mkv, subtitles and Samsung D - driving me crazy ...

[zip]

can you post MediaInfo output for the file? Also detailed log when you're trying to play it would be helpful.

BTW, can you play any MKV's or are you having problems with all of them?

Yes, the TV plays each MKV via USB, just not through Serviio.

Below is the MediaInfo & the log is attached. I restarted Serviio before trying to play the file, so there was lots of noise at the beginning that I cut out. Please let me know if I included the relevant parts of the log.

Thank you for your help!!

General
Unique ID : 210318610807254672286128412893039228585 (0x9E39E41B4CBEBF058C86887385E6F6A9)
Complete name : \\Server\videos\Movies\Kids\The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010 1080p BRRip.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.99 GiB
Duration : 1h 48mn
Overall bit rate : 3 959 Kbps
Movie name : RIPPER~BONIIN
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-16 15:49:16
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.3.0 ('Language') built on Mar 24 2010 14:59:24
Writing library : libebml v0.8.0 + libmatroska v0.9.0

Video
ID : 3
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=56
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.058
Stream size : 2.30 GiB (77%)
Title : RIPPER~BONIIN
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1867 22bfd31
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio #1
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 28ms
Stream size : 346 MiB (11%)
Title : RIPPER~BONIIN
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 10ms
Stream size : 297 MiB (10%)
Title : RIPPER~BONIIN
Language : Hindi

[zip]

USB and DLNA is different. Can you test the file via Samsung's PC Share manager?

Just reread your question - and the answer you were probably looking for was no, I can't play any MKV's through serviio. I used to use the windows streaming on my WHS with a WDTV Live box, but when I got the Samsung it wouldn't work at all with Windows streaming - which is why I tried Serviio.

Serviio works great on DiVX AVI's, but doesn't seem to transcode anything.

I will try the Samsung PC Share Manager if I can figure out where it is...

[Illico]

Read that:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2485&p=14932&hilit=libebml#p14932

Yes, the TV plays each MKV via USB, just not through Serviio.

Below is the MediaInfo & the log is attached. I restarted Serviio before trying to play the file, so there was lots of noise at the beginning that I cut out. Please let me know if I included the relevant parts of the log.

Thank you for your help!!

Language : Hindi

Hm ... Zip - not sure about this - but wasn't it that 1080p files are not streamed properly? All MKV's I use are max 720p - everything bigger is also with my unit the same error.

[zip]

they should stream if your network is up to the task

they should stream if your network is up to the task

Ok - this is probably the reason - I use PowerLan Adapters @home - so the bandwith is not that high.

Network on my side shouldn't be a problem. Connected over ethernet.

USB and DLNA is different. Can you test the file via Samsung's PC Share manager?

Ok, took a while to get to it but I installed Samsung's Allshare and I can plan the same MKV that does NOT play via Serviio.

[zip]

can you enable detailed log and try to play the file again? then post the log here.

can you enable detailed log and try to play the file again? then post the log here.

Do you want to see a log more detailed than the one attached earlier in this thread? I had that one set on DEBUG. Is there a more detailed setting?

Thanks.

[zip]

sorry, missed that one. The file is transcoded so it definitely plays it differently than Samsung's server. Are you using built-in profile or did you make any changes? It should not transcode this file. Just for completeness, can you post ffmpeg -i for the file?

Ok, is this the ffmpeg output needed?

[zip]

Are you using built-in profile or did you make any changes?

Can you post it here?

I believe I'm using the built-in profile for Samsung C/D. I've attached it here.

[zip]

Remove this from the samsung c/d profile (not sure how it got there):

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
  <Matches container="matroska" />
  </Video>


I added that (found in an answer on this forum), but thought I backed it out. Thanks for catching it. It works now!!!
If I'm using the stock profiles file, I'm still confused as to why it didn't work from the beginning.

[zip]

I don't think you are using the stock profile, this block was not there originally.

i am having the same problems with this tv that embedded subtitels just wont be shown on a ue46d5000 that is connected via the home network