Windows 10: Cast to Device not working for audio - Media Player

I use Cast to device to stream audio playlists to my Hi-Fi using an Audiogenie b1 receiver to play background music.I can then still use my PC Speakers for other audio.This has worked well for many years with my Dell XPS850 - Windows 10 - Media Player.I select Cast to Device, click on Audiogenie, a window opens with my playlist and music starts playing.I recently bought a new PC - Dell XPS8950 - Windows 11.If I use the new Win 11 Media Player and select Cast to Device, it will play the first track of a playlist then stop and frequently but not always Media Player freezes for a minute or so t

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No Cast to media device button in menu

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you wish to cast media to device from Microsoft Edge.

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  What build are you working on?
  

Let us try the following steps, and check if it helps.

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  On Microsoft Edge, open the website that contains the media (ex: video, picture, audio) that you want to cast.
  
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  Click on the More Actions (. . .) at the top right.
  
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  Click on Cast media to device.
  
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  Windows will now try to connect to your network and detect your Miracast device.
  
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  Click on the Miracast or DLNA device you want to cast to.
  
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  Windows will now connect and cast to your Miracast device.
  

Hope it helps.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with the issue. We are glad to assist you.

 

Windows Media Player 'cast to device' does not work on playlists - windows 10

Hi Jason,

I too have been experiencing this issue - however I believe I may have found a 'resolution' for the non-casting of a playlist issue.

To put it simply - don't use windows media player.

Instead, and what I've found fixes the issue, is the following: -

• Create a playlist folder via windows explorer and dump your media files into that.
• right click the newly created playlist folder and then select 'cast to device'

Hey presto works for my situation, which is casting multiple (i.e. a playlist) music videos files from windows 10 to yamaha RX-V1071 receiver (side note - I'm only interested in the audio component, not the video at this point).

Hope this helps mate

 

Cast to device stopped working

Hi Dale,

Casting media files surely improves the experience. To better understand your issue, we'd like to know the following:

• The process that you performed to cast.
• Error messages encountered on casting.
• The device where you intend to cast.
• The medium (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi) that you are using to cast.

If you are using Windows Media Player to cast, you can check the steps provided by
Vanessa Yar on this link. To restore your PC, you can check
the steps via this
link.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.