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[Android Apps and Games] gravewormx:
I have localcast connected to XBMC, however it's not displaying all the movies in my collection. it's only displaying about 100 of em.

For example: I choose DLNA/UPnP > XBMC > Video Library > Movies > Title - and only movies from A - D show up. I know it's loading the rest of em because if I choose to display em by Genre instead of title I could see movies with the title Z (such as Zodiac).

Anyone else getting this?

I tried it with 2 Nexus 5's on L (one on dev preview and the other on stock 5.0) , then another Nexus 5 on 4.4 and an HTC One on 4.4. Same result. Tried restarting my network (router and modem), still no luck.

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
This was mentioned a long time ago, but I always put it back on the list.

Can you check if it is fixed in this version: http://goo.gl/Tp5Vi6

dlna lists will be loaded in chunks of 100s
[Android Apps and Games] gravewormx:
Yeap, that did the trick. Thank you so much for this quick turn around. [emoji1]
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Great, thanks for the quick test!
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Forgot to add, if you purchased the pro version, then this version might show ads until I uploaded it, because of the version number.

I'll increase it before publishing, so you can pick the update from the playstore.
[Android Apps and Games] panchokoster:
Hi! Your app is awesome!

I am having some trouble with srt subtitles and DLNA, I am using a minidlna (http://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/) server running in my raspberry pi on my local network and LocalCast does not detect the subtitles. Can this be fixed? I have realized that if the video stream url is for example http://192.168.1.1:8200/MediaItems/49.mp4 , then the subtitle stream is in http://192.168.1.1:8200/Captions/49.srt

I hope you can fix it,

thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Javs2010:
Love this app best one on the market!
[Android Apps and Games] JC412:
Unable to play video using Dropbox

Just started having issues tonight with playing back video from dropbox. The video was converted using handbrake and uploaded to dropbox. I was able to watch the video but when i paused the video to do something i couldnt playback the video and got error chromecast does not support format. I updated to the latest version in play store and still can not play video. None of my videos no longer play from dropbox... please help!!!
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
Now and again I've had issues too with videos not playing after pausing and resuming. Similar messages about unsupported format, even though they played before or most definitely are supported as they will play again in the future. I'm not sure what fixes it but after a few days they work again, usual tricks of clearing caches, rebooting router and disconnecting/reconnecting Chromecast.
[Android Apps and Games] spupuz:
Not Starting in android 5.0 Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] jhuff83:
I just purchased a Chromecast and have Beyond XBMC installed on my tablet. I was able to download localcast and put the modified xml file in the proper folder. XBMC played flawlessly. My issue I have now, is that Beyond XBMC will not play on the tablet only now if i'm on the go. I get the external player error. The only way I fixed this issue was to reflash Beyond XBMC apk. Is there an easier way to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] galaxymny:
[MENTION=2600923]dakdroid[/MENTION], that's a nifty piece of software! :good: do you think Cloud could include FTP? That way, a user might access image files stored in an FTP server. Please, let me know your thoughts.

Regards,
[Android Apps and Games] JoeSyr:
Could someone please explain what exactly the "receiver" functionality is for? Is it supposed to be the link for transcoding formats that chromecast can't play, and it's just still in beta testing? Is the receiver app linked to in the OP currently in the process of being made redundant by the new toggle in the casting button in the main app? I tried using it to play an .avi file and it eliminated the "file format not supported" message but the app just got stuck on the loading animation without any other notice.

I have a few .avi movies in my older collection on a rarely-used media PC(used to be hard-wired to an older TV, but newer TV doesn't have that port), so it would be nice to be able to cast them, but the demand for these older/low quality movies is too low for me to bother setting anything new up. Basically waiting to see if either XBMC/Kodi or VLC add chromecast playback with their own transcoding abilities, or if localcast can make it work too (localcast works like a charm with the mp4's on the PC).
[Android Apps and Games] ballblo:
Buffering problem

I tried to uninstall and reinstall the app and rebooted chromecast dongle but nothing happens on the screen, only turning circles and buffering.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
This.

