Tab casting error message

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thesisko

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Tab casting error message

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Post by thesisko » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:01 pm

Youtube works fine but I just get a white screen and this error when tab casting:
"Cannot load the requested version of the CV receiver app. Please try again later. If the problem persists, try updating the CV extension in your browser."

Any ideas?

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Post by Dweller » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:55 am

Hi.. I have the same problem here.. but only one one of two systems.. the working system is running an earlier version of the googlecast extension for chrome.

Check the version by visiting chrome://extensions and looking for the googlecast entry..

Failing system is running 14.102.1.1
Working system is runnning 13.1210.0.6

The comments for the extension include a mention that the Jan 7th update has also broken tab casting from Ubuntu.. so either they've broken the extension, or the protocol has altered and it's not longer able to work.. time will tell..

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Post by Dweller » Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:43 am

Solved this one locally for now by copying the 13.1210.0.6 extension directory, editing its manifest.json to remove the update url line, changed the extension name in the manifest.json to "Legacy Google Cast", then removed the new updated google cast from chrome, and used developer mode to install the directory with the edited manifest.

Result.. the cast icon now has alt text of "Legacy Google Cast" and it works again (ignore the 2 warnings re recieverKey and feedback bucket.. if you remove recieverKey from the manifest it will stop working)

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Post by ycavan » Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:49 am

Would it be possible for you to put up the older version of google cast somewhere?

Thanks!

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