Some movies still don't play. I thought they were encoded on the fly?

Hi there. I'm testing out this software for my Samsung LE37C650 and although I can now get some of the mkv files to play though the network (previously unsupported by the TV over the LAN) there are some that still won't play.

Are there some settings somewhere to ensure that all files are re-encoded?

It feels like I'm missing something somewhere.

Thanks.

[edit] one that won't play is an avi, the TV reports that the codec is unsupported although it plays fine on the PC. Others are mkv that the TV just refuses to play with no message.

[edit] output from the avi that won't play:

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FFmpeg version SVN-r24378, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 21 2010 12:51:48 with gcc 4.4.0 configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --extra-cflags=-I/c/msys/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/c/msys/local/lib --enable-zlib --enable-w32threads --extra-cflags=-fno-common --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffserver --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ libavutil 50.22. 0 / 50.22. 0 libavcodec 52.84. 0 / 52.84. 0 libavformat 52.76. 0 / 52.76. 0 libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0 libavfilter 1.25. 1 / 1.25. 1 libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 [mpeg4 @ 02cf08c0] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected Input #0, avi, from 'F:\film.avi': Metadata: ISFT : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release) Duration: 02:05:24.52, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1565 kb/s Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x384 [PAR 1:1 DAR 15:8], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s At least one output file must be specified

And one of the mkv's:

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FFmpeg version SVN-r24378, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 21 2010 12:51:48 with gcc 4.4.0 configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --extra-cflags=-I/c/msys/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/c/msys/local/lib --enable-zlib --enable-w32threads --extra-cflags=-fno-common --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffserver --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ libavutil 50.22. 0 / 50.22. 0 libavcodec 52.84. 0 / 52.84. 0 libavformat 52.76. 0 / 52.76. 0 libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0 libavfilter 1.25. 1 / 1.25. 1 libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 [matroska @ 014acb10] max_analyze_duration reached [matroska @ 014acb10] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (5000000/104271) -> 23.98 (24000/1001) Input #0, matroska, from 'L:\film.mkv': Duration: 01:37:26.52, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 640 kb/s Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x528, PAR 1:1 DAR 80:33, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 640 kb/s Stream #0.2(eng): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 At least one output file must be specified

[edit] please move to mezzmo support forum, sorry *facepalm*

Hi,

Are you using the latest Mezzmo 2.1.8?

Both of these files are set as native for the TV, based on the "Samsung C" device profile, but it's possible that the TV itself is just refusing to play them. We can force encoding them of course - please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and I'll send you a device profile to try that will force transcoding on these videos. Or, if you prefer to tinker with the device profile yourself, I can post instructions on how to do that here.

The codecs on the TV are different from your PC, so playing a file on the PC does not mean it'll play on the TV. What's worse is that even if the file plays from a USB stick that you can plug into the TV, it again doesn't mean it'll play when served via DLNA.

Thanks for the reply. I am using version 2.8.1.0. It seems that the server just needed a little time to cache some of the files I think. There's just under 1TB on my server of media. Most of it seems ok now however there are just one or two that refuse to play because 'The codec isn't supported'.

Could you post instructions on how to force encoding of these?

Thanks.

Here's one which doesn't play:

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FFmpeg version SVN-r24378, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 21 2010 12:51:48 with gcc 4.4.0 configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --extra-cflags=-I/c/msys/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/c/msys/local/lib --enable-zlib --enable-w32threads --extra-cflags=-fno-common --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffserver --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ libavutil 50.22. 0 / 50.22. 0 libavcodec 52.84. 0 / 52.84. 0 libavformat 52.76. 0 / 52.76. 0 libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0 libavfilter 1.25. 1 / 1.25. 1 libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 [matroska @ 003bcb00] Too many streams [matroska @ 003bcb00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (20000000/417083) -> 23.98 (24000/1001) Input #0, matroska, from 'Z:\Film.mkv': Metadata: title : Film Duration: 02:41:41.68, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: dca, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, s16 Stream #0.2(eng): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.3(eng): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Metadata: title : Foreign parts Stream #0.4(hrv): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.5(dan): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.6(dut): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.7(fin): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.8(fre): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.9(ger): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.10(hun): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.11(ita): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.12(nor): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.13(pol): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.14(por): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.15(rum): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.16(scc): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.17(swe): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.18(tur): Subtitle: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Stream #0.19: Attachment: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000 Metadata: filename : arial.ttf At least one output file must be specified

That file should be passed through as native, according to the device profile.

Can you please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and I'll send you an updated device profile with a patched server to try on the Samsung?