HI,
I've been streaming pandora stations using Alexa on firestick with no problems until last week.
From one moment to another, Alexa says shes not able to reproduce my stations.
However, if I factory reset de stick, she starts to play normally again until I turn off the stick... after that, the problem gets back.
I'm in Colombia and I know Pandora is not supposed to work here. But it did work for quite a long time and I'm still trying to figure out what's going on.
Any Ideas of what could be causing this behaviour?
Thanks.
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Hello everyone
To whom it may concern:
My name is Jé and I am having issues with this Chromecast. I was able to successfully set it up and begin streaming videos successfully via YouTube and Google Play Video( I rented a movie to try it out). I do not recall if this issue occurred on the YouTube video but upon casting a video from my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 to my T.V it plays just fine, as with YouTube I was able to hit my home screen and send texts, etc and the Cast window still be in my notifications panel.
Well I got a phone call and went to answer it and the Chromecast window disappeared . I tried going into Google Play and even the Chromecast application and got nothing….I even restarted my phone and the movie was still PLAYING!...o and I was OFF Wi-Fi! My device said Wi-Fi was on but my data was coming from 4G LTE!
Again the movie still played with no hiccups or nothing even when I restarted my cellphone and played just fine when I accepted the phone call.
I had to unplug it from the back of my T.V, re connect it, and then go back into it works just fine I scrub to where I was and again after a short while the cast icon disappears but the movie is still playing and the phone drops from Wi-Fi. I even turned Wi-Fi off this time and it still played just fine! This is weird! I put a call into Google but to no avail.
I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue. Why does the icon go away? How was it even working with me being off Wi-Fi ?
bipoler said:
I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue. Why does the icon go away? How was it even working with me being off Wi-Fi ?
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You have to be using WiFi to see and control Chromecast. After it starts playing a selection it is NOT using your phone any more.
You are not streaming from your phone to Chromecast. Once you send the program you want to view to YouTube, Google Movie etc... the Chromecast gets the URL for the item and then plays the item using its own connection to the network the WiFi you set up for it.
You can turn off your phone and it will not have any effect on what is playing since it is not using your phone to play the item.
When you got a call, your WiFi on you Phone must have been turned off, but the Chromecast is playing the movie on its own and doesn't need you phone).
To talk back to the Chromecast from your phone you have to have WiFi turned back on, and then send another program to the Chromecast.
You might look into a beta app called RemoteCast https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benlc.camcast
This will allow you to control Chromecast when it is playing something even if the phone didn't start the playing.
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krelvinaz said:
You have to be using WiFi to see and control Chromecast. After it starts playing a selection it is NOT using your phone any more.
You are not streaming from your phone to Chromecast. Once you send the program you want to view to YouTube, Google Movie etc... the Chromecast gets the URL for the item and then plays the item using its own connection to the network the WiFi you set up for it.
You can turn off your phone and it will not have any effect on what is playing since it is not using your phone to play the item.
When you got a call, your WiFi on you Phone must have been turned off, but the Chromecast is playing the movie on its own and doesn't need you phone).
To talk back to the Chromecast from your phone you have to have WiFi turned back on, and then send another program to the Chromecast.
You might look into a beta app called RemoteCast https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benlc.camcast
This will allow you to control Chromecast when it is playing something even if the phone didn't start the playing.
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Googles support team just wrote me back saying this, I will try this the next time I cast from my device :
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Google. It was my pleasure speaking with you about your Chromecast device. With the issues that happened while watching the movie on Google Play, I have a quick question. Do you have battery saving mode on your phone? If so, please disable the battery saving mode.
The Battery Saver feature can be found under Apps > Settings > General Tab > Battery
For as long as I had this aftv it has the sound cut in & out maybe 50% of the time. I thought it was a bug/defective unit since no other streaming device has issues. A reboot ALWAYS fixes the sound issue.
