WD TV Play and MPEG2 streams

[pedu]

I have a lot of DVDs that I would like to convert to MKV container. The easiest way for me to to that is using MakeMKV. Its fast and it doesnt convert the video stream. It stays MPEG2 so no quality degradation. However the WD TV Play cant play MKV containers with MPEG2 streams. Is there any way i can get Mezzmo to transcode the MPEG2 into h264 og similar?

General
Unique ID : 43462071296287340369271283115919513407 (0x20B27D8E7D3652E27F85F2D5F095973F)
Complete name : P:\shares\movies\title00.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 3.36 GiB
Duration : 1h 55mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 158 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-02-25 12:21:09
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.8.8 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.8.8 (1.3.0/1.4.1) win(x64-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 1h 55mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 627 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 300 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.350
Time code of first frame : 00:59:59:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Stream size : 2.93 GiB (87%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics : BT.470 System B, BT.470 System G
Matrix coefficients : BT.601

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 55mn
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
Stream size : 370 MiB (11%)
Title : Surround 5.1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : VobSub
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : Danish
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:11:29.000 : en:Chapter 02
00:27:09.680 : en:Chapter 03
00:41:12.600 : en:Chapter 04
00:52:53.560 : en:Chapter 05
01:04:24.640 : en:Chapter 06
01:19:57.520 : en:Chapter 07
01:29:40.960 : en:Chapter 08
01:46:33.400 : en:Chapter 09

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[Paul]

Make sure you have the 'WD TV Play' device profile selected in the Media Devices dialog for your device and Mezzmo will automatically transcode these files to a compatible format - typically MPEG-TS (H264, AC-3).

[pedu]

I already have the WD TV Play profile selected

[Paul]

OK - check that transcoding is turned on. Two places to check: (i) Go to the Transcoding Settings dialog to check this, and (ii) Go to the Transcoding tab on the Device Settings dialog to check this.

[pedu]

Thx but I've already done that. I was wondering if something needs to be changed in the WD TV Play profile

Ive tried this but it makes no differende

<avcontainer id="matroska" name="matroska,webm" mimetype="video/x-matroska" encode="0 format="matroska" supportschunked="0" level="51">
<video>
<format id="h264" encode="0" codec="libx264" ffmpegadditional="h264+encoding" preferredtranscoded="0">
</format>
<format id="mpeg2video" encode="1" codec="libx264" ffmpegadditional="h264+encoding" preferredtranscoded="1">
</format>
<format id="vc1">
</format>
<format id="mpeg4">
</format>
<format id="wmv3">
</format>
<format id="vc1">
</format>
</video>
<audio>
<format id="ac3" encode="0" codec="ac3" preferredtranscoded="0">
<bitrate>448000</bitrate>
</format>
<format id="aac" encode="1" codec="aac" ffmpegadditional="aac+encoding">
</format>
<format id="mp3" encode="1" codec="libmp3lame">
</format>
<format id="s16be">
</format>
</audio>
<ffmpegadditional id="union+thread0"/>
</avcontainer>

[Paul]

It's best we see a set of logs. Undo any changes you have made to the WD TV Play device profile. Turn on logging in Mezzmo (see http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread.php/419-FAQ-How-to-turn-on-diagnostic-logging) and restart your Mezzmo server. Go to the Media Devices dialog and edit your WD TV Play device. On the Device Settings dialog, go to the Transcoding tab and delete all transcoded files. Now connect to Mezzmo from your WD TV Play and try to play a few videos. When they fail to play, stop your Mezzmo server and exit Mezzmo. Zip up all the logs and email them to us at support [at] conceiva [dot] com.