Hi everyone, how can I stop seeing the cast icon on every streaming service? I have a laptop connected via HDMI to an LG TV

Hey, i have an old chromecast gen3 that i wanna cadt iptv to. I have an Android mobile and what is the best app to use for casting iptv to Old chromecast?

Hello, This may be a little long, I'll try to be succinct.

I have purchased 2 new Chromecast 4k with Google TV (Android 12 - STTL.211013.003.12571383) to replace 2 of my older Chromecasts. I have a sports website that I stream from and therefore have to cast from the Chrome tab on my PC. I've been doing this for years with the old devices across my house with no problems (Ultra, first gen, third gen). However, the streams for my sports would often produce a lot of artifacting and graininess during the broadcast. My brother said he doesn't have that problem and uses the 4k with Google TV. I thought maybe there was something with the resolution so I purchased two of them. When the casting does work, it's beautiful and clean as expected

The problem is that I typically can't cast to them without uninstalling all the updates (and turning off auto updates) to the Google Cast and/or Chromecast Built-in app (as suggested by another Reddit post). Problem solved I think as it starts casting, but then it just stops casting randomly (every 2 to 30 minutes). There are no errors or logs to go off of. This is consistent with both new devices, a problem I do not see with the older devices.

Here are things I've tried:

• Used multiple new 4k with Google TV devices on different receivers/TVs
• Casted using multiple browsers (Chrome and Brave browser)
• Used multiple PCs (surface tablet and desktop)
• Setup QOS on network and prioritized traffic to the Chromecast devices
• Migrated entire setup to a second network in my house using a completely different router. Moved the PC and Chromecast to the new network.
• Purchased an ethernet adapter. This is interesting as it's a generic one from Amazon and works with a fresh factory reset Chromecast but then stops working once any updates have been applied. Anyone know where I can find a good ethernet adapter that works with the device? I would love to do a complete test using a known good ethernet adapter.
• Rebooted everything and factory reset the Chromecasts multiple times
• Casted tabs from different websites
• Both devices are within 30 feet of direct line of site to the router (1 of them is less than 18" from the router)
• Once it fails I can't re-cast unless I close the browser and reopen

I feel that I've ruled out the device itself, the TV, the site, the browser, the PC, the network, the router. I'm not sure where else to go with this but to assume there is some issues with the software/firmware.

I was looking at the reviews on the Chromecast Built-in app and it seems like there are a lot of recent reviews with people that are having various issues and that maybe the issue is software/firmware on the devices.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to try next? Happy to provide any additional information I may have forgotten to add.

Thank you in adavance.

Hey there, I purchased an amazon fire tv and then got a 3rd gen chromecast on fb marketplace. When I go to change the hdmi input it's plugged into on my TV, it shows as no input detected. I believe I got the power cord that came with the chromecast, but I didn't get the cube.. maybe that's the issue.. but it's all plugged in, google home recognizes the device, but I can't finish set up because my tv doesn't show anything. I've had success plugging in other things into my tv, so I'm unsure what the issue is/how to troubleshoot from here. Any suggestions?

I use an old phone which I cast to watch on TV, yesterday it just stopped (connects, disconnecteds immediately).

I factory reset and managed to work all yesterday, seemed ok today then I think it downloaded a Google play update and back to not working.

I've reset again but unfortunately, it seems to be done casting.

This happened to others please? Is the phone just now too old to do this anymore?

I did clearing Google play services cache and data but no success

Cheers

Google Chromecast with Google TV is the one I'm using. Operating on Android 12. Is anyone has been using IPTV on this Chromecast. Any issues on the streaming so far. I'm planning to get a subscription on IPTV.

I have a Chromecast Gen 1, and I can successfully cast from my Samsung tablet. However, when I try casting from my Pixel 6, I run into issues.

For example, when I cast Disney+ or HBO Max, the app's start screen appears on my TV, but after about a minute, the Chromecast just returns to the home screen. No error messages, just a reset to the default screen.

Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be a compatibility issue with the Pixel 6? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Have had a Google but can’t find any definitive answers. Does anyone know if I am able to add a remote to my Chromecast gen 3? Sick of using my phone as the remote but no need to replace a perfectly fine device. Thanks :)

I get that this type of subscription does not alow casting your screen, but does anybody know what's the reasoning behind it,

I have an issue across three (so far) different media players: MX Player Pro, Just Player, and Next Player. With MX Player Pro, I get video playback, but the audio is sporadic. On Just Player and Next Player, I get audio playback but no video—along with the interface not even showing.

The device is a Google TV streamer (the new one), and my TV is an LG C4. When I try to play something, an HDR or DV badge appears in the top right corner, and that’s it. Sometimes, MX Player Pro behaves the same as the other two.

