Hey I haven't seen this posted yet, so I thought I'd ask about it.
Does anyone else have a problem using their device with Netflix, casting to Chromecast, then it somehow losing connection? This is happens on both my Nexus 7 "flo" and Nexus 4. I turn on the TV, switch to the Chromecast input, etc. Then I boot up Netflix on my tablet, select an episode, then cast to my TV. After it's started, I'll press the power button on my tablet to turn off the screen, and set it aside. When the episode is over I try to pick the next one by turning on my tablet, opening Netflix, and then selecting the next episode. 80% of the time, it won't work. The Netflix app loses connection or something.
This is what I've noticed when this happens: When I first press the power button my tablet to turn on the screen, the Chromecast lock screen comes up with a picture of my show, then the usual pause/rewind/stop controls. If I try pressing one of those, the tablet shows that it worked, but does not do anything to the show that is playing on Chromecast i.e. I press pause, the pause button switches to the play button, but the episode keeps playing. If I press back, unlock the tablet, then open the Netflix app, it opens up to the current episode with all the controls and the seek slider. Again, any controls seem to work on the tablet, but nothing on Chomecast/TV. I also notice that the seek slider is stuck at 00:00. If I try to switch episodes by hitting the little "i", then pressing play on one, it won't go anywhere. The button "presses", but Netflix sits like I didn't press it. Now, if I try to get into the Netflix app by using the Notification panel, it tries to open Netflix but just sits there at the Netflix app splash page, with the red Netflix logo, and the spinner at the bottom to show it's loading the app. That goes on indefinitely.
There is no way to change what is happening on Chromecast unless I force quit Netflix, clear the cached process, then boot up Netflix again. Then, it'll pick up on the cast and I can change episodes and control whatever. Again, this happens probably 80% of the time. Anyone have any idea what's going on? It's kind of annoying since by the time I force quit Netflix, clear the cached process, boot up Netflix, and finally change episodes, the credits have all rolled and I'm sitting at the "Ready to Cast" page. If this is a common problem, I'm sorry. I searched for anything similar, and I also read the first 3 pages for anything like this and nothing came up.
Your not the only one. My connection to the ChromeCast drops all the time with Netflix and sometimes with the Google apps also. However with mine I have to restart my phone to connect again. Force closing and clearing the cache does nothing for me. I have tried the CC on 4 different WiFi routers and I get the same problem with all of them, so I am thinking it is the CC itself. Hopefully future updates will fix connection stability.
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Same problem. It's super annoying
Same here.
This didn't happen to me until the update to build 13300 - that ironically included "more robust wifi performance" or words to that effect.
I get it with YouTube although less often than with Netflix.
Wonder if I'd get flamed trying to add this to their defect tracking system?
Edit and PS - I did my best to let someone know.
https://code.google.com/p/google-cast-sdk/issues/detail?id=85&thanks=85&ts=1381557923
Same here. My CC has been dropping connection since day 1. I have tried couple of routers and resting the device to factory conditions. Once I am able to connect, I can watch a movie for 30 minutes and after that the connection to CC is lost on my phone, nexus 7 or my laptop. I have to restart cc to regain connection. Google support is not able to troubleshoot.
Just to follow up: Since the last few Netflix updates I don't seem to have this problem anymore.
I'm still having it.
I also have the same problem with Netflix and the Chromecast
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I have the same problem, often the cc button isn't even showing in the Netflix app, or if it is showing, it is only for a short while. And controlling it while it plays (when the button was there to use), is mostly impossible.
In YouTube/music it looks to be working fine, but netflix, forget it.
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Just to follow up: Since the last few Netflix updates I don't seem to have this problem anymore.
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Same way here. Updates seem to have resolved it. The Netflix app itself is still horribly slow and TV shows don't autoplay but that's not really a chrome cast problem.
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Same way here. Updates seem to have resolved it. The Netflix app itself is still horribly slow and TV shows don't autoplay but that's not really a chrome cast problem.
