MP4 files never start playing about castnow HOT 5 OPEN

@sticilface I think your problem was not directly related to this issue here. Since in this issue some small mp4 files seem to work and in your case it didn't work at all.

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Some small MP4 videos I have do play. How can I diag the problem?

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Can you dump the whole DEBUG trace into here?

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This is essentially the same problem that I'm having!

debug trace just says

root@test:~ # castnow --address 192.168.1.102 ./small.mp4
castnow launching... +0ms
castnow player status: loading plugins +3ms
castnow player status: scanning +1ms
castnow player status: connecting +1ms
castnow player status: launching +136ms
castnow player status: loading +2s
castnow player error: [Error: Load failed] +2s
Error: Load failed

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I've got the same problem:

  castnow launching... +0ms
  castnow player status: loading plugins +4ms
  castnow player status: scanning +0ms
  castnow player status: connecting +1ms
  castnow player status: launching +109ms
  castnow player status: loading +1s
  castnow player error: [Error: Load failed] +2m
Error: Load failed

The same file Casts fine from a Chrome tab using the official extension.

Here's the video's details:

Container: Quicktime
Video codec: H.264
Video framerate: 24 frames per second
Video bitrate: 909 kbps
Audio codec: MPEG-4 AAC
Audio channels: Stereo
Audio sample rate: 48000 Hz
Audio bitrate: 93 kbps

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