Chromecast Ultra profile doesn't support HEVC

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@Clmcm400 's code worked for me to get HEVC/H.265 directplay working on Chromecast Ultra too! Thanks a lot @Clmcm400!

I had to edit it slightly, maybe due to an update. Here is my full Chromecast.xml file, direct playing HEVC without transcoding as of Mar 1st, 2017:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <Client name="Chromecast">
      <!-- Edited with Clmcm400's code from https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/244663/chromecast-ultra-profile-doesnt-support-hevc/p2 -->
      <TranscodeTargets>
        <VideoProfile protocol="http" container="matroska" codec="h264,h265,hevc" audioCodec="eac3,ac3,aac,mp3" context="streaming" />
        <MusicProfile container="matroska" codec="mp3" />
        <PhotoProfile container="jpeg" />
        <SubtitleProfile container="ass" codec="ass" />
      </TranscodeTargets>
      <DirectPlayProfiles>
    	<VideoProfile container="mp4" codec="Hevc,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="eac3,ac3,aac,mp3,mp2"/>
    	<VideoProfile container="mkv" codec="vp9,hevc,h265,mpeg1video,mpeg2video,h264,mpeg4" audioCodec="eac3,ac3,aac,mp3,mp2,pcm,flac,alac" subtitleFormat="srt,ass"/>
      </DirectPlayProfiles>
      <CodecProfiles>
        <VideoCodec name="h265,hevc,vp9">
          <Limitations>
    		<UpperBound name="video.width" value="3840"/>
    		<UpperBound name="video.height" value="2176"/>
    		<UpperBound name="video.bitrate" value="75000"/>
          </Limitations>
        </VideoCodec>
        <VideoAudioCodec name="*">
          <Limitations>
            <UpperBound name="audio.channels" value="6" />
          </Limitations>
        </VideoAudioCodec>
      </CodecProfiles>
    </Client>