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Having issues to render VLC to a chromecast device set on my tv. The video will play for a while but will cut out and I get a blackscreen with the blue logo, which means it is still connected but for some reason the video stops?? Please help...

The same keeps on happening to me, using MacOs Catalina 10.15.6, this is the message I got: /Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/extras/package/macosx/../../../src/misc/messages.c:419...VLC 3.0.11.1...

The movie would play for a few minutes and just stop, I already uninstalled VLC, cleaned the laptop and the same happens after reinstalling it...

Can anyone help us?

Confirming I have the same issue on Mojave 10.14.16

same issue here

Same problem here as well with video casting from Kubuntu 20.10 to Chromecast 4k cutting out after 5mins or so and a black screen with blue logo remaining.

Debug output :

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stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 40465B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 40973B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 61268B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 35067B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 52883B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 52605B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 45189B
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 75824B
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264'
main debug: removing module "h264"
main debug: removing a sout input (sout_input: 0x7fb988c06d00)
avformat debug: removing input
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mp4a'
main debug: removing module "mpeg4audio"
main debug: removing a sout input (sout_input: 0x7fb980c0a750)
avformat debug: removing input
main warning: no more input streams for this mux
main debug: destroying chain... (name=chromecast-proxy)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_chromecast"
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: destroying chain... (name=std)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_standard"
main debug: removing module "avformat"
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 60120B
stream_out_chromecast warning: httpd buffer full: dropping 61068B
main debug: removing module "stream_out_chromecast"
main debug: destroying chain done
dbus debug: Getting property Position
main debug: removing module "demux_chromecast"
main debug: removing module "mp4"
mp4 debug: freeing all memory
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "cache_read"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt debug: IM: Deleting the input
stream_out_chromecast debug: PING received from the Chromecast
stream_out_chromecast debug: PONG received from the Chromecast
stream_out_chromecast debug: PING received from the Chromecast
stream_out_chromecast debug: PONG received from the Chromecast


When I try to cast music from VLC to Chromecast audio, the track will stop regularly after 2m:05s-2m:20s.

Debug output :

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stream_out_chromecast debug: Player state: PLAYING sessionId: 5
stream_out_chromecast debug: Player state: PLAYING sessionId: 5
stream_out_chromecast debug: Player state: PLAYING sessionId: 5
stream_out_chromecast debug: Player state: IDLE sessionId: 5
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga'
main debug: removing module "mpegaudio"
main debug: removing a sout input (sout_input: 0x7fb988f12dc0)
main debug: removing module "mpg123"
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: removing module "samplerate"
avformat debug: removing input
main warning: no more input streams for this mux
main debug: destroying chain... (name=transcode)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_transcode"
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: destroying chain... (name=chromecast-proxy)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_chromecast"
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: destroying chain... (name=std)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_standard"
main debug: removing module "avformat"
main debug: removing module "stream_out_chromecast"
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: removing module "demux_chromecast"
main debug: removing module "es"
main debug: removing module "mpegaudio"
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "skiptags"
main debug: removing module "cache_read"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 4/19)
main debug: using item 5
main debug: starting playback of new item