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Google Breaks ChromeCast's Ability To Play Local Content

Posted by timothy on from the alternatives-abound dept.

sfcrazy writes "Bad news for all ChromeCast users who were thinking of being able to stream local content to their HD TVs. Google has pushed an update for ChromeCast which has broken support for third-party apps like AirCast (AllCast) which allow users to 'stream' local files from their devices to ChromeCast connected TV sets."

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  1. Now what? by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't know, I downloaded everything at the OP's link, and now nothing works.

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  2. Re:Too easy... by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, don't leave us hanging! Which one is which?

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  3. Does *not* break casting local content from Chrome by Namarrgon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Read Koush's actual post - the update breaks his Cast app for Android, which works around the app whitelisting to stream directly. Nothing says anywhere that casting arbitrary content from Chrome tabs is broken.

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  4. Re:ctrl+o by Nimey · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean he worked around the official unstable API and was surprised when it broke?

    Unpossible!

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  5. Re:Maybe not completely true? by c0lo · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're playing a file locally, there won't be any packets for you to inspect with wireshark. The browser is opening a file handle and reading data from the file handle.

    So how is the data getting from his browser to the ChromeCast ? Maybe it's magic pixies, or even the fabled Google wormhole

    You forgot to consider telepathy.

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