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[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Lets also be clear about something here....

All this talk about methodology to stream XBMC is really just limited to the Video Add Ons that stream web based channel content.

You can already stream all the local Library content to CCast using Yatse or any DLNA content player with CCast support like aVia.Both are in app purchases to get the feature but work like a charm.

What you don't get is transcoding which XBMC does not do no matter what you do....

This method simply uses Chrome to transcode (and badly I might add) whatever appears on the XBMC screen.

It works but it is similar to using a screwdriver to hammer in a Nail!

A Hammer would be better....

People mention Plex because it too has Video Channels you can add to it....Problem is not as many channels as are available for XBMC but then again since XBMC has moved to a new codebase (Gotham) a whole slew of channels have broken anyway!

If we really want to come up with a useful solution here what would be the best thing going forward would be to code a Converter that can take the Channel information from an XBMC Channel and convert it for use in Plex...

Plex does do transcoding and supports CCast which XBMC doesn't do and from my conversations with the Devs over there NEVER WILL!

They are simply not interested in supporting CCast and Transcode is not what they consider a core goal!

Thats one of the reasons Plex exists at all!

XBMC Dev's refusal to implement Transcode....It was needed for their fork of XBMC (which became PHT Plex Home Theater) and so they created PMS (Plex Media Server)

I love XBMC and have it installed on a few dedicated HTPCs here....

But without direct CCast support it's only useful as a direct HDMI connect project!

It is a frontend for an HTPC and thats all they ever intend it to ever be!

So if you really want to use XBMC you should start looking into building a cheap HTPC to run it....

If you don't skimp too much on the Power and make a machine capable of transcoding without breaking a sweat, you can also install PMS and get the best of both worlds on one machine!

Either that or hound the hell out of the developer of Yatse and get him to make the Add On Support work...it works on the Android unit directly but not to the CCast.
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
Hi,

I have tried on the fly transcoding through Plex, Bubbleupnp and VLC. The truth is it works ok but so much of the quality is lost you are better of with a wire.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Still much better quality than this method and it does give you remote control which is not possible using Tab Casting.
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
I totally disagree. You can get 720 with this method versus before flat screen quality with on the fly transcoding. Is your computer outdated?
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
No my computer is just fine and I get 1080P with full surround sound from Plex....So I don't know why your thinking 720p Stereo is better than that....
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
Are you talking about playing from Xbmc? You made this mistake the last time we talked also. Are you sure you even know what on the fly transcoding is?
[Google Chromecast] tharmor:
Xbmc mobile to chromecast is what i am looking for.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
No I'm talking about Channels from Plex!

XBMC channels is the only thing this is good for and you would probably get better results on screen just going to the sites themselves.

This method you are using at BEST gets 20 FPS and minimal Stereo sound where some of the sites the XBMC channels use sometimes have better versions with Surround Sound,,,,So Yes your method works....But it's a poor way to transcode an XBMC output.

XBMC does NO TRANSCODING PERIOD! Did you read my post regarding all of this?
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
Okay, Of course then that's how you are getting 1080p. You are just viewing plex channels and are not doing any transcoding. That's what I thought all along. I was talking about using Xbmc and VLC to do on the fly transcoding.
[Google Chromecast] nij999:
Hi Vicent

I was hoping you may be able to help on one of your previous methods of Xbmc from computer to chromecast using bluestack

Im trying to use Bubbleupnp but I get the message Failed to connect to Google Play Services for casting- network error

I've downloaded the chromecast app on bluestack but i get the message "no chromecast found on bluestack" it seems it not searching my network which has two chromecast on

any help would be appreciated

Thank you
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Vincent you really need to read what I'm saying.....

All of these channels (XBMC and PLEX) are nothing more than Metadata menu creators that take information from a publicly available internet website (either via RSS, XML or Direct DB read), And create a list of links to go to and view the content.

You can get everything you think you are getting now without the need to run XBMC (or Plex for that matter) by simply going to the website for that content DIRECTLY..and then you have the option of casting a tab if you have to or in some cases those sites will have Chromecast support already in their Player (see ESPN who uses JW Player that now has CCast support natively).

You will get just as good a quality as you think you are getting from XBMC (or Plex) with screen casting and in cases where CCast is supported, even BETTER quality as no transcoding is needed at all!

I would LOVE IT if XBMC supported CCast....I just wish everyone who wants it to work with CCast would get on XBMC Dev's case and get them to implement it.

I sympathize with the Cord Cutters need to get channels in an easy to use interface on a CCast...

But we would all be better off if we would all focus more on getting the channels you want working on a product that DOES support the CCast...

Or getting XBMC to get with the program and support the desires of it's user base!
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
I don't disagree with anything you said in the last post and I never said this was great solution. I only disagreed when you implied you were transcoding non-native Chromecast files in Plex and achieving 1080P.

