is_idle is always true

[ethlo]

• Start Netflix
• cast.media_controller.is_idle == True no matter whether the video is playing or not

Is there a work-around to discover this?

(Trying to make this work for https://github.com/ethlo/castsaver)

[rmkraus]

Try using the IGNORE_CEC option to ignore CEC data for that chromecast
device.

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• Start Netflix
• cast.media_controller.is_idle == True no matter whether the video is
  playing or not

Is there a work-around to discover this?

(Trying to make this work for https://github.com/ethlo/castsaver)

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[ethlo]

Thanks for your feedback, I tried it, it just changes to be always False, so no luck I'm afraid.

[rmkraus]

I'm sorry, I misread your first post. To get the status of the media player, the call you are using is deprecated, instead use cast.media_controller.status.player_is_idle or cast.media_controller.status.player_state. When playing Netflix, the status should be unknown because Netflix uses a proprietary and encrypted set of commands. I'll confirm tonight that this is the case. It is possible that something changed in the netflix chromecast app to make it always report idle.

The takeaway here is that Netflix is not and can not be fully supported

[ethlo]

I realized that I used a deprecated call, but saw in the source code that it called the correct method. Is there any way to determine if there is any media playing or not in general (regardless of application)?

[rmkraus]

Unfortunately, not really. Netflix works with a nonstandard API and all
their calls are encrypted. The nonstandard API isn't a huge problem, but
they encrypt it for a reason. It could be reverse engineered, but Netflix
would likely change it as soon as it is published.

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I realized that I used a deprecated call, but saw in the source code that
it called the correct method. Is there any way to determine if there is any
media playing or not in general (regardless of application)?

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Ryan Kraus