Casting VLC to chromecast result in black screen with only the title of the file displayed on TV

It works, just open the port VLC is using. Default is 8010, see

Tools -> Preferences -> Show all settings (checkbox down left) -> Stream output -> Stout stream -> Chromecast -> HTTP port

To open the port

• with ufw use:

  sudo ufw allow 8010
  

• with iptables use:

  sudo iptables -I INPUT 1 -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8010 -j ACCEPT
  

Tested on Ubuntu 19.04 and VLC 3.0.7.

This is known VLC issue. See post from VideoLan forum.

Hi, this should be fixed in the next release of VLC. It was broken with updates from google.

VLC 3.0.6 is broken with chromecast 1.36.140076, but it is confirmed working with nightly 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek (revision 4.0.0-dev-6281-gaf93e96577).

For instructions how to install VLC nightly build, see this question

I had the same problem, after installing VLC 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek the problem wasn't solved. Then I tried disabling the firewall and voilà! I can play DVDs and stream them to Chromecast. PS: do not disable your firewall, instead allow VLC port in your firewall configuration (see this post).