Using receiver or not makes no difference to me. Am I missing something here?

I know, DLNA functionality is still not completed, but anyway... problems on my DLNA player, Huawei Android 4.0.3 stb:

1. Picture slideshow doesn't resize images, also seems no option to enable/disable that. Portrait images will display only top part, not much fun in that :p

2. Subtitles seems can't be streamed on my DLNA renderer, don't have Chromecast to try. It supported subs when playing from media server, but all casting apps I tried so far can't, including LocalCast with or without receiver. I'm not sure whether this is app issue or device dependent, or DLNA in general.

3. Video playlist doesn't advance by itself, have to manually click next or previous buttons.

4. Pressing volume button on phone sometimes pops up LocalCast volume control but most of the time it didn't. Furthermore, vol up or down both effectively reduces volume.

5. Will you add support for AVI? At least for XVID/DiVX compression. I bet a lot of people still have that lying around. Lots of devices supported it natively I think, mine included. And wmv, mov too if thats not too much.

6. Using sendto will simply fail, even if I already connected LocalCast to the renderer. Tried using ES File Explorer and Total Commander. Using built-in file manager works though.
[Android Apps and Games] JoeSyr:
Used this app a little more over the last few days. I had a few sporadic issues with the chromecast connection dropping. It seems to depend on the tablet's screen being turned off. Screen on = no problems. Screen off while casting, the connection might drop after ~30 min or so. After a drop, I need to reconnect using the FAB, and other than that I can resume playback smoothly.

This is observed on a Galaxy Tab 2 P5113 running omnirom 4.4 (P5110 build). The connection in localcast is made with a smb connection to a shared network folder. I can provide more details and attempt to capture a log if it would be of use.
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
I think its because the tablet acts as the server, issuing the next item on the smb share to play. My tablet does the same, if its a single file (for instance a 2 hour mp4) then all is well but if there are qued items and the tablet is off it fails to update the chromecast for the next one.

My phone is more robust however and wakes prior to the next item, something the tablet is unable to do. However, after some time being idle the phone also kills the local cast activity. But this tends to be after 15 or so smb ques as apposed to 4 or 5.

It would be great if the local cast app could issue the whole que of items from smb / networked folders and play them without further instructions from the app.
[Android Apps and Games] JoeSyr:
Actually in my case it cuts out mid-file. I didn't test it passing between files but the tablet was probably always on for those anyway. It happened 2x, once during a ~45 minute TV show, so I guess it must be acting a little more often than every 30 minutes. I agree that it sounds like the tablet is killing something, in my case probably the casting service, since the app wasn't shut down or anything when I turned the screen on, just sitting as though it was still waiting for me to connect to a chromecast before picking a file.
[Android Apps and Games] obsidian_eclipse:
Has the new update helped? Mine seems much better.
[Android Apps and Games] juliatan:
Because this app is so good with great UI including among others streaming via smb from PC and WDTV Live via my Android device to Dlna TV and WDTV I gladly bought Pro version. Also planning to buy Chromecast dongle.

However I wonder if next to my Nexus 7-13 it is possible to get LocalCast working on my Moto G 4G too. On the Moto G 4G the app LocalCast can't find my Dlna devices. BubbleUPnP has no problem finding and streaming to my Dlna devices on my Moto G 4G, so it should be possible.

Perhaps I can send some kind of bug report or anything else from my Moto G 4G?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] amir hd2:
Hi and thanks for developing such a great app. I really love the material design and the features.

The only issue I got is lack of subtitle support for local files. Because I'm casting some local video files to my WD. Added support for that will be highly appreciated. Moreover I'm completely aware of the fact that online subtitle support works great.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
What do you mean by lack of subtitle support for local files?
[Android Apps and Games] amir hd2:
Simply when you select a local video on your phone with a subtitle renamed as same as the video file beside it, and cast it through local cast, there is no subtitle support, meaning no sub is showing on screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
I may be missing something, but isn't there subtitle support in this app? According to the app in Play:
[Android Apps and Games] amir hd2:
Yes Man, this is what I exactly meant. None of the two mentioned ways work for me. I covered them all but no result. Beside I am using western digital for casting
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
Strange... now that I was about to buy Chromecast relying on this app&feature I hear that it does not work properly :(
[Android Apps and Games] mmo.xda:
Subtitles are working fine.