It doesn’t happen with everything I play, but it happens often enough for me to type this shit out!

I plugged in my Chromecast, and already set my input to HDMI 1 on my TV, the TV kept doing the Chromecast beeping sound, but the screen is blank, how do I fix this? My TV's brand is Sharp, and I'm using the Google Model GZRNL

Anyone aware of an Android app to cast to TV, with subtitles showing. (Subtitles are on a different file).

Hey y’all, help me troubleshoot?

when i cast youtube to my chromecast, i will set the volume on google home to 1%. within 10 seconds, the volume will turn up by itself. the volume percentage will remain at 1%.

i’ve updated the youtube app, google home app, no changes. i unfortunately do not have the TVs remote, if it helps its a Vizio E221-A1. no volume controls on the actual TV, of course.

would a reset of the chromecast do the trick? has anyone else had this issue? it is driving me absolutely mad - don’t try to sleep with the tv on in the background, it’s too loud & EVERY time i turn it down, it goes back up.

help me before i go insane, someone. anyone 😭

EDIT: it goes back to the original volume of 1% during ads. when the video returns, the volume increases. i’m at a loss.

I have a HD chromecast and lost the remote, so I've bought a third party remote and it works (kinda). The on/off and volume buttons don't work. I know it's a third party remote but is there anyway to fix this issue?

I need help with my PC when streaming content to my Chromecast Audio and Google Home Mini on my Google WiFi network.

The problem is that my PC doesn’t detect any of these devices over Wi-Fi. I have a laptop and another PC that detect them just fine, but this PC doesn’t. The only solution I found so far is connecting the PC via Ethernet, which allows it to detect the devices. However, over Wi-Fi, it only detects the Chromecast connected to my TV.

I was watching YouTube on guest mode via the youtube app on my Samsung tv. He has connected to the wifi before and possibly casted to the tv (I don’t remember).

Midway through my video, the notification “new device connected” popped up with his username and profile pic. He proceed to play an entire video then disconnected at the end. The video was of a song we shared which makes me think this was targeted.

How was this possible if he was definitely not in the country and could not have been connected to the wifi network? I am worried he may have access to my tv or wifi.

Thanks!

So I have tried to reset it by holding the button on the back but the light does not change from white to orange it just stays white no matter how long i hold it for i also tried to reset it from the app but it does not show up on the google home app too any help will be appreciated

Im running a power socket with TV, Chromecast and Soundbar which is controlled by a WIFI socket.
When i go like "Google - Start the TV" all the devices will start. I witness the Chromecast (since a couple of weeks or even month?) to somehow be "on" while there is no screensaver on the TV.

I can also connect him using Chrome->Stream or just my phone.
This - ONE TIME DAILY - results in nothing: The stream i send to the Chromecast ends in a black screen.

I then have to ONE TIME put in/out the Chromecast from power, and then it works. Endless, until i stop the power when i go to sleep.

This damn circle repeats daily and has NOT been like this all the time and also never happened on the non 4K version i had. Im currently using the one which came with Stadia.

Anyone has an idea? Its so annoying to replug this thing daily.
I dont even know why its not working when i power up the devices.

Casting used to be THE feature of the chromecast ecosystem, including the 'android TV' boxes. Because before all of this, we had Android Devices for TV, which were a mess to use since you needed to navigate with a mouse or whatever. And even in the age of Android TV boxes, casting is still sometimes a nice idea, specially when you share a TV with multiple people and you don't want your youtube histories clashing with each other.

Yeah... about that. I just realized that now sending a video from my phone leaks the last 3 videos I played. Try it, send a video, then pause the video, your last 3 played videos will appear on the TV for everyone in the room to see. And I don't mean the last 3 videos you played on that TV. I mean your last 3 videos you've played anywhere else.

But at least that day cast actually worked. Because often, it doesn't. It has become common place that trying to select a device from the youtube app doesn't actually work. Instead it stays loading for a while. Maybe if I wait up to 2 minutes it might connect. This used to be instant and just works. I'm seeing the same issue on both my "chromecast with google TV" and my "mibox S".

But it's still better than how it sometimes asks me to log in with my account on the TV. Dude, the only reason I am using cast is precisely to avoid having my account on my TV. TO REITERATE: THIS TV IS SHARED BETWEEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE. Are google devs so out of touch, maybe everyone at google nowadays is some lonely bachelor that only uses their home to sleep after a whole day of work at the Data Theft Factory.

