Chromecast GoogleTV

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Server Version#: Version 1.25.2.5319
Player Version#: 8.27.2.29938

Not be able to direct stream 4K HEVC (main 10 HDR level 5 ) to my chromecast.
According Supported Media for Google Cast  |  Google Developers
It have to be working :

### Chromecast with Google TV

* H.264 High Profile up to level 5.1 (4Kx2K/30fps)
* HEVC / H.265 Main and Main10 Profiles up to level 5.1 (4Kx2K@60fps)
* VP9 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps

You can find exemple of 4K informations :

Codec HEVC
Bitrate 2715 kbps
Bit Depth 10
Chroma Location topleft
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Coded Height 2072
Coded Width 3840
Color Primaries bt2020
Color Range tv
Color Space bt2020nc
Color Trc smpte2084
Frame Rate 23.976 fps
Height 2072
Niveau 5.0
Profil main 10
Ref Frames 1
Width 3840
Display Title 4K (HEVC Main 10 HDR)
Extended Display Title 4K (HEVC Main 10 HDR)

OR

Codec HEVC
Bitrate 14339 kbps
Bit Depth 10
Chroma Location topleft
Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
Coded Height 1600
Coded Width 3832
Color Primaries bt2020
Color Range tv
Color Space bt2020nc
Color Trc smpte2084
Frame Rate 23.976 fps
Height 1596
Niveau 5.0
Profil main 10
Ref Frames 1
Width 3832
Display Title 4K (HEVC Main 10 HDR)
Extended Display Title 4K (HEVC Main 10 HDR)
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The transcoding audio is logical not video

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Here some interesting debug logs :

Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.033 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] Codecs: testing hevc (decoder) with hwdevice vaapi
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.033 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] Codecs: hardware transcoding: testing API vaapi
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.034 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] Codecs: Testing with profile 'Main 10'
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.036 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] Codecs: 10-bit HEVC test succeeded
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.037 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] Scaled up video bitrate to 11979Kbps based on 4.500000x fudge factor.
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: Selected protocol hls; container: mkv
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: analyzing media item 10329
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): Direct Play is disabled
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/hevc
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/hevc/eac3
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/hevc/eac3
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] YYY YYY - video.colorTrc limitation applies: smpte2084 != bt709|bt470m|smpte240m|smpte170m|bt470bg|bt2020-10 [list]
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: YYY YYY (2021): no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded
Jan 05, 2022 14:21:13.038 [0x7f1028078b38] DEBUG - [Transcode] MDE: Cannot direct stream video stream due to profile or setting limitations

PS : i tried with and without “Activer le mappage tonal HDR”

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Up ! Someone can help me ?

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