Osiris Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Hi All, I recently upgraded to an LGv60 from a v40. Ever since I got the new phone I can't Cast audio directly from Poweramp to any of my home speakers. I can cast all other apps and if I cast all of my phone's audio through Google home I can then play music from Poweramp and it works- but it's extremely unstable. What's also strange is that it does randomly work directly from Poweramp at times though there doesn't seem to be any pattern or explanation as to why it works sometimes and not other times. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wotantx Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 This has been a longstanding issue with cast support so far as I can tell. It's been mostly working for me lately, but I couldn't venture a guess as to why. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 It's strange because it worked fine on my previous phone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewilley Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Do you see the Chromecast option in PA but it cannot be selected, or do you not see the speaker name at all? Try going into Settings > Audio > Output > Chromecast and increase the buffer size and/or reduce the sample rate/format to 44.1kHz / 16-bit. Does the intermittent playback only happen when your device's screen has turned off, in which case it might be worth checking that there is no battery optimisation going on. This thread may help too: Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Hi Andre - thanks for your reply. I can see the speakers in PA and when I select one and hit play the speaker makes the sound indicating that my phone has connected. However, when I hit play in PA no sound comes out. It looks like the song advances less than one second and then goes back to where it started. I have tried adjusting the sample rate/ format and buffer size with no change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 I also just added Poweramp/ unlocked to my battery optimization exception list with no change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) I should also add that the skipping happens with screen on or off. Edited January 19 by Osiris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewilley Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 @maxmp might be able to shed some more light on this, but in the meantime please could you post the info from long-pressing on the metadata line at the bottom of the player screen, while you are trying to Cast - especially the final few lines. If PA keeps resetting its own playback position to the start of the track, a log might help too (Settings > Get Support > Send Log > email to gpmaxmpz @ gmail . com ) Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Thanks, Andre. Please see the screenshots attached. Also, it doesn't start the track from the beginning but let say's the track is 2 minutes and 17 seconds in when I cast - the wav form on the bottom of the player screen looks like it advances about 1 second but then it repeatedly returns to 2 mins and 17 seconds. The actual track time does not change from 2 mins and 17 seconds. I hope that makes sense. I will also send a log now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wotantx Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 @Osiris the behaviors you describe have been reported by others, myself included. It has been maddeningly inconsistent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 @wotantx it's odd because it was working perfectly on my previous phone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wotantx Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 @Osiris and it may start working tomorrow. 🤷🏻♂️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 @wotantx it was working yesterday for a little bit but it stopped again. I have high hopes that we can sort this out though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 One thing I noticed today is that if I disconnect then reconnect to wifi casting works normally and stablely through Poweramp for some time. However, for some reason it will eventually go back to connecting to the speakers but not playing any music like I described above until I disconnect and reconnect to wifi again. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 Hi All, I want to bump this post. Last night my phone's OS updated and now I can no longer cast through Poweramp at all. It wasn't working consistently before but i had the workaround of turning my wifi on and off which usually got it going after one or two tries. That's not even working anymore. Any help would be really appreciated. I'm a longtime user and would really like to get this working. Also, no issues casting through any other apps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewilley Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 @Osiris You could try resetting PA outputs to defaults, to re-match it with the new ROM. Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 @andrewilley I just did. No luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewilley Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Maybe @maxmp might have some ideas, but it's probably changes in Android. Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osiris Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 @andrewilley does that mean this is something that will be fixed in an update? Is there anything I can do to assist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewilley Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 As I said, we'd need @maxmp to comment on this, it may be something he can devise a workaround for if he can duplicate the problem. Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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