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Questions related to the Google Cast screen-sharing technology. Includes questions about creating a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device, and about creating a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

Google Cast is a technology suite that brings TV's into the multi-screen era. In simpler words, Google Cast is a screen-sharing technology that lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone, tablet, or laptop to a large display device like a television.

Developers will need to create a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device. They also must create a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

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Can't cast video via google cast correctly in ios app

I'm working on a project with custom video player, based on AVPlayer. Trying to integrate google cast. I've made integration based on google tuts: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cast-videos-ios/ But with conversion to swift.…
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Android Cast v3: can't find any device

I'm trying to integrate the android cast v3 into my app and can't make it work. I did exactly what written in this google document: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/android_sender_integrate (until the header: "Configure device discovery") And…
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How to enable subtitles on a hls file from Google Cast sender app

Is it possible to enable subtitles from a Google Cast sender app? I have implemented Google Cast in my app and hls streaming is working fine on Chrome Cast. There is a subtitle track included in the hls file, but the subtitles are not showing.…
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Google-cast v3 custom namespace

I am now refactoring my sender application for Android using the new v3 Google Cast API. The problem I encounter is when i add List namespaces = new ArrayList<>(); namespaces.add("urn:x-cast:lalalalla"); ... return new…
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How to cast a mobile web page on Android?

I'm working on Chromecast's Hello World app for Chrome browsers, but I hit a roadblock when I tested it on my Android device. As far as I can tell, there is no way to cast the Chrome tab itself on Android. The only option is to cast the entire…
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Chromecast receiver, how to load media without explicit cast sender request?

Media exists on an external server that I would like to play on my cast receiver (a modified version of Google's CastReferencePlayer). The receiver is in constant communication with this server (via long-polling), and is instructed by the server…
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Are there any solution to make android device as a Cast Receiver?

Hello i have an android TV BOX which runs on Android 4.4 is it possible to make this device as a cast receiver (like chromecast or Android TV)? Specifically are there any SDK's to write custom app which will run on Android 4.4 as a cast receiver…
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Chromecast-ing a WebView?

My current application uses a WebView to display HTML5 & CSS3 content (some animations). Is it possible to "cast" this WebView to a Chromecast, in effect, mirroring what is displayed on the main device?
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Styled media receiver source (Chromecast)

Currently, I am working on a chromecast integration of my app. Currently, you are given 3 options for your cast receiver application Styled Media Receiver Default media receiver Custom media receiver I really like the styling of the styled media…
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GCKChannel disconnected while iOS sender enter background

I notice GCKChannel will be disconnected after my app enter background (or screen locked), and will be connected again after my app back to foreground. following is the call stack for channel didDisconnect, it looks like GCKCastSocket registered…
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Adding cast button to ActionBar using the CastCompanionLibrary

I am trying to add the cast icon to the ActionBar using the CastCompanionLibrary's helper method: @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); …
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ChromeCast: Chrome sample project not running

I am following the setup instructions here: https://github.com/googlecast/CastHelloText-chrome step by step. I have my Google Drive hosting folder here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByI6ac75SrewSE1odEdBMm1fNk0&usp=sharing I set my URL…
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How to keep Chrome Cast running in background iOS?

I have a simple question when you go to home screen of iPhone and do not quit the application than the chrome Cast device stops playing the video on screen how can I keep playback alive while the application is running in background.
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How can a custom receiver use the "ramp" namespace or can I modify the sample apps to use a custom namespace without re-writing support for RAMP?

How can a custom receiver use the "ramp" namespace or how can I modify the sample apps to use a custom namespace without re-writing support ( MediaProtocolMessageStream in Android or GCKMediaProtocolMessageStream in iOS ) for the RAMP protocol? I…
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C# development for Chromecast

I would like to create a sender application for ChromeCast, I don't know if this is possible or not.Is there any way of doing this? I've seen some samples for iOS, Android, and Chrome webbrowser. Also I've seen some special ports using an external…
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