UOTE=Asphyx;53701323]Vincent you really need to read what I'm saying.....

All of these channels (XBMC and PLEX) are nothing more than Metadata menu creators that take information from a publicly available internet website (either via RSS, XML or Direct DB read), And create a list of links to go to and view the content.

You can get everything you think you are getting now without the need to run XBMC (or Plex for that matter) by simply going to the website for that content DIRECTLY..and then you have the option of casting a tab if you have to or in some cases those sites will have Chromecast support already in their Player (see ESPN who uses JW Player that now has CCast support natively).

You will get just as good a quality as you think you are getting from XBMC (or Plex) with screen casting and in cases where CCast is supported, even BETTER quality as no transcoding is needed at all!

I would LOVE IT if XBMC supported CCast....I just wish everyone who wants it to work with CCast would get on XBMC Dev's case and get them to implement it.

I sympathize with the Cord Cutters need to get channels in an easy to use interface on a CCast...

But we would all be better off if we would all focus more on getting the channels you want working on a product that DOES support the CCast...

Or getting XBMC to get with the program and support the desires of it's user base![/QUOTE]
[Google Chromecast] vincent1964:
You could use this to watch any stream, not just Xbmc.

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[Google Chromecast] jazzmachine:
I agree that CC implementation in XBMC would be awesome, but I've been using a sort of "integrated" solution to cast my (temporary) XBMC library.

I just moved and haven't set up all of my AV stuff or my desktop computer (just using a laptop for now). I picked up a Chromecast to watch... stuff (Netflix) on my TV while I redo my fairly complex setup including my main XBMC library. I'm really impressed with the device, IMO much better than watching Netflix in a browser window or XBMCflix. Anyways, I've had the Mediabrowser3 server, which is fantastic for scraping metadata / artwork for media and integrates with XBMC via the MB3 plugin, installed on my desktop since around Gotham. Also the Android app is quite nice, and as I've learned, recently integrated Chromecast streaming (!!!). I've always thought Plex was ok, but I have several problems with it. The show-stopping one is that the server simply will not connect through my vpn, and as my research has revealed, there's just no workaround. MB3 server (on LAN at least) isn't affected at all by connection / disconnection to the vpn, so that alone makes it the clear winner.

So while I've mainly been using the CC for Netflix, I've also used it to stream new content from my laptop, on which I installed the Mediabrowser server and organized new content XBMC library-style (which I'll add to my main library once it's up and running).

TL;DR Plex kind of sucks, IMO. MB3 is awesome and integrates with XBMC. MB3 can then play any content from your XBMC library to your Chromecast via the Android app (to a different, or even remote, TV perhaps?)
[Google Chromecast] tharmor:
Guys i am using XBMC on mobile. Need to cast channels on xbmc to chromecast !

Have tried the playercorefactory method but not all files play on it ! I have avia player and bubbleUpnp but not getting all the channels thru ! Can anyone help ?

Thanks.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Channels will always be hit and miss with the CCast basically because of it's limited codec support.

If the Video is H.264 and Audio is AAC or MP3 then it should work...

The other issue is the Stream protocol used by the channel.

CCast is also limited in the types of streams it can accept.

The only solution is to hope that at some point all of these providers switch to something HTML5 compliant that do not require and plug in or add on to play...

As it stands now if the video doesn't play in a fresh install (no Add Ons) Chrome Browser then it probably will not play correctly on the CCast.
[Google Chromecast] xbmchelper:
XBMC/KODI to Chromecast Android Apk

I found a working fork of xbmc/kodi that has build in native Chromecast support. Works fairly well using BubbleUPnP.

They also have various chipset builds as well like for TEGRA, ARM & x86.

I heard that soon there will be a rtmp version for streaming Live TV from xbmc/kodi to Chromecast using cast2tv pro

I cant promise anything but it works for me!

xbmchelper

XBMC/KODI to Chromecast Apk download... XBMCast

#chromecast #xbmc #kodi #xbmcast #kodicast #bubbleupnp #cast2tv
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidguy22:
I just rooted my Note 3 using Towelroot method and it didn't trip the Knox counter

1. Just install Towelroot.apk from http://towelroot.com/

2. Open Towerroot to root than reboot

3. install Root checker from the Play store to check root

4. install Supersu from http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip - Unzip and install APK, open and let it uninstall Knox and Reboot.

