Some files now longer play (Chromecast Ultra firmware 1.28.100555)

[just-one-android]

The same video files which played yesterday now no longer play, though some files do play. I am still able to play the now non-working file through other means (e.g., BubbleUPnP client).

It's not clear to me whether this is due to an update on the Chromecast. For what it's worth I did try a factory reset on the device before confirming the failed playback.

$ DEBUG='castnow*' castnow s10e01.mkv castnow volume step: 0.05 +0ms castnow launching... +1ms castnow:stdin [ { path: 's10e01.mkv' } ] +1ms castnow:localfile started webserver on address 192.168.1.194 using port 4100 +6ms castnow player status: loading plugins +1ms castnow player status: scanning +0ms castnow player status: connecting +10ms castnow player status: launching +46ms castnow player status: loading +1s castnow:localfile incoming request serving s10e01.mkv +101ms castnow player status: ready +1s castnow player status: idle +9ms

$ mediainfo s10e01.mkv General Unique ID : 98335567783835756931034307857593713827 (0x49FABDD0472F0918C77A1BE73D0CC4A3) Complete name : s10e01.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 File size : 268 MiB Duration : 43 min 34 s Overall bit rate : 861 kb/s Writing application : Lavf57.71.100 Writing library : Lavf57.71.100 ErrorDetectionType : Per level 1

Video ID : 1 Format : HEVC Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Format profile : Main@L3@Main Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC Duration : 43 min 34 s Width : 720 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Original display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Writing library : x265 1.5:[Windows][GCC 4.9.0][64 bit] Encoding settings : wpp / ctu=64 / tu-intra-depth=1 / tu-inter-depth=1 / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / no-rect / no-amp / max-merge=2 / temporal-mvp / no-early-skip / no-fast-cbf / rdpenalty=0 / no-tskip / no-tskip-fast / strong-intra-smoothing / no-lossless / no-cu-lossless / no-constrained-intra / fast-intra / open-gop / interlace=0 / keyint=240 / min-keyint=24 / scenecut=40 / rc-lookahead=15 / bframes=4 / bframe-bias=0 / b-adapt=0 / ref=2 / weightp / no-weightb / aq-mode=1 / aq-strength=0.00 / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rd=2 / psy-rd=0.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / signhide / lft / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / b-pyramid / cutree / rc=2 / pass / bitrate=600 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.601

Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : A_AAC-2 Duration : 43 min 34 s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -21 ms Default : Yes Forced : No

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[Chaz6]

I have the same problem, I can no longer get any videos to play on my chromecast ultra.

Update: I was able to make it work by specifying "--myip " which suggests that it is possibly an IPv6 issue since I have a working IPv6 internet connection (and the local subnet is whitelisted in the firewall on the host running castnow).