Chromecast binding - Spamming Log - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

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Hi All,

I recently added the Chromecast binding and was able to get it working (pretty neat). However, in the logs (DEBUG) see a ton of chatter every 1/2 second which seems to be congesting things and impacting performance. Rather than look the other way, thought I’d ask for advice on what to check or where to look next?

I tried a reboot, and have since removed the thing and all has gone back to normal.

Can anyone point me to somewhere to look or try?

Thank you

I am Running Openhab 2.5.10-1 (Release Build)

Sample logs below:

2020-12-06 14:16:08.652 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - Received channel: mute, command: REFRESH

2020-12-06 14:16:08.919 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:09.394 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:09.656 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - getSupportedChannelNames: [keyCode, volume, mute, power, channel]

2020-12-06 14:16:09.660 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - Received channel: mute, command: REFRESH

2020-12-06 14:16:09.886 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:10.384 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:10.664 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - getSupportedChannelNames: [keyCode, volume, mute, power, channel]

2020-12-06 14:16:10.667 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - Received channel: mute, command: REFRESH

2020-12-06 14:16:10.882 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:11.409 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:11.671 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - getSupportedChannelNames: [keyCode, volume, mute, power, channel]

2020-12-06 14:16:11.676 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - Received channel: mute, command: REFRESH

2020-12-06 14:16:11.884 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:12.415 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:12.681 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - getSupportedChannelNames: [keyCode, volume, mute, power, channel]

2020-12-06 14:16:12.686 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - Received channel: mute, command: REFRESH

2020-12-06 14:16:12.971 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:13.529 [DEBUG] [ast.internal.ChromecastEventReceiver] - Unhandled event type: APPEVENT

2020-12-06 14:16:13.691 [DEBUG] [rnal.service.RemoteControllerService] - getSupportedChannelNames: [keyCode, v
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Hm, you are observing DEBUG logs. In general you do not really need to take care of them. Rather reduce logger level back to DEFAULT. Logging always impacts performance. Or did you face an issue you are trying to tackle down?

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Thank you for your reply. Just found it concerning that every ~600 ms it was logging “Unhandled event type: APPEVENT” which gives me the impression it is constantly trying to do something and costing unecessary cpu cycles and overhead.

This did not change with the polling frequency. It just didn’t seem normal.