It's gotten to the point where it's a hassle to use. I'll come home, turn on my TV, Chromecast loads briefly, and then nada on my phone. I'll power cycle the TV or CC and then the cast icon shows up, but then it seemingly disappears at random. I'm running lollipop on my phone and even the "cast screen" toggle doesn't show the thing. I've had this thing since *before* launch (best buy sold it to me early) so I might have a buggy model. There's also one other Chromecast in the house as well as 2 Android TV devices (ADT-1), but I doubt that they're interfering with anything. I've also wiped my router settings and reconfigured my network a couple times since this started happening without any luck. Any tips? I'll try anything at this point.

Really struggling with Netflix on my Chromecast. It looks like shit, there's crazy video noise. I can't pinpoint the issue. Chromecast YouTube looks great. Xbox games and cable look great on my TV so it's not that. But Netflix has awful, awful graininess. What's weirdest is I can't visually pick it up in all shots in a given TV show. It seems to be generally worst in close ups, and/or scenes with high contrast. The damn thing is no more than 3 feet from my router, which is located behind my TV. Maybe someone who knows better than me has some suggestions? I want to be part of the "I love my Chromecast" group, but right now its just frustrating. Thanks in advance! Here's a picture of what I'm dealing with: http://imgur.com/9YAocLg

My network has a WatchGuard acting as the center of the network (acting as firewall, DHCP server, etc.) and an Asus NT-56U serving wireless. The Asus is in bridged mode. I can cast perfectly fine from my Macbook or my HP Pavilion laptop, but when I search for a Chromecast to cast to on my HTC One M8, I can barely ever find it. I managed to make all the correct firewall rules for Chromecast, and I made a rule that allows anything out from my phone. What am I missing?

While trying to cast YouTube videos the picture and streaming is perfect. The audio is horrible. You hear millisecond clips of audio every couple seconds. I already tried turning off and on the TV, changing HDMI ports, using the extender, plugging the power supply to an outlet and still nothing , also doing the factory reset, and returning the Chromecast in exchange for a new one. I had tried Netflix and it worked fine. Also my aunt tried iheartradio and the same problem occurs. The TV is a JVC model no. LT-42PM30 ZBA 42".

Are there any external players that have chromecast support?

Hey guys, before I get started I just want to point out that yes, I did read the post at the top of the subreddit, and I have started to watch Gaven Macdonalds videos, and yes all of those helpful links make me very excited to learn about this great little machine, but even still I am making this post because-- well, I'm a bit overwhelmed. I'm just a community college student right now, and I have only just taken my first C++ course this semester (which started just a week ago). But after trying to consume everything I could about the Rasberry pi, it just seems like there is so much to take in, and I really want to learn as much as I can about it. My ultimate goal is to make an arcade stick that can both house the Raspberry Pi as well as the controls, with the capability to chromecast its emulation, as well as have an android device connect to it via bluetooth in order to work as a 2nd player controller. But I already read tutorials for retropies, etc, and how to wire controls straight to the chips GPIO-- and although I can see how easy it is to do all of that, I want to understand WHAT I'm doing and why. Can anyone direct me to a well organized, archive of 0-100 Raspberry Pi tutorials? Or a series of some sort? I found a tutorial series on skill share recorded by a redditor, but the supply list was a little pricey for me. Help would be really appreciated. Thanks guys.

I use Plex for my own personal use, so when I bought a chromecast for the family living room, I needed to be more specific with what media the family can see. I have all the files stored on my computer, and a separate Plex account for my phone and the android device that the rest of the family uses in the living room. Since you apparently can't hide libraries on certain devices, I just "shared" my movies, tv, and music libraries to the family account and signed in with that account on the device they use. So on the family device, there's nothing under ANY of the tabs except for "Shared Libraries" which only includes Movies, TV shows, and Music. Yet when I connect to the Chromecast, the "Ready To Cast" screen has still images from the Photos and Home Videos folder, which are only on my device and not shared to the family device. I don't understand why or how that's happening, and I can't figure out how to just disable the stupid screen altogether. Can you even do so? If someone knows how to disable this screen from showing background images, or could tell me why excluded content is showing up, that would be great. I already tried disabling everything that would have to do with background art in the settings on the Plex app, unchecking everything from the dashboard, and disabled the device from automatically finding servers that are just broadcasting, thinking maybe it was still picking it up somehow. I just don't understand why these simple little things are so problematic (at least for me). Like why not just have an option to simply disable this feature? Why not have an option to hide certain libraries on a device? Any help is appreciated, thanks.

