Chromecast skip playing

[Luke 42077]

Hi 

After downgrade mono to version 4.2 everything on chromecast works fine.

Thanks for help.

 

Regards 

Artur

 

Thanks for the update. Just FYI, with the beta server I have posted some changes for mono 4.4. I am not positive all of the 4.4 issues are resolved yet, but just so you're aware.

[aswieton 0]

Thanks for info i will try on different server. Again thank you for your help.

[Crestj 68]

I know this is a really old thread but it describes the symptoms I am experiencing now.

 

I'm assuming any fix that was discussed (mono) would have made it into the product a long time ago already!

 

Logs are attached.

 

The behaviour happens on all video files, starting from start or resume. On this particular occasion I started the video from the start and a few seconds in it jumped to 10 minutes in.

 

server Log.txt

transcode Log.txt

[Luke 42077]

I know this is a really old thread but it describes the symptoms I am experiencing now.

 

I'm assuming any fix that was discussed (mono) would have made it into the product a long time ago already!

 

Logs are attached.

 

The behaviour happens on all video files, starting from start or resume. On this particular occasion I started the video from the start and a few seconds in it jumped to 10 minutes in.

 

Try turning off quicksync.

[Crestj 68]

OK, transcoding set to NONE.

 

Will report back after a few tests.

[Crestj 68]

So far all testing has been successful. Thanks!

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Crestj 68]

Sadly with transcoding still set to None it has started skipping again.

[Luke 42077]

What exactly happened? server/ffmpeg log?

[Crestj 68]

Started streaming to the chromecast and it immediately jumped in 5 minsembyserver.txtffmpeg-transcode-f4e90d4a-931c-44ff-990a-b1c058503b1d.txt

[Luke 42077]

That ffmpeg log isn't valid. What does "jumped" mean?

[Crestj 68]

Sorry those logs aren't logs at all!

 

I'll upload them soon.

 

It starts playing the video for about a second or 2 then skips forwards to 5 minutes in.

[Crestj 68]

Here you go.

 

Seems there are a lot of these: "Past duration too large"

 

Past duration 0.990013 too large
Past duration 0.999992 too large
frame= 89 fps= 25 q=21.0 size= 575kB time=00:02:40.63 bitrate= 29.3kbits/s dup=0 drop=1 speed=45.2x
Past duration 0.993004 too large
Past duration 0.995995 too large
Past duration 0.989006 too large
Past duration 0.998985 too large
Past duration 0.991997 too large

 

A successful stream to the chromecast (after a few more tries) shows none of these messages.

Server Log.txt

transcode Log.txt

Edited May 5, 2018 by Crestj

[Luke 42077]

Can you try a different video?

[Crestj 68]

Tried a few others, some work but some fail. Attached log of failed video, same position too large messages in only the failed transcode logs.

transcode Log.txt

[Luke 42077]

Can you provide a sample video for testing? I'm unable to reproduce this. Thanks.

[Crestj 68]

Without making the original file available I'm not sure how I would do this.

 

If I cut the first 10 minutes to make available it would involve re-encoding it and therefore (possibly) resolving the issue with the decoding, would it?

 

Below is the media info which may mean something:

 

 

It only happens on some videos but I've yet to determine the link.

 

I assume the "Past duration 0.998985 too large" messages in the failing logs mean nothing?

[Luke 42077]

What if you try something that doesn't need transcoding? For example, an mkv with h264 & ac3

[Crestj 68]

Just noticed that I had the max bit rate set to 2mb which was the reason it was transcoding everything.

 

I used the convert method in Emby (nice feature!) on the same movie.

 

Unfortunately if I play either version (direct stream or transcode) I can;t get it to skip now!

 

I've also now set it to Auto bit rate for Chromecast.

 

I'll keep testing and try and find a common cause if it continues.