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When I saw Chromecast the first thought I had was can I watch videos from XBMC on it? I really want XBMC for Android/PC to support sending video to Chromecast as opposed to being a Chromecast receiver which I suppose is a cool feature but would be a lot harder to implement.
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2013-07-26, 11:34
(This post was last modified: 2013-07-26, 11:35 by Pitbull_Raven.)
So it's now possible to stream mp4 files from PC to Chromecast using Chrome browser (CTRL+O - Open desired file and cast). As for XBMC, I could imagine using XBMC on an Android tablet or phone to navigate and then just casting the audio/video/subs (will it support srt style subs?) to the TV instead of launching the playback on the tablet.
All interaction could still be made on the tablet or phone (like changing subs, audio, menu interactions, skip, etc... but the video would be cast to the TV. This is just my own personal vision of course. I can't imagine it happening any time soon. But gosh, would I love to see this happen. I just bought a MINIX NEO X5 for the TV in the living room (an am very disappointed btw. I can play back HD only using an external player. XBMC won't do 720p let alone 1080 on this little box, so right now I use it to watch mainly my SD TV Shows), and was considering buying a comparable PIVOS (with proper XBMC support and HD playback from within XBMC) for the TV in my room. Now the PIVOS purchase will be put on hold until I see this develop a bit more.
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Unfortunately,....these "under $40 devices" (raspbpi included) are so very tempting to buy.
However,...the bang for your buck is something left to be desired.
Don't get me wrong,..I'm not saying there's anything really wrong with them,...my point is this:
Too many newbies have this thought,.."What the heck,..I'll buy this,...the most I lose is $xx.xx dollars,...I can afford that loss if it fails as a device".
Again,..I'm not bashing raspbpi either,..I'm just saying that people expect a lot more than the device is really capable of in the first place.
I'll be the first to admit,...I have to lock my wallet in a safe everytime one of these cool tech toys comes out.
Do yourself a favor,.....save your money until you double it (or even longer) and buy a substantial system that's proven to handle what it is you want of a device.
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If you look at this video by Brad Linder on the 5:00 mark, you will see him playing local media through a chrome browser tab. So It is not impossible.
I will be buying this, XBMC on the RPI is great, but for some reason opening streams is very very slow. The Chromecast will fill this perfectly.
And in regard to the Raspberry PI, this is never a lost investment, there are 1000 different uses for it, not only XBMC.
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what if all i want to do with xbmc on the chromecast is use the add ons? Aren't the add ons internet links? Then i guess it wouldn't be too hard to implement.
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2013-07-26, 22:46
(This post was last modified: 2013-07-27, 03:26 by PatK.)
On first blush after the breakfast demo, I was pretty hyped up... but after some time, and a few messages about the reality's and I've fallen off the wagon. There may still be a place for this working with XBMC, but I'm a little doubtful of the benefits, of course seeing is believing. Revison 3 hand a hands on, and It was a bit disappointing to see a wall wart and cable needed to power up this USB device.
Abdu codem up.. love to see what you can do.
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Considering you'll always need a second device to actually run XBMC, there's no reason why a Raspberry Pi can't do this. You can avoid all the UI slow-downs of the Pi by using the Pi simply as a UPnP receiver, and beam all video content from another XBMC device. Exact same thing, same price, better compatibility with more software.
The more I think about it, the more Chromecast seems dumb. Google can't get their act together, and now they're making products that complete with other Google products.
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Chromecast == More Google Kool-aid but that did not stop me from getting a few to play with.