Chromecast doesn't Direct Play HDHomerun .TS files?

[troyhough 61]

I have a Chromecast Ultra on my home network. I have the Android app set to max quality. When I cast to the Ccast Ultra the server transcodes all HDHR channels. Is this a bug?

Thanks

Edited September 16, 2020 by troyhough

[Luke 42081]

HI, no, have you checked the supported media formats for your chromecast device?

[troyhough 61]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI, no, have you checked the supported media formats for your chromecast device?

I did a search and found this below. The HDHR puts out MPEG-4 I believe???

Chromecast Ultra supports H.264 1080p, H.264 720 x 480, MPEG-4, VP8 video and AAC-LC, AC3, eAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), FLAC, MP3, PCM/WAV, Vorbis audio files.

[Luke 42081]

It doesn't support the mpegts container.

[troyhough 61]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

It doesn't support the mpegts container.

Will the Tivo Stream 4K Direct Play the HDHomerun? Here is what is supported direct from their site: https://www.tivo.com/products/stream-4k

Video Decoding

    H.265 HEVC MP@L5.0 up to 10bits HDR 4K*2K@60fps

 

    H.264 AVC MP@L5.1 up to 10bits HDR 4K*2K@60fps 

 

    MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps

 

    AVS Jizhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps

 

    MPEG-2 MP@HL up to 1080P@60fps

 

    MPEG-1 MP@HL up to 1080P@60fps

 

    RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps

 

    WebM up to VGA

 

    HDR, Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG

 

    Video Codec, VP9 Profile 2 up to 4K x 2K@60fps

 

 

Video File Format
Support *.mkv, *.wmv,*.mpg,* .mpeg,*.dat, * avi,* .mov,* .iso,* .mp4,* .rm,* ,jpg,* .bmp,* gif etc...

 

Video Output
HDMI 2.0a, HDCP2.2

 

Aspect Ratio
Auto, Full screen

 

Video Resolution
4K@60fps, 1080p/i, 720p

 

[Luke 42081]

I'm not sure, sorry. I don't see the mpegts container there, but that doesn't mean it won't.

[Carlo 4561]

23 minutes ago, troyhough said:

I did a search and found this below. The HDHR puts out MPEG-4 I believe???

The HDHR basically just send to Emby exactly what they receive with the exception of devices that can TRANSCODE.  In the USA OTA is almost always using the MPEG video codec and on cable typically local channels are MPEG and then HD channels are in h.264 but it all depends on your provider.

If you type http://my.hdhomerun.com/ into your browser bar you'll get a list of tuners. Click on your tuner then Channel Lineup.

You can scroll down and look at your channels.  Anything encoded in h.264 will say AVC and anything without AVC is going to be MPEG encoded video.

1 minute ago, troyhough said:

Will the Tivo Stream 4K Direct Play the HDHomerun? Here is what is supported direct from their site: https://www.tivo.com/products/stream-4k

Video File Format
Support *.mkv, *.wmv,*.mpg,* .mpeg,*.dat, * avi,* .mov,* .iso,* .mp4,* .rm,* ,jpg,* .bmp,* gif etc...

Doesn't show it but does say "etc" so it could be.  I'd check in the HDHomeRUN forums for compatibility.  It seems people have trouble using HDHomeRun streams with this device.

https://forum.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73986

Personally for about $20 more you can get a MiBox-S which should give you a really nice Emby experience and outside of Emby there is Live Channels which can access your HDHomeRuns directly and plays well.  Of all my devices this is my favorite after the Shield TV Pro.

[troyhough 61]

5 hours ago, cayars said:

The HDHR basically just send to Emby exactly what they receive with the exception of devices that can TRANSCODE.  In the USA OTA is almost always using the MPEG video codec and on cable typically local channels are MPEG and then HD channels are in h.264 but it all depends on your provider.

If you type http://my.hdhomerun.com/ into your browser bar you'll get a list of tuners. Click on your tuner then Channel Lineup.

You can scroll down and look at your channels.  Anything encoded in h.264 will say AVC and anything without AVC is going to be MPEG encoded video.

Doesn't show it but does say "etc" so it could be.  I'd check in the HDHomeRUN forums for compatibility.  It seems people have trouble using HDHomeRun streams with this device.

https://forum.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73986

Personally for about $20 more you can get a MiBox-S which should give you a really nice Emby experience and outside of Emby there is Live Channels which can access your HDHomeRuns directly and plays well.  Of all my devices this is my favorite after the Shield TV Pro.

I wonder how the new Google TV Sabrina ATV device will compare to the MiBox-S???

[Carlo 4561]

If your not in a hurry to find out I'll let you know as soon as they're available I'm picking one up.

[troyhough 61]

1 minute ago, cayars said:

If your not in a hurry to find out I'll let you know as soon as they're available I'm picking one up.

Please post your findings here. Thanks!