r/Chromecast

I am using a gen 1 google chromecast. I use to be able to cast from my pc to the chrome cast but now getting the casting available for specific sites message.

I found a old reply from a user that said this works but I assume this is a different gen of device cause I can't find these options on the gen 1

Here is below -

Old thread I know but hopefully I can help someone with SEO. I was having the same issue on my Chromecast dongle; to fix it I went to:

Settings > System > Storage > Internal Shared Storage > click on Cached data

And cleared cached data when prompted. Then I went back to Storage and clicked on

Apps > Manage Updates > See available updates

Which brings up a new menu. Then I went to

On this device > Chromecast built-in > click on Uninstall Updates

This fixed the issue (wow a lot of menus). Hope this can help someone

Using 1st gen Chromestick with very basic Sony TV. Signed up for Netflix after not having it since early 2023. Paid for ad-supported tier.

Can someone confirm please that I can’t actually cast Netflix unless I pay triple the amount for their non-ad supported tier.

Prime ad supported works just fine.

Thanks!

I was helping my parents set up their chromecast and ran into a very frustrating issue. They have a very old bose sound system (Lifestyle 38) it is hooked up to their TV via optical cable. Got the chromecast up and running, selected a show (on disney+) to watch to test it out and the audio was ok but definitely not surround sound. Went into the settings and turned on all the disabled formats manually even though it said they weren't supported. Went to the same TV show and had wonderful audio, cool, great. Went to another app (vudu) and the receiver listed the audio output as pcm and the audio was a mess, no words, just weird distorted whale call sounds stiff. Tried different combinations of the disabled formats and couldn't get one that gave regular audio on some apps and surround sound on supported apps. The apps that had flawless audio were MAX, disney plus, and Prime video which all have dolby 5.1 on the receiver or Dolby 2.0 on older shows. HULU, vudu, and some others like history Channel were all garbled nonsense. Could it be a bad optical cable? Different settings I can't figure out?