Mezzmo now transcoding files that don't need to (WDTV Live)

[RMerlin]

Hi,

Since I upgraded to 2.1.12, files that used to play directly on my WDTV are now being transcoded. Those are plain Xvid+MP3 videos (I tried with different files).

I checked, and Mezzmo is still correctly using the WDTV Live device profile.

Here is a sample file:

FFmpeg version SVN-r26071, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 22 2010 10:30:32 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     50.35. 0 / 50.35. 0
  libavcore      0.16. 0 /  0.16. 0
  libavcodec    52.100. 0 / 52.100. 0
  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

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (2997003/125000)
Input #0, avi, from 'F:\Video\TV\###New\DL\The.Simpsons.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : transcode-1.0.6
  Duration: 00:21:56.56, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1115 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: -99

Was anything changed with the WDTV Live profile that might be broken?

[Dennis]

Hi,

Yes, that format was taken out because of some incompatible files we found. If you wish, just remove the comments around the avi container in the device profile (or send a message to support and I'll send you an updated device profile).

[RMerlin]

I un-commented it and restarted the server. Everything back to normal now. Thanks

[Dennis]

We'll do more investigating here and see if we can isolate those AVIs that don't play properly. Glad it's back to normal for you

[dpetr]

Hello Dennis. I am also experiencing something quite similar. Not the WDTV Live, but the Sony Bravia KDL W profile and the Sony Playstation 3 profile.

My library is almost entirely m2ts files with H264 video and AC3 audio. Prior to the upgrade (2.1.12), on both devices, no transcoding was needed. I managed to fix the Bravia KDL W profile by including the following which was in the old profile:

<avcontainer id="mpegts" name="mpegts" encode="0" mimetype="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" dlnaprofile="AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_T" supportschunked="0">
<video>
<format id="h264" encode="0">
</format>
</video>
<audio>
<format id="ac3" encode="0">
</format>
</audio>
</avcontainer>

I need some help with the Playstation 3 profile. It's pretty involved, much more so than the Bravia as near as I can tell. Short of replacing the profile with the old one in the Backup directory, do you know what I might be able to edit in or out of that profile given the nearly default library I have? Thanks.

[Dennis]

We did find one issue with the PS3 profile and we have an update for it available - please e-mail support (at) conceiva (dot) com and we'll send it to you.