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[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
was not working sort photos by date, and I undestand now what it's happend:

the option to short the files works only library menu, but on the folder list every time the files are sorted by name. Is possible modify this?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
HI

I have updated the application to the latest version (3.1.01) and now it's not possible share the pictures and the videos from the folder view.

So is this now or it's a bug?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
You have a PM :D
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
a person from the forum OnePlus want to congratulate you for your great work :svetius: :svetius: :svetius: :svetius: :svetius: :svetius: :svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] puchodog1977:
Is this an add free version?
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
You've only ever had to donate to remove the adds
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
Yeah man, this great application is for free, you don't have to pay anything to use it. To use it to watch your pirated streams and videos for free. :D

If you can't handle some ads, well I suggest you make a little donation in the app, to remove ads.
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
HI

I'm using the 3.1.15beta version and the flashing problem remain.

And a question: i will reproduce a list of pictures and videos (like my holiday). I must select every picture and video manually?

Later, if a have a queue with pictures and videos, when it comes to video, it go to loop mode.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
Because android doesn't have support for flash anymore videos may display artifacts when played on the phone/tablet. I know mine is terrible for it, sometimes covered in lines or the colours are wrong (people's skin being blue for instance) however local cast is fine. this isn't I imagine a fault with the localcast app but something that we have to put up with whilst using an android device - at least until such a point that adobe or someone with technical experience release a new version of Flash.

I use a smb networked drive, im pretty sure I can Que anything in a folder. try long pressing on a folder and you should get a box asking what file types you wish to add.

I find when I use my android tablet it goes to sleep and suspends the localcast server, so usually only items qued for 5 minutes or so work and then it stops. My android phone however keeps running the localcast server and I can have music and videos running for hours, even when the phone screen sleeps. Some devices work differently and have more aggressive memory policies than others.

Remember also to clear the Que when adding more files or it will keep playing the first ones too.
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
It's not a problem with flash videos. The problem is looking a AVI or MKV video on the telephon the image is flashing.
[MENTION=1726762]darkdroid[/MENTION] has a video where the problem sees
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
LocalCast 3.2.2: http://goo.gl/cmMgtd

Some bug fixes, flashing image (when casting to a SmartTV) is not fixed yet.
[Android Apps and Games] drew071:
Would it be possible to introduce spotify and deezer casting like bubblepnp.

Thanks for your hard work

Drew
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
I suggest you cancel your spotify subscription, they obviously will never support chromecast.
[Android Apps and Games] drew071:
In don't have a subscription but get deezer free with my mobile op.

Bubblepnp plays the media stream as a constant audio stream.

Just wondered if it was possible to implement it in this.

Thanks.

Drew
[Android Apps and Games] gabrielbsb:
subtitle doesn't work anymore on 3.2.4

the movie is running fine, but when I add the subtitle it freezes

btw, an option to movies add subtitles by default when it is in the same folder with the same name should be great
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
I just discovered that there is a Mac app with that name, so I might rename it.
[Android Apps and Games] ahick:
Not Working

Connects to the Chromecast, but won't load any videos. Tried several files and it just says "Loading" but never plays anything.

Using a Note 3, N900W8, stock Touchwiz Software version 4.3.
[Android Apps and Games] TechNinja49:
On the Cast media page Google doesn't officially list mkv as a supported container.

I was wondering if your app supports it, and if not, could maybe add it in the future?
[Android Apps and Games] silent assassin:
Awesome start, but if you add support for:

- sharing from other apps

- folder support

- from networks folders (NAS, ...)

I would even pay for it ;).

But again, awesome start!
[Android Apps and Games] vpraveenis:
Can you add a sharing intent so that I can open gallery or any other app and share to local cast directly.. Allcast seems to do it..
[Android Apps and Games] TriggerManCole:
Super app from a super nice guy.. Huzza broski.. Indrid Cole here.. from the play store.. support coming your way..
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
To be honest, I didn't look into what actually works (YET) or what doesn't and I don't check that before sending it to the Chromecast.

