Chromecast issues

[Dulanic]

Anyone have much trouble with their chromecast? I am finding I need to unplug the power almost daily. The reason is my phone and tablet can't find it. Once i power cycle it, it's fine. Before then, It's sitting at its normal not connected idle screen. I have it plugged into the back of my receiver, but that shouldn't matter I'd imagine.

 

[Jodell88]

Nope, the couple I have are working flawlessly.

 

[cronos]

Mine has also been working perfectly (bought it at release day). It does lose connection from time to time but my flaky wireless router is to blame for that (phones and tablets at home lost connection as well). After I restarted the router, it's pretty much 50/50 chance whether the Chromecast reconnect automatically or if it needs a reboot.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Haven't had that issue yet either. Though I have my Chromecast powered by my TV, so everytime the TV is turned off, the Chromecast is turned off too, so it gets a fresh start each time I turn on the TV.

 

[Dulanic]

Weird. I even get it in the middle of steaming things. Like I can have Netflix playing and the chromecast just disappears from my phone and I can't reconnect to it. It continues playing though when that happens, I just can't pause etc...

 

[cronos]

Weird. I even get it in the middle of steaming things. Like I can have Netflix playing and the chromecast just disappears from my phone and I can't reconnect to it. It continues playing though when that happens, I just can't pause etc...

If it continues playing then it doesn't lose connection. Because like I said my WiFi router dropped the connection from time to time, and when that happened whatever is playing just stopped streaming.

Are you on iOS? Now I remember experience similar to yours happened a few times early on when I used to use my iPod, so since then I have been using my android devices almost exclusively.

 

[zerocool84]

Haven't had that issue yet either. Though I have my Chromecast powered by my TV, so everytime the TV is turned off, the Chromecast is turned off too, so it gets a fresh start each time I turn on the TV.

Yea I haven't had any issues either, mine is connected to my tv's USB port as well.

 

[Dulanic]

If it continues playing then it doesn't lose connection. Because like I said my WiFi router dropped the connection from time to time, and when that happened whatever is playing just stopped streaming.

Are you on iOS? Now I remember experience similar to yours happened a few times early on when I used to use my iPod, so since then I have been using my android devices almost exclusively.

Na android. Happens to both my gs4 and nexus 7. I have a second chromecast I haven't hooked up yet. Think I'll try swapping them to see if that fixes it. I knew it wasn't losing connection, it just disconnects from any devices for some reason.

 

[styrafoam]

Two of them in my house, both running without issue for several months. The one i set up for my parents was really weird. It ran fine at first when i set it up, turned everything off and walked away from it for a couple hours and it wouldn't show up in the tv's list of sources when i tried to use it again. TV would not see it, no matter what i tried. Unplugged it, reset it, turned the tv off, unplugged the tv,even power cycled the cable box. It finally came back to life when i unplugged the hdmi from the cable box to the tv. Has been working fine since, i assume it was some sort of hdcp issue, but i didn't find much that sounded similar after googling.

 

[SithSolo1]

I didnt have an issue power wise but hulu was unusable and youtube had low framerate with slightly out of sync audio. This was streaming from a Win 7 rig with an i3 and ssd connected via an Asus RT-N66U over a 15ft distance. Took it back and pledged for an Airtame, we'll see how that works out.

 

[seepy83]

Mine is extremely flaky when connected to my receiver (an older Onkyo TX-SR606), but I have had no problem with it connected directly to a TV.

That being said, the HDMI inputs on my receiver have been very slow to sync up with any source (Cable box, Roku, chromecast, etc) recently, so I'm guessing the HDMI board in my receiver is just on its last legs.

 

[cronos]

I didnt have an issue power wise but hulu was unusable and youtube had low framerate with slightly out of sync audio. This was streaming from a Win 7 rig with an i3 and ssd connected via an Asus RT-N66U over a 15ft distance. Took it back and pledged for an Airtame, we'll see how that works out.

The only time that the computer has any effect at all is when you're tabcasting a tab from Chrome. If you are using the appropriate 'cast' feature from the apps themselves, then all the computer/phone/tablet does is sending the address and then the ChromeCast will stream it directly from the source.

Therefore, if you have an unstable connection while streaming (non tab-casting) it is solely a wifi issue.

 

[SithSolo1]

The only time that the computer has any effect at all is when you're tabcasting a tab from Chrome.

Therefore, if you have an unstable connection while streaming (non tab-casting) it is solely a wifi issue.

Which is exactly what I was doing and why I was not satisfied. I got it solely to use from a windows PC with a wired connection to a router and tabcasting was the only way I got it to work.

 

[cronos]

Which is exactly what I was doing and why I was not satisfied. I got it solely to use from a windows PC with a wired connection to a router and tabcasting was the only way I got it to work.

Wait, if you are casting Youtube and Hulu from a wired computer you're not supposed to 'tabcast' but instead use the 'cast' icon on the Youtube/Hulu pages (not the Chrome addon). So which one did you use? The results should be different if your wifi connection is not an issue.

 

[SithSolo1]

I tried both on youtube, audio sync issue didnt change. On hulu I did not see a cast icon so I used the tab casting. I didnt mess with it for more than 20mins so the issue very well could be the user.

 

[anxi80]

Bought 2 Chromecast's on release day and really haven't had any issues. Both are plugged into receiver's and powered with the supplied adapter. A couple weeks back it seemed like it couldn't see my router (ASUS RT-N66U) but after rebooting the router they've been working fine again.

Mine is extremely flaky when connected to my receiver (an older Onkyo TX-SR606), but I have had no problem with it connected directly to a TV.

That being said, the HDMI inputs on my receiver have been very slow to sync up with any source (Cable box, Roku, chromecast, etc) recently, so I'm guessing the HDMI board in my receiver is just on its last legs.

I was having the same issue a couple years back with the HDMI inputs taking forever to connect and it just got worse and worse. Fortunately I was still under warranty and drove about 60 miles to a place up north that would repair it and I haven't had any problems since. It now looks like there's some YouTube video's and guides on doing a self-repair.

 

[seepy83]

I was having the same issue a couple years back with the HDMI inputs taking forever to connect and it just got worse and worse. Fortunately I was still under warranty and drove about 60 miles to a place up north that would repair it and I haven't had any problems since. It now looks like there's some YouTube video's and guides on doing a self-repair.

Thanks for mentioning. Looks fairly straightforward and inexpensive to replace a handful of capacitors. Nice option instead of replacing an otherwise perfectly good receiver.

 

[zoiks]

Mine is extremely flaky when connected to my receiver (an older Onkyo TX-SR606), but I have had no problem with it connected directly to a TV.

That being said, the HDMI inputs on my receiver have been very slow to sync up with any source (Cable box, Roku, chromecast, etc) recently, so I'm guessing the HDMI board in my receiver is just on its last legs.

Likely the case. I have mine hooked to my Onkyo 806 and it works fine.

 

[jmartin357]

I actually quit using mine. I had to power cycle it at least once per use, sometimes more. it would get confused and stop playing or keep playing when I told it to stop. I was only using the hbo go app, so that may be the problem, but either way... I gave up.

 

[Dulanic]

I finally figured out my issue. My netgear nighthawk router and my my phone. It works fine when my phone is on 2.4ghz but at 5ghz is flaky and drops seeing the chromecast. Will try ddwrt soon and see if helps.