If you are in the same boat and are experiencing a video playback error when using Plex on Google Chromecast and NVIDIA Shield devices, we have a workaround.
The developers are yet to acknowledge the issue, let alone work on a fix.
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This video demos how to cast your music to your Google Home with PlexOr cast your videos or music to Chromecast (also Plex)The Plex. Open your Chrome browser and navigate to the Plex website to use the Plex Web App How to Cast Plex to Chromecast and Google Home - YouTube. Wherever you have the Chrome browser with the Chromecast extension installed, and as long as you've logged into your Plex account, you're able to cast from your Plex media server to your Google Chromecast. As long as your Plex Media Server is configured for remote access (or you have remote access to any other Plex Media Server, like a friend's), you can remotely stream from that Plex media server to any Chromecast How to Cast Plex to Chromecast Chrome Browser. The other thing that you should know is that when you are finished with this you should see the text Ready to Cast displayed prominently right under your internet-enabled device whenever you open up the page chrome://cast on your Google Chrome web browser In addition to the convenience of slinging your local media to your home TV with the Plex + Chromecast setup, you can take the whole show on the road.
Not only that, you should be able to stream content to your Chromecast by making use of the Plex interface or even the official Plex mobile apps.