Everything which is recognized by Android as video, will be displayed in the list and you can try to send it.

The possibility to support more formats is there, but requires additional coding, which will take a while.

1+2: soon. 3 yes but no ETA

yes
[Android Apps and Games] silent assassin:
Darn awesome man !
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Share intent added and changed versioning:

1.0.7:

(forgot to handle links (like from your favourite :angel: streaming site).

^this is pretty buggy, will be fixed
[Android Apps and Games] zephiK:
Great app, works and simple. Nice and intuitive simple UI.

Good alternative to AllCast and free. Is it possible to make ChromeCast support A52 Audio aka AC3 (a52) so certain MKVs can have audio and not only videO?
[Android Apps and Games] mrstealthusmc:
App is so easy to use. Good job! I do have an issue though. Almost all of my videos are playing sideways on the TV. Is there anyway to change it so they play correctly. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the direction I was holding phone when I recorded the video...but still the thumbnails in the app show the videos correctly but play sideways when casting to the tv
[Android Apps and Games] The S3 Kid:
Does this show up on the long press menu on any browsers to enable streaming from the internet?
[Android Apps and Games] Jasephrock:
just tried it by recording a video. when i open localcast it says "no video was found" :/
[Android Apps and Games] janusman:
Firstly - please continue the dev :good::good::good::good:

I have a bunch of mp4, mkv videos in my folder.

mkv - detects some, plays some

mp4 - detects all (so far) and plays some. The same video sometimes plays fine and sometimes - fails with error cast failed.

I know its in development - just wanted to see if I can help by testing a few of the videos that I have.
[Android Apps and Games] Melodic13:
Me too...:(
[Android Apps and Games] artov:
Plex and XBMC from local network would be the ideal feature :)
[Android Apps and Games] "Haus":
If you took the video after you'd opened the app for the first time, try killing the app and starting it again. It seems as though it only scans for media on startup. If that doesn't work, see below.

I have only only been testing with MP4's taken with a Nexus 5. They are all located in the same folder, but not all of them are displaying in the LocalCast list. Further, I've tried copying a video that wasn't displayed to another folder and that copy did end up showing up in the media list, so it isn't the file itself that is the problem.

I can get files in the list to stream, but videos stop to buffer every few seconds, so the stream is unwatchable. Notably, I have the same issue with Allcast on the Nexus 5.
[Android Apps and Games] dodge3003:
Same here! :(

It's a very short MP4 that is in my DCIM folder and also in my 'Movies' folder but neither copy is showing in the app. I have killed the app by stopping it in the apps section of my LGG2 and re-started it but still no luck.

Does anybody have any ideas of help they can offer?

Thanks to all and many thanks to the dev, this is the holy grail of apps :)
[Android Apps and Games] abay1289:
I recorded video on my phone in mp4 format, and at first it didn't show up. I used Clean Master to release the stored ram. When I restarted localcast, the new video was there.

Also, I was able to play a .3gp video that I created on my phone by trimming a mp4 file.

This app has been awesome for me. Hopefully a future version will allow me to rotate video so that any video taken vertically will show up that way on the TV. For now, I just need change the way I shoot video.
[Android Apps and Games] josuearisty:
Does this app work with Cheapcast? I tried to connect chromecast app with cheapcast and no success!

Enviado desde mi MB520 usando Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
When I add subtitles the stream stops for 15 seconds, then it continues.
[Android Apps and Games] PKondro:
I cant connect with my Apple TV, when i press button, i get No Device Found. But my samsung and apple tv is on the same wifi. Why?
[Android Apps and Games] ygecesefa:
this apk is miracle brings to non smart dlna tvs casting it was possible from the begining but any developer developed a good apk to solve this problem. I could use media server and only browsing file and praying to tvs media codec could play file Now I can cast to my dlna samsung tv from my phone with one tap and jump what I want time duration and with full control I doesnt wait laggy forwarding and losing connection. I dont need chrome cast now Thank you guys!
[Android Apps and Games] kazzxtrismus:
I keep getting enable Google services, then close.

