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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: greybone on May 24, 2020, 08:34:16 am

Title: Chromecast streaming keeps hanging (tcp timeout?)
Post by: greybone on May 24, 2020, 08:34:16 am

I just want to stream video to my chromecast, but regardless of method, the video will freeze after approximately 1 minute 30 seconds of playback.

I've tried:
MC 23 -> Gizmo on my phone -> Chromecast
Purchasing MC26 -> Gizmo -> Chromecast
MC26 -> Purchasing Jremote2 -> Chromecast

Library server is on wired connection, the rest on wireless obviously.

And it's getting very frustrating at this point. Is this a known problem? The timing seems to point to some sort of tcp timeout.

Title: Re: Chromecast streaming keeps hanging (tcp timeout?)
Post by: RoderickGI on May 24, 2020, 07:30:37 pm

Known, in that it has been reported a few times. I have the issue.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125204.0.html
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125239.0.html
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125453.0.html

Personally, I think your guess that it is a TCP timeout could be correct. I can't prove it. I think my router is dropping certain packets, and hence losing the ARP record for the connection... or something like that.

Title: Re: Chromecast streaming keeps hanging (tcp timeout?)
Post by: greybone on May 25, 2020, 06:38:39 pm

Thanks for the feedback, do we have any indication if this affects the chromecast ultra as well as the regular chromecast?

Title: Re: Chromecast streaming keeps hanging (tcp timeout?)
Post by: RoderickGI on May 25, 2020, 08:39:26 pm

I've tested using Chromecast on my TV.

I have Chromecast Ultra built into my HTPC, and tried testing there, but I had issues getting it to work at all. I didn't diagnose what was happening there. It could just be the PC. So I don't know if a working Chromecast Ultra installation has the problem or not.