Has anyone been able to get the new chromecast "screen mirror " Option to work
Mine keeps crashing. Any ideas?
galaxy s4 nutjob said:
Has anyone been able to get the new chromecast "screen mirror " Option to work
Mine keeps crashing. Any ideas?
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Works perfectly for me. Was using it last night. Stock ROM rooted. There is definitely a lag when scrolling fast, but definitely works as designed.
Usually when an app keeps crashing, I usually try to clear data/cache from the App Manager. Helps most of the time.
Working fine here. Rooted stock.
Jaspah said:
Working fine here. Rooted stock.
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Ya I'm rooted n stock I'll try cleaning caché too.
Jaspah said:
Working fine here. Rooted stock.
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I'm using xposed wanam and a bunch of other root enabled Apps , caché clear didn't work Any other suggestions?
Still no success any suggestions would be appreciated
Mine works fine too. Rooted on stock rom with xposed installed.
same issue
I have tried on 2 s5 devices and it never worked however I tried with a s4 and it worked perfectly ... I have factory reset rooted, unrooted, side loaded the app and downloaded from the play store..it worked once for maybe a minute but besides that it will maybe work only for a second or 2. No idea why .
sockaplaya22 said:
I have tried on 2 s5 devices and it never worked however I tried with a s4 and it worked perfectly ... I have factory reset rooted, unrooted, side loaded the app and downloaded from the play store..it worked once for maybe a minute but besides that it will maybe work only for a second or 2. No idea why .
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You might have a weak WiFi connection. I've found screen mirroring requires a strong connection. I've also observed that the Chromecast tends to want to max out available hardware and then breaks when things aren't smooth, instead of scaling back.
Only tried it once, but it worked just fine for me. Displayed pictures, played a few videos from the gallery, and played a few rounds of Flappy Bird and Angry Birds on the TV.
LoSt180 said:
You might have a weak WiFi connection. I've found screen mirroring requires a strong connection. I've also observed that the Chromecast tends to want to max out available hardware and then breaks when things aren't smooth, instead of scaling back.
Only tried it once, but it worked just fine for me. Displayed pictures, played a few videos from the gallery, and played a few rounds of Flappy Bird and Angry Birds on the TV.
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@LoSt180 thanks for tid bit but the dongle, router and phone are all within a 3 ft radius
Apart from installing new chromecast app, did you update the play services app?
yoonus said:
Apart from installing new chromecast app, did you update the play services app?
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I installed the Visix rom and now it works. Weird
I updated chromecast app on the phone. After that, mirroring worked like a charm.
I can stream photos, video with audio etc..very nice.
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do these shows play in full screen? or half screen like droid streamer?
dragonfly1113 said:
do these shows play in full screen? or half screen like droid streamer?
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Full screen. There's a life version avaiable. Try it out first.
kxs783kms said:
Full screen. There's a life version avaiable. Try it out first.
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Thanks will do. Does it have more shows than the droid streamer?
catttman said:
Finally watch FULL TV-Shows direct in your gtablet
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Great find thanks for sharing!! This is really nice when there is nothing to watch on my slingbox!!
Works great. Thanks
Started out fine but I had issues with audio and video sync (granted I only tried one program, Dexter S01E01, but had to do it multiple times as it hung up buffering three times). I was using my bluetooth headphones (RocketFish); perhaps that pooched it.
I want it to work so I will wait a little while before purchasing the pro version but it certainly will make the treadmill more interesting. My wifi signal was strong (sitting three feet from router/access point) and my cable ISP connection is very, very good. So it probably was all these G-Tablet folks hitting the Megaload servers.
anjenaire said:
Started out fine but I had issues with audio and video sync (granted I only tried one program, Dexter S01E01, but had to do it multiple times as it hung up buffering three times). I was using my bluetooth headphones (RocketFish); perhaps that pooched it.
I want it to work so I will wait a little while before purchasing the pro version but it certainly will make the treadmill more interesting. My wifi signal was strong (sitting three feet from router/access point) and my cable ISP connection is very, very good. So it probably was all these G-Tablet folks hitting the Megaload servers.
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Updated to 1.7 now Better ,... was fine before too ......
sorry man the apk i have is fine
catttman said:
Finally watch FULL TV-Shows direct in your gtablet
http://www.appbrain.com/app/tv-shows-stream/tvshows.kiio.es
Uodated TV Shows Stream v2.1
Requirements: Android version now Better
Works fine on the tab.
