Chromecast hangs after 20 seconds to a few minutes

About encoding, codec settings, muxers and filter usage
MichelLaBarre
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 3
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 17:09

Chromecast hangs after 20 seconds to a few minutes

Postby MichelLaBarre » 02 Feb 2018 17:46

VLC 3.0.0-rc8 Vetinari - on Windows 10 1709 -

Either sequence:
open file - playback->renderer - select chromecast-device
playback->renderer - select chromecast-device - open file

Video begins to stream - great picture - smooth - video freezes after 20 seconds (up to 5 minutes is the most it has displayed without hanging). Time track had been pacing the video playback but reverts to a low number (e.g. 0-7 seconds) after freezing. TV Screen shows a rotating circle presumably indicating buffering/waiting ???

Reset renderer to local - video resumes at just past the correct point on PC screen - reset renderer to chromecast - video continues at point where PC display was showing. Seems like video was "running" during the hang interval - just not showing.

Chromecast is ethernet wired. PC is WIFI. No issues chromecasting with Videostream or with Chrome browser. Trivial CPU usage and disk usage as per TaskManager during playback.

Same video hangs at different positions - not consistent.

Problem occurs with all types of video files I tried. Lower resolution video (e.g. 720) less susceptible than higher resolution (e.g. 1080).

Thanks for VLC. Great product.
Michel

Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Site Administrator
Site Administrator
Posts: 37523
Joined: 22 Jul 2005 15:29
VLC version: 4.0.0-git
Operating System: Linux, Windows, Mac
Location: Cone, France
Contact:

Re: Chromecast hangs after 20 seconds to a few minutes

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 26 Jun 2018 21:30

Try 3.0.2
Jean-Baptiste Kempf
http://www.jbkempf.com/ - http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/category/Videolan
VLC media player developer, VideoLAN President and Sites administrator
If you want an answer to your question, just be specific and precise. Don't use Private Messages.


Return to “VLC stream-output (sout)”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests