Casting to Chromecast stops playing in less than a second.

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    iggynelix · Member ·

    Pocket casts no longer appropriately casts to my Chromecast devices.

    Previously one could click the Chromecast symbol while playing. a podcast in PocketCast. You would select a speaker, group, or device and there would be a brief connection sound and then the podcast would play on that device.

    Now, the connection is made to the device and it attempts to play ( for less than a second) and then stops. Tapping play again on PocketCasts results in the audio playibg again for less than a second and stopping.

    The AI help suggested a few things

    • I verified that the Chromecast device and my phone (Galaxy s20 using Android 13) are on the latest software.
    • I have checked Google Play for any update for Pocket casts– there are no uninstalled updates.
    • I have restarted both my phone and the Chromecast devices (via disconnecting their power source for 10 seconds and then allowing them to reconnect to the home)
    • The AI recommended to “Check Permissions: Ensure that Pocket Casts has the necessary permissions, especially for Local Network access.” That permission does not exist in the Pocket cast application settings for Android version 13.
    • Further I’ve ensured that PocketCasts has no restricted settings. For example, AI also recommended checking the applications battery restriction. The PocketCast application has unrestricted battery access.

    anybody else having a similar problem?

    anybody else have a solution?

  • staff-reid · Staff ·

    Hello @iggynelix,

    Thanks for reaching out to us. We’ve seen a couple reports of this and would love to look into this further with you.

    Could we have you contact us directly from within Pocket Casts?

    Pocket Casts > Profile > Help & Feedback > Get in touch

    From there we may be able to get more details and logs that may help us troubleshoot this.

  • Unknown's avatar
    iggynelix · Member ·

    yes, absolutely.

    I’m unavailable for the week and will reach out upon my return

  • staff-cara · Staff ·

    @iggynelix On second thought, since it looks like your account doesn’t have Plus, the Pocket Casts > Profile > Help & Feedback > Get in touch flow may just ask you to post in the forums again. Instead, I’ll be sending you an email, and you can reply to it instead with the logs, which you can collect according to this:

    Collecting App Logs

    Of course, please do take your time. You can handle this when you get back.

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    rahimlalaniab9f93d943 · Member ·

    I Have the same issue. Can you assist?

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    amy2c5ee7ad24 · Member ·

    I’m also having this issue, as are several other folks on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pocketcasts/s/AOBRaxTYQO

    Any update or guidance?

  • staff-cara · Staff ·

    @rahimlalaniab9f93d943 and @amy2c5ee7ad24, the developers are already looking into it. I’ve also let them know of the discussion on Reddit. Thank you!

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    mpsandberg · Member ·

    I am also having the same issues. Android and Chromecast Audio pauses immediately. All other apps work fine when casting.

  • Unknown's avatar
    iggynelix · Member ·

    @staff-cara Thanks for reaching out and looking into this .

  • mikerockwell · Staff ·

    Our developers believe they may have a fix for this, however, due to the holidays, I don’t have an exact timeline for when it will be included in a release.

    For anyone interested, you can follow along on the issue’s progress here:

    https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/3321

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