Homeassistant causes problems to nowtv

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Hi, I have the following problem with nowtv that is generated when homeassistant is active.
When I try to connect from the nowtv app to the chromecast the connection hangs with the nowtv connection waiting logo. As soon as the homeassistant service stops, the nowtv app connects correctly and works. This problem occurs only with nowtv with other netflix video providers etc. there are no problems.
In your opinion which feature of homeassistant can interfere with nowtv. They think of network scanning features like nmap, discovery, etc.
Do you have any suggestions ?
thank you all

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You have ZERO information here to assist. Do you have chromecast services set up on HASS ? You cannot expect any help without more information.
Have you tried any other troubleshooting steps?

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So, there is not much information but the only way I found to make it work is to turn off the homeassistant service. In the homeassistant configuration the chromecast is configured as on the documentation.
Before coming to this conclusion I changed both the router and the wifi but the problem remained the same and I tried my chormecast in another house and it worked correctly.
If you can think of any proof that I can do, that’s fine with me.
The chromecast configuration is as follows:
cast:
media_player:
- host: 192.168.0.164
- host: 192.168.0.251
thanks

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Did you find a solution or any more information on this. I’m seeing the same behaivour. Completely unable to use NowTV on Chromecast when the Home Assistant server is running, shut it down and it’s fine again. Netflix, Spotify etc to the Chromecast work fine.

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From further (quick) tests it seems to be happy if it doesn’t have the integrations with Chromecast enabled within Home Assistant…

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Hello,
I had done some tests but found no definitive solutions. Momentarily when I have to use nowtv I disconnect the homeassisstant network cable I connect nowtv and I hang up the cable so it works even if it is not a solution …
A test I wanted to do when I have a moment to turn off homeassistant and activate another homeassistant with the default configuration and see what happens.
I will try in the coming days what happens and see how it behaves.

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+1 for me. Any ideas to solve this problem or how to assist some information to troubleshoot it?

EDIT: Now Tv Italy App + 2 different Chromecast. Plugging off the cable allows to cast the app without issues.

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discovery:
  ignore:
    - google_cast

worked for me.
Home Assistant 0.97.0b1 in docker (qnap 231p) , Italian App Nowtv+ Chromecast

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Yep, I’ve had this exact same issue, nowtv UK.

I’ve been hitting reboot in hassio, then connecting nowtv! :joy: Not a great solution.

I’ll bet its something to do with the protection nowtv has… You can only connect to a maximum number of devices, and only change them once every month… So, it’s probably trying to lock down any interception, which home assistant might look like, to it :man_shrugging:

I’ll try the ignore: suggestion from calpy, and report back.

Upadate: that didn’t seem to work for me. :man_shrugging:

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Thanks! This works for me too. HA v.0.103 and nowtv italian app

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I’m still suffering this issue.

Is anybody else? Nowtv on chromecast just doesn’t like working alongside homeassistant. I assume it is some sort of copy protection implemented in the nowtv app… Something to stop home assistant from taking control, maybe?

It’s perhaps worth noting that I am using chromecast within some of my HA automatons, so ignoring it from ha isn’t an option.

Any thoughts or solutions appreciated. Thanks.

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You may find that this don’t work any more but it depends if you are using zeroconf

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Same issue here. Been driving me crazy for months. Only discovered that it was HASSOS causing this when the SD card in my Pi3 failed.
I noticed that during the past couple of days whilst HA wasn’t running, Now TV has been fine.
Rebuilt my HA and bang … Now TV cannot be viewed on Chromecast anymore.
You try and cast and just get a constant spinning Now TV logo on the Chromecast.

My short term fix (as above), I’ve disabled Chromecast Entity from lovelace.

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I am also having this issue, the easiest workaround I have found so far is just to disable the HA entity you wish to cast to from nowtv.
You can then restart the nowtv app and then nowtv will cast.
I have contacted nowtvhelp and they say…

They didn’t specify which year though…

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hello. I have the problem that if i open notw app on my sony bravia, my homeassistant start to reboot many times. Host (rpi4) continue the regular activity and remains online.

Could you help me?