Anyone else think Casting to YouTube sucks?

by perrymike15

I'm not a fan of how when you cast to YouTube, it hijacks the entire device to open the Chromecast built in app. For example, you can't connect to the Android TV (mibox, shield, they all do it) while you're watching a different video. On my LG Smart TV it will just pop up that I connected, leaving the current video playing. Between this, and the remote becoming almost useless, only recently getting FF/RW/pause functionality... seriously?? If you disable Chromecast Built In it will cast to the YouTube app, but I still like to be able to cast other things. Is this a crazy request?

Edit: here's the scenario. You and a few of your friends are watching YouTube on the TV. You picked a video to watch with the TV remote. Half way though that video one of your friends wants to queue up a different video, so they connect (from the YouTube app on his phone, cast to the TV) but boom, instead of a little subtle banner that says "John's Pixel has connected", it completely boots you from the YouTube app to open that stupid "waiting to cast" YouTube screen.

Lol sorry for not wording this in a cohesive manner

ErebusWrath

You cast to a tv, not youtube

ErebusWrath

Ah you're right, just tried it on my MiTV 4s and indeed I can only pause fw/be change volume. Would be nice have picture in picture or make it run on the background letting RAM manage it.

Indeed would be nice if it opens YouTube TV app instead but you can just click on the YouTube app or what I do:

On the YouTube app on the left Menu there's "Library" section and in that you can browse your history. It must be on the same account tho, it even continues where you left off.

Hope it helped

pawood47

I haven't had nearly the frustration you seem to have gotten from it, but it's usually just me watching, or me and my wife, so I don't have the same kind of duelling control situation.

I can still control playback with the remote when casting though.

I used to use a smart TV that has a Youtube app that you could connect to with your phone and throw stuff on the play queue. I had a Chromecast plugged into it too, so I had a choice between running the queue on the dongle or on the TV itself, and I usually went with the TV itself because I could pick the next video with the remote when I got to the end of the queue. I can't do that with the Android TV box. If my wife has connected her iPhone to the app and then I open Youtube on my phone and select Cast, the Chromecast Built In is the only option I have, and I drop her out of her video as soon as I connect.

Neptunus24

Yeah that's pretty much the reason I prefer not doing it.