Google Chromecast now available in Ireland via Amazon - see mod note post #1

god's toy

stevestevenson wrote: »

They're telling me they won't ship to Ireland?

"Buyers outside the U.S. cannot purchase the following types of items from sellers: video games, toy and baby items, electronics, cameras and photo items, tools and hardware, kitchenware and housewares, sporting goods and outdoor equipment, software, and computers."

What's the workaround here?

Ebay!

Turns out it was a mistake to allow us to buy them in the first place.

Ebay works out fine at the same price.

Dcully

Folks i havent read all this thread nor havent fully researched this gadget.
One question, if i was to watch a stream on my PC can chromecast show it on my TV? [in the same room]

Kenno90

Quick Question , How are people getting american netflix on this.

My understanding is , you pick what you want on the phone, but the phone is irish netflix.

Telchak

Dcully wrote: »

Folks i havent read all this thread nor havent fully researched this gadget.
One question, if i was to watch a stream on my PC can chromecast show it on my TV? [in the same room]

Yes, you can cast a Chrome tab to it (but it may be occasionally buggy).

Kenno90 wrote: »

Quick Question , How are people getting american netflix on this.

My understanding is , you pick what you want on the phone, but the phone is irish netflix.

I imagine people are setting up a US vpn on their phone/tablet to geta ccess to US Netflix.

god's toy

Telchak wrote: »

Yes, you can cast a Chrome tab to it (but it may be occasionally buggy).


I imagine people are setting up a US vpn on their phone/tablet to geta ccess to US Netflix.

I use unblock-us, it's not a vpn, it's a simple way to redirect your traffic. US version Netflix is just one of the sites you can use it with, BBCi, itv players and many more US only sites too.
A few euro per month, so worth it.


I'm in a beta now that let's you pick and choose sites to add to your profile for granular control over the version of websites you want to visit.

Fresh Pots

When the developer sdk kit is released is it likely that the connection problems people are having with routers will be fixed?

dregin

philthrill69 wrote: »

As I said I researched the product when it was originally released when you could use allcast to stream your local media.
When I realised my friend was coming home from the states I rushed in and asked him to get me one, not knowing Google had released an "update" to block this feature.
Glad my comment was hilarious though. Really love Cheering up fandroids who don't have the time to read original posts properly.

When you could use a hack to stream your local media.

It did not say on the tin that the chromecast streams local media.

Atomic Pineapple

The time is an hour ahead on mine anyone else have the same issue and come across a way to change it?

Kenno90

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

The time is an hour ahead on mine anyone else have the same issue and come across a way to change it?

You can change it on the set up screen on the phone or laptop. Go to the chromecast app on the phone. When it finds it click it and you should be able to make changes to it. i.e. Update the name and time etc

Dudda

Invites went out today for a Google event on the 24th of October. While it's likely to be a new version of android and a new Nexus 5 I'd love if they made the chromecast SDK public and announced a few extra supported apps as a bonus to the event.

Eponymous

Mine arrived on Tuesday, at exactly the same time as I was leaving my office to go to the airport, so I've only just had the chance to set it up now.

Hardest part was remembering my wifi password! Very simple to use...

Watching Stewart Lee on it now! Very pleased.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Has anyone set it up successfully on UPC Horizon? How did you do it?

Three hours trying to work it out at this stage.

It can't see the wireless network.

Just got no idea what to do at this stage!

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Hitchhiker's Guide to... wrote: »

Has anyone set it up successfully on UPC Horizon? How did you do it?

Three hours trying to work it out at this stage.

It can't see the wireless network.

Just got no idea what to do at this stage!

Hmm trying turning broadband on and off again and it worked. Not sure whether to be happy or sad about this )

Fresh Pots

Hitchhiker's Guide to... wrote: »

Hmm trying turning broadband on and off again and it worked. Not sure whether to be happy or sad about this )

If only it was so simple with upcs Thomson router. Think I'll have to get a separate router.

Dudda

Chromecast official google apps are now available on both Android and iOS in Ireland along with other countries, not just the US, so you don't need to side load them to set up your new chromecast device. Hopefully this is the build up to the public release of the chromecast API and a wider retail release for the device on the run up to Christmas.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app

god's toy

I think that seeing the chromecast app available in the irish play store is a good pointer to what's coming in the google play store event on the 22nd Oct.

Dare I say we are getting hardware! Why would they let us get the software app if they didn't intend on selling it here?


Oh Nexus 5, bring it on Google!

keith16

I wonder if the chromecast will support XMBC and enable plugins to be sideloaded to play content from streaming sites? Or would I be better off just getting a raspberry pi to do this?