If I reset my device, or get a new one will I be able to install it? Thanks xx

I want to play a YouTube playlist on loop via my chromecast but it keeps going to ambient mode and I can't seem to find a setting to turn it off

So, I was watching bunch of YouTube videos, and I got distracted by my phone and have left the TV on without touching the remote so of course the screensaver turned on, but then suddenly Hulu app opened on my TV without me touching the remote, nobody else has access to my Hulu account, or my google TV dongle. And I just checked app and it wasn't the update.. So, what could have caused that??🤔

Title explains the issue. When I cast a movie all that appears on screen is a still image from the moment I first cast and the audio plays normally. Any idea what the cause is and how I can fix it? Chromecast was working just fine a few days ago.

I tried upgrading from Chromecast 3rd Gen (2018) to GTS. (Not a gamer, don't know much about chips, my TV is HD from 2011.)

My 3rd Gen I was replacing had two main glitches:

• my Android phone notification bar controls would not appear randomly for cast media. This was sporadic across several streaming apps. Spotify to a Google home speaker seldom has this issue (notification bar controls were usually present).
• my Android phone volume rocker would randomly not control Chromecast (perhaps tied to the shared controls issue) (I would have to open the Google home app or streaming app and control the volume from there.)

I figured that streaming apps were moving away from device controlled casting and towards remotes/boxes. Meaning casting support is fading away.

GTS had some issues out of the box which I worked through:

• CEC was glitchy with my 2011 Samsung TV using Anynet+. But I fixed that with a TV power cycle.

-App only mode got rid of the promoted content but disabled Google photos ambient mode. So I turned it back off and lived with it.

• I couldn't use my Google home app remote to control content played under a child's profile. (Also child GTS profiles are meaningless because they don't cascade down to app profiles.) So I had everyone use one GTS profile.

Finally I decided to return the GTS for two main reasons:

• Shared controls notification problem is worse than before when streaming was initiated from the remote. They never appear. You have to go to the remote through Google home.
• Google Assistant voice commands don't work to pause or change volume when streaming was initiated from the remote. Bringing up the remote on Google home was the only way. This was the deal breaker. If I let my kid start a show with a remote, I need to be able to control it with my voice while cooking etc.

The only benefits I found with GTS are that

• Android phone volume rocker worked better for casting (but not for remote control initiated streaming)
• GTS has an auto off timer after inactivity. It shows ambient and then shuts down the TV (CEC).

I've heard that Roku is not as friendly with casting so I'm sticking with my glitchy 3rd Gen Chromecast. I know Redditers love Nvidia Shield but that also didn't seem like a Google Assistant, android notification controls, or casting friendly device.

Edit: Also even when casting from my phone, it was unfortunately intertwined with the GTS apps. Meaning you really had to be logged into the Netflix on the device in addition to your phone Netflix app. (I've heard this is where Netflix is going to crack down on sharing)

Afternoon

I'm about an hour in to something I thought would take 10's.

2 factory resets Disabled mobile data Bt on

Scored it 2nd hand so trying to figure out if it's the dud here or I am.

All help in these trying times is appreciated, I've had a quick scan through the sub but nothig that applys to this specific use case stuck out. If I missed it a point in the right direction would be great.

Edit: SOlved, don't throw away you're last gen Google phone I guess.

hey, I got a chromecast over a year and had been perfectly fine until around a week ago.

The remote has been stuck in pairing mode every time I turn on my chromecast. The remote does not connect when I use the buttons on the actual chromecast to pair items manually but does work after unplugging and plugging it back in where I still need to manually connect it .

Has anyone experienced and had a fix for this?

It feels like Google dropped a bad update on my CCwGTV right before they stopped selling them.

For the last few couple of months it... Has slowed down / Never shows up to cast to / Keeps unpairing my remotes

Its probably paranoia and/or confirmation bias but it feels like they're trying to make me buy the streamer.

I just felt the need to post this somewhere because if it's not just me then it's planned obsolescence

I thought I'd be able to run it for a good while before all my other devices left It behind...

I'm in a hotel and the WiFi has one of this systems where I have to introduce my room number and my birthdate using a portal in Chrome. I'm trying to connect my Chromecast and it keeps saying that it failed to connect and I'm guessing it's because the authentication thing, but how can I introduce the data with Chromecast (if at all)? Thanks in advance.

Prefacing this with I’m not an experienced chromecast user, at home I use an Amazon fire stick. Staying at a hotel which provides a chromecast device, initially it wasn’t plugged into the HDMI port so I corrected that and plugged it into the socket, however this is the screen it’s stuck on and my phone is connected to the hotel WiFi but nothing will cast. NOTE: there’s NO chrome remote or any remote other than the one for the TV itself (which is an old non-smart regular TV) and there’s no code or anything on the screen. The chromecast machine (?) itself is like, locked / no buttons are visible, I assume to prevent theft. Any idea of how we get this to work, or just give up?