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[Q] Cannot Cast Anything to Nexus Player

So can cast anything to the 2 chromecasts on my network just fine, however I can not cast anything to my NexPlayer. It never shows up as an available device to cast to even just trying to cast my screen.
Ive tried
- several factory restarts
- disconnecting and reconnecting to the wireless
- power cycling
Its pulling videos from my plex server and youtube app so I know its not a network issue.
Any thoughts?

Cast Screen not working with Cyanogenmod 12.1

Hi,
I have run the latest few versions of the nightly build for 30/7 and 31/7, up to the latest, 10/8. I have carried out a full wipe of the system, and almost everything works much better than with the Lollipop stock ROM.
This issue I have is with the Cast Screen. It will connect to Miracast (An LG TV, Samsung TV and a Roku 3) and also to an EZCast dongle. However, All that is displayed is a black screen. Bothe systems say that the phone is connected, it is just that the screen is not mirrored.
I can display video via Bubble UPNP to the EZCast and TVs, but that is all.
Here's hoping that others have seen this and can help.
Regards, Richard

I am facing the same situation mine would connect for a second and then just disconnect- very happy with CM12.1 otherwise but cannot find a solution for it anywhere. If you do pls share

Use all cast https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast works perfectly for me on RR rom

I don't think that Allcast is an answer. Bubble UPNP already works, but that also will not allow for screen casting, which is what I wanted to do.

Casting troubles

I got in on the $50 NP deals a little bit ago. It's been a neat little device aside from a couple issues. First, nothing can cast to it. Various phones, tablets try to connect then give up with a "Unable to connect to device" error. I have Chromecasts and they work flawlessly. I have done a factory reset or two without any improvement. Another oddity is that from my desktop computers, most of the time the device doesn't even get listed from the Chromecast icon (No cast devices found). One exception seems to be Youtube. There it shows the device, but still never sends anything to the Player.
The other issue I've had is that Netflix plays 1-5 seconds of a show before popping up it's aip-703. Netflix's web site gives a few suggestions, remove and readd account and the like, but that hasn't helped.
The only other thing I can think of is that the upgrade to Marshmallow might magically fix things, but I'm not holding out much hope. Any other suggestions?

I bet the casting problems you're getting are due to the NP's dodgy wi-fi connectivity. It's got compatibility issues with loads of different routers. I for example have a dual band router and since I moved the NP over to the router's 2.4GHz band, I have been able to cast without issues. And this sucks since I prefer it to connect to the 5GHz band for throughput and interference reasons. If you get any chance to try this with a different router you'll most likely see that those issues go away...

I was wondering that too, so I picked up an OTG cable and connected my Wii's ethernet adapter. Devices still aren't able to connect to the NP's casting receiver. So much for that...
In dealing with the Netflix thing, I decided to give their support a try. Surprisingly, they were very easy to deal with as far as tech support phone lines are. We tried a few things, but weren't able to settle on anything more than maybe it's the ISP's fault (Comcast). One interesting thing was they were able to pull up a demo movie that displays the current bitrate that you're getting. It was only pulling 1700kbps before getting the error. At other devices I get a similar rate, up to 3000kbps. I don't see how if Comcast were throttling Netflix connections, it should fail on any device rather than just this one (phones, tablets, computers, Chromecast, GoogleTV work just fine).

I've been able to cast on both NP I have without an issue. They were both running 5.1.1 and connected through 5Ghz wifi. I updated one to 6.0 and now I have the high brightness issue.

Both the casting and Netflix app got updated yesterday. Hopefully that will fix your problems

Casting no longer powers on TV via HDMI
Has anyone else experienced that casting no longer wakes up a powered-off TV?
Since I got my NP, starting to cast (with the TV off) would power on the TV and set it to the correct input (via HDMI commands sent from the Nexus Player). But, since yesterday (6.0 upgrade and new Cast Receiver - not sure which is to blame) this no longer happens. Is this now a configurable setting somewhere? I do observe that I can still use my TV remote's d-pad to control the Nexus Player, so believe HDMI-CEC is still active and configured correctly on the TV.
I loved this feature (prevented me from needing my TV remote!) and sad that it's now broken.

