Hello,
When casting to ccwgtv builtin chromecas i’m receving H3 error with multichannel audio, stereo is working properly.
(SETUP: ccwgtv is plugged in to a Yamaha RXV-685 with Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus capatibiles. )
Server Version#: 1.24.3.5033
Player Version#: not sure how to check that for Chromecast
LOGS:
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:53.494 [12220] INFO - [Chromecast] [System] Load: {“media”:{“contentId”:"/library/metadata/16154",“streamType”:“BUFFERED”,“contentType”:“video/mp4”,“metadata”:{“metadataType”:0,“title”:“S1 E1”},“duration”:3494.04,“customData”:{“offset”:163,“bitrate”:“200000”,“directStream”:true,“directPlay”:true,“subtitleSize”:“150”,“subtitleColor”:"#ffffff",“subtitlePosition”:“bottom”,“audioBoost”:“100”,“autoPlay”:true,“user”:{“username”:“xenontx”},“server”:{“machineIdentifier”:“395ae245fa4225a33b77293e8937a66d3a00e36c”,“protocol”:“https”,“address”:“192-168-0-207.937bdf31b410417dbab2f4e36ed2ad5a.plex.direct”,“port”:32400,“accessToken”:“transient-3cdbd91a-6c1d-4a30-b035-f8ea8a84c2c4”,“version”:“1.24.3.5033-757abe6b4”,“transcoderVideo”:true,“transcoderAudio”:true,“transcoderVideoRemuxOnly”:false,“isVerifiedHostname”:true},“containerKey”:"/playQueues/7536?own=1&repeat=0&window=200"},“mediaCategory”:“VIDEO”},“autoplay”:true,“currentTime”:163.009,“playbackRate”:1,“requestId”:2,“type”:“LOAD”}
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:54.462 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] Did not move header “accept” to query string. This can result in an unnecessary OPTIONS preflight request.
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:54.552 [10056] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Starting analysis of 720 (mkv, h264, ac3, 41, high)
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:54.553 [10056] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { “directPlay”: { “mp4”: { “mimeType”: “video/mp4; codecs=“avc1.42E01E””, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mkv”: { “mimeType”: “video/webm”, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “vp8”: {}, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “vorbis”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mpegts”: { “protocol”: “hls”, “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } } }, “directStream”: { “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60, “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } } }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “opus”: {}, “vorbis”: {} }, “maxChannels”: 6 } } }
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:55.240 [11988] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] A critical HTML media error occurred: 3 (Decode); the player cannot recover
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:55.298 [12220] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] Direct Play failed, but server can transcode. Attempting to fallback to either Direct Stream or transcode…
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:55.342 [11900] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { “directPlay”: { “mp4”: { “mimeType”: “video/mp4; codecs=“avc1.42E01E””, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mkv”: { “mimeType”: “video/webm”, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “vp8”: {}, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “vorbis”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mpegts”: { “protocol”: “hls”, “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } } }, “directStream”: { “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60, “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } } }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “opus”: {}, “vorbis”: {} }, “maxChannels”: 6 } } }
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:55.392 [12220] WARN - [Chromecast] [MDE] Direct play failed; option is disabled
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:55.392 [12220] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Starting analysis of 720 (mkv, h264, ac3, 41, high)
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.256 [12220] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] A critical HTML media error occurred: 3 (Decode); the player cannot recover
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.309 [12220] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] Direct Stream failed, but server can transcode. Attempting to fallback to video transcode…
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.361 [12220] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { “directPlay”: { “mp4”: { “mimeType”: “video/mp4; codecs=“avc1.42E01E””, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mkv”: { “mimeType”: “video/webm”, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “vp8”: {}, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “vorbis”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mpegts”: { “protocol”: “hls”, “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } } }, “directStream”: { “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60, “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } } }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “opus”: {}, “vorbis”: {} }, “maxChannels”: 6 } } }
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.409 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] [MDE] Direct stream audio failed; option is disabled
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.409 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] [MDE] Direct stream video failed; option is disabled
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.409 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] [MDE] Direct play failed; option is disabled
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:56.409 [10056] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Starting analysis of 720 (mkv, h264, ac3, 41, high)
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:58.414 [11988] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] A critical HTML media error occurred: 3 (Decode); the player cannot recover
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:58.617 [11988] WARN - [Chromecast] Did not move header “accept” to query string. This can result in an unnecessary OPTIONS preflight request.
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:58.686 [11988] WARN - [Chromecast] AbortError: The play() request was interrupted by a call to pause(). DOMException: The play() request was interrupted | Web | Google Developers
Jan 27, 2022 23:59:58.831 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] Did not move header “accept” to query string. This can result in an unnecessary OPTIONS preflight request.
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:17.788 [11988] WARN - [Chromecast] Did not move header “accept” to query string. This can result in an unnecessary OPTIONS preflight request.
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:17.849 [11900] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Starting analysis of 720 (mkv, h264, ac3, 41, high)
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:17.849 [11900] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { “directPlay”: { “mp4”: { “mimeType”: “video/mp4; codecs=“avc1.42E01E””, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mkv”: { “mimeType”: “video/webm”, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “vp8”: {}, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “vorbis”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mpegts”: { “protocol”: “hls”, “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } } }, “directStream”: { “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60, “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } } }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “opus”: {}, “vorbis”: {} }, “maxChannels”: 6 } } }
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:18.374 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] A critical HTML media error occurred: 3 (Decode); the player cannot recover
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:18.434 [10056] WARN - [Chromecast] [Player] Direct Play failed, but server can transcode. Attempting to fallback to either Direct Stream or transcode…
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:18.480 [10056] INFO - [Chromecast] [MDE] Augmented profile: { “directPlay”: { “mp4”: { “mimeType”: “video/mp4; codecs=“avc1.42E01E””, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mkv”: { “mimeType”: “video/webm”, “video”: { “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “vp8”: {}, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } }, “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “vorbis”: {}, “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } }, “mpegts”: { “protocol”: “hls”, “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “ac3”: {}, “eac3”: {} } } } }, “directStream”: { “video”: { “maxWidth”: 1920, “maxHeight”: 1080, “maxBitDepth”: 8, “maxFrameRate”: 60, “codecs”: { “h264”: { “maxLevel”: 42 }, “hevc”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 }, “vp9”: { “maxBitDepth”: 10, “maxFrameRate”: 60 } } }, “audio”: { “codecs”: { “aac”: { “maxSamplingRate”: 48000, “maxChannels”: 2 }, “mp3”: {}, “opus”: {}, “vorbis”: {} }, “maxChannels”: 6 } } }
Jan 28, 2022 00:00:18.521 [11900] WARN - [Chromecast] [MDE] Direct play failed; option is disabled
Actually there is a workaround to disable cctw automatic sound format settings to manual and select all the formats that your receiver is capable, however that workaround introduce an another error with the android tv app and will open a separate thread on that once i collected logs.