Panasonic SA-BTT500 / .mkv displayed on the top

Hello
please I went thru the forum but I didn`t found topic for Panasonic BD home cinema SA-BTT500 regarding the problem with displaying .mkv files on the TV screen.
Actually I have problem that the 1080p movie is displayed on the top of the TV screen ( Panasonic TX-P50G20E ). Not like it should be normally in the middle.Big black field is on the bottom. I`m using Panasonic BD player transcoding profile. With Panasonic 2010 profile it works only with .mkv`s but correctly displayed. It should be a small change in the profile I guess. PLease can you advice me?

Thank you in advance

[DenyAll]

Within the Panasonic BD Player profile change:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
to
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" DAR="16:9" targetACodec="ac3">

If after that, some of your other files are still having the issue try deleting the other two "video" sections - delete (or comment out):

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts">
   <Matches container="*" vCodec="mpeg2video" aCodec="ac3" />
   <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
   <Matches container="*" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
   <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" />
</Video>

Remember after making any changes to profiles.xml you must restart the Serviio service (or the PC if you're not sure how to do that) for the changes to take effect.

Hi,

thank you for your quick reply. I made the first and also the second. After the first change nothing happen`with the screen. But the second change helped.

But appears another issue after this changes in the profile. The .avi is displayed as forced 4:3 on the TV screen

Please do you have any idea how to improve this? To have it again 16:9.

Thank you in advance

[DenyAll]

OK, what we did was a sledgehammer approach effecting all files, which was aimed at fixing your problem. You now have to get more granular.

It would help to understand what files the BTT500 supports natively. You can do this by posting sink details from viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19, or by playing the files with the Generic Profile selected (if they play - this meansthe player supports them without transcoding). To get you out of your current problem you can change the line in the profile from:

<Matches container="*" />

to

<Matches container="matroska" />
<Matches container="mp4" />

This will limit the transcoding to only MP4 and MKV files (I assume MP4's are in the same boat as MKV's).

If AVI's are supported natively by the player (I have no idea) then this is all you need to do. If however they don't play (and they did play prior to us making the original changes) add the following:

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
   <Matches container="*" />
</Video>

after the last </Video> statement in the profile. This will re-instate the "catch-all" that was in the original profile.

Clearly the Panasonic BD player profile needs some work - but it all starts with users providing info on what it can do.

Hello,

I`ll inform you after the profile modifications. Right now pls. take a look on the attached file.

Thanks

Hello,

checked. Mkv`s are playing. Avi`s not.

Thanks

[DenyAll]

AVI's are not playing even after adding back the "catch-all " from my previous post? That should force them to be transcoded - did these AVI's play prior to making any changes to the profile. Is it only one AVI or many - perhaps post file details for the offending file (useMediaInfo)

Your device plays [some] MP4's natively. This should allow you to remove the line <Matches container="mp4" /> from the modified profile.

Once you do that, it also gives you another option - you can permanently convert your MKV files to MP4's - this remuxes the video and audio streams to an MP4 without any loss in quality. You can then play the MP4's natively and at the correct resolution. To remux the file type:

ffmpeg -i "filename.mkv" -c copy -map 0 "filename.mp4"

or use my WinHelper program (if on Windows).

Hi,

sorry my mistake. The avi`s are displayed with the original profile perfectly. Yes you`re right with "some" mkv`s will run after the remux. I attached file info of mkv which was not running and opposite.

Mkv`s are displayed on the TV screen on the top.

Thanks a lot

Hello,

any news?

Thanks