[mythtv-users] MobileMyth v.7 Released - Better Late Than Never

[William Jacoby]

On 10/23/2014 11:55 AM, Jon Heizer wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Brian J. Murrell 
> <brian at interlinx.bc.ca <mailto:brian at interlinx.bc.ca>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 2014-10-23 at 08:53 -0500, Jon Heizer wrote:
>     >
>     > As far as the chromecast, all the loop holes getting closed you
>     may have
>     > heard stories about
>
>     No, I have not heard any stories.  Could you expand on those?  What
>     exactly are the details and problems?
>
>     > kept shutting me down too.
>
>     So are you saying that your using Chromecast was only possible due to
>     loopholes?  Surely nobody wants a technology solution based on
>     loopholes
>     do they?  Loopholes get closed, I guess as you have seen.
>
>     Why do you need loopholes?
>
>     b.
>
>
> At first there was a general default video play on the chromecast that 
> anyone could use without an API key.  Some of the first released 
> Chromecast apps used this. Ex: 
> http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/26/google-responds-to-third-party-apps-breaking-after-latest-chromecast-update/ 
>   One of the first updates to the device removed that ability and 
> required you to have your own key.  Ok fine. Then when the final SDK 
> was released they will only issue you a key if you are using their 
> official SDK, which I was not in the slightest.  I'm a website, not a 
> Java/obj-c app.  So I'd have to have apps acting as a middle man to 
> get anything to work.  After having to start over a few times I just 
> haven't touched it since.
>
> I'm not saying Myth and chromecasts are a dead end, just from a 
> website they are basically.
>
> Jon
>
>
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Not sure if you've heard of Matchstick, but it maybe a better 
alternative, unencumbered with the draconian restrictions of the 
Chromecast.  It's well surpassed it's initial goals.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os
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