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Black chromecast screen - SjoerdHekking - 2023-08-31
Hi reader,
I am new here, so I am sorry if I seem vague when describing the issue:
Anyway, I got a nice
.mkv file, roughly 10GB in size. More info here:- Video
- Title 4K HEVC SDR
- Codec HEVC
- Profile Main 10
- Level 150
- Resolution 3840x1610
- Aspect ratio 2.40:1
- Interlaced No
- Framerate 23.976025
- Bitrate 6742 kbps
- Bit depth 10 bit
- Video range SDR
- Video range type SDR
- Color space bt709
- Color transfer bt709
- Color primaries bt709
- Pixel format yuv420p10le
- Ref frames 1
Whenever I stream this to my Windows 11 computer, or Android phone, it works great, transcoding happens, and I can watch it fine. However, when streaming to Chromecast, nothing happens, just a black screen and a play button that doesn't respond on the remote's end.
Does anyone have a clue?
I am running a healthy xeon, 32GB of ecc ram, gigabit connection, P4000 Quadro.
RE: Black chromecast screen - TheDreadPirate - 2023-08-31
Could you share with us your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs (if those exist)? Upload them to pastebin and share the link here.
RE: Black chromecast screen - SjoerdHekking - 2023-09-01
(2023-08-31, 09:34 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: Could you share with us your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs (if those exist)? Upload them to pastebin and share the link here.
https://pastebin.com/RMGi20qm
This is the ffmpeg log, but besides that, I don't have a jellyfin log that contains errors, just the usual queries for optimizing the database(s), and similar scheduled tasks.
RE: Black chromecast screen - TheDreadPirate - 2023-09-01
It is definitely transcoding and more than fast enough.
What kind of Chromecast are we talking about? A Chromecast with Google TV? Or an older "dumb" Chromecast?
RE: Black chromecast screen - SjoerdHekking - 2023-09-01
(2023-09-01, 03:51 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: It is definitely transcoding and more than fast enough.
What kind of Chromecast are we talking about? A Chromecast with Google TV? Or an older "dumb" Chromecast?
Hi there, thanks for your reply. A chromecast 2018 model. Not ultra. Not TV. Not 4K. Just a basic 2018 model, that "normally" works perfect. According to Google's datasheets it should accept H.264 with AAC... Weirdly enough, the log says it's creating 4k~ resolution, while the chromecast should broadcast and only allow FHD...? Maybe it's the chromecast?
RE: Black chromecast screen - TheDreadPirate - 2023-09-01
I'm not sure how device compatibility works when you are casting to an older chromecast. I do know that Jellyfin's casting is jank AF. It may not be correctly relaying the Chromecast's limitations (1080p60) to jellyfin.
RE: Black chromecast screen - SjoerdHekking - 2023-09-02
(2023-09-01, 10:58 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: I'm not sure how device compatibility works when you are casting to an older chromecast. I do know that Jellyfin's casting is jank AF. It may not be correctly relaying the Chromecast's limitations (1080p60) to jellyfin.
In that case, I can safely assume it's chromecast's fault. Thanks.