Questions related to Google Cast SDK usage and issues.
Questions tagged [google-cast-sdk]
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How to pass the manifest to player after processing?
Once the manifest is obtained by using host.processManifest , necessary changes can be made. How can one pass the manifest to the player after this?

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HLS AAC 5.1 audio not working on Chromecast 2 and Chromecast Ultra with firmware 1.28.100555
I am unable to play HLS video with 5.1 audio track on Chromecast 2 and Chromecat Ultra. The same files worked just fine on previous firmware releases before 1.28.100555.
In order to avoid any Objective-C programming errors all the tests I made were…

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Is it possible to make a receiver app for chrome tab
I'm posting here because I didn't find any satisfying answer anywhere.
The question is quiet simple. I see a lot of application implementing the cast feature on Android. The issue is that even if I have a brand new smart TV, it actually doesn't…

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Live Stream Metadata update CAF Receiver
How do i update the metadata in the receiver for live audio stream. Am using custom receiver but i don't find any methods for the same in the developer docs.

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Google Cast Receiver API for Android/iOS
We are creators of a music player app and would like to extend our app
with the Google Cast (Audio) receiver capability.
Currently the Receiver API is a JavaScript API, which allows access to the visalization of the receiver part only, no chance to…

Karoly Gacsal
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Restart Cast custom channel on screen orientation change
I'm using code from Github sample project - googlecast/CastHelloText-android but they have hardcoded in AndroidManifest
android:screenOrientation="portrait" and I want to be able to rotate screen and use split-screen (android nougat). It closes the…

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ConnectSDK doesn't try to find Chromecast
all.
I try to create an android cast application with google chromecast. So I tryied to find chromecast with this code:
public void startDiscoveringDevices() {
DiscoveryManager.init(mContext);
mDiscoveryManager =…

Sergey Grishin
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XMLHttpRequest in ChromeCast Custom Receiver does not send Cookie header to Same Domain
Using XMLHttpRequest I would like to send the Cookie to the same domain via ChromeCast custom receiver. I'm using the following code, but when I look at the headers in the Request, the Cookie header does not appear.
Is there a way to send a request…

Erkan
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How to get timed metadata updates in an iOS app with Google Cast support
I'm working on an iOS app with Google Cast support. One of the key features is playing radio live streams and with the native player (I'm using AVPlayer) I'm able to get timed metadata from the stream, so I can update the currently playing content…

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cast debugging custom receiver
I'm trying to follow the instruction in the docs. But I am not seeing the inspect link as described in step 4.
I do get a list of all chrome cast devices on the network (including the one I'm casting to), with there IP addresses but no Inspect…

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Cast Local Videos On Chromecast using GCDWebServer
I am trying to cast local videos to google cast. I have tried a lot but no proper solution is there I guess. I searched a lot over the internet and Stack Overflow
What I need is that:-
I am working to cast local videos from iphone to chromecast TV…

Rahul Sharma
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Namespace change in Google Cast custom sender application
I have an issue with a custom sender/receiver application was written a while back.
We recently merged to the cloud and the sender application which is a simple web page was moved and changed its URL from what it used to be.
http:…

uzzum07
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Is there a API for developres for register cast apps?
Hello there i'm in a situation where i need to register a lot of new cast apps and i'm wondering if there is any API to do this task instead of doing it manually one by one on the SDK Developer Console as the docs suggest. I already created one Cast…

Seba Rossi
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How to solve _OBJC_CLASS_$ reference error
We have a standalone video playback app, in which we have Chromecast working fine. Now we are trying to convert this app as a framework and add it in the parent app.
While building framework, reference error pops up. If I comment out the code in…

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CAF - How to debug media crashes?
I need to debug a crash that is occurring randomly during media playback on a CAF application. This appears to be a content issue, but the only error I get from the cast receiver on the crash is:
media_player.js:64 [1701.609s]…

Casey
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