Chromecast: "No Cast destinations found" on 16.04, works on 17.10

Bug #1740583 reported by sn0m
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Bug Description

So tried to chromecast from chrommium. Click on cast i get the option "No Cast destinations found. Need help?"
it is funny though as it works fine on ubuntu 17.10
I tried all the tricks reported previously on forums but no joy.
Thanks for your help

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: chromium-browser 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 30 21:12:25 2017
DetectedPlugins:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-26 (218 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted]

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sn0m (sokol-nushaj) wrote :
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
summary: - clicking on cast i get "No Cast destinations found. Need help?" It is
- funny as it works fine on chromium on ubuntu 17.10
+ Chromecast: "No Cast destinations found" on 16.04, works on 17.10
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