Nolimits

god's toy wrote: »

I think that seeing the chromecast app available in the irish play store is a good pointer to what's coming in the google play store event on the 22nd Oct.

Dare I say we are getting hardware! Why would they let us get the software app if they didn't intend on selling it here?


Oh Nexus 5, bring it on Google!

Not sure they'd have a big press event in America to announce that other parts of the world are getting what America already has. Think you might be reading too much into that. I think it's more likely they know what happened with Amazon (and were probably consulted before Amazon made the decision to honour the orders) and decided to make the app available to discourage people from getting into the habit of side loading.

god's toy

Nolimits wrote: »

... Think you might be reading too much into that.

Lol, I call it 'Living in hope'!


Would be cool to just get the chromacast if nothing else.

Riesen_Meal

keith16 wrote: »

I wonder if the chromecast will support XMBC and enable plugins to be sideloaded to play content from streaming sites? Or would I be better off just getting a raspberry pi to do this?

Any quad core android dongle with 2GBs of RAM is perfect for that, chromecast doesn't run Android, and the tabbed browser from the laptop is fairly choppy as its in beta, I havent any experience with raspberry pi xbmc personally but with the small amount of ram there it may not be the best, I'm open to correction though...

I played with a fair few different android dongle's with xbmc at this stage and once its quad core with 2GB of Ram its good to go imo....

Missymoohaa

Can we get this Chromecast anywhere now? I understand from the posts, amazon sold to irish customers in error. Someone mentioned ebay, I just wondered if it was the same device?

god's toy

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Can we get this Chromecast anywhere now? I understand from the posts, amazon sold to irish customers in error. Someone mentioned ebay, I just wondered if it was the same device?

Yep, the chromecast on Amazon is the same chromecast on eBay.
Google have opened up the app for use outside the US but devices are still not being sold over here yet.

Savahu

Telchak wrote: »

Anybody having any issues with UPC's Cisco EPC3925 modem?

Have the Chromecast set up with my phone and all, and it connected to the network without any problems. I can cast from the phone and laptop no problem, but my desktop PC can't find the device. It's connected to the modem via Ethernet (over some Homeplugs along the way).

I have the same problem here in the Netherlands.
Can't get a PC with only wired ethernet to find the Chromecast with the Google Cast addon..
I have the same modem, a (Ziggo) Cisco EPC3925

I've already tried to switch the 'IGMP proxy' and the 'UPNP' options on and off..
Let me know when you get it working..

By the way I am able to access the Chromecast using it's IP and port 8008 in the browser on the PC.
So some manual connect option for the addon should fix it too..
Try http://IP.NUMBER.HERE:8008/ssdp/device-desc.xml

MrStuffins

Just tested out the Chromecast with Netflix. Works absolutely perfectly! Streams as well on the tv as it does on the tablet or mobile. Happy days!

JohnMearsheimer

Just got the Chromecast up and running. I was a bit worried it wouldn't work as I've read about some issues with UPC Thomson routers. I tried setting it up last night for my Dad with my laptop and it wouldn't join our wifi so I thought it was the router issue. I tried it again earlier on and set it up on my phone and it connected without a problem. Don't know why it worked on my phone and not my laptop.

We're happy out with it anyway. I got it for my Dad because he was trying to use my sister's battered old Wii with controllers that barely worked to watch Netflix. Trying to use the Wii to watch Netflix was driving him mad, you'd be messing around with the Wii controller for 20 minutes before you could even watch anything. He finds it easy to use and he can take the Chromecast up to the tv in his room as well so he's delighted.

Fresh Pots

Does anyone know whether people in America are having the same problems with various routers. Is it likely we'll ever see an update that'll fix the upc router issue is what I'm really wondering.

Alpha Dog 1

Anyone having trouble getting Netflix working?
YouTube loads up perfectly but keep getting an error message with Netflix

Riesen_Meal

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Anyone having trouble getting Netflix working?
YouTube loads up perfectly but keep getting an error message with Netflix

No hassle here via N4 & N7....

dregin

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Anyone having trouble getting Netflix working?
YouTube loads up perfectly but keep getting an error message with Netflix

What's the error message? Is it on the chromecast itself or your mobile device/laptop/whatever?

god's toy

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Anyone having trouble getting Netflix working?
YouTube loads up perfectly but keep getting an error message with Netflix

Yep as an unblock -us user, it errors out at times but only if the content is on the US version of Netflix.

example:, Dr who works fine on my Chromecast as that is available on Netflix uk/Ireland but Star Trek DS9 on Netflix US will error every time if pushed to the chromecast but still play fine on tablets/pc/phone.