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With me, it is the opposite, unless you are talking about updates I don't have yet (my app is the latest there is from the store). Worked fine (as far as I can remember) for two weeks, stopped working a few days ago.
However, I have been tampering with my modem to get netflix US in my country (there is a local netflix, but I wanted the US version). Allthough music and youtube don't seem to have a problem, it might conflict with the netflix app/service?
I've been tampering with nothing and updating nothing but the problem subsided for me these past few days.
My Chromecast led was blinking quickly for a while in the middle of the night a few nights back. I don't know if that's normal.
But I'm still at 13300 and the problem has subsided.
Same here. What's confusing is that I never had this issue with my CC until a few weeks ago. Netflix, Youtube, Play Music, etc all worked fine and my CC never lost connection.
Now ...I have to reboot CC every single time as the Chromecast becomes undiscoverable about 30 minutes into a Netflix movie. I can no longer pause, stop, etc. I've meddles with my router settings and even replaced it with a new router ...but still the same issue. It's getting beyond frustrating because it seems that it's a widespread issue but neither Netflix or Google is even acknowledging it.
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Same here. What's confusing is that I never had this issue with my CC until a few weeks ago. Netflix, Youtube, Play Music, etc all worked fine and my CC never lost connection.
Now ...I have to reboot CC every single time as the Chromecast becomes undiscoverable about 30 minutes into a Netflix movie. I can no longer pause, stop, etc. I've meddles with my router settings and even replaced it with a new router ...but still the same issue. It's getting beyond frustrating because it seems that it's a widespread issue but neither Netflix or Google is even acknowledging it.
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Having the same issue with Netflix. The odd thing is the chrome cast app can still interact with the device, and I can reboot it that way.
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So I installed Coreplayer last night due to TCMP not working anymore with WM6.1 (I'm assuming so since none of the versions I downloaded work). It plays everything as expected, except YouTube...which was the main reason I got the player for...When I use the built in YouTube interface in the player, it loads the home page, and allows me to search for video. The problem arises when I click to play the video. It keeps giving the loading icon and keeps loading forever, and the video never actually loaded or start to play.
So then I went and get vTap, since it worked before for me in my previous Kaiser. This is even worst, since it wouldn't even load the home screen. I click the search box and it wouldn't even let me type in anything. This morning it works for a little bit when I try it after waking up. I was able to get to the home screen, search, and play the video. Then it stops buffering after like 4 seconds. After that none of the videos would load.
I'm using my home WIFI, and the connection works fine in my Opera and browsing, so I'm stumped as to what's wrong with these two players. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling them but still get the same results.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
the same experiences
just the same experiences!
Hi guys,
Did a search, but couldn't find anything on this problem; Pandora is very unstable on my stock, unrooted 1.1.0 Nook. about 70% of the time, it won't play the next song in my station; it's dead silent. When I wake the nook up, I see that it's on the next song, but it won't play at all. When I hit pause or forward, the song controls disappear, then it takes a long while to load into the next song.
Sometimes it will play 3-4 songs in a row no problem, but then it starts acting up again. Is this an issue with the wi-fi connectivity? Anyone else have this problem? It happened when I was on 1.0.1 too.
Any help/insight is much appreciated. Thanks!
Is your nook sleeping when you notice this happenng? If so it would make sense as I am fairly sure the wifi shuts down when the nook sleeps. It usually takes a few seconds for the wifi to reconnect on waking up. If anyone knows different please let me know, but that seems to be my experience.
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Is your nook sleeping when you notice this happenng? If so it would make sense as I am fairly sure the wifi shuts down when the nook sleeps. It usually takes a few seconds for the wifi to reconnect on waking up. If anyone knows different please let me know, but that seems to be my experience.
