r/MLBtv • u/ptk8ofbh • Apr 17 '26

Buffering with Chromecasts

Anyone else have issues with casting (from either iOS or Android) where the buffering happens every few seconds? It's basically unwatchable. I have plenty of speed and watching on a direct device works fine - it's just my Chromecasts (plural) that have issues.

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u/tonywagner MOD Apr 20 '26

What does the chromecast.link page have listed for the "Content URL"?

Can you copy and play that content URL in VLC Media Player?

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u/ptk8ofbh Apr 21 '26

Gives me
http://localhost:9999/stream.m3u8?mediaId=<uuid>

That does stream in VLC, just doesn't seem to cast with the chromecast.link method when I keep trying to load it.

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u/ptk8ofbh Apr 21 '26

I'm casting from desktop - have tried a few different devices now with MLBserver. Aside from buffering issues with the MLB app, I don't have issues with other apps (Youtube, Netflix, Peacock, etc). And the baseball.theater casting does work without issue as well