Questions tagged [chromecast]

Questions related to Google's Chromecast device, a dongle that provides hi-definition audio/video on TVs via wifi streaming.

Development Links:

General info: http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast

List of Available Apps: http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps.html

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How to make a iOS app extension for Safari for Casting Video

I have gone through the latest Google cast SDK. I have also gone through the share extension and other extension app creation for iOS. my question is is it possible to make an extension which will be by default added to all browser of iOS device and…
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Chromecast synchronization protocol

Is the protocol used by googlecast audio for multiplayer synchronization documented somewhere? I know the single player is here https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2, but the internet seems to be mute about the sync version Thank you
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What is the maximum Chromecast message throughput?

A sender app can send messages to change the state of the receiver app. Is there a cap to message throughput (other than network constraints)? Would it be feasible to send a live media stream using messages?
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Is avc1.4d0128,mp4a.40.2 supported by the chromecast?

I'm trying to play an m3u8 on the Chromecast but I get the following error: error: cast.player.api.ErrorCode.PLAYBACK/110 (Failed to execute 'addSourceBuffer' on 'MediaSource': The type provided ('video/mp2t; codecs="avc1.4d0128,mp4a.40.2"') is…
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Best way to migrate to a new version of Cast Receiver

We have a custom Cast receiver. We have decided to re-write it, and have a new set of custom messages that aren't supported by our old clients. We were wondering what the best way to manage deprecation of the old receiver. Say the old receiver is…
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Chromecast drm support for ios

There is an example in chromecast documentation https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/player#streamdrm which mentions to set the customData for receiver with. host.licenseCustomData = customData; On iOS sender app we have GCKMediaInformation…
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CocoaPods 1.0.1 still requires bridging header with Swift

In this example project, comment out the one #import line in BridgingHeader.h and it will yield an error of unresolved identifier in AppDelegate.swift https://github.com/lacyrhoades/GLSlideshow/tree/stackoverflow As another approach, and what I…
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Chrome cast implementation with iOS

I am trying to implement Chromecast feature in my iOS Swift app, which also has Facebook SDK used. For Facebook SDK I used bridging header. I did following things: I've downloaded Googlecast iOS Sender SDK and I pasted it inside my project's root…
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UIBarButtonItem is not clickable

I write an iOS app in Swift able to cast videos to chromecast. I try to add mini controller at the bottom of the phone screen. Here is a fragment of my code: ... var castContainerVC =…
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Is it possible to add buttons to MiniController and ExtendedController?

I'm using the Companion library for casting video from my app to the Chromecast. Is there any way to add STOP button to MiniController and ExpandedController? Currently there's only a Play/Pause button.
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Chromecast Sender v2.7.0 lockscreen image

How do we go about showing the lockscreen artwork for a chromecast sender app running v2.7.0. I have spent the best part of about 2 days on this without any resolution. The v2.7.0 library currently has the following method in the…
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Control multiple tv(lcd) with a smartPhone (Android/iOs) via Google Cast SDK

I wanna build a app control multiple tv (lcd) with a smartphone (Android/iOs) via Google Cast SDK and ChromeCast . With This App, we will play video A on Tv1 (Chromecast 1) , and display images on TV2 (Chromecast 2) , and open the browser on TV3…
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Do Android TV devices support subtitle styles?

I have a Chromecast app for Android which apparently also works on a Sony Android TV. The user says that my subtitle styles work on his Chromecast but not on his Sony TV. I use TextTrackStyle and setTextTrackStyle to set the subtitle style. Are…
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Chromecast receiver "unavailable" on localhost

I have followed the steps here: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/developers and am using this sample sender code: https://github.com/googlecast/CastHelloVideo-chrome to get started creating a chromecast receiver app. I have my app id and…
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Chromecast access raw video/audio data in receiver application

How can I access/modify the raw data of a video or audio stream in a Chromecast receiver application without rooting the device?
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