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I like the v2.1 better.....
Has anyone upgraded to the premium version?
Just wondering... I was testing it out and got a message regarding having to upgrade to a premium account in order to watch more than 72 consecutive minutes. The premium doesn't come cheap and appears to stream possible pirated copies of shows?? Just wondering what the fallout of subscribing to this type of service might be.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
PS: I have had some synch issues but the video quality had been good and fits the gtab well.
rxgonz said:
Just wondering... I was testing it out and got a message regarding having to upgrade to a premium account in order to watch more than 72 consecutive minutes. The premium doesn't come cheap and appears to stream possible pirated copies of shows?? Just wondering what the fallout of subscribing to this type of service might be.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
PS: I have had some synch issues but the video quality had been good and fits the gtab well.
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Hi,
The aplication does not require a subscription.
Megavideo links can be played 72 min, and after you have to wait 30 min for watching more if you are not premium of megavideo. This is the way that megavideo works.
You can use Karambavidz and Frogmovz links without time limitation. You dont need any kind of subscription for using this aplication properly.
and version 2.4.2 is out now, check the improvements ^^
I can confirm working and streaming well on the paid version. Plays mainly from megavideo servers but has two other servers to get past megavideo limitations
Running vegan 5.1
I bought this too. I think it works very well. I have been buying too much stuff on the web market
are any of the videos working for anyone? every video i've tried just gives me a blank screen. on the latest version.
Same here, downloaded the free version to test out and just get a black screen...
I've tried family guy and breaking bad both episode 1 and both work for me on the latest lite version.
Acturbo said:
I've tried family guy and breaking bad both episode 1 and both work for me on the latest lite version.
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neither of those work. still just get a blank screen. do i need to update my flash or something? is that what it runs on? i'm on vegan tab 5.1.1 btw.
gotwillk said:
neither of those work. still just get a blank screen. do i need to update my flash or something? is that what it runs on? i'm on vegan tab 5.1.1 btw.
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TV Streams uses Flash -- as does MegaVideo, Karamvideo, Frogvideo (the sites it aggregates from)
So you'll definitely need Flash working properly.
Try going to a Flash-heavy site and making sure it works properly there first. You may need to enable plug-ins from within your browser as well (You can do this via the "about:debug" page -- just type it into the browser and go. Bring up the settings and make sure you turn on plug-ins.)
The app is fantastic - best $4 I've spent recently...
Good Luck...
Its weird. I tried the lite version a few weeks ago when I was running tent lite and it worked fine. Now I'm runnung vegan 5.1.1 and the videos start audio only with a black screen and then stop after a few seconds. I did check flash by going to natgeo in the browser and watching a video.
Any thoughts?
MC
I am having trouble with youtube on my xz. It suddenly starts buffering, but never continues. I have no problem playing 1080p videos from my nas, and I also have no problem using pop up YouTube player. It is not the network, YouTube runs fine on all other android and Symbian devices in the house. (one x, xcover2,808, Mini pro)
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
Phantom3D said:
I am having trouble with youtube on my xz. It suddenly starts buffering, but never continues. I have no problem playing 1080p videos from my nas, and I also have no problem using pop up YouTube player. It is not the network, YouTube runs fine on all other android and Symbian devices in the house. (one x, xcover2,808, Mini pro)
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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reset phone try again?
G1_enthusiast said:
reset phone try again?
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Yeah, was hoping to avoid that. 3 mails, VPN, remote desktop settings, savegames +++
But I will try when I have the time. Thanks.
Try to delete cache of the youtube app.. Go to application, youtube, delete cache and restart phone. This helped for me.
Tried that now, after 19min the buffer fault came along again. happens from 2 min untill forever. Have to turn off and on HD and it might start. Anying when the phone is in my dock and I am in bed.
Phantom3D said:
Tried that now, after 19min the buffer fault came along again. happens from 2 min untill forever. Have to turn off and on HD and it might start. Anying when the phone is in my dock and I am in bed.
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maybe network congestion?
Reset did not work, cannot be the network, I have a kick-ass router and 70mbit down. Besides all other phones work flawless on my network. Hope this is an issue that will be corrected either by Sony update or youtube update..