Skerries

I was hoping to get the local streaming content working somehow but the only way that I can see is the method mentioned here where you play the video through Chrome but I am finding it to be very choppy and unwatchable
can someone else try this method please to see if it is just my old laptop that is the problem?

Alpha Dog 1

dregin wrote: »

What's the error message? Is it on the chromecast itself or your mobile device/laptop/whatever?

An error occurred while sending a command to the target device.
This is from my nexus 4. It works grand off my Chromebook, and YouTube works perfectly with the Nexus 4 and 7, strange.

philthrill69

Skerries wrote: »

I was hoping to get the local streaming content working somehow but the only way that I can see is the method mentioned here where you play the video through Chrome but I am finding it to be very choppy and unwatchable
can someone else try this method please to see if it is just my old laptop that is the problem?

Oh good god don't mention local streaming!
You will get virgins in their parents basements quoting Ronseal and comparing your device to a microwave.
;-)

Alpha Dog 1

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

An error occurred while sending a command to the target device.
This is from my nexus 4. It works grand off my Chromebook, and YouTube works perfectly with the Nexus 4 and 7, strange.

Still getting this error when using my phone. Fairly annoying.

spank_inferno

Can anyone confirm for me if a Chromecast purchased in the USA will work here?

Ie: they aren't region locked of anything odd like that.

Alpha Dog 1

spank_inferno wrote: »

Can anyone confirm for me if a Chromecast purchased in the USA will work here?

Ie: they aren't region locked of anything odd like that.

Chomecast is only available in the US so no, they are not region locked.

Fresh Pots

spank_inferno wrote: »

Can anyone confirm for me if a Chromecast purchased in the USA will work here?

Ie: they aren't region locked of anything odd like that.

Yeah that's where they're all coming from at the moment. It'll work fine assuming you don't have a upc Thomson router. They don't seem to get on!

Alpha Dog 1

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Still getting this error when using my phone. Fairly annoying.

Emailed Google, got a response within an hour, anywho got the error sorted, happy days!

god's toy

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Emailed Google, got a response within an hour, anywho got the error sorted, happy days!

soo how was it fixed? info shared helps others!

Alpha Dog 1

god's toy wrote: »

soo how was it fixed? info shared helps others!

Well the problem I had was playing from Netflix. I simply reset the chromecast, and reinstalled the app. Works perfectly now. Something I really should have done before emailing them.

god's toy

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Well the problem I had was playing from Netflix. I simply reset the chromecast, and reinstalled the app. Works perfectly now. Something I really should have done before emailing them.

It's always the simple things we over look.
Cool it's working now for ta.

Fresh Pots

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Emailed Google, got a response within an hour, anywho got the error sorted, happy days!

What address did you use to contact them?

Alpha Dog 1

TheTechGuy wrote: »

What address did you use to contact them?

Chromecast support, there's a link to it on the chromecast homepage under support.

Fresh Pots

Just a heads up to anyone with the UPC thomson router, I had been trying with no success to connect my chromecast to it until today! I switched the channel the router broadcasts on from from 13 to 1. Now I've got a fully working chromecast at last. This setting can be found in the wireless tab. It tested it out on all the channels and the chromecast seems to only work on channels 1-11 so auto shouldn't be selected either as you may run into problems.

Banjo String

Anything remotely similar to these available in bricks and mortar stores in Ireland?

Buying a new TV, smallest smart TV here seems to be 22" which I'm thinking might be too big for the spot in my bedroom

joeKel73

Just ordered a Chromecast on eBay for €42.59 incl delivery so near enough the same as the OP. Looking forward to trying it out!

Missymoohaa

Just paid €52 on ebay, I have a sky hub also, so wondering if any other poster experienced any difficulty with this router.

philthrill69

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Just paid €52 on ebay, I have a sky hub also, so wondering if any other poster experienced any difficulty with this router.

Absolutely flawless setup so easy.
Unfortunately I don't use mine anymore.
I went Straight back to using my PS3 as it does everything the Chromecast does plus it Let's you stream local media from your phone or tab.

MrStuffins

I have a Sky Hub, no problems here. I DID have to connect through my Laptop first though before it would work with my phone.

Missymoohaa

MrStuffins wrote: »

I have a Sky Hub, no problems here. I DID have to connect through my Laptop first though before it would work with my phone.

My lap top died a couple of months ago, I replaced it with a samsung galaxy 2 10" tab, so I hope this is just as good ★
Thanks for the feed back.