From 17f08fe449253c127f7eeff2d7af53503a0b3519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paulus Schoutsen Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:38:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for cast platform --- source/components/media_player.cast.markdown | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown b/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown index fc4d231bda5..9b499e34c95 100644 --- a/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown +++ b/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown @@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ footer: true --- -Google Cast devices will be automatically discovered if you enable [the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html). +Google Cast devices will be automatically discovered if you enable [the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html). There is a issue where Chromecasts can only be discovered if your device is connected to the same subnet as your Chromecast. -Can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`: +Chromecast platform can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`: ``` media_player: platform: chromecast + # Optional. Will scan for devices if left out + host: 192.168.1.9 ``` - -

-Chromecasts have recently received a new API which is not yet supported by Home Assistant. Therefore we currently can only detect them and do not know what they are up to. -