Last nite I pretty much confirmed its the tv causing this because I had set the sleep timer, but was still watching xbmc. I turned the tv back on. The video was still playing but sound cut in & out.
I have tried different cables, though I only have a couple of hq hdmis. There is no firmware update I could find for this tv. Taking a chance someone might know of a trick to fix this VERY annoying issue.
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For as long as I had this aftv it has the sound cut in & out maybe 50% of the time. I thought it was a bug/defective unit since no other streaming device has issues. A reboot ALWAYS fixes the sound issue.
Last nite I pretty much confirmed its the tv causing this because I had set the sleep timer, but was still watching xbmc. I turned the tv back on. The video was still playing but sound cut in & out.
I have tried different cables, though I only have a couple of hq hdmis. There is no firmware update I could find for this tv. Taking a chance someone might know of a trick to fix this VERY annoying issue.
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I've been losing audio sometimes too. I have my FTV hooked to my Yamaha receiver with HDMI. I figured out that my receiver needs to be on first, before I wake up the FTV. If I wake the FTV up, and then turn on the receiver, I have no audio. Make sure you power on your TV first, then wake up the FTV. If that doesn't work, try the opposite. Wake up the FTV, then turn on the TV.
I use Sing! Karoke for listening to songs, but there is a major flaw on the Fire Phone. When you play a song, it'll play for half a second, and then stop. This way there is literally no way to listen to any songs on this app. I remember this used to happen in the Facebook app, that a video just plays for half a second and then stops. Is there any fix for this? I have a rooted Fire Phone, so is there a way to work around it? I would appreciate your help! I am currently on Stock Fire OS 4.6.6.1. I dont want to use CM 11 because I use the Fire Phone as camera as well.
Is anyone else able to stream movies from this phone to their DLNA devices (my case I use either Panasonic smart TV or Xbox One to stream to)? I've tried AllConnect and BubbleUPnP (and lesser know ones from google play) and they all drop connection between 5 - 15 minutes into the stream. I've tried turning off battery optimisation on the apps but it made no difference, nor did a reset. On occasion the phone even soft reboots whilst streaming.
Never had this problem on my android tablet or other phones. Any ideas?
I'm on the latest stock android nougat, unrooted. Never got to see if it worked on MM.
Hi guys, could anyone help me out with this?
Had a bit of a breakthrough with it today... the phone streams video perfectly without cutting off after 5/10mins if I set the phone to 'stay awake while charging' in developer options and leave it plugged in. I assume by activating that setting there are processes being overridden and prevented from occurring that cut the video stream off in normal use.
Perhaps some system process related to doze/battery optimization?
Hello,
Long story short, I have a Sony X950G with Android 9, and for some time, usually every day, randomly, when playing an stream the video and audio pauses on the TV.
I can browse back to the homescreen again, but the system will lose its navigation sound, and if I try to open another app, video won't play (eg, YouTube) or video will play breaking up and without sound (eg, CW app), and the system will feel under stress.
The only way to mitigate the problem is restarting the TV, but the next day will happen again.
I believe this not a networking problem, because I have 100mbps up/ 100mbps down, and it's a reliable connection.
Using the analiti app, the network ttl (round trip) was around 47, 55, 65, is this acceptable? Could this be an issue? I have an Xbox One, and I don't have this issues using streaming apps.
Anyone having a similar issue or ideas on how to fix the problem?
Thanks,
What application is this happening in, or is it on the OTA tuner?
Note10.1Dude said:
What application is this happening in, or is it on the OTA tuner?
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Usually, this happens when I'm watching videos, such as The CW, NBC, Plex, Sony Media Player app, etc. However, yesterday for example, I got the issue as I finish installing the NBC app. Though, I couldn't say if it actually started as I tried to open the Google Play store.
When I sound went off, I was able to navigate, but it felt that the system was using a lot of resources, because moving around and starting apps took a long time.
Disable any/all apps that you don't use?
Factory reset would be next suggestion.