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Thank you!
I will try this as I also was using that python program you mention.
I did manage to work around the problem of not being able to cast to the group by just spawning multiple cmd processes, each one casting to a separate chromecast.
But I would much rather just cast once to the group.

Glad to have helped you Epsteyn. VLC is a marvellous program, but unless you are a propellerhead, getting it to do the more arcane things it can do can be challenging. I was googling for the better part of a day before I found someone talking about the --demux-filter option as it pertains to chromec...

SOLVED I needed to add another parameter. This is what worked: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "C:\Windows\media\Alarm01.wav" --sout="#chromecast{ip=192.168.0.169}" --demux-filter=demux_chromecast I was leaving off that last parameter. But who can really tell th...

It's a bug. I have the same problem with chromecast audio. Thanks for sharing your experience. I tried the VLC 4 BETA just to see if that worked but the same thing happened. I also tried a much larger MP3 file and that didn't work either although it did play the first tenth of a second of it (estim...

I am experimenting with VLC's support for Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices using VLC 3.0.3 64 bit on Windows 10 1803. My attempt to play a file to a Chromecast Audio via command line is not working. The Chromecast Audio device in question has an IP address of 192.168.0.169, so the command lin...

Using VLC 3.0.3 64 bit on Windows 10 1803. I set the Playback Renderer to my Chromecast, then I Open Media using DirectShow and select my WebCam video and audio. After a warning about a necessary audio/video conversion using a lot of power and my giving the go ahead, the Chomecast screen goes dark a...