diff --git a/vlc-android/res/xml/preferences_casting.xml b/vlc-android/res/xml/preferences_casting.xml
index 99a9383aafa909e323f8469061bf8da9f5e4e93c..d4a7073dacc1328a5f248ba315b90cf3e3313d9d 100644
--- a/vlc-android/res/xml/preferences_casting.xml
+++ b/vlc-android/res/xml/preferences_casting.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/casting_category">
         <CheckBoxPreference
             android:key="casting_passthrough"
-            android:defaultValue="true"
+            android:defaultValue="false"
             android:summary="@string/casting_passthrough_summary"
             android:title="@string/casting_passthrough_title" />
         <ListPreference
diff --git a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/VLCOptions.java b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/VLCOptions.java
index ea4031f8a278061d4fd0740be5e9d49c785bf3b7..d6f6c40be7af3582ef0c2b0673442f77034798c0 100644
--- a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/VLCOptions.java
+++ b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/VLCOptions.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class VLCOptions {
 
         //Chromecast
         options.add(verboseMode ? "-vv" : "-v");
-        if (pref.getBoolean("casting_passthrough", true)) options.add("--sout-chromecast-audio-passthrough");
+        if (pref.getBoolean("casting_passthrough", false)) options.add("--sout-chromecast-audio-passthrough");
         else options.add("--no-sout-chromecast-audio-passthrough");
         options.add("--sout-chromecast-conversion-quality="+pref.getString("casting_quality", "2"));