Try to delete the updates. If you go to apps, then all apps, you will see youtube. Just delete cache and everything else. I had the exact issue. And me too have a great internet connection (100mb) just try to delete stuff of the youtune app. A reset won't fix this problem. Hope i helped
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Reset did not work, cannot be the network, I have a kick-ass router and 70mbit down. Besides all other phones work flawless on my network. Hope this is an issue that will be corrected either by Sony update or youtube update..
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sometime your network is being throttle by your company or by youtube. I know this happen on my Verizon network at home...at 3am in the morning its fast as hell and youtube load right away but at 5PM **** would not go...
So I know this has been an issue for others in the past, but everything I've tried hasn't seemed to work. Every time I load up a video on Youtube, it seems like it's about to start but then says "Connection to Server Lost. Tap to Try again". This only happens when I'm not on WiFi though. I've tried restarting the phone, uninstalling all updates, clearing app data and cache, and none of that seems to work. I also don't have an AdBlocker so I know that isn't the issue. Everything else works when I'm not on WiFi though.
Any solutions? I would greatly appreciate it.
I apologize for the bump but is no one else experiencing this issue? My friend also had it happen to him after updating to the most recent OTA. So far it hasn't seemed to be fixed.
Had it happen before update but haven't tested since update. Will check it out tomorrow when I'm out. Service where I live is terrible so can't really test now.
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Edit.. just tested and YouTube is working fine. But that's after a data and system wipe from flashing new firmware and whatnot
ronniemayo said:
Had it happen before update but haven't tested since update. Will check it out tomorrow when I'm out. Service where I live is terrible so can't really test now.
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Edit.. just tested and YouTube is working fine. But that's after a data and system wipe from flashing new firmware and whatnot
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Hmm, alright. I'll probably need to know if others that are on stock and running the latest firmware are running into the same issue. Because it seems likely that the update is the reason.
I'm stock rooted running the latest firmware and my YouTube seems to be working fine on both wifi and 3g. No issues so far and I've watched quite a few videos the last couple of days. I'll let you know if anything changes though.
Okay well I'm getting extremely annoyed here. The problem temporarily resolved itself for a few days but now it's back and now I can't even watch youtube videos on any Internet browser. It just says "sorry. This video cannot be played." it's clear this isn't an app issue, but what the heck is causing this? I should be able to watch a damn youtube video.
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you not work on cellular data
Im also having the same problem. I thinking I might try master reset.
bigmo89 said:
Im also having the same problem. I thinking I might try master reset.
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At this point, I'm assuming it has to do with the combination of Sprint's towers and the latest update (since that's when it began to happen). If you do factory reset your phone, please tell me if it begins to work for you.
Youtube
I just did the full reset and still doesnt work. I think your right, it must be the update
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At this point, I'm assuming it has to do with the combination of Sprint's towers and the latest update (since that's when it began to happen). If you do factory reset your phone, please tell me if it begins to work for you.
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any progress with the youtube
I kinda got it working. Videos will only play when i have the network more on cdma which is kinda bogus.
bigmo89 said:
any progress with the youtube
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Sadly no. It's so strange though, sometimes I can see the video as if it knows it should be loading the video, but then decides to give me an error one second before it actually starts. It's almost like it's being blocked.
Haven't been able to get mine to work with CDMA only, either.
I have tried everything and never managed to get a video to load, ever, while not on WiFi since I got my M8.
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It's almost like it's being blocked.
Haven't been able to get mine to work with CDMA only, either.
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I honestly believe it is Sprint's doing, since I remember the videos being unwatchably bad quality back on my stock EVO 3D, if they would load at all, but after rooting it and removing the sprint proxy that suddenly cleared up, both the glitchy nature and quality. Probably use some kind of broken proxy to reduce bandwidth used by Youtube.
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any progress with the youtube
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It has been happening with my phone as well. Works occasionally, but it's not just youtube, it's pandora, podcats, and even wshh. The problem has been going on since the update. I did speak with someone at Sprint and it was the usual "turn this off, turn that on, enter this." It worked but than went out again. Phone is brand new and 13 days old. Hope somebody can figure this out before i exchange it.
jayEm773 said:
It has been happening with my phone as well. Works occasionally, but it's not just youtube, it's pandora, podcats, and even wshh. The problem has been going on since the update. I did speak with someone at Sprint and it was the usual "turn this off, turn that on, enter this." It worked but than went out again. Phone is brand new and 13 days old. Hope somebody can figure this out before i exchange it.
