can't connect to chromecast
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mkchromecast (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
can't connect to chromecast, no tray with info, can find chromedevices but it fails to connect.
tested different args to --host -s -n and -r to clean up after each try.
tried --debug and got:
927 --debug
ALSA device name: None.
Google Cast name: Living Room speaker.
backends: ['ffmpeg', 'avconv', 'parec', 'gstreamer']
ALSA device name: None.
Google Cast name: Living Room speaker.
backends: ['ffmpeg', 'avconv', 'parec', 'gstreamer']
USER =bjorn
PATH =/home/
Mkchromecast v0.3.8.1
Creating Pulseaudio Sink...
Open Pavucontrol and Select the Mkchromecast Sink.
Starting Local Streaming Server
[Done]
:::audio::: chunk_size, frame_size, buffer_size: 64, 2048, 8192
Selected backend: parec
Selected audio codec: mp3
Default bitrate used: 192k
Default sample rate used: 44100Hz.
:::audio::: command ['lame', '-b', '192', '-r', '-']
PID of main process: 74229
PID of streaming process: 74236
* Serving Flask app "mkchromecast.
* Environment: production
WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
Use a production WSGI server instead.
* Debug mode: off
* Running on http://
self.cclist [[0, 'Living Room speaker', 'Gcast'], [1, 'Bedroom speaker', 'Gcast'], [2, 'Big TV', 'Gcast']]
def get_cc(self):
[record[
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: mkchromecast 0.3.8.1-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 11 10:05:57 2021
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: mkchromecast
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Likely https:/ /github. com/muammar/ mkchromecast/ issues/ 334
Which indicates that mkchromecast doesn't work with python3-zeroconf version 0.24.1