Chromecast update breaks local media streaming in third-party apps


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We hope you aren't depending on your Chromecast for local media playback. If you are, the device has just become a paperweight -- temporarily, at least. Google's most recent Chromecast update disables playback from external video sources, breaking third-party apps like AllCast and Fling that use the code for local-only streaming. Developer Leon Nicholls is hopeful that functionality will return when the official Cast SDK is ready for public apps, although we wouldn't count on it. As Android Central notes, Google isn't promising local media support on the Chromecast; for now, it's focused on the cloud.

 

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/26/chromecast-update-breaks-local-media-streaming-in-apps/

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1: Pretty sure this is speculation on the part of that single developer, I read about this on The Verge the other day.

 

2:This doesn't change anything with the ChromeCast extension in Chrome.

Anything that Koush says is taken as gospel in the Android community, whether speculation or not.

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