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Well at the moment, it's working for me again. Whether or not it'll stay fixed remains to be determined...
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started working here also not sure what it was though
Okay, so I have a Chromecast that I bought about a week ago and it worked awesome. I bought it primarily for the screen mirroring on my s4. So it worked for a while but when I go to use it last night, the option to cast my screen is missing entirely from my menu. I tried uninstalling the app and factory reset of my Chromecast. I can't find anyone on the Internet that's having the same problem as me. Can someone please look into helping me fix this? It works fine on my mom's galaxy s4. Thanks in advance.
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Okay, so I have a Chromecast that I bought about a week ago and it worked awesome. I bought it primarily for the screen mirroring on my s4. So it worked for a while but when I go to use it last night, the option to cast my screen is missing entirely from my menu. I tried uninstalling the app and factory reset of my Chromecast. I can't find anyone on the Internet that's having the same problem as me. Can someone please look into helping me fix this? It works fine on my mom's galaxy s4. Thanks in advance.
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Go to device settings-apps-all. select Google services framework. Clear data. Clear cache. Reboot phone. Reinstall chromecast app. Go to settings-apps-all. Selelect Google play services. Make sure it is v5.0.89. Launch chromecast app. Do you see cast screen option?
hwong96 said:
Go to device settings-apps-all. select Google services framework. Clear data. Clear cache. Reboot phone. Reinstall chromecast app. Go to settings-apps-all. Selelect Google play services. Make sure it is v5.0.89. Launch chromecast app. Do you see cast screen option?
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I followed all of your steps precisely and there is still no cast screen option after the directions.
AlphaCureButt said:
I followed all of your steps precisely and there is still no cast screen option after the directions.
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Do you have a backup from when it was working? If yes, restore from backup. If not, take it to your phone provider retail store and see if they can get it working. Your phone is not rooted I hope. Otherwise they won't work on it. It's weird your mom's same model phone works to cast screen and your's not.
Yeah, it's rooted. I'm done. I'm going to flash the stock ROM on it because root has done nothing but mess up my phone. I'm not smart enough to fix things I tinker with. Haha.
AlphaCureButt said:
Yeah, it's rooted. I'm done. I'm going to flash the stock ROM on it because root has done nothing but mess up my phone. I'm not smart enough to fix things I tinker with. Haha.
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What rom & kernel are you using? AOSP based or TW
I'm using stock. I don't know what the other things mean. I haven't changed anything except the status bar using the build prop hack. I even tried reverting to the original build prop and it didn't fix it.
Try power cycling your Chromecast, then go and do the Google Play services flush again after restoring your original build.prop
Alrighty. I'll try that and post my results. Thanks in advance.
Oh my God!!!! That worked. Thank you so much, man!!!! I love my Chromecast.
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Go to device settings-apps-all. select Google services framework. Clear data. Clear cache. Reboot phone. Reinstall chromecast app. Go to settings-apps-all. Selelect Google play services. Make sure it is v5.0.89. Launch chromecast app. Do you see cast screen option?
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That is terrible advice. Clearing Google Services Framework can have bad consequences. Especially since it will break any apps that use google's messaging services. For instance, it will stop Gmail notifications for days. Luckily Gmail is one of the few apps that will eventually recover from the key being changed.
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Try power cycling your Chromecast, then go and do the Google Play services flush again after restoring your original build.prop
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Hi, im having the same issue on LG D802 on CloudyG3. could you please explain more about "power cycling the Chromecast" does this mean factory reset my Chromecast device? and how do i "flush Google Play Services"? Cause i still cant find my cast screen option on the app till now
Power cycle means remove power, count to 30, reconnect power.
You shouldn't need to mess with Google Play Services these days.
cant download
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Okay, so I have a Chromecast that I bought about a week ago and it worked awesome. I bought it primarily for the screen mirroring on my s4. So it worked for a while but when I go to use it last night, the option to cast my screen is missing entirely from my menu. I tried uninstalling the app and factory reset of my Chromecast. I can't find anyone on the Internet that's having the same problem as me. Can someone please look into helping me fix this? It works fine on my mom's galaxy s4. Thanks in advance.
