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Yama
07-18-2013, 01:25 AM
Hi,
I'm new here and using Mezzmo 3.2 for a while.
Well, I can nearly play everything thanks to Mezzmo, 3D, 21:9 format and every codec I am using for videos without to change any settings. :D
My TV is a Thomson 47FU8765. Supports 3D (many methods), DLNA, USB Play etc. (Not DTS, says Mezzmo)
My TV won't play videos that aren't 4:3 or 16:9. So I'm only capable of watching 21:9 because of Mezzmo.
But Mezzmo doesn' fix it, if only 20 pixels are missing.
The TV won't play a video with a resolution of 1920x1040. I hoped, like with the 21:9 format, Mezzmo would fix it.
But it doesn't.
Is there a way to fix this?

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Other suggestions/problems - low priority but would be nice
I think thumbnails are turned on on Mezzmo, but my TV doesn't show them. Maybe my TV don't support thumbnails.
I really miss transcoding settings. I know I can modify the profiles, but thats unclear/confusing. Looking to the transcoding settings and maybe changing them would be nice. In the GUI.

Paul
07-18-2013, 09:49 AM
Hi Yama,

Some answers:

1. We can add the supported video resolutions into the device profile so that Mezzmo server only delivers videos at those resolutions. What device profile are you using? There is a Thomson TV device profile in Mezzmo, so make sure you are using this one.

2. Regarding thumbnails, we can try a few things to get thumbnails working. Email us at support [at] conceiva [dot] com & we'll supply an updated Thomson TV device profile to try. Do you see thumbnails for photos and music on your TV?

3. We do plan to have a device profile editor in a future version of Mezzmo. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yama
07-18-2013, 08:52 PM
Yes, I am using the Thomson TV profile (Mezzmo selected automatically on first connect Pionneer PDB, but it works the same for me.)

Neither I have thumbnails on pictures and music.
Only on playback my TV shows the album cover.

Yama
07-21-2013, 03:06 AM
I sent you an e-mail 2 days ago, did you missed it?
Or should I wait a little longer? :confused:

Edit:
Another video with the same resolution worked with the same profile. I don't get why the other video won't work. My TV can't handle the video codec. It is the same after the transcoding.

Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1040, SAR 1:1 DAR 24:13, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0:0(ger): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1040, SAR 1:1 DAR 24:13, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default) (forced)
The first one works, the second one don't.
BTW: The second one is a 3D video and I also tried to set the 3D method in the properties from the video.

Paul
07-22-2013, 08:53 AM
Sorry for the delay, Yama. We received your email and we'll respond shortly.

Yama
07-22-2013, 11:54 PM
Thanks Paul, I tried it asap.
But no change. My TV says still: Video codec not supported during the playback (only audio works).

Paul
07-23-2013, 08:51 AM
Please post the full FFmpeg information for the video. Right-click on the video in Mezzmo and click 'Get FFmpeg Information'.

Yama
07-23-2013, 09:47 AM
Here it is.
No spoiler function here?

ffmpeg version N-50460-g393dcbf Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 4 2013 17:38:17 with gcc 4.6.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/home/peter/ffmpeg/build/gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/peter/cc/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/peter/cc/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config --disable-w32threads --enable-zlib
libavutil 52. 17.103 / 52. 17.103
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.102 / 54. 63.102
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 41.100 / 3. 41.100
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'E:\video.mkv':
Metadata:
title : ANCIENT
creation_time : 2011-01-28 07:46:07
Duration: 01:34:48.67, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 7577 kb/s
Stream #0:0(ger): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1040, SAR 1:1 DAR 24:13, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : ANCIENT
Stream #0:1(ger): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 768 kb/s (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : GERMAN DTS
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s
Metadata:
title : ENGLISH DTS
Stream #0:3(ger): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : GERMAN FORCED
At least one output file must be specified

<MEZZMO>: Child process ended with code: 109, ExitCode=1


---> DB Level Info: 41, 100
---> Frame rate: 23,98
---> Aspect ratio: 24:13

Paul
07-24-2013, 09:27 AM
Thanks, Yama. I have emailed you a new device profile to try. Let us know how it goes.

Yama
07-24-2013, 06:38 PM
Holy... It works!
Thank you, Paul :D
Could you tell me the real reason why it didn't worked?
I think I was wrong :eek:

Paul
07-25-2013, 08:45 AM
Glad it's working now, Yama :) As you say, your TV model will only play video at certain resolutions. The new Thomson TV device profile ensures that streamed videos always have these fixed resolutions. We'll include this fix in the new release, Mezzmo v3.3, that we're just finishing now.

Yama
07-25-2013, 09:08 AM
But why it played other video with the same resolution?
This video worked all the time:

ffmpeg version N-50460-g393dcbf Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 4 2013 17:38:17 with gcc 4.6.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/home/peter/ffmpeg/build/gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/peter/cc/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/peter/cc/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config --disable-w32threads --enable-zlib
libavutil 52. 17.103 / 52. 17.103
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.102 / 54. 63.102
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 41.100 / 3. 41.100
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'E:\video2.mkv':
Metadata:
creation_time : 2010-11-10 17:59:32
Duration: 01:56:01.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 19876 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x1040, SAR 1:1 DAR 24:13, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0:1(ger): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 768 kb/s (default) (forced)
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0:3(ger): Subtitle: subrip (default) (forced)
Stream #0:4(ger): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:5(ger): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:6(eng): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:7(eng): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:8(eng): Subtitle: subrip
At least one output file must be specified

<MEZZMO>: Child process ended with code: 109, ExitCode=1


---> DB Level Info: 41, 100
---> Frame rate: 23,98
---> Aspect ratio: 24:13

Paul
07-25-2013, 09:30 AM
OK - I did not know that. That suggests that your TV can play video at different resolutions, but certain videos that don't play may be encoded in such a way that your TV cannot read and play them. How many videos do you have that do not play (using the older Thomson TV device profile)?

Yama
07-25-2013, 09:56 AM
The one that didn't worked was the first, maybe one or to more that I don't remember because I didn't wanted to watch them.
I have many other videos with the format 21:9, my tv won't play them without transcoding.
And some strange resolutions like 1920x1040 are sometimes played with transcoding, sometimes not.
So I can't figure out what could that be...
Well... The non-working video is working now with the new profile, didn't tried other videos yet.
Thanks!