TV Compatibility

TV compatibility

Which TVs and Chromecasts VLC Redesign has been checked with, and what each one does differently. This page grows with your reports: if your TV is not here, tell us how it went.

How to cast: Casting. When something fails: Casting: when a TV does not play.

Checked

Device	Kind	Checked with	Result
Samsung UE55MU8000 (2017, Tizen)	DLNA TV	The real TV of the quality checks: start, pause of 1 and 5 minutes, seek, next file, subtitles, a film sent as it is, a converted film, the end of a film	Works, with the quirks below
Google Chromecast Ultra	Chromecast	A real one (2026-10-25): a converted film with subtitles from 60 s, pause 10 s, play, seek, another subtitle, subtitles off, stop	Works
Chromecast	Chromecast	A test device that speaks the Chromecast protocol, in the checks of every build	Works
DLNA TV	DLNA TV	A test device that reads the stream as a TV does, in the checks of every build	Works

Not checked yet: LG, Sony, Philips, Android TV and Google TV sets, other Samsung models, and Chromecast models other than the Ultra (Chromecast with Google TV, Google TV Streamer, older Chromecasts). Reports are welcome.

Known quirks

Samsung (Tizen, 2017)

• Pausing. A paused Samsung TV goes on reading the stream until it has about 5 seconds of the film ahead, and gives up when nothing comes for 10 seconds: it left the film with an error about 10 seconds into a pause. Since 0.3.0, while a cast is paused, VLC Redesign sends a trickle of empty packets that the TV drops, and the TV stays paused.
• A film sent as it is. A film the TV can play without conversion (no subtitles shown) went as a fragmented MP4, which the TV took for a one-second file. Since 0.3.0 it goes as MPEG-TS, and a TV that stops such a film right after it began gets it converted instead of an error.
• PrepareForConnection. The TV rejects VLC's PrepareForConnection request (its arguments are not in the UPnP order). It does no harm and is kept as it is: in a test, an accepted request made the TV fail after a pause.
• The firewall. Like any DLNA TV, it reads the film from this computer: Windows Firewall must let it in (the firewall question).

Every DLNA TV

• VLC Redesign sends the film at its pace, one second ahead of it. The lead is VLC's option sout-dlna-lead, in milliseconds (500 to 10000, 1000 by default): more makes the TV wait longer before it shows a seek. To change it, write for example --sout-dlna-lead=3000 in Settings › General › Advanced Options › Additional command line options (read at the next start).
• Films of 50 and 60 frames per second are converted to 25 and 30 when they need a conversion (subtitles shown, or a format the TV cannot play).

Chromecast

• The video plays only on the Chromecast; Show the video here too is for DLNA TVs.
• What the Chromecast cannot play is converted; Cast quality (Settings › Recording) sets how.

Report your TV

Fill in a TV report (an issue titled TV report: brand model), with:

• The TV: brand, model, year (on the label at its back, or in its settings).
• How it is connected: Wi-Fi or cable, the same router as the computer.
• What you cast: the file format (MP4, MKV…), its size (1080p, 4K), with or without subtitles.
• What worked: start, pause (how long), seek, the next film of a playlist, subtitles, the end of the film.
• What did not, and what the card of the player said.
• A log: turn on Settings › General › Diagnostics › Save a log (with Log details on Everything (debug)), close Settings, cast again, close VLC Redesign, and attach the log file (see Save a log).

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