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Please help
my galaxy s4 is doing the same thing
My casting screen option is gone and I don't know how to get it back either. This is horrible!
+1 on a D801 in the US. Was working on ClloudyG3(1.5?) and I upgraded to 2.1 and had the issue. Was not device specific as my wifes M7 suddenly had the option removed also. Hers came back and mine has not.......
Definitely check the wireless connectivity of Chromecast.
speed4cast can help you benchmark that. If the connection is poor (like in one of my rooms) then Chromecast will intermittently drop off and streaming performance will be very poor, if it works at all.
Hi, I've been trying to chromecast for the last few days. I came from a Nexus 6p which worked 100% with chromecast. If i use the web browser and try to cast from a video channel, it never connects to my chromecast or TV (with chromecast built in). I've tried the mirroring option but it never finds a chromecast. I've downloaded Google Home, that seems to have a bug where i can't login to my google account from my P20 Pro.
I've looked online and on here and haven't seen any other posts on it. It would be good to test. I am on the Dual Sim Three UK 8.1.0.102 (C782) variant.
Thanks
It has worked flawlessly using local cast app.
I've always found Google home glitchy.
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Works flawlessly for me. I've had the P20 Pro since release and I've never had a problem using a Chromecast, although I did recently factory reset my Chromecast, so that may have fixed any issues.
I use Chromecast several times a day, and haven't noticed anything odd.
I'm using Chrome browser to play web-videos and the Google Home app to mirror the screen.
Haven't used the built-in cast/mirror feature, but that has never worked reliably for me on any device
Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...
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Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...
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I'm on 102 and it works.
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Chromecast mostly works for me. The only thing that doesn't is volume controls from screen off. Apart from that, and the few normal Chromecast glitches, it works well.
I'm casting NFL Gamepass from my P20 Pro to my Nvidia Shield as I type this, it's worked flawlessly whenever I've tried since I got my phone (mine is also dual SIM from Three).
This works very sporadically for me, often from apps that cast (excluding Netflix and YouTube which have a different mechanism for Chromecast discovery) it's as if the refresh devices button doesn't really trigger a proper refresh.
The Google home app often doesn't show my Chromecasts but if I keep it open and wait maybe 5 minutes they'll eventually show.
Anyone seen anything like this?
I had problem with NBA game time app, it didn't display the cast icon after update of the device to .107 but iwas probably due to the implementation of an old. Chromecast API from NBA app itself. After NBA has updated the app is working perfectly
I streamed YouTube to a chromecast this evening without any problem, worked like expected...
No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.
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No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.
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Have you guys tried it with apps other than youtube or netflix?
Those work fine for me but they use a different discovery method, see here;
actually... I can't post links but googling "netflix different chromecast discovery" and going to the google developers discovery troubleshooting confirms this.
Network is also ruled out for me as it's still working flawlessly on my old phone and my wife's phone.
I cast all the time from Plex so it's super annoying not being able to find the chromecasts for 10 minutes and the closing apps/G Home, rebooting etc trying to trigger a discovery.
Cheers,
Jon
Oh a further update to my theory of "the refresh/scan isn't working as it should"
I have a CC that turns off when the TV is turned off and this sometimes appears in the list of devices for hours after it's been turned off, like overnight.
I've tried a factory reset but it didn't help, it's across multiple apps so maybe something to do with discovery in the android discovery software itself?
I wish all the apps just used their own discovery like YT/NF.... grumble, grumble...
Further update...
I'm 90% sure this is due to some overly aggressive power saving. I've also noticed the BBC news widget doesn't update as much as it should.
Today I tested resetting a Chromecast and attaching it as a new one. Didn't work. Needed to use another device to get it set up with Google home. Not ideal. Be interesting to see if anyone else can attach a new Chromecast after factory resetting one if anyone fancies some troubleshooting for me?
Go on, be a pal.
Cheers,
Jon
Works flawlessly in streaming from playmovies to casting the screen
I stream from plex or YouTube to a chromecast without problem
Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update
JonMoore87 said:
Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update
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I'm on .107 firmware, I never tried older ones.
Im also experiencing some problems with chromecast. Basically, some apps, like spotify, sometimes does not show my chromecasts under devices available.
After some tests, I think it is something related to the wifi strength and wifi+. If I disable the sim data, magically all the chromecasts around my house are correctly detected.