Unable to Chromecast

goefelein

When I attempt to cast, my Mint 20 laptop sees the Chromecast device and tries to connect but almost instantly drops the connection. I am able to cast from Chromium. Suggestions?

goefelein

All Google extensions are enabled. Same problem in Brave but not in Chromium.

luetage

@goefelein What is the chromecast device? I know I cannot cast anything but youtube videos from the browser directly, need to use Miracast to put the desktop through.

mib2berlin

@goefelein
Hi, I can cast with latest snapshot and stable to my Xiaomi Mi Box.
What is your error, no device found or something?

Cheers, mib

goefelein

@luetage Interesting! I can cast from youtube as well but not from sites like Facebook(where my church service is). What is Miracast? Is it easy to install and implement? I have only moderate technical skills.

goefelein

@mib2berlin No error message. It sees my chromecast device and connects momentarily but immediately disconnects.

luetage

@goefelein Make a websearch for Miracast; but you probably don’t wanna mess with it, it’s not really straightforward. Honestly, I’d like to see input from a dev on this. If what you say is true and anything can be cast from Chrome itself, but not from other Chromium browsers, it would be interesting to get to know about the intricacies.

mib2berlin

@goefelein
Yep, if you can verify it work on Youtube but not on Facbook make a bug report, please.
I cant test this.

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Cheers, mib

luetage

@mib2berlin Just try any other video on any site, just not youtube. I haven’t found an example video which works yet.

mib2berlin

@luetage
Hm, https://vimeo.com/502313188 and https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article231646753/Corona-aktuell-Lockerungen-Montag-Lockdown-Gipfel-Merkel-News.html
and https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/eede539b-f364-4e0c-9819-98bb098bebbc
are working.
The problem for me I can find a video which does not work.

Cheers, mib

luetage

@mib2berlin Probably depends on the device you are using, your Xiaomi Mi Box, it seems to be a chromecast device specifically and might make all of this easier. In my case I try to cast directly to a TV screen with no intermediate gadgets. The device is being recognized but in Vivaldi I’m told the device only works on specific video sites. For me this is youtube only. I’m hesitant to install chrome to test this, because I already got a workaround I’m content with.

mib2berlin

@luetage
Hi, I understand, does it make sense to test with the original Chromecast device?
I still have one lying around here.
@goefelein do you use original Chromecast?

Cheers, mib

jane.n

Have you tried casting different sources? Below the list of available devices, there's a dropdown menu for Sources and you should be able to choose between Cast tab, Cast desktop and Cast file. Does casting work with any of these options?

goefelein

@mib2berlin It's an older device. Model NC2--6A5.

goefelein

@jane-n Yes, I have. Thanks!

mib2berlin

@goefelein
I have the same one and can test in a few hours.
Can you search a video not on social media pages not working for you I can test with, please?

Cheers, mib

goefelein

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When I try to cast, I see the list of devices. I select the family room, it connects very briefly, then drops. No extensions enabled.

mib2berlin

@goefelein
OK, I have only one device in one room but should not make any difference and the video work for me on:

Latest Vivaldi stable and snapshot on my Linux laptop and my Windows 10 workstation connected over WiFi.
I have no idea why it is not working for you, I am sorry.

Cheers, mib

goefelein

Thanks, mib. One obvious difference is that I am using Linux Mint 20.1 instead of Windows 10. I will submit a bug report in the next day or two. Thanks again for your suggestions!

mib2berlin

@goefelein
My laptop is Opensuse Linux and I regular use Linux but my customers use 99.9% Windows so I have one running Windows 10 system for testing.

Cheers, mib