INTERACT FORUM

More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 22 for Windows => Topic started by: M.P. on August 29, 2016, 02:07:28 pm

Title: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: M.P. on August 29, 2016, 02:07:28 pm

Gizmo on my android phone doesn't display a chromecast icon.

• I can cast to my chromecast device from the chrome browser running on the windows machine that runs MC 22.0.15.
• I can cast to my chromecast device from the android phone's youtube app.
• I can play any media of my MC bibliothek within Gizmo locally on the mobile phone.

Is there any setting that may be wrong?

Title: Re: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: JimH on August 29, 2016, 02:59:59 pm

Here's the original thread.
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,89246.msg612766/topicseen.html#msg612766

Make sure Gizmo is updated.

Title: Re: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: M.P. on August 30, 2016, 03:06:47 pm

I use the following versions:

- Chromecast Firmware 1.20.66189
- Media Center 22.0.15
- Gizmo 21.0.1 (I tried the one from the Google Play store as well as the APK installation)

Still now luck, any further ideas?

Title: Re: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: M.P. on August 30, 2016, 04:22:58 pm

Now I got it working reproducibly, but I don't know if the behaviour is intended:

- If I start Gizmo, it doesn't show the chromecast icon - even if I start and end it several times
- If I start the Youtube app for instance, this app shows the chromecast immediately
- If I start Gizmo now, it still doesn't show the icon
- If I switch back to the Youtube app and start to stream to the chromecast, then the icon suddenly appears in Gizmo as well
- If I disconnect the chromecast inside the Youtube app, then the icon disappears in Gizmo
- If connect again inside the Youtube app, the icon appears in Gizmo immediately
- If I choose to connect in Gizmo now, the icon stays there even I disconnect and end the Youtube app.

Hence it seems I need to start any other app that connects to the chromecast right before starting Gizmo.
Did you experience the same? Is there any setting that I miss?

Title: Re: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: DJLegba on August 30, 2016, 05:10:44 pm

Try opening the Google Cast app on your Android phone before opening Gizmo.

Title: Re: How to cast to Chromecast within Gizmo (MC 22.0.15 on Windows 10)?
Post by: M.P. on August 31, 2016, 12:44:02 pm

Yes, that works, too.

I'm just wondering what prevents Gizmo from discovering chromecast(s) himself, why is the "help" of other apps necessary?