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Twitch has destroyed the way I consume twitch. I used to stick twitch on my TV while eating dinner or for big events such as csgo majors or LCS finals. But as

by eterm 9y ago

Twitch has destroyed the way I consume twitch. I used to stick twitch on my TV while eating dinner or for big events such as csgo majors or LCS finals. But as of about a month ago twitch now blocks chromecast. I can no longer watch twitch on my TV and I hate that fact. And no I'm not going to buy a 'fire stick', I don't like being manipulated into buying something when it previously worked well and has been deliberately downgraded.

jrimbault 9y ago
WTF Amazon ? I also did that, but only in summer (for architectural reasons). I'm already pissed I won't be able to do that this summer. Thank you for the heads up.
Aissen 9y ago
I only watch Twitch on Android TV (with their awful that decides to log you off periodically), but seriously, WTF Twitch ? Why block Chromecast ? BTW, did you try any technical workaround?
- MachinShinn- 9y ago
  TIL there are hacker news readers who use such awful garbage as chromecast and Android TV...
  - Aissen 9y ago
    Not all HN readers/commenters are in the Bay Area ;-)
- raffleslodge 9y ago
  My chromecast works perfectly.
ErikHuisman 9y ago
Really? https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chromecast-support https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chro...
antientropic 9y ago
I've watched Twitch via my Chromecast as recently as a few days ago, so it's certainly not true in general that Twitch blocks Chromecast. A few reddit threads suggest that some streams might use an encoding that Chromecast doesn't support, though.
slashink 9y ago
Hey eterm, this is not the case, we are not blocking chromecast on purpose. Can you send me an email at coral@twitch.tv and I'll happily gather the error data to ease troubleshooting.
- guildan 9y ago
  I had troubles recently too with Twitch and Chromecast. I was trying to watch Heroes of the storm Mid season brawl, and it was always saying that it could not display the stream. Other channels were fine. Would it be a case of encoding like others comments are suggesting?
yzmtf2008 9y ago
I'm pretty sure this is an isolated instance as I've just watched twitch on Chromecast last week. Jumping out and blaming Tiwtch based on one instance and forming a conspiracy theory about amazon promoting fire stick is as unhelpful as it can get. Why is this so high in the comments?
trevman 9y ago
I only run into this issue when I try to watch replays (previously streamed content). Which sucks... frankly. I hate navigating through content on YouTube.
hfsktr 9y ago
I have a fire stick (gifted to me) and the twitch app on it is awful. Bad enough that even I noticed. As far as I can tell there is no way to filter the videos by language/region like I can on the desktop. The videos are displayed in 'current viewers' descending order and I have to scroll for a while and hope that the stream title has enough info to guess at the language (I don't have favorite streamers, I will watch whoever). I haven't found a way around this in the months I have had it and half the time I use the youtube app and watch a pre-recorded game instead.

by eterm 9y ago

jrimbault 9y ago

WTF Amazon ? I also did that, but only in summer (for architectural reasons). I'm already pissed I won't be able to do that this summer. Thank you for the heads up.

Aissen 9y ago

I only watch Twitch on Android TV (with their awful that decides to log you off periodically), but seriously, WTF Twitch ? Why block Chromecast ? BTW, did you try any technical workaround?

MachinShinn- 9y ago
TIL there are hacker news readers who use such awful garbage as chromecast and Android TV...
- Aissen 9y ago
  Not all HN readers/commenters are in the Bay Area ;-)
raffleslodge 9y ago
My chromecast works perfectly.

ErikHuisman 9y ago

Really? https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chromecast-support https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1691460-chro...

antientropic 9y ago

I've watched Twitch via my Chromecast as recently as a few days ago, so it's certainly not true in general that Twitch blocks Chromecast. A few reddit threads suggest that some streams might use an encoding that Chromecast doesn't support, though.

slashink 9y ago

Hey eterm, this is not the case, we are not blocking chromecast on purpose. Can you send me an email at coral@twitch.tv and I'll happily gather the error data to ease troubleshooting.

guildan 9y ago
I had troubles recently too with Twitch and Chromecast. I was trying to watch Heroes of the storm Mid season brawl, and it was always saying that it could not display the stream. Other channels were fine. Would it be a case of encoding like others comments are suggesting?

yzmtf2008 9y ago

I'm pretty sure this is an isolated instance as I've just watched twitch on Chromecast last week. Jumping out and blaming Tiwtch based on one instance and forming a conspiracy theory about amazon promoting fire stick is as unhelpful as it can get. Why is this so high in the comments?

trevman 9y ago

I only run into this issue when I try to watch replays (previously streamed content). Which sucks... frankly. I hate navigating through content on YouTube.

hfsktr 9y ago

I have a fire stick (gifted to me) and the twitch app on it is awful. Bad enough that even I noticed. As far as I can tell there is no way to filter the videos by language/region like I can on the desktop. The videos are displayed in 'current viewers' descending order and I have to scroll for a while and hope that the stream title has enough info to guess at the language (I don't have favorite streamers, I will watch whoever). I haven't found a way around this in the months I have had it and half the time I use the youtube app and watch a pre-recorded game instead.