecast is manging all decodig and comunication . you will not need internet acces for local files , from your phone or from your network

sent by MydRoid
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
This was what I was hoping. Then, hopefully, I won't have to wire my phone up to the tv when I'm camping.
[Android Apps and Games] Bassomar:
Samsung Tab 2 Gt- p3110

So far, awesome support thanks. I am able to cast MKV, and Mp4 video files from my tablet and the quality is great.

Please keep up the good work.
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
It would be awesome if there were a way to go directly from phone to ChromeCast without the need for WiFi.
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
I just gotta ask, how would that even work?
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
Most phones have the ability to act as a WiFi network. It's like using the phone to provide internet through 3G/4G, but you wouldn't be using the 3G/4G network and your provider wouldn't be charging for minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
But you said without WiFi. Did you mean without the need for a separate wifi router?
[Android Apps and Games] PhotoMaster:
Yup
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Nope that's unfortunately not correct. The receiver app is still downloaded from the net.

But why don't you just use your phone as a wifi hotspot, should work, I'll try it tomorrow, just because I am curious.
[Android Apps and Games] :No-Frost::
What about increasing the buffer so it doesn't pause the video every few minutes???
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
The buffer would have to be increased on the Chromecast device to be effective, and afaik, it can't be done (maybe one of the lucky ones that are rooted can do this).
[Android Apps and Games] ZeCoder:
Thank you very much.

I noticed a subtitle related bug.

In some devices the text is shifted down. The result is that in some devices the lower half of the second line is out of the TV lower border. And in some devices the problem is worse, the whole second line and the lower half of the first line are completely out of the TV lower border.

My suggestion is to add an option to increase the hight of the subtitles as the following :

Under the subtitles settings you can add an option to elevate the subtitles by:

- 1 line

0 line (default)

+1 line

+2 lines

+3 lines

So every user can choose the appropriate hight for his device.

In addition, Please add 3 more things under "Settings - Subtitles"and your app will be the only perfect Chromecast app.

1- Right to left text orientation option which will be great for languages like Arabic,* Hebrew, etc.

2-Subtitles Font Size.

3- Subtitles Time correction (sync) e. g. Delay, which give the ability to fix subtitles with incorrect timing.

Thank you very much for your awesome work.

I am waiting for your next great update. :)

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In second thought about the Subtitles Time correction (sync) feature, I think a better place will be the main casting window. Under the rotation buttons you can add 2 buttons.

a "+" and "-" buttons and with every button press a 0.5 second will be added or deducted. A small field between the two buttons will show the current subtitles shifted time in seconds. This field can also function as a free text input so the user can enter the appropriate subtitles time shift in a faster way.

I believe this will be a user friendly method .

Thank you again.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
2.1.0: APK download: http://goo.gl/4TCdWn

Fixed not casting

Multiple picture selection

SMB: Queue added

Server notification updated

(Subtitles position: great suggestion, I'll think about how I implement this)
[Android Apps and Games] ashjas:
Can i use your app for streaming to a dlna reciever?

I dont have chromecast. can i still use your app. i have dlna capable tv?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] proeprnorf:
This app is awesome
[Android Apps and Games] fastracer:
dakdroid,

YAY!!! With this update I finally can get all my pics and videos to work...whatever you did...THANK YOU! :):good:
[Android Apps and Games] Silbär:
SMB problem

Hi!

LocalCast can not connect to my NAS via SMB. Think it is a LanManager problem. The Total Commander SMB plugin also only connects if I force LMv1 login. It is possible to implement this?

Silbär
[Android Apps and Games] enilkcals:
Great work on a simple and functional application.

I've encountered problems connecting to my uPnP server. I'm using Mediatomb and have it set-up to run on port 41952. I've enabled uPnP on my router (a Zyxel P-2812HNU-F1). Mediatomb starts up okay and binds to port 41952...

2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Loading configuration from: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Checking configuration...
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to ANSI_X3.4-1968
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Setting metadata import charset to ANSI_X3.4-1968
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Setting playlist charset to ANSI_X3.4-1968
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Configuration check succeeded.
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Initialized port: 49152
2014-03-21 10:02:49 INFO: Server bound to: 192.168.1.100
2014-03-21 10:02:50 INFO: MediaTomb Web UI can be reached by following this link:
2014-03-21 10:02:50 INFO: http://192.168.1.100:49152/

I can access the WebUI from the server itself and a laptop on the same network. Also a port-scan with nmap shows its open...

