Questions related to Google Cast SDK usage and issues.
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Skip Chromecast selection when sending from Google Chrome
I'm trying to send data to a chromecast, but I would like to send the data to a certain Chromecast directly, without selecting it in the Google Chrome.
I would like to skip the Chromecast selection before sending data.
This is want to avoid.
I dont…

Emiliano Montesdeoca
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Getting current bitrate with CAF
With the new CAF framework for creating Chromecast applications I see there is a new event that gets fired each time the bitrate changes. This is great but it doesn't cover all of my needs.
Is there a way to obtain the current bitrate using the…
user9614031
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Casting an image shows media controls in Notification, MiniControllerFragment and ExpandedControllerActivity
My application has Videos, Audios and Photos. I'm successfully able to cast all three of them. However when I cast an image, the minicontrollerfragment, Notification and ExpandedControllerActivity shows video controls.
When I click play/pause button…

Sagar
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Android Sender App getting timeout for DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID, when trying to connect to Chromecast
I am working on adding Chromecast support to my app.
I have gone through : https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cast-videos-android/#0
Link for app from code lab :…

Sumitkumar Dhule
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Chrome cast session start fail with error 15
By referring https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cast-videos-android/#6 i have implemented chrome cast in my android app. I was able to cast videos successfully. Experimental setup is not changed(only Receiver Application ID is set to…

Sumitkumar Dhule
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How can I manipulate the playing video on a CAF receiver?
I have a new CAF receiver and would love to be able to manipulate the video using javascript but I'm unable to get the video element using javascript. Is there some way to do this if using ?

casolorz
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CAF: Audio tracks changing issue
We've created a custom CAF receiver. When we try to switch audio tracks, the receiver player works properly just for the first request. If we try to make other requests, we are able to see the correct EDIT_TRACK_INFO_REQUEST (with the correct audio…

FNC dev
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Can not get GCKRemoteMediaClientListener called on second time
I am using googlecast sdk iOS 4.0.2 version to find castable devices under same wifi network, iOS version is 10.0 or above.
I created a singleton, and register the listener to it which successfully get called when find the devices on the very first…

doubll liu
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Display content on top of the cast home screen
I was wondering if it is possible to create and display content with the cast sdk but on top of the standard cast home screen. For example, I would like to display a popup for a second but continue to display the nice backgrounds exposed by…

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Chromecast error: queue segment (2643656) as segment duration will go beyond buffer limit
I have an m3u8 video that gives this error on the Chromecast:
queue segment (2643656) as segment duration will go beyond buffer limit
I have the same error if using the reference cast receiver, however two other apps I tried do not have that…

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Google Cast Custom Receiver CORS Header
I am trying to build Google Cast custom receiver.
i tried the basic receiver example below to play youtube video, But i am getting CORS header issue.
https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/caf_receiver_basic
How can I set CORS header in CAF…

Ranga Vadhineni
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Chromecast custom CAF receiver
I'm having issues with the new CAF receiver not registering the YouTube iframe player as a player, and that it is playing. After 5 minutes connected to the receiver, the connection is broken because it thinks that the player is idle.
This is the…

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Replacement for GCKSession.resume() in Google Cast iOS SDK 4.x?
With the Google Cast iOS SDK 3.5.6 I had some logic in place to detect and resume a an existing cast session when needed. Something like this:
func connectToDevice(_ device: GCKDevice, sessionId: String?) {
var resumed = false
if let…

Hugo
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How to implement CAF Receiver Queueing
I'm confused by this page https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/caf_receiver_features#queueing
It seems to assume that any implementation of 'YourServer' will return synchronous results rather than promises or observables.
Does anyone have a…

Julian
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How to display audio information of audio stream on chromecast while playing?
I'm streaming audio livestreams and audio on-demand m3u8 files from my iOS sender app to the chromecast. When doing so, the receivers screen is black and not showing any information about the current streamed audio. Only when the stream is paused,…

dalipsia
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