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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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't test right now, but I do see a cast button on both the app and the web interface. Can you cast normally from other apps?

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hmm okay, it almost sort of works with desktop web ui. There is the familiar square with radio waves in the lower left corner icon, when controlling jellyfin from my laptop, but it said Google casting not supported, however I realised now it was because I was using firefox, and using Chrome for this purpose does reveal the theoretical ability to cast to chrome. Unfortunately if you do this, it takes a very long time to begin casting and when it finally does, it simply displays the words Jellyfin for Chromecast but not any media. Trying to start or stop any kind of media doesn't not work until I disconnect from the chromecast.

On the app, there is simply no ability to use the chromecast from the casting menu. Does it matter that I got it from f-droid? I thought it might, but it specifically said you could cast the chromecast there so I thought it'd be fine after all.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Try connecting to jellyfin's IP address instead of the hostname. Google forces the Chromecast to use their own DNS that doesn't know how to find your jf instance. I saw that exact same behavior when I was connecting to jellyfin.domain, it works when I connect to 192.168... though.