Chromecast playback fails after a few seconds

On numerous builds through 3.0.0-20170831 when I selected my Chromecast device under Video > Renderer, the video would not change to the TV - it would continue playing in VLC.

I didn't try again for a while until 3.0.0-20170921, with this build Chromecast playback begins on the TV as expected and then stops after only a few seconds of video.

The playback progress bar then starts shrinking backwards as the play time increases but the current time stays the same.

I have tried again through the 3.0.0-20170925 build with the same result, after a few seconds the video stops.

If I then try to close VLC I get a Runtime Error, this crash is reproducable every time I start the output to my Chromecast and it freezes.

Faulting application name: vlc.exe, version: 3.0.0.0, time stamp: 0xc2a1dca0 Faulting module name: libvlccore.dll, version: 3.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x27fe2380 Exception code: 0x40000015 Fault offset: 0x000000000013c752 Faulting process id: 0x36fc Faulting application start time: 0x01d3366207a1fd59 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlccore.dll Report Id: 0bb4485e-de8a-404b-b684-3eda22686046 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

I have attached a debug log, during playback I start the stream and after about 10 seconds I switched it to the Chromecast, within 3 seconds the picture had frozen on the TV. I let it play for another 60 seconds or so, and then attempted to close VLC producing the crash above.

I am more than willing to test and provide further details as needed.

Note: I found ticket #17482 (closed) with the same description, but with a resolved status so I don't know if this has come back or is a different problem.

Thanks.

Added attachment:

• debug20170925.log

changed milestone to %3.0.0

See #19009 (closed)

added Severity::major label

Let's focus on #19009 (closed) that is more precise. The crash is now gone, but disappearing still exists.

added Status::fixed label

closed

mentioned in issue #19009 (closed)

mentioned in issue #19100 (closed)