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It happens in sleep mode and while it's awake. I spoke to a B&N rep, and he told me that the wifi disconnecting on sleep mode should have been fixed on the 1.1.0 update, but that it's still disconnecting on many Nook Colors. He also blatantly said that they didn't spend too much time on the Pandora app itself. He basically told me to wait for the next batch of updates to hopefully fix these issues.
inyrules said:
Hi guys,
Did a search, but couldn't find anything on this problem; Pandora is very unstable on my stock, unrooted 1.1.0 Nook. about 70% of the time, it won't play the next song in my station; it's dead silent. When I wake the nook up, I see that it's on the next song, but it won't play at all. When I hit pause or forward, the song controls disappear, then it takes a long while to load into the next song.
Sometimes it will play 3-4 songs in a row no problem, but then it starts acting up again. Is this an issue with the wi-fi connectivity? Anyone else have this problem? It happened when I was on 1.0.1 too.
Any help/insight is much appreciated. Thanks!
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This is most likely caused by a hardware/software/wifi problem between the NC and wifi. Go to settings/devices/wifi. Typically you see connected with "testing" or disconnected. It happens after a large amount of data is streamed to the NC. You also see this problem if you download samples of books or "SHOP".
What is the model of your wifi?
Are you using 802.11n or g or b?
Are you using encryption.
A simple test is to go to a BN store. If there's no problem then it's the Router/NC at your home that's the problem.
The NC is the first wireless device that I have encountered problems at my home.
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This is most likely caused by a hardware/software/wifi problem between the NC and wifi. Go to settings/devices/wifi. Typically you see connected with "testing" or disconnected. It happens after a large amount of data is streamed to the NC. You also see this problem if you download samples of books or "SHOP".
What is the model of your wifi?
Are you using 802.11n or g or b?
Are you using encryption.
A simple test is to go to a BN store. If there's no problem then it's the Router/NC at your home that's the problem.
The NC is the first wireless device that I have encountered problems at my home.
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I'm using g at home, and I'm not sure what is at my job, but the issue happens there too. My wifi security at home is WPA2-PSK [AES]. The Nook does not take long to connect to my router, but it still disconnects when in sleep mode. Again, not sure about the setup at work. After trying all the troubleshooting methods, I finally called Barnes & Noble today, and they are sending me a replacement.
Barnes & Noble's replacement came in last night running 1.0.0, and Pandora streaming couldn't be any better! I'm afraid to update it to 1.1.0 in fear that it will screw it up.
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Barnes & Noble's replacement came in last night running 1.0.0, and Pandora streaming couldn't be any better! I'm afraid to update it to 1.1.0 in fear that it will screw it up.
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Thanks for the update.
I think the problem is with NC 1.0.1 and 1.1. The wifi connection got worse with 1.1. When I used Froyo from an SD card, the streaming problem went away.
You may need to stock with 1.0.0 until BN fixes the problem and come out with 1.2.
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Thanks for the update.
I think the problem is with NC 1.0.1 and 1.1. The wifi connection got worse with 1.1. When I used Froyo from an SD card, the streaming problem went away.
You may need to stock with 1.0.0 until BN fixes the problem and come out with 1.2.
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Sorry, meant I was on 1.0.1. Streaming Pandora at home is phenomenal. At work, not so much, but I attribute that to their router settings. My phone sometimes has problems with their connection as well.
While trying to watch YouTube it randomly stops dead. If I tap a spot on the time line the video quickly starts again. I've had this thing about 5 hours and it is seriously getting on my nerves. Add to the fact that the chrome browser isn't mirroring I'm about to smash this thing to bits. Any help!?
Netflix seems to work flawlessly.
I've tried improving network connection but that hasn't helped.
YouTube has this issue even when played from the browser on pc.
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While trying to watch YouTube it randomly stops dead. If I tap a spot on the time line the video quickly starts again. I've had this thing about 5 hours and it is seriously getting on my nerves. Add to the fact that the chrome browser isn't mirroring I'm about to smash this thing to bits. Any help!?
Netflix seems to work flawlessly.
I've tried improving network connection but that hasn't helped.
