[APP][4.4+] Cast Controller | Watch Webvideos on FireTV/Chromecast (100 FREE COUPONS)

jacksparao · Jul 29, 2016

Good D

Good App mate.. keep the good work up

Das IceDice · Jul 29, 2016

Looks good, nice UI. Can I have code? I write review when tested

xtools · Jul 29, 2016

@Das IceDice @jacksparao @datorprofessor @V4lve ---> Promocodes are out! Have fun and let me know if you experience any issues! @datorprofessor: thanks for the feedback, detailed answer is coming shortly!

xtools · Jul 29, 2016

datorprofessor said:
The app-icon is too much detailed up-right. I cant understand what it symbolize. :silly:

-> it's made up of the "Rays" of the Cast-Icon and the Browser-Icon (I think you're pointing to a sea on the globe

), both from Google's Material Icon Set. it's truly not the best, but I'm absolutely no graphics-designer, so this is as good as it gets

datorprofessor said:
Also. the app should be named web-built-in-videos-cast. or web-video-cast.

-> Not a self-explaining name, I know, but there are already "Web Video Cast" and similar named apps on the store, wanted to make a difference, as it works differently

datorprofessor said:
One question, how does the inside app-architecture work? Does it download offline in cache and stream seconds later, or does the app (cast controller) redirect live to the device (chromeCast eg.)?

-> no, it's way easier

in a nutshell, it get's the Video's URL from within the browser window and then tells Chromecast's/FireTV's built-in media player to play it. so you even could kill the app after starting the video and it would keep playing and it doesn't drain your battery more than necessary.

datorprofessor said:
Thank you very much for your effort :good:

thanks for the feedback

xtools · Jul 29, 2016

update: just finished 2 features from the roadmap and already started DLNA-support (first only as experimental feature), new Release 1.7 is coming soon to App Stores near you

Paparasee · Jul 30, 2016

xtools, can I have a coupon code please?

Thank you

kutlay1653 · Jul 30, 2016

Keep up good work bro
Pls give promo code

dirtyreturn · Jul 30, 2016

Could I get a code?

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kalapapa · Jul 30, 2016

Wow nice work
Could you please share a coupon

xtools · Jul 31, 2016

UPDTAE: had to artifically remove Youtube support from App, as Google screwed me for this - so next Release won't bring YT to your TV anymore

However, Amazon doesn't care about that kind of stuff, so I implemented this ridicolous "barrier" only for the GooglePlay-Release - via Amazon Appstore it will continue supporting Youtube.

CadTechBGMC · Jul 31, 2016

xtools said:
UPDTAE: had to artifically remove Youtube support from App, as Google screwed me for this - so next Release won't bring YT to your TV anymore

However, Amazon don't care about that kind of stuff, so I implemented this ridicolous "barrier" only for the GooglePlay-Release - via Amazon Appstore it will continue supporting Youtube.

Would it be possible to add support for other browsers,Thanks again.I purchased Pro and rated 5 stars

MikeWjF · Jul 31, 2016

I would like to try the pro version.

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riedel · Jul 31, 2016

Could i get a code? plz

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xtools · Jul 31, 2016

CadTechBGMC said:
Would it be possible to add support for other browsers,Thanks again.

What do you mean exactly? I can't bring the Cast-Functionality to other browsers, as all the logic is wired within this app - I need it running to extract the video and send it to your device. But I can let it open URLs you "share" from other browsers/apps, if you like.

CadTechBGMC · Jul 31, 2016

xtools said:
What do you mean exactly? I can't bring the Cast-Functionality to other browsers, as all the logic is wired within this app - I need it running to extract the video and send it to your device. But I can let it open URLs you "share" from other browsers/apps, if you like.

On UC browser I am able to watch movies on this website called xmovies8.org but on browser in Cast Controller I can not.Thanks again.

xtools · Jul 31, 2016

CadTechBGMC said:
On UC browser I am able to watch movies on this website called xmovies8.org but on browser in Cast Controller I can not.Thanks again.

ok I see - got to look into this in more detail, will give feedback as soon as I can fix this

update: @CadTechBGMC xmovies8 is embedding the videos in iframes, it's likely I won't be able to fix that as iframes represent a sandbox-browser-widow which is not "accessible" the usual way

still I'll try to find a way!!

CadTechBGMC · Jul 31, 2016

xtools said:
ok I see - got to look into this in more detail, will give feedback as soon as I can fix this

update: @CadTechBGMC xmovies8 is embedding the videos in iframes, it's likely I won't be able to fix that as iframes represent a sandbox-browser-widow which is not "accessible" the usual way still I'll try to find a way!!

Thanks for your reply,I did have to try a couple of different browsers to be able to watch the movies on that site on my phone.I think its uses HTML5 player?Looking foward to future development.

xtools · Jul 31, 2016

CadTechBGMC said:
Thanks for your reply,I did have to try a couple of different browsers to be able to watch the movies on that site on my phone.I think its uses HTML5 player?Looking foward to future development.

yes it's a html5 player - pure standard and easily accessible normally. but it's loaded within an iframe's content, so the HTML structure looks like

Code:

<body>
   ...
  <iframe src="embeddedpage.html"></iframe>
   ...
</body>

and the video is within embeddedpage.html, so it's "out of sight" for my script for now

maybe I'll find a way around, don't want to open every iframe seperately on every single page loaded to check them for vids (more often, iframes contain only ads&co), that would slow down browsing massively

CadTechBGMC · Jul 31, 2016

xtools said:
yes it's a html5 player - pure standard and easily accessible normally. but it's loaded within an iframe's content, so the HTML structure looks like

Code:

<body> ... <iframe src="embeddedpage.html"></iframe> ... </body>

and the video is within embeddedpage.html, so it's "out of sight" for my script for now maybe I'll find a way around, don't want to open every iframe seperately on every single page loaded to check them for vids (more often, iframes contain only ads&co), that would slow down browsing massively

Your right about the ads&co on that site,if it was not for Adguard on my PC and Minminguard on my phone I would not even use that site.Im not sure how UC browser is able to play the movies? Thanks again

xtools · Jul 31, 2016

CadTechBGMC said:
Im not sure how UC browser is able to play the movies? Thanks again

oh ok you meant that one, that's rather simple too. the videos are encoded with some commercial codec (I think mp4), and if the Developers don't license it for good money, they can't use it. E.g. Firefox did not support many video formats & mp3 for a long time after HTML5 was introduced.

Just tried with the Open-Source Version of Chromium on desktop, they don't play either there, but in Google Chrome it works. I assume it's a similar situation with Android's built-in Webview. UC must have added this function to their browser themselves, I must rely on the Android Core Components for this one

Still, it doesn't have to play in my App's Browser as long as I can extract the video itself for the TV - I'll focus on that

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