New gen Sony BDP-S780 player and 55HX923 tv

Do you restart serviio service after profile modification?

I rebooted serviio - yes.

According to the previous GetInfoProtocol from your S780 device, this device doesn't support VC1_TS_AP_L1_AC3_ISO,
so as Sony Bravia TV, your movie must be transcoded into MPEG2 video and AC3 audio in a transport stream container.

so try this "<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="vc1" aCodec="dca"/>" on latest <video> section ( aCodec="dca" could probably been omit)

I need to think about this some more. I'm having trouble trying to understand why the player cannot handle vc-1 when a good proportion of blu-ray disks are vc-1. Same goes for the audio.

Could you check into the detailed logging file the ffmpeg command line used for transcoding this file and post here?

Once I figure out where the ffmpeg file is i'll post it.

Do you mean, not appears when you browse folder tree, or no video displayed during transcoding?

No files appear in the browser tree.

@Illico Think I found the right switch for ffmpeg? Hope this is ok?
Had to cut and paste from the terminal as ffmpeg would not let me redirect for some reason....but no big deal.

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FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jun 19 2011 01:00:22 with gcc 4.2.3
  configuration: --prefix=/share/Public/serviio/opt --extra-cflags=-I/opt/include --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/lib --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver

--enable-libmp3lame
  libavutil     50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
  libavcore      0.16. 0 /  0.16. 0
  libavcodec    52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
  libavformat   52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
  libavfilter    1.72. 0 /  1.72. 0
  libswscale     0.12. 0 /  0.12. 0
[NULL @ 0xb90cf0] Probed with size=2048 and score=100
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] stream=0 stream_type=ea pid=1011 prog_reg_desc=HDMV
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] stream=1 stream_type=86 pid=1100 prog_reg_desc=HDMV
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] stream=2 stream_type=90 pid=1200 prog_reg_desc=HDMV
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Header: DB7E3BF2
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Advanced Profile level 3:
frmrtq_postproc=5, bitrtq_postproc=31
LoopFilter=0, ChromaFormat=1, Pulldown=1, Interlace: 0
TFCTRflag=0, FINTERPflag=0
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Display extended info:
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Display dimensions: 1920x1080
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Aspect: 1:1
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Entry point: 5ADFF840
[NULL @ 0xb96a50] Entry point info:
BrokenLink=0, ClosedEntry=1, PanscanFlag=0
RefDist=1, Postproc=1, FastUVMC=0, ExtMV=1
DQuant=1, VSTransform=1, Overlap=0, Qmode=3
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Header: DB7E3BF2
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Advanced Profile level 3:
frmrtq_postproc=5, bitrtq_postproc=31
LoopFilter=0, ChromaFormat=1, Pulldown=1, Interlace: 0
TFCTRflag=0, FINTERPflag=0
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display extended info:
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display dimensions: 1920x1080
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Aspect: 1:1
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point: 5ADFF840
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point info:
BrokenLink=0, ClosedEntry=1, PanscanFlag=0
RefDist=1, Postproc=1, FastUVMC=0, ExtMV=1
DQuant=1, VSTransform=1, Overlap=0, Qmode=3
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] probing stream 1
    Last message repeated 9 times
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] Probe with size=17012, packets=10 detected dts with score=51
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] probed stream 1
[dca @ 0xb98900] Stream with high frequencies VQ coding
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Header: DB7E3BF2
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Advanced Profile level 3:
frmrtq_postproc=5, bitrtq_postproc=31
LoopFilter=1, ChromaFormat=1, Pulldown=1, Interlace: 0
TFCTRflag=0, FINTERPflag=0
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display extended info:
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display dimensions: 1920x1080
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Aspect: 1:1
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point: 1ADFF840
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point info:
BrokenLink=0, ClosedEntry=0, PanscanFlag=0
RefDist=1, Postproc=1, FastUVMC=0, ExtMV=1
DQuant=1, VSTransform=1, Overlap=0, Qmode=3
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Header: DB7E3BF2
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Advanced Profile level 3:
frmrtq_postproc=5, bitrtq_postproc=31
LoopFilter=1, ChromaFormat=1, Pulldown=1, Interlace: 0
TFCTRflag=0, FINTERPflag=0
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display extended info:
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Display dimensions: 1920x1080
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Aspect: 1:1
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point: 5ADFF840
[vc1 @ 0xb96a50] Entry point info:
BrokenLink=0, ClosedEntry=1, PanscanFlag=0
RefDist=1, Postproc=1, FastUVMC=0, ExtMV=1
DQuant=1, VSTransform=1, Overlap=0, Qmode=3
[mpegts @ 0xb90cf0] max_analyze_duration reached
[NULL @ 0xb99140] start time is not set in av_estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'cott.m2ts':
  Duration: 01:46:07.56, start: 600.000000, bitrate: 25878 kb/s
  Program 1
    Stream #0.0[0x1011], 68, 1/90000: Video: vc1, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1001/24000, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 23.98 tbc
    Stream #0.1[0x1100](eng), 266, 1/90000: Audio: dca, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 1536 kb/s
    Stream #0.2[0x1200](eng), 0, 1/90000: Subtitle: pgssub

In regards to your previous comments:

According to the previous GetInfoProtocol from your S780 device, this device doesn't support VC1_TS_AP_L1_AC3_ISO,
so as Sony Bravia TV, your movie must be transcoded into MPEG2 video and AC3 audio in a transport stream container.

so try this "<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="vc1" aCodec="dca"/>" on latest <video> section ( aCodec="dca" could probably been omit)

and mine

I need to think about this some more. I'm having trouble trying to understand why the player cannot handle vc-1 when a good proportion of blu-ray disks are vc-1. Same goes for the audio.

