Playcast updated with Miracast support, more

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Published on January 21, 2016

published on January 21, 2016

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Tubecast developer Webrox has just posted a big update to his Playcast streaming media app.

Unlike his Tubecast app the app is aimed at local and cloud media (video, songs and pictures) and not Youtube video, but like that app it supports streaming to a variety of receivers including Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Apple TV (AirPlay), DLNA Smart TV, Internet Box, XBOX One, XBOX 360. The app can work in the background, meaning you can start a video playing and then use your phone for other purposes, and it will even streaming a video from OneDrive to your TV.

The app has just had its second update in the Windows Store, taking it to version 0.8.

The update brings:

New drive sources :
- DLNA Media Server
- GoogleDrive
- DropBox
- Freebox (famous French Internet Box)
Technical:
- MP4 ‘FastStart’ transcoding on the fly for Chromecast unreadable MP4
- Miracast support
UI improvments :
- Remove items in Recent/Queue
- Shortcut (desktop) : F5 refresh
- F11 Fullscreen
- Progress bar preview in PIP
- ChangeLog popup at startup if it’s a new version
- “My libraries” only shows right content type files
- List performance
- UI contrast improvements