For more details refer to - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157

Installing Safestrap:

After Rooting and Supersu is installed follow below steps to install safestrap:

1. Install Busybox app from Play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en

2. Install Safestrap from herehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2517610 and follow instructions in the thread
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] JuanNut:
Yahoo! Happy father's day!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] waco2hot33:
Good find thanks for sharing!! Yeeeesss
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] breakyosef:
everytime i update supersu it says failed any thoughts?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidguy22:
Did you install the Supersu from Chainfire website? the website one is the most current and it should work, though the unistall of knox took long time, i waited for 5 minutes and while it's still running the unistall I rebooted and everything is fine now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] breakyosef:
yeah i installed towelroot again.. and it finally updated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oner14:
What do we do now wait tell there's a recovery out??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] phatdaddyz01:
Safe strap v3.72 works for this too.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Shrt Bus:
Nevermind...figured it out!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oner14:
What roms can we flash once rooted an safestrap installed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidguy22:
check Updated OP with safestrap instructions
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ikirilenko:
SuperSU

How to enable wifi tethering now?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Psychlone:
BEST POST EVER.

One of my kids pushed the OTA through when I had rebooted into stock and let her use my phone for a day. Two weeks of Hell, but I knew someone would find the way through this darkness!!

GREAT job! Thank you!!!

This works perfectly, just follow the instructions to the letter!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FFFreak:
Too much following of directions

I towelrooted this morning, installed SU (chainfire's) - got the same error "cannot parse package" - however it worked even though when I went in SU it said the binary was wrong and updating it would fail (play store version). Tried to do the CWM method since i got frustrated at the SU error - and the CWM soft bricked the phone. Now im going to odin it back to stock - when the download is done in 2 hours... Oh well all is fair in device freedom and rooting : )

Proud Note 3 owner of ~96 hours so far : )

P.S. Geohot is amazing.

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Also, of note - titanium backed up the phone prior to the soft bricking - titanium on NC4 still suffers the cannot write to external SD issue.. FYI - if you think your schedules will run - might want to double check.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tw1n5nak35:
Thank you kinldy, I'm sure alot of users have been waiting for this :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kobridge:
NC4 Stock Rooted!

Just found the Towelroot information off the internet and decided to apply on my stock NC4 rom.

It worked fine without any issues!

Installed the APK file and ran it. After the reboot, I installed SuperSu too. Now I'm able to install and invoke all APKs requiring root access!

It seems like there's none yet mentioned about the Knox void count. I checked the Knox void count and it's still 0!

Thanks to Geohot for this great rooting apk!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FFFreak:
Still no "perfect" love on SU

It did the busybox and twrp just fine - but still get the binary update message / close on SuperSU

After the data wipe / redownload of UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip .. same result.

it works, and prompts - just cannot enter the application. Guess its just wait until further version.

Thanks for the guide - worked perfectly (steps wise) - now to tip Geohot and go to bed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] syntheticexctasy:
I have successfully rooted and installed safestrap on my stock nc4 note 3 however when I try to install jellybeans build 6 into romslot 1 and boot to it, the phone never shows a boot screen after the safestrap screen. I get a blue led and nothing else.

Any ideas? Maybe 4.3 isn't compatible with the new modem?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Legato Bluesummers:
New safe strap didn't let you use anything but the stock slot. So you can only use that for now. Can't flash roms into slots 1-4

Sent from my GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oner14:
so when theres a new safe strape we can run diffrent roms??like multi boot? i havent read much on it intersting what roms can we flash
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Legato Bluesummers:
You can flash any rom out there for the gnote 3. Except if you somehow found an AOKP rom. Those can't do still. But you just back up your stock configuration. Wipe the stock slot, wipe system, data, dalvik cache and cache, and flash whatever rom you want from the ROM section.

