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The pause and other playback control buttons on my TV remote works with the Chromecast. It somehow gets passed on through the HDMI port.

You should thank HDMI CEC [1] for that.

[1] https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7199917

U must be my soul buddy...

It is HDMI CEC channel (existing since 1.1) that allows the TV to control its source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control

That’s a great tip! I’ll give that a try.

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