I've viewed all "The Knick" episodes (ten) with spanish subtitles with localcast.

Subtitles where in the same folder than mp4 files.

I was casting with LocalCast from a Nexus 7 to my chromecast.

The problem described above perhaps is with WD 'cause user was casting from it.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
Thanks for confirming. Are you also able to change the font size and timing of the subtitles?
[Android Apps and Games] mmo.xda:
I have not tried those options sorry.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] joshiameya:
I currently have free version of localcast , i use it to cast to Sony bravia smart TV.

The problem is i can't pause videos or seek when i am directly streaming.

Does the PRO version offer that feature?
[Android Apps and Games] JoeSyr:
I recently updated my tablet to a Lollipop rom, and that seems to have introduced an odd bug in LocalCast. Sometimes when I go to stream something, I get the "not a supported filetype" error on the TV, even though the files definitely work. Force closing the app and connecting again seems to fix it (so far I haven't been prevented from watching anything, it just takes a minute of restarting things to get it going). It's happened a few times now, seems to be a "first attempt on a given day" type of thing.

Not sure if this reflects a particular error in the rom that might get fixed on that end(OmniROM on P5110), or an issue with LocalCast in lollipop.
[Android Apps and Games] smeddy:
Two amazing tweaks?

One, to make the phone's volume rocker respond when Localcast is running in the background.

Two, to switch the notification panel's Previous/Next file to Rewind/Fast forward.

Thanks, happily subscribed x
[Android Apps and Games] M3drvr:
One thing I've noticed is this app won't show any of my video files that are in WebM format. All of these are WebM with the VP8 profile with vorbis audio. 100% compatible with Chromecast! Using es file explorer with the cast plugin they show up and will cast just fine. But looking in the same folders on my NAS with localcast the files don't even appear! Anyone else notice this?
[Android Apps and Games] h_onger:
thxxxxxx;)
[Android Apps and Games] woelv:
Localcast wont find AppleTV (Nexus 5)

cant establish connection with nexus 5 (lollipop) - localcast wont find appletv, doesnt appear in the list of available devices. restarted device, apple tv and modem. Same problem with Allcast. Allconnect works though!

any help appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] tronikos:
dakdroid,

Could you please add support for title and subs extras (see https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/api) when receiving an intent? BubbleUPnP seems to be the only ChromeCast supported app that supports both title and subs extras.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Done in 3.5.4.2, along with support for GrowBox:

http://goo.gl/mzos0a

(I only pick [subs.enable], for now)

I just uploaded it to Beta, release in the playstore soon.
[Android Apps and Games] tronikos:
Thanks. I saw you added support for headers in your reddit post so I figured it would be easy to also support subs. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. I'm developing an addon for Kodi to start external players with subtitles. Before I was just passing subs. I changed my code to also pass subs.enable but it still doesn't work. I just tested Showbox and subtitles don't work either (I believe it just passes subs). FYI the latest version of AllCast added support for the subs extra and it seems to work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Subtitles worked fine for me with sb. I just added [subs] and [subs.name]. Could you give it a try ?

--> 3.5.4.3:

Which kodi addon ? I'd like to check it out.

Edit: couple of bug fixes for [subs]:

--> 3.5.4.4:
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
--> 3.5.4.6 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3N6I6i1ws6jaWRvREI2b1h0eXc/view?usp=sharing
[Android Apps and Games] tronikos:
Thanks dakdroid. Version 3.5.4.6 works fine with subs.

I just released it at http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220395
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
It seems that after the last one or two updates I have constant buffering issues, videos takes more time to start and is constantly freezing.

Is there anything I can do?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
From where do you cast?

