Chromecast blocking adult sites

VPN
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I was attempting to cast some adult video from my PC to a Chromecast device. It starts up for a second, then hangs with the Cast symbol on the screen. If I cast something innocuous, say from Youtube, it goes right through.

Any thoughts? Fixes?

Edited to add: I am able to cast other content such as YouTube from my desktop or my cellphone (on the house network) to those Chromecast devices, either with or without the VPN enabled. So far, I’ve only had trouble making it work from this one popular adult site, though I suppose I could try a few others and see if I get the same result.

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It is probably the site that is blocking the device. I’m not sure of a work around. You’d have to obfuscate the device somehow.

3

Well, what site are you using?

Asking for a friend.

4

Upload your porn to YouTube and cast it from there.

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If you’re on a PC, then either cast the tab from a Chrome incognito tab or go to Chromecast-friendly sites like XNXX, X-Hamster, Pornhub, X Videos, etc. You’ll know they are because they’ll have a cast button built into the browser window/video player…

Plus you’ll now have the added bonus of installing ViolentMonkey and running userscripts.

6

Can’t you cast directly from Pornhub?

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You can use the web video caster app. This is what I use when I find myself in these situations.

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Use the web video caster app, I use that as well and it works perfectly

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Right. It is the website blocking Cast, not the Chromecast device.

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First, I have to access PH from a VPN because I live in red state. I can get to the site, see/watch videos in my desktop, but when I go to cast, I see the video for a fraction of a second, then it goes to the loading screen.

That’s it. I’m pretty sure this is on Google’s side.

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It could be your VPN. Is the VPN on the Chromecast device? Casting works by passing a url to the device which opens it. If your device is not on the VPN, the site will block it.

Cast the screen or add a VPN for the CC.

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When you’re on VPN, the device you access the site on is no longer in its own network and can’t find your Chromecast properly anymore. The Chromecast does not know how to route back to the VPN. It’s not Google. It’s the VPN software on your device.

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Is your Chromecast on the same VPN? Think about it. Casting does not send the video from your phone or computer. It tells the ChromeCast where to fetch it. So, when you try to play it, the red state warning is blocking you because the chromecast isn’t on the VPN.

Try installing a VPN on the Chromecast

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I’m on a household VPN via the router, so we’re all still in the same network. I’m finding the device I’m casting to, and there is a very brief flash of content, then it gets cut off. The site has the Cast icon, and has stated that they support Chromecast before.

I’m 99% sure this is something Google is doing.

By the way, you might want to check. There is now content filtering hidden in the Digital Wellbeing tab of Google Home. It does not address video as of right now, but you can set restrictions on what audio your household (esp. children) can access as well as set schedules.

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My whole house is on the same VPN, it’s all done at the router coming in.

I’ve had this setup for some time, and it has been working fine.

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Ok, I only mentioned this because I only get it working when I turn off my VPN. I get the same symptoms as you when I don’t. Apparently, your setup is different.

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I knew that a VPN on a single device would take that device out of the home network, so instead I put my VPN on the router that runs the home network.

Thus, all of my devices share the VPN on the same network at the same time. We can share files, printers, or in this case Chromecast devices.

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Is the VPN on when you cast from websites that work?

More than likely it’s an issue with the website since they have to write code on their end to support it, which is never a high priority for them and often buggy as hell. Just try another site.

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The VPN is on, and the site has code for casting. I’ve been there before, it is only in the last few days that this has happened.

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Like I said, every site has their own implementation. There is 0 evidence that Google is blocking porn. That points to buggy implementations. That’s how software works, or rather doesn’t. It was working just fine for whoever wrote the code, too, until something happens that their code doesn’t know how to handle and it breaks for only a tiny percentage of users. Those programmers were probably paid by the job, so if only 5% of users are casting, and some bug in your casting code affects only 25% of those 5% … Do you spend money to fix the bug or just ignore it?