Id like to donate or try the app, but cannot open it

---------- Post added at 01:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

Ignore that.. Weird could only re enable by the playsrore!..

Showed as enabled on the phone though. Hmmmm
[Android Apps and Games] amjath:
Why it is not possible for me to see images on my dlna enabled TV but I can do it for videos and music
[Android Apps and Games] :
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION],

What about translation? Project on Get Localization is dead, why?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
It costs 40$ per month, I will re-enable it soon, with new strings.

Beta version 3.3.2: http://goo.gl/4PiKOp

To lazy to retype this:

changelog screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] :
Ok I understand, why not just put .xml file in op, nothing to pay by this way.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Moved to crowdin, seems to be better:

https://crowdin.com/project/localcast
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yep I prefer Crowdin too, thanks !
[Android Apps and Games] kazzxtrismus:
Ok honest question here...

Why doesn't Localcast pop up as a player option when VLC MX etc pop up... Id really like to share some vid streams on the TV sometimes
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
Ah, as a video player ? Hmm
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.3.9: http://goo.gl/teZa98
[Android Apps and Games] karisto1979:
Hi, localcast is a great app, but I have a problem with my apple tv, is not connecting .. Allcast yes, and imediashare..

Please help!!
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.3.12: http://goo.gl/d2esND

Changelog:

Lots of usability improvements!

New:

Resume: videos / music, it will resume 10 seconds before (you can set the time in the settings)

Multiselect: Touch icon/preview image

Bookmarks: You can now add folders into the navigation drawer (device only)

Subtitles: Subtitle file in same folder will be searched

Subtitle folder: Add a subtitle folder, which will be searched automatically for a matching file

All songs: sorting can be changed to alphabetically

Navigationdrawer: Items can be hidden

SMB: you can now append folders e.g. 192.168.178.2/Users/me/Videos/

Changes:

Settings beautified

Preview images cropped to circles

Minor layout tweaks

Fixes:

Folder view: lag fixed when browsing music files

Lockscreen image: fixed displaying wrong image
[Android Apps and Games] karisto1979:
Is really strange, in some case detect appletv, but in some case and playing some minutes late nothing..
[Android Apps and Games] albert_htc:
Since the last update I'm having real problems casting to my Sony TV.

Worked great before.. Also getting lots of LocalCast has crash messages.

Running on a rooted nexus 7 2013

Any ideas ?
[Android Apps and Games] gaetanolip:
hI

i suggest to implement 2 features

1 local video renderer: you will able to reproduce contents from another dlna server to device where localcast is installed

2 enabling server dlna automatically

3 enabling a sort of chromecast receiver

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] zubin4:
remove ads

Hi,

Wondering which rate to choose. What's the difference in those rates? Any help?
[Android Apps and Games] allinijhof:
Hi folks, I would like to run video (MP4) stored on my Motorola G 16GB with Local cast through Chromecast. Local cast will run smooth for about 6 minutes, then it starts stuttering (getting unstable). It seems like it has something to do with the amount of data that has to uploaded from my Moto G through WiFi to the Chromecast. There is a big spike in upload around 6 minutes (see first screenshot).

Do you know why Local cast starts stuttering after approximately 6 minutes?

What's driving the spiking upload after approximately 6 minutes?

How can fix this issue?

When I cast my screen with the chrome cast app and open the video through Google chrome it runs smooth continuously, the upload is stable (see second screenshot), so there is an solution however I prefer running video through an app like local cast to safe battery life.
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
That's a pretty hefty spike.. I wonder if your phone WiFi drops to a lower power state and so the data becomes corrupted in transmission and so it starts resending. Hence the video stutter too.

My android tablet after 4 minutes with a blank screen does a similar thing, if I've got anything qued then it stops sending and disconnects from the chromecast whereas my HTC one will stream indefinitely any local content from the phone. It might be a device related issue.

There's usually an option somewhere in the advanced WiFi settings, something like "WiFi sleep: never" but it will have an impact on battery life and even if it doesn't sleep it still may drop to low power.
[Android Apps and Games] b1g1an:
I get a variation on the theme, the video keeps streaming without any problem but I lose any control over it. The app still knows it's connected but doesn't know it playing anything.

