dvr-ms files and Samsung LED TV shows narrow videos
Hi,
I am trying out Mezzmo (I have tried several servers and Mezzmo is the best so far). With my Samsung UE40D8000 TV, dvr-ms files actually play!
Unfortunately the picture is about 30 to 50% narrower than it should be - even narrower I think than 4:3. Can it be corrected to widen it?
Info: Files recored from UK terrestrial TV - usually show at 16:9.
The SamsungC profile was selected.
Server is 32 bit Win Vista (hope to upgade to Win7 soon).
The ffmpeg info is below. The info at the bottom states 4:3 - probably the previous program is 4:3, then the file switches at the end of that programme?
Interestingly, when I play this on a Samsung Blu-ray using its own DLNA client (the cheapest one which does 3D) - it uses the Samsung BDP-3D profile, and does play at the right width - BUT only plays about 30s to 1 minute before blanking and going to the next video. I switched the TV's profile from C to BDP-3D, but that had no affect on the aspect ratio. Does this mean the TV is the problem, and if so can the Blu-Ray premature end be fixed instead?
I also noticed that the playback on TV and the Blu-Ray was not as smooth as the original - is this a frame rate issue which is native to DLNA or dvr-ms?
Hope you can help.
Best regards
Steve
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[mpeg2video @ 02a06d40] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
Last message repeated 2 times
Input #0, asf, from 'C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\The Big Bang Theory_E4+1_11_08_2011_22_00_01.dvr-ms':
Metadata:
DVR Index Granularity: 500
WM/SubTitle : The Zarnecki Incursion
WM/SubTitleDescription: Flat-share comedy series about two brainy but socially clueless physicists. When someone hacks Sheldon's online gaming account, the guys go on a quest to find the culprit.
genre : Sitcoms,Shows
WM/MediaCredits : Johnny Galecki/Jim Parsons/Simon Helberg/Kunal Nayyar;;;
WM/OriginalReleaseTime: 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
service_provider: E4+1
service_name : E4 +1
WM/MediaOriginalChannel: 29
WM/MediaOriginalBroadcastDateTime: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
WM/WMRVServiceID: 752786
WM/WMRVProgramID: !39507190E25D7641DF9A3B10953BA213!
WM/MediaOriginalRunTime: 8201308
WM/WMRVEncodeTime: 1844674
WM/MediaIsStereo: 0
WM/VideoClosedCaptioning: 0
WM/MediaIsRepeat: 1
WM/MediaIsLive : 0
WM/MediaIsTape : 0
WM/MediaIsDelay : 0
WM/MediaIsSubtitled: 1
WM/MediaIsMovie : 0
WM/MediaIsPremiere: 0
WM/MediaIsFinale: 0
WM/MediaIsSAP : 0
WM/WMRVRequestID: 381
WM/WMRVScheduleItemID: 295
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WM/WMRVOriginalSoftPrePadding: 0
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WM/WMRVActualSoftPrePadding: 0
WM/WMRVHardPrePadding: 0
WM/Provider : BDS
WM/ProviderCopyright: © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=8430
WM/WMRVEndTime : 1616595
WM/WMRVExpirationDate: 1844674
WM/WMRVBitrate : 1271310
WM/WMRVKeepUntil: 184
WM/WMRVHardPostPadding: 0
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WM/WMRVContentProtectedPercent: 0
WM/WMRVInBandRatingSystem: 255
WM/WMRVInBandRatingLevel: 255
WM/WMRVInBandRatingAttributes: 0
WM/WMRVWatched : 0
WM/WMRVATSCContent: 0
WM/WMRVDTVContent: 1
WM/WMRVHDContent: 0
WM/WMRVContentProtected: 0
WM/MediaThumbTimeStamp: 1844674
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WM/MediaThumbHeight: 288
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WM/MediaThumbRet: 0
WM/MediaThumbType: 3
WM/MediaThumbRatingSystem: 255
WM/MediaThumbRatingLevel: 255
WM/MediaThumbRatingAttributes: 0
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioX: 16
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioY: 9
WMFSDKVersion : 11.0.6002.18049
WMFSDKNeeded : 0.0.0.0000
VBR Peak : 159
IsVBR : 1
title : The Big Bang Theory
Duration: 00:32:59.38, start: 1.248000, bitrate: 1885 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 544x576 [SAR 24:17 DAR 4:3], 15000 kb/s, 25.64 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc
At least one output file must be specified
---> DB Level Info: 8, 4
---> Frame rate: 25.64
---> Aspect ratio: 4:3
