Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..

Re: Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..

There is a synchronization issue with subtitle and audio while using the Chromecast.

Have you guys looked into this?

Could you send me a private message with your account email address? I may need to gather some additional information.

[abigailnhuy]

Re: Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..

There is a synchronization issue with subtitle and audio while using the Chromecast.

Have you guys looked into this?

[SevenwithaT]

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I checked my library as well and noticed these are in SD only (Please Vudu, gimme some HDX )

The Big Bang Theory Seasons 1-4
Every episode of The Sopranos
I can?t even watch a single episode of The Office (American TV show)
Boys Don?t Cry (1999)
Donnie Brasco
Philadelphia
Scent of a Woman
Insomnia
88 Minutes
Changing Lanes
Final Cut
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Panic Room
A Perfect Murder
Righteous Kill
Two for the Money
Vanilla Sky
House of Wax (2005)
Jingle All the Way
House of Cards Season 1
Deck the Halls (2006)
Black Christmas (2006)

[Doug Graham]

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Sounds like this is all a work in progress, but for what it's worth, I went through all my titles and found that the following are only streaming in SD on Chromecast:

Almost Famous
The People Under the Stairs
The Sound of Music Sing-Along Edition
Darkman
Speed Racer
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight
Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Re: Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..

A larger portion of titles from the last two posts should be available on Chromecast within the next few days.

We're still in the process of adding our entire catalog for Chromecast playback. If we're still missing some of your favorite titles next week, we will start taking requests to have them added as we go. We'll let everyone know when we're ready to do this again. Thanks!

[jjohns]

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If we're missing a title, or the HD or HDX versions, let us know in this thread and we'll try to get it added as soon as possible.

Going through my collection, these are the ones I've found...

NO CHROMECAST SUPPORT:

Battlestar Galactica [Classic] Season 1
Battlestar Galactica (2005) Season 1-4
Castle Season 3
Delete (Parts 1 & 2)
Eureka Season 1-3
House, M.D. Season 2-6
Lost Season 1-6
The Neighbors Season 1-2
Psych Season 1-5
Reaper Season 1-2
Rules Of Engagement Season 1-6
Sanctuary Season 2-3
Stargate Atlantis Season 1-5
Supernatural Season 2-5
Teen Wolf Season 2
Twin Peaks Season 1-2
Wilfred Season 1

ONLY SD CHROMECAST SUPPORT:

Arlington Road
The Astronaught's Wife
The Avengers (1998)
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Batman Returns
Being Human Season 1-4
The Big Bang Theory Season 1-4
Bringing Out The Dead
Brokedown Palace
Castle Season 1-2 & 4-6
Cold Comfort Farm
Cube
Donnie Darko (Theatrical)
Dragons: Riders Of Berk Volume 1-2
Dragons: Defenders Of Berk Part 1-2
Elementary Season 1-2
Eureka Season 4-5
The Evil Dead (1983)
Fathers' Day
The Final Cut
Finding Neverland
Fringe Season 1-5
From Hell
Girl, Interrupted
Grimm Season 2-3
Haven Season 1-4
House, M.D. Season 1 & 7-8
The Innkeepers
Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love
Kuffs
MirrorMask
Modern Problems
Monty Python's Life Of Brian
My Sassy Girl
Night Watch [Nochnoy Dozor]
Once Upon A Time Season 1-2
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
The Order (The Sin Eater)
Orgazmo (Unrated)
Orphan Black Season 1
Psych Season 6
Psych: The Musical
Rat Race (2001)
The Return (2006)
The Ring (2002)
Rules Of Engagement Season 7
Sanctuary Season 4
A Scanner Darkly
Snow White: A Tale Of Terror
Star Trek: Insurrection
Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat
Supernatural Season 1 & 6
Teen Wolf Season 1
Tiptoes
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Tremors 3: Back To Perfection
The Vampire Diaries Season 1-2
Waking Life
Weird Science
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Wilfred Season 2-3
Witches Of East End Season 1
Wolf (1994)

[BlakkMajik3000]

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If we're missing a title, or the HD or HDX versions, let us know in this thread and we'll try to get it added as soon as possible.