YouTube has this issue even when played from the browser on pc.
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Exact same problem on my chromecast and is happening only since last evening. As you said, Netflix is flawless and its only With YouTube.
Thank god its not the device but seems like software or YouTube server support for chromecast. Hope it will get a fix pretty soon
This started happening to me last night. Youtube will freeze after about 2:20. It will start again if I skip forward or back, but only for another 2 mins. Have never had a problem before and Netflix works fine. I'm glad it's not just me.
Are either of you able to cast your tabs to your TV screen? Because I am also unable to get that to work from my pc to the Chromecast.
I had the same exact issue last night when watching YouTube. It would stop dead, and the only way it would start back, was when I tap the stopped point on the timeline as well.
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Are either of you able to cast your tabs to your TV screen? Because I am also unable to get that to work from my pc to the Chromecast.[/QUOTE
Yeah I can cast tabs
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guy4jesuschrist said:
I had the same exact issue last night when watching YouTube. It would stop dead, and the only way it would start back, was when I tap the stopped point on the timeline as well.
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Is it working now?
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Are either of you able to cast your tabs to your TV screen? Because I am also unable to get that to work from my pc to the Chromecast.
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Even casting the chrome browser tab had issues.... but after a while it worked... I am pretty sure even the chrome tab cast is lill messed up... Looks like the chromecast got a software upgrade which is causing these issues....
Does anyone know if there was a software upgrade yesterday?
Update:
I just exchanged the unit I had for another one but unfortunately I'm having the same issues. The unit itself force updates on startup which is a shame. It would be nice to do a revert and see if the old software functions correctly.
Youtube freezing
Same problem with me. I have two Chromecasts and Youtube stops on both of them roughly every 2.5 minutes, from both a Nexus 5 and a Nexus 7. On 14th November around noon ET they were fine, but by the evening the problems had started. My Youtube app is showing as having updated on 14th Nov (although it's not showing up in the 'Recently updated' section in the Play app). Rebooting the Chromecasts, the android devices and the network all failed to eliminate the problem.
I have the same problem!!!
Mine seems to be fixed now.
Same here, YouTube was freezing yesterday at about 2 mins into any video. Tried it again tonight with zero issues. Happy, happy, happy...
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I thought mine was dead last night.
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I just watched a bunch of videos tonight without any issues. I'll try tab cast tomorrow and see if it works. I'd like to know exactly what was wrong. Did Google do an auto update.?
Its seems like Youtube works for non HD videos without problem. HD videos is not playing properly (shuttering, no voice, etc). Shutters more for music videos.
venki5star said:
Its seems like Youtube works for non HD videos without problem. HD videos is not playing properly (shuttering, no voice, etc). Shutters more for music videos.
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I'm still having problems too, no sound and stuttering video. I have two Chromecasts and they both do it. I'm in the UK though. I'm glad it snot just me, but slightly concerned yours all seem to be working now and mine doesn't
Everything else works fine.
This stuttering on hd videos really aggravating. My 3 year old is unable to watch lungi dance, so now I actually have to be a good parent early on a Saturday morning. Damn you Google!
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I just tested a few HD vids and yes there was stuttering, almost If the Chromecast couldn't buffer properly.
same issue here in germany, tested with Nexus 4, 5, 7 and chrome on Pc
From today morning YouTube app is not loading from the chrome cast. From mobile app, I am getting no network try again message.
I have a feeling that Google is going kill the device silently.
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Ive been having this issue forever and its driving me nuts. On my Note 3, I tend to Chromecast my Google Music streams to my AVR to jam out and when the screen turns off it wont advance to the next song. After extensive research I believe this is device specific and nothing to do with the chromecast itself. I tried my other 2 Chromecasts and all have the same issue. Also I tried on my Nexus 7 and no problems. Anyways, it seems as though the wifi is going to sleep (even if just for a second) when the screen goes off, and basically the chromecast doesnt know to continue playing. If I am using the Note 3 and the screen never sleeps, or I use SecureSettings to make it so the screen doesnt shut off while charging, everything is perfect.
