Feature description:
When the media source is down, Symfonium seems to still be able to do casting, which I assume is possible through streaming from the client directly. But when the media source is up, it seems to alwasy stream from the media source server directly. It would be good to allow always streaming from the client instead.
Problem solved:
It is possible that the media source is accessible by Symfonium at the client side, but not by the receiver. It can happen in various situations, for example,
- self-signed certificate (with root certificate installed on the client device, but receiver doesn’t support such setting),
- different network settings (e.g. the media source is behind an VPN that client has access to, but the receiver doesn’t).
Brought benefits:
This should help making the casting more reliable in various cases with self-hosted local media service that is not exposed to public Internet.
Other application solutions:
Not provided
Additional description and context:
It’s mostly because I run a Navidrome instance behind a local server with self-signed certificate. I noticed that when the server is down or when the authentication fails due to password change, I can cast normally to my soundbar, but if the server is up and connected properly, casting fails with many errors. After diagnosis, I believe it is related to my arrangement with my media source.
However, I think the assumption that receiver always has the same access to media source as the sender is questionable fundamentally. So it may be better to allow user to force streaming from client instead. It can be part of the settings of media source, e.g. saying some media source should never be sent to a receiver directly.
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