Triodexe 15.1 Lineage casting not working

I am trying to turn my shield tablet into basically an android TV box. I am trying to get Prime, Netflix, and Cinema apk to play on tablet and cast to Roku box. I used to be able to do it no problem. I do not know what changed. I am running Triodexe 15.1 Lineage. I am trying to cast to my Roku Ultra. I know your devices have to be on the same wireless network which they are. If it isn't the tablet doing it the only thing I can think of that possibly changed is ROM and now my wireless network just has one network name for both 2.4 and 5. This new router just sets up one network and prioritizes devices automatically for which network the device will use. As far as ROM I cannot remember which one I had it working on. Is anyone else able to confirm casting is working on this app?
Update - When using Lineage I could not get my PS4 to connect via Bluetooth. This was in addition to not being able to use the cast button. I ended up finding a solution to the casting problem. I downloaded Cast to TV-Xcast from the Google play store once it was setup I was able to detect my wifi connection and get it setup. I decided to experiment trying get the PS4 controller working. I seen Magisk actually has a module to add support for the PS4. I installed it and it did not work. Therefore, I decided to try another custom ROM. I am now running ASOP 6.7 with Pie Android 9. I still have the cast problem on it but my controller now pairs. So, it took some monkeying around but I solved those issues.
It seams like we have a couple good ROMs for this device which are close to working perfectly and then the people building them stop. I know Lineage had official builds of 14.1 and 15.1. Somewhere there has to be on o hei builds floated around that is stable. Then, the proper patches can be applied to it. I have tried looking into building images myself but that is over my head. I have a PC I just built that is more than fast enough. I have a Ryzen 7 3600, 32gb of RAM, and more than enough SSD space. I wish someone could connect to my PC and remotely build images, or they could remotely help setup my PC and show me how to do it. Then, I would keep the forum updated with new builds. If I could figure it out I would help out building images for other devices as well.

Moving from Minix Neo U9-H to Shield TV Pro - a bit of a nightmare

I decided to "upgrade" from my Minix Neo U9-H to a Shield TV Pro. Having received and set up the Shield yesterday, I am now finding some serious problems/limitations with it:
1. It's connected via ethernet, but this morning is reporting "no internet connection" when I try to access the Google Play store. Youtube doesn't work either (""Can't connect right now" ). I've tried disabling IP v6 and assigning a static IP address to the Shield, but neither helped. Also tried a different ethernet cable, but now it just reports "ethernet not connected". I can ping the Shield from my PC, but the Shield can't connect to the network
2. I'm using a Samsung 128GB MicroSD card in a Samsung USB card reader adapter (I didn't realise that there was no MicroSD card slot). I formatted it to be used as storage on my Shield TV Pro yesterday, and it was working fine. Today when I turned on the Shield I noticed that some of my apps were missing, and discovered it was because the USB storage was no longer recognised. If I power cycle the Shield the USB/card reader is recognised again, and I can see my apps, but any apps stored on the USB/card have been removed from my Favourites.
3. I thought that a firmware update might help, but I don't see an option anywhere to check for an update.
4. As the Shield is more of an Android TV box, and the Minix is closer to a standard Android device, alot of apps that work on the Minix won't work (or can't be installed on) the Shield - e.g. Slingplayer, Solid Explorer, Google Photos).
5. Alot of apps hang when I open them, or when I select a menu item (e.g. opening X-Plore, or the file manager in Kodi)
6. The HDMI connection frequently drops momentarily then reconnects.
Has anyone else gone through the pain of moving from Minix to Shield? Any advice?

... 7. BBC iPlayer doesn't work - just hangs and force closes after 20 secs...

3. Settings - Device Preferences- About - System upgrade - Check for upgrade
4. SHIELD is Android TV, many apps that are only for Android don't work, or you only can't control them, unless you use mouse (normal mouse, SHIELD app for phone has also this feature, I think game controller also can control cursor). I have sideloaded Google Photos app, and it work (with mouse)
Other points. No similar issue on my device.