# Cast node character limit

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cast-node-character-limit/33642>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [1 October 2020 20:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cast-node-character-limit/33642 "2020-10-01T20:42:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [1 October 2020 21:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cast-node-character-limit/33642/2 "2020-10-01T21:04:07Z")

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you can send audio file using the following msg properties. There is a heep of more info here , file types etc.

> **[node-red-contrib-cast](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-cast)**
>
> NodeRED nodes to for Chromecast and Google Home

```auto
msg.payload.url = "http://192.168.0.4:1880/alert5.mp3";
msg.payload.volume = 50;
msg.payload.contentType = "audio/mp3";
msg.payload.ip = "192.168.0.19";
msg.payload["port"] = 8009;

```

The file are stored in the httpStatic directory  
more info here  
[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#runtime-configuration](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#runtime-configuration)

> [@How to enable ability to input local image files in to node red dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-ability-to-input-local-image-files-in-to-node-red-dashboard/3085):
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> From online forums, I've been able to gleam that I need to make changes to both the //httpAdminRoot: '/admin', and //httpStatic: '/home/node-red-static/', lines in the settings.js file. Are these the only two lines I need to edit to enable adding local files to my flows? Would simply removing their comment dashes provide me with the capability to load local files? Would anyone be able to recommend how I would change these lines so that I could load images from a local folder named "node\_im…

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