I found these in my collection. I have 240 movies, and I was quite surprised to see that a whopping 56 of them lack an HD or HDX Chromecast option. I honestly expected less than 5% would lack the option.

Just a note, these are only movies that I have in HDX but do not have an HDX Chromecast option. If a movie I own is only available in SD anyway (ex. The Karate Kid (original)), I did not list it.

No Chromecast Option: 1
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

No HD or HDX Chromecast: 56
48 Hours
Ali
Another 48 Hours
Batman Returns
Black Sheep (Farley, Spade)
Blue Hill Avenue
The Blues Brothers (Theatrical)
Boyz 'N the Hood
Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor)
Car Wash (Richard Pryor, George Carlin)
Crooklyn
Deep Cover
Do the Right Thing
Eddie Murphy: RAW
Enter the Dragon
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
Friday the 13th (Uncut)
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 3
Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter
Harlem Nights
High School High
Higher Learning
Howard the Duck
Jackie Brown
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part III
Lakeview Terrace
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Malcolm X
McHale's Navy (1997)
Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Natural Born Killers
New Jack City
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Orange County
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow
Reservoir Dogs
Robocop (1987)
The Skeleton Key
Soul Men
Stripes
Taxi Driver
Tommy Boy
Waiting to Exhale
White Men Can't Jump
The Wizard (1989)
The Wood

In a stange discovery, I noticed Dodgeball lacks an SD option, but has both HD and HDX.

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These are ones I own in HDX that only show SD or don't show Chromecast symbol at all:

Amadeus
Gold Rush: Season 4
Fringe: Season 4
Gold Rush: South America: Season 1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns parts 1 & 2 (No Chromecast symbol)
Blue Crush
The Dark Crystal
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Sideways
A Simple Plan
Strangers on a Train
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tommy Boy
Lawrence of Arabia

If you could, please acknowledge that this has been noted so I don't feel like I wasted my time checking them all. Thanks!

We should have most of these fixed shortly!


The following are not ready:

Pale Ryder SD
Singin' in the Rain (No Chromecast symbol)

[dawgyjay]

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I am using Chrome browser with the Google Cast extension installed. My laptop and Chromecast are connected to the same SSID on my router. I don't know how familiar you are with Chromecast so I'm including these ideas even though you probably know them already.
The Chromecast can only connect to 2.4ghz wifi so the laptop needs to be on that band as well.

If it's set up correctly you'll see a cast icon appear on the window for all YouTube videos and you should also be able to cast the tab using the cast icon that appears on the top right of your browser window (like in the screen shot the poster before me included).

On Vudu, it's a little different than with YouTube. First, there are some movies/TV shows that don't currently show Chromecast availability at all, though this seems to be relatively rare (vast majority of items I checked are castable). You'll know because the item's description page shows Chromecast availability (again see the screen shot in the post before mine). If the item you want to cast shows Chromecast compatibility, then click on the "Watch" button towards the upper left of the item's description page. A video overlay will open and the cast icon should appear towards the lower right of this overlay.

This is where Vudu is different than YouTube and Netflix. On those a menu opens right above the cast icon, you select your player, and the movie starts on your Chromecast. On Vudu, clicking the icon makes the Chrome browser's Chromecast icon in upper right open and you select the Chromecast there. It feels like you might be casting the tab, but you are not. The movie will start playing on your Chromecast and you can close the video overlay because a new blue bar should have appeared at the top of the Vudu site that has pause/play controls on it and allows you to continue browsing on vudu while the movie plays, should you wish to do so.

That's long winded, but should explain the process.

