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Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Sadkoi — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:38:11 GMT

I'm not sure why it's doing this, and I realise it has been playing youtube videos for a whole day to a TV that isn't powered on.

We set the timer on the TV to switch off an hour after we go to bed. I'll switch it on the following night, and the cast will be playing a random youtube video about Bass music or the Romans because the chromecast has been playing since the previous evening. My history is full of random videos at this point, not so bothered about that but it shows me the extent of the issue..

There doesn't appear to be a setting to change this. Because it is the cast with Google TV, it will not run off of TV power and has to be plugged into the outlet. Are there no settings to resolve this? Thanks in advance..

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Sadkoi — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:04:13 GMT

Is there really no answer to this? My chromecast has been watching 3 hour long history videos without me. I go to work and remember it's on once I'm there 😞 what is going on with this thing??

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Jeran — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:00:31 GMT

Hey there Sadkoi,

I apologize about the late response, thank you for your patience! Were you able to fix that YouTube issue? If not, I'd be happy to help out, let me just ask you some questions about what's happening:

When did this issue start happening?
Does this just happen with the YouTube app?
What troubleshooting steps have you already tried?

In the meantime, you may benefit from turning off the autoplay while we look for a resolution for this issue.

I look forward to your response, and if you have any other questions or concerns for me, please let me know!

Best regards,

Jeran

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Sadkoi — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:22:36 GMT

Hi Jeran,

Thanks for replying, I'm not sure if there is really a solution at this time but good to hear from you!

The situation is this: we put the chromecast on while we are trying to sleep so it plays in the background. I put the TV timer on to turn off in an hour or so after we've fallen asleep. Our gen 1 chromecast plugged into the TV so would turn off with the set, but as this new chromecast uses wall power it does not appear to do this. I have to turn it off myself when I should be sleeping, it's silly but knowing now that it will just keep playing all night keeps me awake until I sort it. My partner needs the noise to fall asleep and I've gotten quite used to having it myself.

Turning off autoplay would mean it wouldn't be practical for what we use it for unfortunately. It seems it doesn't detect when it's output device is no longer there, and just keeps playing into the void. Is there an auto power off for the chromecast I've missed in settings? I guess a timed plug might be the only option which seems a bit mad considering how good this tech should be.

I have tried plugging the chromecast power cable into the TV, but it makes it very clear it isn't happy about this and tells me to plug it back into the wall so sadly not an option.

That's about everything, thanks so much in advance.

Katie

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Jeran — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:55:18 GMT

Of course! Just out of curiosity, what kind of television do you have? I have a Vizio E70-F3 and a Chromecast with Google TV, and I played an 8 hour long YouTube video, set a timer on the TV to turn off after 30 minutes, then checked back after about an hour and a half. The video was only 30 minutes in, so it did stop playing on my end. It may also be worth it to check out your CEC settings on your TV to see if that helps at all.

Best regards,

Jeran

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Sadkoi — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:10:20 GMT

Hi Jeran,

You're brilliant, I knew there was something that should do this but I didn't know what it was or how to set it up. I have now turned it on on my TV (it's a Samsung) and I'll see how it goes but I think this will sort it. Thank you!

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Jeran — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:49:32 GMT

Of course! I'll leave the thread open for a few days in case it doesn't fix it. Fingers crossed that it works though!

Re: Chromecast with gtv keeps playing youtube after tv turns off.

Jeran — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:13:49 GMT

Hey there!

We haven't heard back from Sadkoi, and it's been a few days, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Have a good one!

Best regards,
Jeran