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+--- Thread: Subtitles on chromecast (/t-subtitles-on-chromecast)
Subtitles on chromecast - Jken - 2024-09-28
I'm having issues with getting videos with subtitles to play on chromecast via my android phone.
Because the native player/caster isnt great, I've been trying external players, VLC works perfectly aside from subtitles being unavailable during casting. I've gone through about 10 or so players looking for one that works but haven't had any luck.
Any suggestions for a player that works for casting with subtitles would be greatly appreciated. Other solutions are also more than welcome.
Thanks!
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - TheDreadPirate - 2024-09-28
What model Chromecast are you using?
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - Jken - 2024-09-28
I believe is a third generation 4K. I would have bought it around 2019.
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - TheDreadPirate - 2024-09-28
I re-read your opening post, is this a "dumb" Chromecast or the Chromecast with Google TV 4K? Since you are using different players, I'm assuming is it the Google TV variety.
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - Jken - 2024-09-28
I think it would be the dumb one w/o google tv.
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - TheDreadPirate - 2024-09-29
Can you share your jellyfin logs via pastebin? What kind of subtitles do your videos have? What OS is your server running and what are the specs?
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - Jken - 2024-09-29
I'm not 100% sure how to do that. I've got the server running on a raspberrypi 5 4gb I had lying around. The videos usually have embedded subtitles on mkv, stuff like that. Like I said the subs work fine on the native casting from the jellyfin android app, it's just that the performance is quite bad. While casting performs great on an external player like VLC, but subtitles aren't supported while casting which is where my issue is.
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - TheDreadPirate - 2024-09-29
What kind of subtitles? SRT? ASS? PGS? Is Jellyfin trying to burn them in?
Your logs can be accessed in the dashboard. There is a logs tab in the left column near the bottom.
In the OS they are located in /var/log/jellyfin.
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - Jken - 2024-09-30
I pulled the the most recent logs I could. As far as I know the vast majority of the subtitles for my files are ASS format.
https://pastebin.com/gN0yNE4q
https://pastebin.com/jR0WF8Hi
RE: Subtitles on chromecast - TheDreadPirate - 2024-09-30
So the second log is a ffmpeg log that is for a software transcode. A very slow software transcode. I'm wondering if that is what's happening. Your subs need to be burned in. Maybe VLC doesn't show subtitles because it knows they aren't compatible? IDK.
But the first log doesn't contain any log entries to correspond to that ffmpeg log.