Media Server 2.1.11.21 with the new Sony Bravia KDL profile

[Simon-UK]

Hi there,

Thanks for letting me try the new Sony Bravia KDL profile with the server patch to 2.1.11.21.

This solved the aspect ratio problem for most video files apart from two mvks, both have an aspect ratio of 720x576.

Let me know if you want any further information.

regards
Simon

Info for the first file:

FFmpeg version SVN-r25942, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 13 2010 15:57:54 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --prefix=/media/windows-share/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50.34. 0 / 50.34. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.99. 1 / 52.99. 1
libavformat 52.88. 0 / 52.88. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
libavfilter 1.69. 0 / 1.69. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
[matroska,webm @ 017ade60] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (48000/1001) -> 24.00 (24/1)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'G:\Library - DVD\Film\File1.mkv':
Duration: 01:38:30.30, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 448 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 953:495 DAR 953:396], PAR 77:40 DAR 77:32, 23.98 fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 41

Info for the second file:

FFmpeg version SVN-r25942, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 13 2010 15:57:54 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --prefix=/media/windows-share/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50.34. 0 / 50.34. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.99. 1 / 52.99. 1
libavformat 52.88. 0 / 52.88. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
libavfilter 1.69. 0 / 1.69. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
[matroska,webm @ 017ade60] max_analyze_duration reached
[matroska,webm @ 017ade60] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'G:\Library - DVD\Film\File2.mkv':
Duration: 01:43:00.19, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 640 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 479:255 DAR 479:204], PAR 169:90 DAR 169:72, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Metadata:
title : File2
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 640 kb/s
Metadata:
title : English Audio (AC3, 5.1 channels)
Stream #0.2(eng): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000
Metadata:
title : English Subs (SRT)
Stream #0.3(spa): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000
Metadata:
title : Spanish Subs (SRT)
Stream #0.4(fre): Subtitle: dvdsub
Metadata:
title : French Subs (VobSub)
Stream #0.5(por): Subtitle: dvdsub
Metadata:
title : Portuguese Subs (VobSub)
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 41

[Paul]

Can you please send one of those files to us here so that we could test? Video stream information looks a bit strange, so I suspect that's the reason why the TV cannot display them properly. If you could upload one of them to www.megaupload.com (for example), we'd have a better idea of what's happening.

[Simon-UK]

I've emailed the file links to the support mailbox.

Simon

[Paul]

Thanks - we'll take a look.

[Simon-UK]

I've updated the software to 2.1.12.0 and retested these two mvks.

Unfortunately they still have the wrong aspect ratio. I applied correction at the TV (Smart, 4:3, wide, Zoom and 14:9) but could not get the correct ratio for the picture.

Wide was the nearest but was stretched vertically - I can provide photos if required.

They play ok using VLC on the PC.

If you require more info let me know.

[Paul]

We'll need to do more testing on those files here, but they looked nearly perfect in Wide here (although we only have a 32" TV, so the problem may be more evident on a bigger screen). Playing them on other devices or the PC, they do work fine - it's the problem of the TV's firmware not being able to process the aspect ratio stored in the files. We'll keep working on this, so just send an e-mail to support so that it sits in a queue and you'll get an updated device profile once it's ready.