Cast... "No devices found"

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Been using the beta builds of Brave for a while now, but one thing I’ve never been able to get working is the Chromecast feature… if I choose “Cast…” from the main menu, it says “Looking for devices” then always winds up at “No devices found”. Anyone know what can be causing this? If I launch Chrome on the same machine, it easily finds my two NVIDIA Shield’s on the network every time

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@Mawthra, we have an open issue for this right now:

That said, casting is possible, but has proven to be unpredictable at times. Quoting myself in the thread linked above:

In order to enable (or attempt to) Chromecast, you must set both the following flags (brave://flags):

  • #load-media-router-component-extension - Set to Enabled
  • #Views-cast-dialog - Set to Disabled. I apologize for my above comments about enabling this. I believe this may be the case for some users (that they have to enable this) but for others it may have the opposite effect - I just encountered this myself on my machine. I for sure know that leaving this at Default will not allow you to cast.
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Please let me know if this works for you or if any of the above is unclear.

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@Mattches Ah… now the Shield’s are showing up after setting those flags! Thank you!

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My pleasure!
Out of curiosity, what Operating System are you using?

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I’ve tried Windows 10 Pro and macOS… both latest versions… could never get it to work on either before setting those flags

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Perfect! Glad to hear its working as intended!
Feel free to open a new topic if you have any other questions or concerns!