When casting a YouTube playlist from desktop Chrome to the Chromecast is there a limit on numbers of tracks/videos running on the Chromecast?
If I start with Caribou's 1000 song playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lEESSgxM_5O81EvKCmBIm_JT5Q7JeaI
Start it playing in shuffle and then Cast it, it takes a little while but a queue does get built on the TV, and in the same shuffle order (usually) but the TV queue appears to be 200 not 1000.
[Edited to add] Actually I think this may be some kind of YouTube limitation. Without going anywhere near Chromecast, it doesn't seem to be possible to turn this 1000 track playlist into a queue of more than 200. Can anyone confirm?
The Longest Mixtape - 1000 Songs For You - YouTube
https://support.google.com/youtube/search?q=200
http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/40732/how-to-view-all-the-videos-i-have-ever-liked-on-youtube-when-the-number-is-very/71107#71107
It suggests the 200 limit has gone, but the UI hasn't fully caught up. And the source playlist is definitely 1000 because you can page down through it past 200 and through the next 800.
So I don't think this is specifically a Chromecast issue but rather an inconsistency.
What it does point to though is that Casting a Youtube playlist seems to takes a copy and insert it into a separate queue. This seems to be how the Chromecast can continue to play from that queue even if you disconnect the source tab.
- Start the playlist
- Shuffle
- Cast to Chromecast
- The queue on the TV is no longer shuffled
This stuff ought to be transparent. What you see on the TV should be what you were playing on the laptop.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B66Hwmhvj3UubkZjNU1MMVBGLVE/view