akawoz 12 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Not sure if this is the right forum, please feel free to move if not. I have an easily reproduce-able playback problem. I have some media files that refuse to playback on a Chromecast Ultra but play fine on a Chromecast Gen 1. Both CC are connected to 1080p Samsung TV's. I get the background display for the TV show I am attempting to play, the spinner runs briefly then vanishes. The time counter sits (on phone) at 00:00:00 forever and the media file never starts playing. I can get the media file to play successfully by either: 1. choosing convert - TV profile and playing the newly created version 2. lowering my playback settings for Chromecast to a bitrate below the file - forcing transcoding At the following URL is one of the media files that does this, along with Mediainfo for that file, the Debug Emby Server log and FFMPEG logs. In the Emby Server log the issue starts at timestamp 2019-02-09 12:45:24.461 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1huIt2HZ8gRI0gAbzJmJiT-uFis1hB5_c?usp=sharing The Chromecast Ultra is running: System firmware: 144496 Cast firmware: 1.37.144496 Country code: NZ I'm using Emby for Android Mobile 3.0.34 to cast. Cheers, Warren. Edited February 9, 2019 by akawoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 What is your chromecast connected to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akawoz 12 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Both Chromecast are connected to a Ubiquiti wifi network. https://www.ui.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Luke 37003 Posted February 10, 2019 Solution Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ok try it again now. I was able to reproduce and have it automatically switch to transcoding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akawoz 12 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ok try it again now. I was able to reproduce and have it automatically switch to transcoding. Yes it works now - what magic is this? I haven't updated server or app. Do you have a transcoding rule set that the server checks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The chromecast receiver is hosted so i just pushed an update to that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akawoz 12 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) The level of support you guys provide for Emby is astounding. For years I've felt frustrated with the zero engagement the Plex team have with their forums. Keep up the wonderful work and I will keep spreading the word about how amazing Emby is. Big fan. Cheers! The chromecast receiver is hosted so i just pushed an update to that. Edited February 10, 2019 by akawoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Thanks for the feedback ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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