Niggle Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Hi, Not sure if this is a bug or just a setting I don't know about, but ... I'm running Poweramp v3-882 on a Samsung S10 (Android 10), and casting to a Google Chromecast Audio running firmware 1.42.172094 (Chrome/76.0.3809.81). Works fine when Poweramp is running in the foreground. I can pause the playback indefinitely, and then resume play to the Chromecast. Seems the issue is only when Poweramp is running in the background, if I pause playback (say by using the widget), then the Chromecast connection is dropped after exactly 5 seconds (and the Google home notification that something is casting, disappears). If I then resume playback, it plays to the phone. I have other audio players on the same phone (Spotify, Castbox) and neither of them drop the connection in this way. Any ideas? Can this 5-second interval be extended? I think 5 minutes would be more appropriate. Thanks, Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hi, A few scenarios which might help to narrow it down ... Running Poweramp in the foreground, I can pause indefinitely then resume playback to the Chromecast Audio. Running Poweramp in the foreground, if I pause and then leave Poweramp, connection is dropped 5 seconds after leaving Poweramp. Running Poweramp in the foreground, if I then leave Poweramp and then pause from the Poweramp widget, connection is dropped 5 seconds after pausing. Running Poweramp in the foreground, if I then leave Poweramp and then pause from the Poweramp pull-down notification, connection is maintained indefinitely !! Thanks, Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Sounds like when the active media playback finishes, Android is dropping the connection. Not sure if it applies to Chromecast, but is Settings > Misc > Keep Service enabled? Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Andre, thanks, that fixed it. Keep Service was set to disabled, which I think was the default (or at least I don't recall changing it). So yeah, it was just a setting I didn't know about. Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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