Sb is terribly slow sometimes, with around 100 kb/s or less.
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
It used to work better a few weeks ago.. And it works flawlessly with allcast..
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Should be fixed: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3N6I6i1ws6jdThXYzI1YVRONHM&usp=drive_web
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
Thank you very much for this.

I'll try this today and let you know once I have some useful feedback.

Really appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] PixelPatrik:
Hi!

This app seems very capable and the description of it fits my needs exactly, so I bought the pro version.

I seem to be unable to change subtitle font and size though, as well as zooming in on videos. Any of those features would solve a problem with casting to my tv, as it for some reason stretches the picture vertically a little bit, making the subtitles show outside of the screen.

I'm sure this has been covered in this thread already, I apologize for not reading through all 49 pages. I really don't have the time as I have two one year olds and one newborn from last week. My wife is pretty much unable to help with taking care of the little ones as she went through a caesarean section. On top of that we just moved to a new house.

Thanks for understanding and I'm looking forward for some help :)
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Both are on the "now playing" screen, if you use a Chromecast.

Subtitle size: touch the subtitle button

Zoom: touch the button with the four arrows
[Android Apps and Games] PixelPatrik:
Thanks for the reply,

I'm using an LG soundbar, but I'm going to try it tomorrow.
[Android Apps and Games] PixelPatrik:
Where should I find these buttons you mention? Either I'm blind, or they ain't there... Could you attach a screenshot? I apologize for being such a newb...
[Android Apps and Games] zzEvilGeniuszz:
I use Kodi with localcast, thank you so much for this app... its great. Using localcast with XBMC I am able to cast my streams from Kodi.

I do have one issue though, not all formats work. Some do others do not. Is there a fix for this?

App version: 3.5.4.8

This is how I set it up.

https://youtu.be/3GdSsMmDCb8
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
I've been testing this, it still has much place for improvement, but it's better.

Thanks a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] rockbastard:
Thanks for a great app. I have a bit of a challenge, though. It can't seam top match subtitles and content file, E.g.: If I reset the app and says Ok to a matching subtitle it runs perfect, the first time, but then the next time, If says ok again, then I have the previous subtitles running, which does not match the film. Both film and subtitles have the same title.

Thanks

I'm on version 3.5.4.8

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I have upgrades to 3.5.5.0, same Issue, Tried both AllCast and Bubble - and works fine there with my files.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
I'll look into this.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
LocalCast v3.5.5.1:

Opensubtitles.org added

DL -> http://goo.gl/mzos0a
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
I'm afraid I'm still having several buffering issues when I start a movie and after a few seconds I "jump" to the middle of the movie, which doesn't seem to happen in other similar apps (paid I shall admit...).
[Android Apps and Games] PixelPatrik:
I forgot to quote lol.
[Android Apps and Games] quekemok:
hi I have the pro version. I can't see the subtitles

how I send the subtitles to my smart tv Sony bravía?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] rpenrod23:
I too am having this issue still :(
[Android Apps and Games] Maxxd01:
Yes... that's a showstopper for me.
[Android Apps and Games] LeidenSpain:
Hi

Just I finish to try the program with a Samsung smarttv, and i"m sorry, but from the last time the program now is a disaster : problems to connect with the TV, every time that change from a video o another the TV return to aerial signal,...

Enviado desde mi OnePlus One desde Tapatalk

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sorry, i forgot say that I'm using the last version 3.5.5.1
[Android Apps and Games] Gamer-king:
I have all my music on my external SD card (Samsung 64 GB Pro Class 10). Unfortunately I can only stream a few songs to my Chromecast. Some songs are listed 8 times but non of them is working. When I click on one of these the app FCs. My music files are all mp3s. I already checked the tags of the files but they are fine. Only the folders that are displayed with a cover work, but all my Files are tagged with a cover. I us a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Dan's GPE ROM. Any kind of help is highly appreciated. TIA.
[Android Apps and Games] rippledrums:
Same issue for me with a Sony Bravia.

