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Localcast does not transcode. If you've got MP4 video then it works well, otherwise the chromecast can't display it. Videostream managed by the parent comment o
by rkangel 8y ago
Localcast does not transcode. If you've got MP4 video then it works well, otherwise the chromecast can't display it. Videostream managed by the parent comment on the PC does transcode and so is much more accepting.
- Kuinox 8y agoI never seen a video in the browser not displaying on my chromecast yet. The chromecast can read a lot of encoding...
- rkangel 8y agoI would guess that the chromecast supports the same set of video formats that the video tag in Chrome does - H264, VP8 etc.. If you download a video encoded differently (e.g. DivX) and then try to play it using localcast, you can get issues.
- ComputerGuru 8y agoMP4 is a container, not a codec. You probably meant h264?
- rkangel 8y agoYes, you are being more precise where I was being vague. What I suppose I meant was that in practice, if it has a ".mp4" extension then it'll usually work, and if it doesn't then it usually won't.