Lightbox to support Chromecast within a few weeks

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#1288117 20-Apr-2015 21:37

The funny thing is lightbox launched nearly an entire year after google said they were sunsetting it:
https://blog.chromium.org/2013/09/saying-goodbye-to-our-old-friend-npapi.html

September 2013.

edit: Yes there are issues with backwards compatibility with HTML5 EME. eg. you need IE11 on Win8.1, and Safari on Yosemite for the OSX side. Chrome's had it for ages so isn't a major. Regardless, it doesn't stop it being from being rather amusing.

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#1288121 20-Apr-2015 21:47

eXDee: The funny thing is lightbox launched nearly an entire year after google said they were sunsetting it:
https://blog.chromium.org/2013/09/saying-goodbye-to-our-old-friend-npapi.html

September 2013.

edit: Yes there are issues with backwards compatibility with HTML5 EME. eg. IE11 on Win8.1, and Safari on Yosemite for the OSX side. Chrome's had it for ages so isn't a major. Regardless, it doesn't stop it being from being rather amusing.

Well, regardless, I'm sure Chromecast support is only a few days away now.

:-)

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#1289831 22-Apr-2015 22:49

okkii: download

here is the apk to download. it may work

Where? I dont see any file :/

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#1290560 24-Apr-2015 08:28

Wifey and I have decided to give up TV for a while, mainly as an experiment to reduce screen time for the kids.

So I am now selling the Chromecast i brought largely with a view to using it for my 12(13) months of free Lightbox. Check Trade Me for an as-new Chromecast and get yourself a bargin :)

Would still love some proper Android support from Lightbox, and then I can then use my (non-samsung) phone and tablet, but even as a currently free proposition, i am afraid they are rapidly losing my mindshare.

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#1290569 24-Apr-2015 09:00

Nice work. We haven't had TV here for a few months now due to either a faulty LNB or cabling issue. We've gotten used to not having it. Netflix and Youtube rule the roost here. Considering signing up to Lightbox again (been offered another free month) but I'd be unlikely to stay longer than that due to the restrictive device support which just doesn't fit in with our household.

You have a link to that Chromecast? I'm interested in getting a second one.

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#1290850 24-Apr-2015 14:38

Looks like consumer have given Lightbox a bit of a serve in terms of the compatibility problems, and the services not really being up to it yet, compared to the offshore providers. https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/opinion-strike-one-for-services

I wish they got together with Quickflix, (eg buy them out) as Quickflix have all the apps and are on most devices now. I can easily watch quickflix on all my devices, but they don't have the content.
Although it would be somewhat ironic, and a full circle for lightbox to end up on the Tivo, since Telecom started out originally selling the tivo. I would be even more ironic if Neon ended up buying it, and got onto the Tivo, being owned by Sky.

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#1290997 24-Apr-2015 17:13

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=878090431

If you are interested :)

We never watched broadcast TV anyway (recorded the odd thing with a freeview recorder), but it was more the kids and too much screen time with dvds etc. See how long we last now it is winter!

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#1290999 24-Apr-2015 17:22

JimmyCorrigan: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=878090431

If you are interested :)

We never watched broadcast TV anyway (recorded the odd thing with a freeview recorder), but it was more the kids and too much screen time with dvds etc. See how long we last now it is winter!

You'll survive.....

I keep getting emails saying update to thread and I come here in hope of good news.

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#1291044 24-Apr-2015 18:48

is there any way to control lightbox with laptop connected to tv without touching the computer, i.e. remote app?

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#1291062 24-Apr-2015 19:24

kendo:
okkii: download

here is the apk to download. it may work
Where? I dont see any file :/

That's because it's against the rules of GZ.
Basically, an APK is an Intellectual Property of Lightbox.
So to share it outside its T&Cs is bordering on piracy. :)

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#1291066 24-Apr-2015 19:30

okkii: is there any way to control lightbox with laptop connected to tv without touching the computer, i.e. remote app?

Get one of those logiitech touchpads. That is what I use, one of the glass ones. Not sure if they still sell them in shops but you can get new ones cheaply on trademe.

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#1294333 30-Apr-2015 14:56

It's in the news, it must be true....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/68130080/a-guide-to-tv-streaming-devices

"Google pitches Chromecast as your personal remote control. You use your device to pick what you want to watch and Chromecast streams that content from the internet and displays it on your TV so you can use it for Lightbox or Neon."

Have Stuff stuffed up again?

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#1294335 30-Apr-2015 14:59

huckster:

Have Stuff stuffed up again?

Probably. The article also mentions

If you want to use TVNZ and TV3's streaming apps on the big screen you are limited to Samsung smart TVs or casting them from your mobile device with Chromecast or Apple TV.

Using AirPlay to our Apple TV has never worked for the TVNZ On Demand or TV3 apps for us. The ad will play fine, but as soon as the content is about to stream, it will fail.

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#1294336 30-Apr-2015 15:10

:(

Everytime i see a new post in this thread i get hopeful i am going to read an announcement that chromecast is here

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#1294338 30-Apr-2015 15:13

Wade: :(

Everytime i see a new post in this thread i get hopeful i am going to read an announcement that chromecast is here

Same here, when I see an update I think it has been released. I fear my 12 months of access will be up before it happens.

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