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Stopping idle chromecasts


darkassassin07

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darkassassin07

I have recently expanded my servers user list, and the new users have begun to use chromecast devices controlled via the web app on chrome. Since then I have noticed several times they have paused playback and disconnected from chrome, but the chromecast stays connected with a stream running but paused.

 

The odd part is unlike every other stream I have seen show up on the server dash, the chromecast doesn't have server side controls like play/pause, message, and stop. Why is this? Is there no good way to stop this stream as a server owner?

 

Even if I restart the server, the chromecast just re-connects and sits idle again. The only way I have found to get it to disconnect is to disable the user that is streaming through it, then re-enabled that account after a couple min.

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the chromecast doesn't have server side controls like play/pause, message, and stop. Why is this?

 

Only the casting app can communicate with it.

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If they idle it without any playback, it will eventually go away, but perhaps not if they pause playback. That's something that can be looked at. Thanks.

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cptlores

Got the same problem, sessions stays in a semi active state (even after a Emby server restart) until the user starts playing something else. Only way I have found is to go into "Devices" section and delete the device that is holding the session active.

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pwhodges

Before I learnt how to turn the Chromecast off properly from Emby, it sometimes stayed in a state that prevented the TV switching to another imput until I removed it...

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