I have the subtitles file (.srt) in the same folder and with the same filename as the video file but the subtitles don't show nor do I have the option to select a subtitles file.

I'm using the free version though.

Is this a PRO feature or am I doing something wrong?

My phone is a Galaxy S4 I9505 running CM12.1 and the files are in the external SD.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.9.9.0.beta: https://goo.gl/B9IZSo

Major refactor under the hood, almost every file was changed.

A couple of new features added, a couple of bugs fixed and a couple of things improved. I really hate to write these notes.

Everyone has a friend with an iPhone or an iPad. Tell them to get LocalCast on iOS here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id969804264
[Android Apps and Games] henrik.dk:
the only down side compared to allcast is that my video taken in my s4 camera

won't play smoothly especially at the beginning.

otherwise this is the number one choice.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
3.9.9.1.beta: https://goo.gl/Qx0m5r

- fixed items not visible pre Lollipop

- fixed text cut off
[Android Apps and Games] xHkr13:
Because videos in MKV not work with route audio?
[Android Apps and Games] Apipote:
hello

I bought your app

Please translate it to Spanish

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] mmo.xda:
It is already translated 100% into spanish in crowdin, but project is suspended in that platform.

¿?¿?¿?¿?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] Apipote:
And them?
[Android Apps and Games] mmo.xda:
I think strings should be incorporated to code...but I am not a developer, only a translation contributor.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Open beta:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/de.stefanpledl.localcast
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
4.1.0.6: https://goo.gl/tcrN1Z

Streaming local videos: Massive performance boost!

Lollipop:

⇢ Material animations added

⇢ Pro Version: transparent navigation bar

Icon default color changed to grey

Remember cookie choice

Use thumbnail color for texts

Tweaked music album handling in folder view

Moved Opensubtitles.org button to main subtitle menu

Previously downloaded subs can be displayed

Support for old receiver dropped

Current screen title (re-)added to Toolbar

tweaked 'Now playing' layout

... and a whole bunch of fixes
[Android Apps and Games] linuxthinker:
Hi, it looks like the API now supports the ability to passthrough AC3. Can you add this support into Localcast? See the bottom of this page: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
It passes AC3 through, but most TVs can't play the passed through audio. Some pricier receivers can.
[Android Apps and Games] navyamishra:
Not working with Kodi anymore

I used to love this app. I use it with KOdi to play videos directly to my chromecast thru my android phone and the download subtitles but after last few updates i have started getting error with unknown format or unavailable stream where as the same stream used to work flawlessly earlier. Please fix this issue. Earlier it also used to to run MKV file from Kodi but now it errors out even MP4 files. Please fix this.
[Android Apps and Games] Moronig:
On version 4.1.1.0, the subtitles show at the top of the screen. Is there any way to make them go to the bottom again?
[Android Apps and Games] dakdroid:
Moving the subtitle will be enabled in 4.1.1.1, but the subtitle shouldn't be at the top.

Please let me know which language your Chromecast is set to and please send me the subtitle file: dakdroid@gmail.com
[Android Apps and Games] recipientsuperior:
Anyone else having problems with the app crashing when attempting to play queued videos from an SMB share? Playing a single video works fine; adding another video to the queue or creating a whole new queue then hitting play causes the app to crash, and a "format is unsupported/ stream is deleted" error pops up on my TV. I've tried v4.1.0.6 through to v4.1.1.5 on two different devices and two different Chromecasts, and the app crashes every time.
[Android Apps and Games] kyda75:
Noticed the same on 4.1.1.0, can only see the second line of the subtitles!

Any idea how to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] kyda75:
Looks like 4.1.1.4 has option for "subtitle position".

Unfortunately, one still needs to set the position, say 11 lines from the top, for the subtitles to be placed at the bottom of the screen.

I would have thought the bottom of screen position should be the default for the subtitle placement.
[Android Apps and Games] fullscreen:
No subtitle at all. Subtitle option only availabe if i play it locally. I casting on LAN
[Android Apps and Games] thra1982:
Does anyone know how to get a cover art/picture, on a smb share?