Doesn't seem to be a particular time involved only that it tends to happen in the last third of longer videos.
[Android Apps and Games] allinijhof:
Hi, thanks for your reply, I believe I have covered off the WiFi setting (see my current settings in attached screenshot). However I am not sure if its a power saving mode that is causing the issue. Apparently there is a very small upload required in the first 6 minutes. Then the upload demand is spiking, does Local cast work with a buffer? How does it works? How does it maintain a buffer?
[Android Apps and Games] gabrielbsb:
why is crowdin suspended?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
The trial is off, I'd need to purchase that now, but unfortunately my Google account got suspended yesterday:

"We've detected unusual activity. For your protection, we've disabled your account."

The account is not on that 5M leaked list, so I have no idea what this is about. When that's solved I'll post again...
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
I'll look into this, once I get the google account thing sorted. No idea what could cause this.

LocalCast just provides the server, the Chromecast then does the rest. E.g. it queries the video data.
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
My Google account got suspended once, my phone tried to sync while I was using orbot proxy. :D
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
I am currently writing a new app which syncs with drive, I probably hammered the gdrive api with auth requests (10 requests/second for a couple of minutes) while developing, because of a bug. That's the only thing I can think of, which could cause that. Lesson learned -> new account for developing, not my personal.

According to the playstore support chat, the account has hijacking flags set. I have 2 factor auth enabled so that's kinda weird.
[Android Apps and Games] miles82:
First of all, thanks for this great app! I have a question regarding subtitles. I'm playing files from a SMB share and I have to choose a subtitle file (.srt) every time, they don't load automatically (they have identical names as video files). From the changelog above, I thought it should work that way. Is it a bug, or does it not work automatically when playing from SMB?
[Android Apps and Games] :
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION], have you planned to update all translations for the next release? French translation is completed already since a few days. :fingers-crossed:

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Zaldi00:
How to connnect with Dropbox?
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
I don't think that's a function. You can share links from dropbox though.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Yes, I'll do that soon, beta tomorrow.

I wanted to implement browsing dropbox in the app, but saw that it's possible to just fix the links which the dorpbox app sends to LocalCast. So you can cast from dropbox, by using the official dropbox app, find your movie there and open it with LocalCast.
[Android Apps and Games] miles82:
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION], I tested this further. If the video & srt are both in the same folder on my phone the subtitles get added automatically. This is not so for SMB though. It also doesn't work automatically if I copy the subtitles to my phone (to the designated subtitle folder; neither via SMB nor DLNA).

I would prefer to watch via DLNA rather than SMB (easier on my phone), and my Synology NAS sadly doesn't serve srt's, so if it would be possible to scan the subtitles folder on my phone (I'd sync the srt's there) and add them automatically when I start a video over DLNA I would be very happy. :)
[Android Apps and Games] linkhunter:
What is ETA on using internal subtitles inside of mkv file
[Android Apps and Games] IceDBear:
[MENTION=6052114]miles82[/MENTION] - you have a synology server, with video station subtitles work OK, even embedded in mkv. In the latest version it even downloads subtitles for you. (you need the latest dsm beta though).

But yeah, local cast is a much nicer app, when it supports subtitles as it should and implements ac3 pass through I'll buy it in a second and forget about video station.
[Android Apps and Games] abalam:
Is it possible to cast .avi files?

Sorry for my English, Google translated it for me.
[Android Apps and Games] miles82:
I haven't tried video station in a while (didn't quite like it the last time, but it was a long time ago)... If I do it that way does the video go NAS -> phone and then phone -> Chromecast? What I like about LocalCast and DLNA is that I start the video and it goes straight from NAS to Chromecast, I can even turn off Wi-Fi on the phone. If it's that way with Video Station too I'll give it a try...
[Android Apps and Games] w00t99:
Will ac3 passthrough be supported?
[Android Apps and Games] godly967:
Is the notification fixed yet? It wasn't showing up last time I checked
[Android Apps and Games] xCAVEMANx:
Any plans to implement playing files from extSD card?

