How to Stream to Airplay Devices and Chromecast in CloudPlayer

How to Stream to Airplay Devices and Chromecast in CloudPlayer

  1. CloudPlayer allows for streaming to your Airplay device or casting to your Chromecast. Not all file formats are supported. More information about file formats is available here. When a compatible device is detected on the network, the "Cast" icon is displayed on the App/Action Bar.
  2. The "Cast" icon is always available in the Now Playing screen but if no devices can be detected, the "Finding devices" dialog will be continuously shown instead of a list of available devices.
  3. If devices can be detected, a list of devices will be shown. Select a device to start streaming to it.
  4. The icons will be inversed to indicate that CloudPlayer is actively streaming. You can control volume by using the hardware volume keys on your device. A software volume control is also available if you tap on the "Cast" button again.
  5. To stop streaming, tap on the "Cast" icon and then select the "STOP CASTING" option.
  6. If CloudPlayer does not automatically detect your Airplay device or Chromecast, please try rebooting all of your devices, including the wireless router. To verify that it's not a hardware networking issue, you can use something like ZeroConf Browser or Bonjour Browser to check that your Android device is able to see your Airplay device. Audio-only devices such as the Airport Express or receivers will appear in the "Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes)" section of Bonjour Browser. Apple TVs will also appear as it supports both AirTunes and AirPlay protocols.
  7. For Chromecast, use something like Google's YouTube app to check that your device is able to detect the Chromecast correctly. If the YouTube app doesn't see the Chromecast either then it's likely a hardware networking problem and not an issue with CloudPlayer.

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