"Allow your PC to be discoverable by other PC's and devices on this network?" While that sounds like it's strictly allowing your computer to be found on the network, it also affects the other way too. The question is something to the effect of. The question might seem like you're potentially putting your computer at risk (and you could, if connected to a public network), but at home on your own network, it would be fine to allow this. Usually the first time you connect to a network you're asked a question. the "Cast" function) are set to not discover devices on your home network. Yeah, it could be that your two computers that don't see your Sonos through UPnP (i.e.
I suspect that this may be due to a version of Windows 10 or some other update I haven't gotten. However on my other two windows 10 machines the 'cast to device' context menu doesn't show my Play:5. I can then play any audio file on my file system. On one of my windows 10 machines, on the context menu I see 'Cast to Device' and when I expand it I see - wow - my Play:5.
That worked great and i could now play youtube in Chrome.īut what if I want to CAST from the output of any software, such as a DJ software, or my DAW (music production software)? For this on my Mac I purchased Rogue Amoeba Airfoil and can cast all system audio to my chromecast and onto audio line in in Sonos. First, I plugged a Google Chromecast into the audio line in of my Play:5 and I can cast from chrome. One approach is to use the Audio Line in. What I'd also like to do is play 'anything' off of the hardware I'm using at the moment, whether it is iOS, Mac or Windows. I hope after running the troubleshooter, you would be able to resolve this issue.I have my Sonos Play:5 setup and I've been playing around successfully with my music services (Spotify, Pandora, SoundCloud, Amazon, Google Play etc.I've also set up a music library, adding folders from my networked computers, and even found a hack for using Dropbox (windows 10 share named Sonos in my dropbox folder. Steps to run Hardware and Devices troubleshooter in Windows 10 For this case, you should run Hardware and Devices troubleshooter to automatically found and fix issues: To resolve this problem, you can also take the advantage of in-built troubleshooters available in Windows 10. FIX 2 – Using Hardware And Devices Troubleshooter In case, if issue still persists, try FIX 2. I hope correcting these points may help you to fix this problem. Intermittent or limited connectivity may also cause this issue.
The content file shouldn’t be corrupted, you can check this by playing it on Windows 10 first and they try to cast it.It should have that format which your casting device can support.Content should not be bulk in size, for example, content above 500MB may cause unexpected device error on slow networks.One main reason that may contribute to this issue is the type of content you’re casting to device.
In case if the device is up-to-date, these suggestions may help you to bypass this error message: FIX : Unexpected Device Error While Casting From Windows 10 FIX 1 – Recheck The Content You Want To Cast May be the media you’re casting is supported after upgrading the device. To resolve this problem, you should go with the hint provided in error message itself, that is to update the device to which you’re casting.