Microsoft Edge is the go-to web browser for Windows 10 users. Now one of the cool things we love about Edge is its ability to stream media from the computer to a receiving device. The Microsoft Edge browser supports video, audio and photo streaming on all Miracast and DLNA compatible devices. Microsoft has provided a few scenarios to try, such as streaming a video from YouTube, a Facebook photo album, or music from Pandora.
It’s a cool feature, but what happens when it stops working? You have been trying to broadcast your media for some time now, but for some unknown reason nothing is happening. For many people, they are trying to cast on Chromecast or another platform.
Cast Media on device does not work on Edge
Streaming media from one device to another via Microsoft Edge (Chrome) is something we like to do, so if that doesn’t work, please follow these steps to resolve the issue:
- Launch Edge Browser
- Open edge: // flags /
- Locate the Cast Media route provider
- Restart Edge,
The first step here is to launch Edge and then visit the flags section where you will find a ton of options to customize Edge to your liking.
To access this section, please enter edge: // flags / in the URL bar and press the Enter key on the keyboard to advance.
Going forward, we must now find what is called Cast Media Route Provider. This is easily done; therefore, the user should not have to worry, unless we are mistaken, which is not the case.
Now, right next to Cast Media Route Provider, you should see Default.
Please click on it and select Activated from the drop-down menu.
Now, if you’re wondering what the routing provider is doing, well, allows the native implementation of Cast Media Route Provider instead of the implementation in the Media Router component extension.
After selecting On, you should now see a big blue button that says To restart. You will want to click it to restart the web browser.
Once the Microsoft Edge web browser is up and running again, continue and try to cast your media files to your preferred device.