I see the cast icon in the upper right, which is there on every page I visit thru Chrome. I see the cast icon on the individual movie page. I see the cast icon in the bottom left part if a playing youtube video. I have the cast icon in the bottom toolbar of Google Music. I do not have the cast icon show up in the video overlay within VUDU, which according to the VUDU chromecast page, should be there in the lower right. I have the duration of the movie, the closed captioning box, volume controls, and enlarge screen. No cast icon. Which is why I'm wondering what titles the icon is showing up on in the video overlay.

[AaronTV]

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What title(s) did you get that to work on? I've tried a bunch and that icon doesn't show. Did you do anything special or was it just integrated with the browser?

I am using Chrome browser with the Google Cast extension installed. My laptop and Chromecast are connected to the same SSID on my router. I don't know how familiar you are with Chromecast so I'm including these ideas even though you probably know them already.
The Chromecast can only connect to 2.4ghz wifi so the laptop needs to be on that band as well.

If it's set up correctly you'll see a cast icon appear on the window for all YouTube videos and you should also be able to cast the tab using the cast icon that appears on the top right of your browser window (like in the screen shot the poster before me included).

On Vudu, it's a little different than with YouTube. First, there are some movies/TV shows that don't currently show Chromecast availability at all, though this seems to be relatively rare (vast majority of items I checked are castable). You'll know because the item's description page shows Chromecast availability (again see the screen shot in the post before mine). If the item you want to cast shows Chromecast compatibility, then click on the "Watch" button towards the upper left of the item's description page. A video overlay will open and the cast icon should appear towards the lower right of this overlay.

This is where Vudu is different than YouTube and Netflix. On those a menu opens right above the cast icon, you select your player, and the movie starts on your Chromecast. On Vudu, clicking the icon makes the Chrome browser's Chromecast icon in upper right open and you select the Chromecast there. It feels like you might be casting the tab, but you are not. The movie will start playing on your Chromecast and you can close the video overlay because a new blue bar should have appeared at the top of the Vudu site that has pause/play controls on it and allows you to continue browsing on vudu while the movie plays, should you wish to do so.

That's long winded, but should explain the process.

[MaxH]

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Just so you all know what to look for, here's what I'm seeing when I look at the details page for Anchorman 2, which is currently on the Watch Movies home screen. Because I have the Google Cast extension for Chrome installed (upper right), I see the Chromecast options on the web page (center):



When I open that same URL in Firefox, I don't see the part in the red box.

[dawgyjay]

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It's there for me when I click "watch" on the movie's page. An overlaid video window opens on the screen and the cast icon is in the lower right corner.

What title(s) did you get that to work on? I've tried a bunch and that icon doesn't show. Did you do anything special or was it just integrated with the browser?

[AaronTV]

Re: Please bring support Google's ChromeCast feature in Vudu..

If we're missing a title, or the HD or HDX versions, let us know in this thread and we'll try to get it added as soon as possible.

These are ones I own in HDX that only show SD or don't show Chromecast symbol at all:

Amadeus
Gold Rush: Season 4
Fringe: Season 4
Gold Rush: South America: Season 1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns parts 1 & 2 (No Chromecast symbol)
Blue Crush
The Dark Crystal
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Pale Rider (No Chromecast symbol)
Sideways
A Simple Plan
Singin' in the Rain (No Chromecast symbol)
Strangers on a Train
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tommy Boy
Lawrence of Arabia

If you could, please acknowledge that this has been noted so I don't feel like I wasted my time checking them all. Thanks!

[AaronTV]

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So to get this to work from the desktop I have to use the chromecast extension. If by chromecast extension you mean the cast icon in the upper right then I see that. But if that's the way this works then the support for VUDU has been there all along, right? I see on the official vudu/chromecast page that the window the movie plays in has the cast icon. I don't see that in any of the movies I tried. Am I missing something or is it forthcoming?

It's there for me when I click "watch" on the movie's page. An overlaid video window opens on the screen and the cast icon is in the lower right corner.

[minterbartolo]

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If we're missing a title, or the HD or HDX versions, let us know in this thread and we'll try to get it added as soon as possible.

Davinci's Demons Season 1 will only chromcast in SD.