Sent from my GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aerichards1977:
Beans 6 is 4.3 based. If you are on 4.4.2, the kernel is different and since we are locked, we cannot flash kernels. You need a rom based off of 4.4.2, only nc2 can roll back to 4.3. Nc4 cannot roll back. It has nothing to do with the modem, but is 100 percent kernel related.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] syntheticexctasy:
ah, so even though we can root and safestrap now, we're still limited to a 4.4.2 kernel no matter what.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] PapaDocta:
Same issue here
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neur0t0xin64:
I wish I could thank you more than once! Awesome find!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] s_brethauer:
Would someone be able to provide me with the Calendar Storage apk? Like an idiot I deleted it when I wasn't paying attention while watching the World Cup and deleting bloat. I know this may not be the place to ask, but I haven't had luck through search or posting my own thread in the Q&A Help forums.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] drewcam888:
Am I thr onky idiot who cant figure out jow to find the apk on his site. Do I have to donate
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aerichards1977:
Click the large alpha character in the middle of the screen.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] drewcam888:
The issue was firefox. It tried to view the apk not download it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Yes that is the limitation of safestrap recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thatdudedizzy:
Worked for me also
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] y2kardell:
Can I install TWRP instead of Safestrap?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thatdudedizzy:
I would also like to know,having only had the note 3 I don't know where to start for roms....Oh how I miss beans Rom on my s3, can some one link.to the best guides, there appears to be a lot for the dif firm wares, and I'm on 4.4.2 so I feel way over my head
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] syntheticexctasy:
Afaik, the only recovery option for the note 3 retail edition is safestrap. Also being on 4.4.2 means you cannot flash anything older than 4.4.2 currently due to a limitation in safestrap as per a few posts back in this thread.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thatdudedizzy:
I think I may just stick with the exposed mods, I can get just about everything I want with them as far custom Rom feature
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kreep22:
I need help. I am running KK NC4 and I did the new root method and installed bajarom 14. Now I am stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo. I believe it's a soft brick. anyway to recover from this or what should i do? please help or direct me to the correct path. Thank you in advance
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MatroxD:
I had to run the Verizon repair. The development guys are working on it, but I don't think we can flash any roms yet. What your saying seems to be the common theme across the board..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] outlaw420:
You need a rom for the modem nc4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oner14:
can we flash 4.4.2] Hyperdrive KK RLS8 rom on a rom.slot???instead stock slot they say we can this is very confusing now can some one open a thred with roms we can flash.or comfirm what we can use
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] syntheticexctasy:
As myself and a few others have said in this very same thread, you must stick with a 4.4.2 rom. That means nothing earlier than kitkat. Any rom that is based on kitkat should work, and no other rom will. Rom slots are not working at this time.

To summarize:

The only recovery you can use is safestrap 3.72

Safestrap 3.72 will not let you utilize rom slots right now. only stock slot.

The only roms you will be able to use are 4.4.2 based roms. NO jellybean roms will work (4.3).

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I Would love to figure out how to get wifi tether working now...foxfi sucks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dc4479:
Try this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter

It worked great for me
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neto1012:
I getting a pop up that's states..root check safe strap silent killed...any ideas...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oner14:
it is a 4.4.2 rom tho
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] exparte:
If I install the proper build of Cyanogen mod on my Note 3, can I get the s-pen functions to work. Sorry, I'm new to all this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] barrackOBAMA:
I'm sure there is something about s pen functions in the cyanogen mod forum.

Possibly and app or maybe even xposed may have something. I dunno.

You need the developer edition note 3 to run cyanogen mod.

And considering you are "new" to this. I'm going to go ahead and say you don't have the DE note 3 and can not run any cyanogen roms.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] exparte:
You got it, thanks so much. I don't have the developer edition. Honestly, I have no clue what I'm doing. My phone is rooted with safestrap installed. All I want is a smoother than stock experience without all the bloat and better battery life. If I can keep the pen, that's nice too. Thanks again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] coreyfro:
You're my HERO! *SWOON*
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DrPhant0m:
It's important to note that it's still preferable to be on NC2, because of the "special features" that were never meant to make it to the public.

NC2 is the best... but if you accidentally OTA'd, or got a new phone (or replacement) that had NC4 on it... then towel root is your only option to root, where previously there was none. The big news and the big deal is for people that previously did not have root because they ended up on NC4... and there may be additional benefits that come from the development of the method; any knowledge gained about the software on our phones is advantageous, if not necessarily useful.

I have friends that always want the latest OTA for their phones, in spite of the fact that most of the time, OTAs work against us, not in our favor. This is a hard mindset to overcome.

Everybody - KEEP NC2 IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thepolishguy:
To be honest, a "custom rom" is not really going to do any of that for you. I mean, it will remove bloat... But that bloat isn't doing anything except sitting there.

I think back in the Eclair and Froyo days a custom rom like CM really helped the experience. But now - stock roms are the smoothest, bug-free roms you can run. Custom roms are more about options and customization. But I haven't been on a custom rom that I can remember that has been any faster or smoother than the firmware that came on the phone.

Just my opinion.

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[MENTION=1119025]theop[/MENTION] - thanks for the post. Have you noticed any negative impact as far as performance when using this root method? I understand that it is a kernel exploit - so I was told that it would absolutely not effect the phone performance. But I love some input from a first hand user.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] exparte:
I'm sure you are correct. Maybe it's interface I'm after. I hate the Samsung look to everything. The sms app looks like it was designed with Windows xp. I replaced it, of course. My work phone is a nexus 5 and I absolutely love it. But my personal phone is a Verizon phone, so I can't get the nexus. If I could get something like aosp with s-pen functions I'd be as happy as a pig in mud.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] donc113:
Of course Titanium can backup to ExtSDCard. I do all the time. You just have to change the permissions on the mount point.

I forget the exact steps...but I used root explorer to copy the backup directory (used under MJE) from the external SD card to the internal one. Remove the backup directory from ext SD card, then change permissions on the mount point and have Titanium create a new backup directory.

Works fine.