Chromecast Supported Video Format: Stream All Videos via Google Chromecast

Designed as small dongles, Chromecast is a line of digital media players developed by Google. A Chromecast device allows you to cast movies, music, and photos from a phone, tablet, or computer to a TV or monitor with an HDMI port, which makes it convenient to play online content like YouTube and Netflix videos on digital televisions.

There are different models of Chromecast. In the next part, you can check Chromecast-supported media container formats and the specific video/audio codecs for each Chromecast model.

Generally speaking, the default Chromecast video formats are MP4 and WebM. Moreover, it also supports MPEG-DASH, Smooth Streaming, and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) video files.

The following provides a brief introduction to the supported and unsupported formats.

Standard Supported Chromecast Video Formats

MP4 - .mp4 file encoded with H.264 High Profile Level 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 video codec and MP3/AAC audio codec.

WebM - .webm file encoded with VP8, VP9 video codec and Vorbis audio codec.

Moreover, here are the detailed video and audio codecs supported by Chromecast.

Video codecs:

• Chromecast 1st and 2nd Gen:

H.264 High Profile up to level 4.1 (720p/60fps or 1080p/30fps)
VP8 (720p/60fps or 1080/30fps)

• Chromecast 3rd Gen:

H.264 High Profile up to level 4.2 (1080p/60fps)
VP8 (720p/60fps or 1080p/30fps)

• Chromecast Ultra:

H.264 High Profile up to level 4.2 (1080p/60fps)
VP8 (4K/30fps)
HEVC/H.265 Main and Main10 Profiles up to level 5.1 (4K/60fps)
VP9 Profile 0 and Profile 2 up to level 5.1 (4K/60fps)
High Dynamic Range (HDR), including Dolby Vision and HDR10

• 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

Audio codecs:

FLAC (up to 96kHz/24-bit), MP3, Opus, Vorbis, WebM, WAV (LPCM), HE-AAC, LC-AAC

Other video formats like AVI, MKV, FLV, MOV, etc. cannot be supported by Chromecast. If you want to stream those Chromecast unsupported video formats, you need to convert your videos to be supported by Chromecast. All you need is a powerful Chromecast video format converter. Get the recommended software free downloadfree download here:

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The above is all about Chromecast-supported video formats and how to convert video files for Chromecast streaming.

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