How do you cast content to chromecast with Jellyfin? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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Excuse the basic questions but I'm not having much luck web searching for answers. I have the server running on my laptop which is also where the content itself if and I have an android phone with the mobile client installed via f-droid.

I can't seem to cast to chromecast with Jellyfin from either the laptop itself, or the android client app. The client app lists streaming to chromecast specifically as one of it's features in the description on f-droid.

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[-] kvadd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

So I actually had this exact issue about a month ago.

Solution: You have to connect to chromecast through your phone app. However, the jellyfin app have to be installed through play store. If you install it through f-droid or similar it won't work.

Took me about a month of troubleshooting to find that answer. :D

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

yep figured out the same thing in the end. Not quite sure why I can't do it from the desktop, it's obviously supposed to work, and nearly did given the text on my TV screen. I think with enough finagling one could get there, but if it works with the phone which is always on me anyway then whatever.

[-] Limeade3425@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

Firefox user?

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Not in this particular scenario, used Chrome specifically to to cast from jellyfin. The option is there but it didn't work. I think it might actually work if I tried a few more times because I noticed it seems temperamental like that, but that's not really any good because I don't want to be asking nicely for casting and maybe getting it if it feels like it. I've also noticed that with jellyfin, if the source media is decent quality to begin with, it casts at much poorer quality than with emby and takes longer to eventually end up screen. Sounds like a transcoding problem but I wish I knew why exactly because the horsepower is there and it's handled with aplomb in emby. It works okay with the android app on the live tv function which is mostly SD anyway but it craps out after about every 10 minutes of watching.