Last /e/ update fixed Netflix Chromecast and crashed Spotify and Youtube

facb69 · September 20, 2019, 1:39pm

Like @TheMajorTom (see in Spotify doesn't start after last update) I updated my phone last night to v.0.7-2019091924206 on my Motorola G 2014 (titan).

Problems:

Spotify Lite don’t play anything;
Spotify just freezes on logo screen;
YouTube from /e/ app store doesn`t even start.
YouTube from Aurora store works but don’t cast to Chromecast (still…)

I tried the versions of Spotify and Spotify Lite from the /e/ app store and from Aurora.

But, hey, Netflix still works and now it casts to Chromecast .

Gilles · September 20, 2019, 2:46pm

Hi,

Same thing for me till last update : e-0.7-p-20190915-UNOFFICIAL for OnePlus 5.
Spotify freezes on logo and does not works.

Gregoire · September 21, 2019, 10:50am

Hey @facb69,
I don’t have any specific and technical explanation or solution for you there but alternative for youtube.
Try to use Invidious as a PWA. It works just fine.

facb69 · September 23, 2019, 11:24am

Thanks @Gregoire but I did not understand how to “…use Invidious as a PWA”.
I know about the website and all but never heard of an app for it or how to use it in another way.

Gregoire · September 23, 2019, 6:15pm

When you open the url in your browser (Firefox here), you should have a house+ icon just like on my screenshot.
Click on it.

facb69 · September 23, 2019, 7:13pm

I got it @Gregoire. Gonna try it as long I get back home.
Thank you again.

facb69 · September 26, 2019, 5:20pm

Just for a closure on this matter, I could only managed to cast to my Chromecast using VLC.
Netflix shows the cast icon but don’t connect and YouTube, Emby and Spotify don’t show the icon.
Since I only use Chromecast at home, I uninstalled YouTube, Emby and Netflix from my /e/ Motorola.
Still using Spotify Lite from /e/ app store (it is working now the way it should) and New Pipe from F-Droid.
Thanks for the attention.