Unable to Chromecast
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@mib2berlin VB-77514. Thanks for your guidance!
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@goefelein Is there some kind of public bug to watch?
I have the same issue and it started a few weeks ago, unfortunately I don't know what causes the issue. I can only say that the same issue also occurs with Chromium which is also not able to cast anymore.
The behavior I see is the same as you described: when clicking Stream, I can see my Chromecast (3rd gen), clicking seems to start the cast for a moment but immediately stops. The TV connected to the Chromecast shows a black screen for a moment when trying to start casting but immediately switches back to its home screen.
Interestingly
mkchromecast --video --screencastworks fine however ...Unfortunately both Vivaldi as well as Chromium are linked statically and without debug info, so I cannot check via
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@matsusuke The bug number is VB-77514. I have not had any feedback from Vivaldi since I submitted to developers. Unfortunately, this MAY be a licensing issue with Google charging other browsers for the ability to Chromecast.
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@goefelein I have just tried with Google Chrome instead of Chromium and the result is the same. But Google Chrome seems to notice that there is an issue, at least the cast icon changes:
Unfortunately there are no details here like tooltip, message, etc.
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For some reason it seems like a recent update (again not sure which exactly) fixed the issue. I am now able to cast from Vivaldi again (now called Cast Mirror).
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