Finally

[wxrusss8]

I just noticed the apps Avia and Real Player Cloud are supported and can cast local media from my device to the Chromecast. Awesome!

Sorry if this has been discussed before, I thought there might be a few folks that didn't know.

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[joselito76]

On Avia you have to do an in app purchase to enable the chromecast features

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[Jab73180]

Does a via work well?

-Jason

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Does a via work well?

-Jason

It's worked very well for me, mainly used for streaming from my NAS/file server using my phone as a remote. If you just wanna stream from your phone, maybe real player, which is free, will do you. But avia is worth the money IMO.

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[jpr]

Does a via work well?

-Jason

Avia is very limited. It does not do transcoding and has trouble with even some supported codecs. I bought it but don't use it because of how few files it can actually cast. Unless you know all the files you want to play are supported, I wouldn't waste my money. Plex and Real Player Cloud both do transcoding and are far more useful than Avia for most people. But a small percentage of people with specific needs can benefit from Avia.