I stream sports online if I don't get a game that I want to watch through my cable package. When you cast an "unofficial" video provider like I do, the video continues to stream on the computer even after you push it to the Chromecast. The issue I'm having is that streaming to my computer is perfectly fine, but when the video is streaming to both the computer AND the Chromecast, the stream becomes unwatchable. The workaround I am using right now is to stream the games to my laptop and plug my laptop directly into the TV via HDMI, but this is cumbersome and I'd like to do it all wirelessly if possible. Basically, I am trying to figure out if there is a way to cast the tab and have the computer stop streaming, and stream only to the Chromecast (like Netflix, for example). I realize this may be difficult or impossible, but I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas.

I currently have Polk R300s and I'm looking to upgrade. The Polks are good starter speakers, but sound a tad too bright and have weak bass. I can't supplement with a sub right now. My living room is only 11'x13', so there's only so much to push in such a small space. Requirements: - Under $500/pair - New I'm looking at the [Klipsch Reference RF42-II's](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VWDQPA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_zkUTub11DKXDE). I'm running my LP120 through a Pioneer VSX-552 receiver. I also run my Chromecast and cable through the same receiver. Suggestions? I tried posting in the weekly thread but haven't heard back, and I'm on a bit of a time crunch. Long story...

Hello, Just got a Chromecast. Set it up through my Android phone. Everything works great except my desktop computer cannot find the Cast Device. When I click on options and the Chromecast program on my desktop, it shows up as connected. http://i.imgur.com/OSlEmbG.jpg The exception is when I go to Youtube.com through Google Chrome, I can cast it perfectly. http://i.imgur.com/o9yAWuo.jpg I've tried [this](http://www.muchtall.com/2013/11/01/fix-for-chromecast-no-cast-devices-found/) and it's no help. I've tried turning on and off my local firewall and rebooting all devices. So far nothing has helped. Please advise!

I manage a bar, and I want to install a TV behind a glass case where the customers walk in that will display specials, events, and pictures taken at the bar. I was thinking about using a chromecast and controlling it from the bar computer. Is it pretty easy to make slideshows that look nice with this setup? Any other thoughts or tips would be helpful. Thanks.

My household no longer owns any Macs, apple tv, iPods, iPhones, or iPads. Over the years, however, I have purchased a bunch of movies on iTunes. I currently have a PC laptop, Android phone and tablet, a chromecast, and a PS4. What are my options for accessing my purchased content and streaming it to my television?

We are trying to figure out a good way to mount a TV without having a computer connected to it. Would Chromecast be able to do this (never owned a chromecast) can chromecast go to internal links such as https\\example:8080? thanks,

I got one for christmas and it worked great at home. However, when I brought it to my apartment at school the cast function doesn't ever seem to work. This doesn't really surprise me considering my chromecast didn't work on this network either- due to a sign in page. But what I don't understand is that I DO have internet on my Nexus player, I use it all the time. I even tried downloading chrome/chrome beta to see if I need to bypass the sign in page that way. Is there anything I can do to get casting back?

What I know: Chromecast is plugged into USB port of JVC TV (powered, even if the TV is off) and CEC is enabled. Wife and I fall asleep on the couch a good bit, and the times that we've woken up around 2:30am or so, the TV (which is usually set to a different input when we *fell* asleep) is on the Chromecast input/backdrop screen. One night recently, I was wide awake, and watching TV...at 2:04am, the TV switched itself over to CC input....just like that. It's a pain in the arse on it's own, but mostly because I've got a Harmony remote that I then gotta go into devices, TV, change inputs, etc....and if my wife tries to do it on her own, well...that's never good. What I *don't* know: Why? And could pluggin it into the wall outlet help? It doesn't seem to do this if we're NOT watching TV....meaning,normally, when we turn on the TV for the first time that day, it's still on whatever input we left it on

just discovered livenow tv app and its good cause it works although the channels are not that good im looking for more mainstream tv like nbc or comedy central most importantly or any other us tv channels since theres no cable subscription for those channels here.