Chromecast with google tV is an embarrassment to Google

by moomoocow88

Where do I even start? This thing had the potential to be fantastic, and to be honest, it should be. But there are so many things wrong with it, which should not ever have been any problems at all.

  • I thought I could add a hub, stick in an SD card, and be able to save films and shows to it, and just play them on GoogleTV. Yet even trying to get it to recognise it is so painful. Set it up as internal or external USB, it doesn't matter, I can't make use of the 250GB I've got there.
  • I managed to get some files onto the Chromecast itself, via WiFi transfer. But I cannot get them onto the SD card, no matter how hard I try. I also however cannot delete them from the Chromecast! They are taking up space, and when I try to delete them, it just tells me "unable to delete some documents". In what universe can I not delete files from my own device???

I had imagined I could stick in an SD card and then just play files from it, just like you can do from a phone. And yet that seems to just not be possible. For absolutely no reason that I can understand. What a complete an utter joke.

Cannot_Believe_This

Reading the specs before purchasing would have shown you this was the wrong device for you based on your needs. I hardly blame the device.

SCGreyWolf

It's Google's fault their product doesn't do something that's not an advertised feature?

MrKaon

I have a NAS , with 48TB mostly 4K HDR movies, no problem playing them. Also you should see CCwGT as a streaming device not a media server.

FeelingGate8

The CCwGTV is meant to perform as a streaming stick. I've heard of people having success with using hubs with extra usb slots but you have to do your research on the wattage to make sure the hub has enough juice to power the CC and anything else. Really, you may just want to look at something like a media server you can install on your PC that serves up the media to your CC. I think Plex does something like that?

Expensive-Bill-7780

Uhm it's an streaming device...and it definitely does streaming well, like no where I can see Google advertising features which you wanted to find in the device. Do I need to explain what does streaming mean?

Thiakil

You expect something that requires third party hardware to work as perfectly as something with a built in slot? Sd cards are just not the same as a flash drive or hard drive...

Have you tried putting files on the card by connecting it to a pc? E.g. Using vlc on the chromecast, which has its own file browser

Transferring files over the network using an operating system designed for streaming is going to be a mission.

georgepana

Ironically, you should have used Google before coming here to make this post. You have to prepare the SD card before you can use it. Enable developer options. Then "Force Allow", then "erase and format".

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Chromecast/Format-Extra-Storage-for-CCwGTV/m-p/39843

ECKoBASE

This is why I got a Sheild TV

blackboy211

Nobody saves files anymore. Use stemio with real debrid. Google it .