Sorry to labour this but I've thought this through some more. Running twonky on the Sony BDP player plays all my files including vc-1 with DTS MA audio. When I hit the dsiplay button on the remote it identifies the file contents e.g. vc1 and DTS MA. The files that are skipped by serviio do seem to be vc1 variants.

And with Twonky, transcoding is switched off currently. I have never used it, so it is fairly conclusive that the Sony player can handle vc1 and DTS MA.

Hope this helps.
Rob

Is there any way to stop serviio from filtering out my vc1 based m2ts files?

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Can you install Intel tools, run AV Media Controller and try to find the file in the Twonky folder structure... then right click, properties, find video resource and post protocol information of that resource.

OK. I'm looking into the TwonkyMedia content directory.

Locating on of the files I get:
protocolInfo:http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:*

Looking at all my other vid files (including AVC based) they seem to say the same.....

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now can you compare with what Serviio uses for the same file? (make sure to assign Sony BDP profile to the IP of your PC where you run the tools)

Serviio output: Using media AV controller, under display properties, the 'resource' link does not come up so I can't report it.

I do observe however in the folder the vc-1 encoded files that appear transparent to the Sony do not have file size attributes next to them. Yet the files that play ok have sizes displayed.

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it looks like transcoding config is wrong then... are you still using the original Sony BDP profile?

Hmm. I have edited it recently but still have the original which came with my install. Are you talking about the profile.xml? If so what is its expected file size so I can do a quick check against my original?

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just download the linux version of serviio and get the profiles file from there

Here is my checksum and file size: 1733584745 34488 ./config/profiles.xml.orig.

it looks like transcoding config is wrong then... are you still using the original Sony BDP profile?

But there is nothing to transcode it is native for the sony player. Even with transcoding turned off the vc-1 files don't appear, so serviio must be doing some pre-processing?? and deciding not to show or stream them. Are these pre-processing decisions still being made via the Sony BDP profile?

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no, no preprocessing is done. Can you enable detailed logging and post the bit when you browse for the file?

Excerpt with Sony BDP profile:

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2011-07-18 15:04:46,072 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 2580)
2011-07-18 15:04:46,073 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 2580
2011-07-18 15:04:46,075 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 2580)
2011-07-18 15:04:46,077 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 2580 and profile Sony BD Player
2011-07-18 15:04:46,079 DEBUG [GenreDAOImpl] Reading a Genre (id = 1)
2011-07-18 15:04:46,080 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 4)
2011-07-18 15:04:46,081 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 4
2011-07-18 15:04:46,083 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 4)
2011-07-18 15:04:46,084 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 4 and profile Sony BD Player
2011-07-18 15:04:46,085 WARN  [VideoDeliveryEngine] Cannot resolve DLNA format profile of the original file: Inc.m2ts. Message: MPEG2TS video file Inc.m2ts does not match any supported DLNA profile

With Generic switched on:

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2011-07-18 15:19:17,949 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 2580)
2011-07-18 15:19:17,950 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 2580
2011-07-18 15:19:17,953 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 2580)
2011-07-18 15:19:17,954 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 2580 and profile Generic DLNA profile
2011-07-18 15:19:17,955 DEBUG [GenreDAOImpl] Reading a Genre (id = 1)
2011-07-18 15:19:17,956 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 4)
2011-07-18 15:19:17,957 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 4
2011-07-18 15:19:17,960 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 4)
2011-07-18 15:19:17,961 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 4 and profile Generic DLNA profile
2011-07-18 15:19:17,962 WARN  [VideoDeliveryEngine] Cannot resolve DLNA format profile of the original file: Inc.m2ts. Message: MPEG2TS video file Inc.m2ts does not match any supported DLNA profile

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ok, this is the problem:

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WARN  [VideoDeliveryEngine] Cannot resolve DLNA format profile of the original file: Inc.m2ts. Message: MPEG2TS video file Inc.m2ts does not match any supported DLNA profile

It's because Serviio actually doesn't support that combination of codecs in mpegts. I'll add it to 0.6.

https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... -in-mpegts

OK. Thanks for getting to the bottom of it!

Just a thought. Maybe it would be better to put as many different codec combos in mpegts as you can and let the renderer/player decide whether it can play it or make a hash of it. Else someone will come along with similar problems further down the line for a different codec combo?

Don't know if this would cause major issues?

Quick question related to release:
When is 0.6 due?

Will the category editor page be fixed as well.

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Serviio implements format porfiles as defined by DLNA, and there are a lot So I've done the basic ones, extended to as many as required over time, but this one obviously has never been requested until now.

0.6 I hope by the end of the summer.

OK thanks Petr. Good luck with the release.

Quite enjoyed playing with this stuff over the last week or so. Good fun getting back into the techie world. If you need any more help let me know.