Cast to Xbox one not working

enderconan · Nov 14, 2015

When attempting to stream video to my TV through the Xbox one, the Xbox will get stuck on the 'connecting' screen and the video will not play. (audio will eventually start though). Additionally, the cast to device program on my PC will behave very sluggishly.
Everything worked perfectly on Windows 8.1.

I've tried the following fixes without success.

- Checked firewall settings to make sure the Xbox is included.

- Checked sharing options to ensure that the Xbox has full sharing enabled.

- Hard reset Xbox and PC.

- Updated all drivers.

- Updated windows.

- Disabled and re-enabled windows media network service.

I've looked around various forums and see that numerous other people are experiencing this difficulty but I haven't seen any fixes that work or an official acknowledgement of the issue. Is there any solution?

:)

spidermake · Nov 14, 2015

Cast to Device not working

Now that Windows 10 has arrived on Xbox One the 'Cast to Device' functionality has disappeared. I have tried to connect from several boxes running Win 10 and Win 8.1. All of them can see the Xbox on the network but clicking on the device in 'Cast to Device'
does not bring up the Media Streaming popup so nothing is streamed!

Really frustrating - hope there is a fix in the pipeline...

Shawn Doe · Nov 14, 2015

Cast to Xbox One not working on different subnet

My laptop is wireless and my Xbox One is wired. They are on different subnets since I am using a wifi mesh. From Win 10 I can case a video file to my Xbox One but it will never play until I plug an ethernet cable into my PC. Also, virtually any time I pause
the cast for even short periods of time, the cast won't start playing again. I have to close the Cast to App on my PC and close the video on the Xbox One before trying to cast to again. Any suggestions?

VanishedPig0676 · Nov 14, 2015

I am also having the same issue. Additionally, both my xbox one and my computer have a hard line connection to my router.

AndersKlemets · Nov 1, 2018

Pressing the "B" button on the game pad causes the Movies & TV app to remove the "connecting" screen, and the video then becomes visible.

The bug does not seem to happen if the Movies & TV app is already running before you start casting. So, as another work-around you can start the Movies & TV app on the Xbox One first.

AndersKlemets

Pressing the "B" button on the game pad causes the Movies & TV app to remove the "connecting" screen, and the video then becomes visible.

The bug does not seem to happen if the Movies & TV app is already running before you start casting. So, as another work-around you can start the Movies & TV app on the Xbox One first.

VanishedPig0676

I am also having the same issue. Additionally, both my xbox one and my computer have a hard line connection to my router.

alexward1230

I am not ready to upgrade to windows 11. Cast has always worked on windows 10 and now after an update to the Xbox Console (to replace groove music with Windows Media Player) cast no longer works. Note, this isn't isolated to my windows 10 devices. No UPnP devices (Android, IOS, etc) are able to cast to the Xbox One console.

CamDogg00

They are referring to the Local Cast app for Android. I am also having this problem not only woth local cast but any app that has the casting ability. Netflix, youtube, etc... are no longer seeing the xbox one on the cast to device list like it used to.
Was there an update that removed this feature of casting directly to the xbox??

Thanks!

iTsFx

Hello, I'm Felipe and I'm an independent Community Advisor, and I'll do my best to help you.

If the settings or preferences options that were previously described are not available on your XBOX One X console, there are other ways you can try to stop a device from casting to it on a wifi network.

One option is to change your wifi network settings to prevent the device from connecting to the network altogether. Another option is to disable casting on the device itself, if possible.

To change your wifi network settings, you can access your router's admin page and block the MAC address of the device you want to stop from casting. This will prevent the device from connecting to the wifi network and thus prevent it from casting to the XBOX One X console.

To disable casting on the device, you can check the settings or preferences options of the device itself. If there is an option to disable casting, you can select it and the device will no longer be able to cast to any device on the wifi network, including the XBOX One X console.

If neither of these options works, you may need to consult the user manual or contact customer support for the device or the XBOX One X console for further assistance.

Cast to Xbox one not working