1st gen chromecasts not detected on network

[soreau]

I have two 1st gen chromecasts, and apparently the firmware was changed a few months ago in a way that prevents pychromecast (13.0.4) from discovering either devices. Trying basic tests found in the README, they fail to find any device. Mobile devices can find the chromecasts using the google home app, but since the fw change, it takes longer to discover than it did before, in many cases. avahi-browse -a doesn't show the chromecasts but avahi-browse _googlecast._tcp does.

[howff]

Have you tried all three of https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pychromecast/blob/master/examples/discovery_example.py and https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pychromecast/blob/master/examples/discovery_example2.py and https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pychromecast/blob/master/examples/discovery_example3.py ?

The basic discovery_example2.py doesn't work every time for me, but discovery_example.py does work (slowly). If you keep trying example2 then it works eventually. Maybe timeout is too short.

[soreau]

@howff Thanks for pointing these out. The first one is the only one that works for me, and it is intermittent. Sometimes it finds both immediately, other times it only finds one and not the other (even after waiting several minutes), and sometimes nothing at all.

[soreau]

After upgrading the router, all things wifi on the LAN are drastically improved. avahi-browse -a shows the chromecasts, and the pychromecast examples work pretty speedily. @howff Thanks for your help, closing for now.