EDIT: OK apparently videos on my extSD show up in library but not in folders. I can live with that. Streamed a couple of movies right to my BluRay player easily. One thing I noticed: several times a video will say corrupted file or unspecified format... when it does this out has another videos image qued in the player on the phone... After retrying a few times or finally starts to play. Works really well... Probably the best app out there. I am going to by donate version when I get paid tomorrow.
[Android Apps and Games] juliatan:
Have been trying this app for first time. On Nexus 7-13 all mainstream video-formats work excellent via play to Dlna Samsung TV & WD TV Live. Except for Youtube.

On Moto G Lte however Localcast cannot find Dlna-devices at all. On same device with BubbleUPnP my Moto G has no trouble at all finding Dlna devices.

Last thing is the UI. It's design looks great except for all the eyeblinding white. It kills the UI and user experience completely. Personally I only use and buy apps with dark theme. Because I hate any white menu, background on mobile device apps from the bottom of my heart.

Just have to mention this because the app is further very fine. With dark theme I would trow money to get rid of ads in an instant.
[Android Apps and Games] ron_e:
Just wondering if I can get the file date and time to display along with the size. It would be helpful when looking at series of files from my DVR software.

Love the software and use it almost daily.
[Android Apps and Games] rbrandser:
For your information guys, dakdroid isn't very active here on xda, so to get faster answers, join the localcast beta group on Google plus. Great suggestion, the dark theme. I used to prefer dark themes, mostly for battery saving though. :)
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
No ETA, sorry.

Nope.

If I figure out how this works, yes.

It should be in the beta.

I get different reports. Some say the ext sdcard is visible when browsing the folders, some say it's not. No idea what's up.

Maybe start here: https://plus.google.com/109720416927515295704/posts/asqjrC47sUF

I am still trying to find the cause for the bug and I maybe add a dark theme, but I will take some time.

No, but this sounds like a good feature to add as a setting.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Latest beta:

https://plus.google.com/109720416927515295704/posts/VUhiYXHpfyp
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
dark themes added
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.4.40.beta: http://goo.gl/X3DuuN
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
Love the new dark theme dakdroid :)

Please can you add the option to select what folder you would like opened as the homepage in a future release?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.4.41.RC5: http://goo.gl/

mostly bug fixes

If the receiver app shuts down and the Chromecast disconnects after a couple of seconds:

There seems to be something broken with the latest Chromecast update (22062). A reboot fixed this for me.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
I just pulled the last upload, please use this instead:

3.4.41.RC6: http://goo.gl/E3Dfkf
[Android Apps and Games] MadaliNec:
subtitle

Hello! What can I do to get the subtitle working? I've changed the name to be the same with the movie, but it just doesn't appear on the screen. They are even in the same folder, and the subtitle folder is changed to that place. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
It should be detected automatically. I'll look into it.

Are you casting from the folder view or the library?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.5.0.01: casting local content when the device is used as a hotspot is fixed, multiple other fixes

http://goo.gl/F9rOAl

LocalCast 3.5.0:

- tablet layout for larger tablets, e.g. Nexus 9, 10

- Sonos devices added

- subtitle text color

- subtitle timing

- notification beautified and merged into one

- new icon

- new materialized album view

- Dropbox browsing added

- more, see changelog in the app
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.5.0.8: http://goo.gl/AVQKqe

multiple bug fixes
[Android Apps and Games] MadaliNec:
Sopcast

Thank you a lot for your app! It is the best I found so far. But I have a question. Will you add support for sopcast links? It would be amazing!
[Android Apps and Games] MvP77:
LocalCast rarely detects my xmbc (kodi). My laptop and Bubble Cast pick it up but its hardly ever seen with localcast.
[Android Apps and Games] XtraBacon:
Oops my mistake. Turns out I had the pro version after all.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Bug fix release, 3.5.0.10:

http://goo.gl/9x4WEf