I also found that even though in my settings (wifi set to never go to sleep) that going into the Service Mode (##0011#) or something like that, that it was still set to ON, so naturally I turned this OFF. At first it seemed like that fixed the problem but sure enough it came back. I should also note I recently picked up a Netgear R7000 and put DDWRT on it. The unit is 20 ft from the chromecast so Im not worried about that side of things.
Just annoying as hell. Any insight is appreciated
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Ive been having this issue forever and its driving me nuts. On my Note 3, I tend to Chromecast my Google Music streams to my AVR to jam out and when the screen turns off it wont advance to the next song. After extensive research I believe this is device specific and nothing to do with the chromecast itself. I tried my other 2 Chromecasts and all have the same issue. Also I tried on my Nexus 7 and no problems. Anyways, it seems as though the wifi is going to sleep (even if just for a second) when the screen goes off, and basically the chromecast doesnt know to continue playing. If I am using the Note 3 and the screen never sleeps, or I use SecureSettings to make it so the screen doesnt shut off while charging, everything is perfect.
I also found that even though in my settings (wifi set to never go to sleep) that going into the Service Mode (##0011#) or something like that, that it was still set to ON, so naturally I turned this OFF. At first it seemed like that fixed the problem but sure enough it came back. I should also note I recently picked up a Netgear R7000 and put DDWRT on it. The unit is 20 ft from the chromecast so Im not worried about that side of things.
Just annoying as hell. Any insight is appreciated
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I'm having the same problem... Did you find a solution?
So to start things out my phone was working quite well on Oreo. I kept trying to postpone the update and eventually it auto started the update; without my permission, because I was connected to Wi-Fi after postponing the update about 3 times. Needless to say, immediately after the update my phone started to act what it seems like borked out completely. To further explain my issues ill attach a few screenies as well.
(Issue #1)
The phone is connected to the towers, however even though I can send texts and calls I have no "service" and cant use the internet at all, i.e internet browser, YouTube, Instagram, Pandora, etc... nothing loads at all it will simply say no connection in gray at the bottom of the screen. YouTube just has the circle buffer constantly, Pandora says buffering and will never load, Instagram just says couldn't refresh feed. Google maps will go into offline mode and wont ever reconnect back. Again all of this happens within 20mins or ~3 hours after the phone turns on and only solution is to restart phone. This is also not network related because even under Wi-Fi all issues are still present. Going into airplane mode and turning it on/off does nothing. ONLY a restart or power off/on fixes the issue.
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Wi-Fi doesn't auto connect even though the option is on.... every-time I have to go into settings and manually click it, not a big problem but why?
Try rebooting into recovery and clearing cache. If that doesn't fix it, try a factory reset.
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Try rebooting into recovery and clearing cache. If that doesn't fix it, try a factory reset.
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okay will do! I have also noticed my 3rd issue with the device is YouTube will also randomly just pause, even though it didn't need to buffer or anything like that. its as if I hit the screen to pause it even though I didn't do that.
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okay will do! I have also noticed my 3rd issue with the device is YouTube will also randomly just pause, even though it didn't need to buffer or anything like that. its as if I hit the screen to pause it even though I didn't do that.
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I've been running Pie since the betas, and am now on CSAA and I don't have any of those issues. Hopefully a factory reset fixes it all for you.
Any update on the issue OP?
I am also on Pie view firmware science and haven't experienced any of those symptoms. For me, only 2 other hiccups where my video on my lock screen somehow flipped upside down randomly and the 2nd i lost my customized notification bar icons via swift installer.
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okay will do! I have also noticed my 3rd issue with the device is YouTube will also randomly just pause, even though it didn't need to buffer or anything like that. its as if I hit the screen to pause it even though I didn't do that.
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Having the same exact problem.
Driving me crazy