# nmap -v 192.168.1.100

Starting Nmap 6.25 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-03-21 10:00 GMT
Initiating ARP Ping Scan at 10:00
Scanning 192.168.1.100 [1 port]
Completed ARP Ping Scan at 10:00, 0.22s elapsed (1 total hosts)
Initiating SYN Stealth Scan at 10:00
Scanning kimura-local (192.168.1.100) [1000 ports]
Discovered open port 8080/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Discovered open port 22/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Discovered open port 111/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Discovered open port 49152/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Discovered open port 873/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Discovered open port 2049/tcp on 192.168.1.100
Completed SYN Stealth Scan at 10:00, 1.42s elapsed (1000 total ports)
Nmap scan report for kimura-local (192.168.1.100)
Host is up (0.0039s latency).
Not shown: 994 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open ssh
111/tcp open rpcbind
873/tcp open rsync
2049/tcp open nfs
8080/tcp open http-proxy
49152/tcp open unknown
MAC Address: 00:1F:D0:20:79:79 (Giga-byte Technology Co.)

Read data files from: /usr/bin/../share/nmap
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.76 seconds
Raw packets sent: 1167 (51.332KB) | Rcvd: 1007 (40.364KB)

I'm unsure why the service is unknown though.

The problem is that the Mediatomb uPnP server appears to be running ok, but LocalCast can't find it.

Looking through LocalCast it doesn't appear possible to manually configure the uPnP server to connect to, it just tries scanning and says "No server found". It would be really useful to be able to manually configure the server it at all possible.

Thanks for the hard work on you've put in on this application.
[Android Apps and Games] mdamaged:
A service labeled as unknown is not a problem it just means that the file the PC or device is using for mapping port descriptions to numbers (/etc/services on *nix) does not have an entry for it, it would have 0 effect on operations, if you wanted you can edit /etc/services (or the services file nmap is configured to use) on the PC running nmap, add the entry, and it will show up.

As to your issue, make sure you don't have things like SPI protection on your router on.
[Android Apps and Games] enilkcals:
Thanks for the reply, I'll see if I can check the router for that (quick look just now and I couldn't find any setting for that, and its only briefly mentioned in the manual as being an aspect of the firewall service in the introduction on pg21 and nowhere else).

I've done some more digging around checking the Mediatomb uPnP service is working correctly using miniupnpc...

# upnpc -m 192.168.1.100 -s
upnpc : miniupnpc library test client. (c) 2005-2013 Thomas Bernard
Go to http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
for more information.
List of UPNP devices found on the network :
desc: http://192.168.1.100:49152/description.xml
st: upnp:rootdevice

UPnP device found. Is it an IGD ? : http://192.168.1.100:49152/
Trying to continue anyway
Local LAN ip address : 192.168.1.100
GetConnectionTypeInfo failed.
GetStatusInfo failed.
Time started : Fri Mar 21 04:24:05 2014
GetLinkLayerMaxBitRates failed.
GetExternalIPAddress failed. (errorcode=-1)
Bytes: Sent: 0	Recv: 0
Packets: Sent: 0	Recv: 0

Suggesting this is a mediatomb/networking problem that I need to resolve and not really the focus of this thread, so I'll hold back on posting further (until I work out the solution which I'll post/link to).
[Android Apps and Games] GeekBoi:
I use LocalCast for watching Anime. It can play .mkv, but the subtitle doesn't show up. I tried clicking the "toggle subtitle", and it doesn't work.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tallguywes:
I believe you can. If you have an unlocked Hotspot, devices connect to the phone, and the phone is treated as a separate device from the access point as well.

I've done this many times, using bubbleupnp, imediashare, etc. Turn on built in Hotspot, connect device to your phone's Hotspot, then use any dlna / upnp flavor app.

Bubbleupnp whines about no Internet sometimes, but it still works
[Android Apps and Games] davey.lad:
I've been reading the replies in this thread and it's seems there's a lot of success stories with regards to video casting.. unfortunately I'm not one of them. Video's just don't play for me.. i either get the LocalCast splash screen displayed forever or a single frame from of the video. This isn't just a LocalCast issue though as it's a similar story with AllCast. All other cast enabled apps work perfectly.. Netflix, iPlayer, YouTube etc

I'm not convinced my wi-fi connection is the issue either, it's excellent. It can easily support online gaming on 2 consoles simultaneously (one upstairs, the other on a third floor).. no issues with that whatsoever.

I guess the question would be then are my devices up to the task? I'm using a 2012 Nexus 7 (unrooted, Android 4.4.2) and a Galaxy S3 ( rooted, Android 4.4.2 NeatRom). I have no performance issues with either of these devices generally so I'm just shrugging my shoulders at the minute.

Any hints and tips would be appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
Casting video stored locally on device, I've tried some, but if it's high bit rate, no matter what app I use, there is some stuttering. I have a HTC one, and a dlink dir-655 router. Anyway, local video casting is also eating battery. All my personal videos is backed up online, and casting from online sources is no problem. Also, I never download movies anymore, everything is online, I use Localcast to throw it on my tv. Life is good. :)

????
[Android Apps and Games] bestofrhcp:
This latest update keeps giving my the file type us not supported screen on everything video, pictures, and music.