Can't stream movies

[devildog]

Here's a few that wouldn't play:

MKV
FFmpeg version git-c3897d7, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Feb 28 2011 10:03:54 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/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50. 39. 0 / 50. 39. 0
libavcodec 52.113. 2 / 52.113. 2
libavformat 52.102. 0 / 52.102. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1. 76. 0 / 1. 76. 0
libswscale 0. 12. 0 / 0. 12. 0
[matroska,webm @ 003de0e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 59.94 (10000000/166833) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'M:\Batman Begins.mkv':
Duration: 02:14:18.24, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 384 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x544, PAR 1:1 DAR 40:17, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 384 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
title : Dolby Digital 5.1
At least one output file must be specified


WMV
FFmpeg version git-c3897d7, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Feb 28 2011 10:03:54 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/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50. 39. 0 / 50. 39. 0
libavcodec 52.113. 2 / 52.113. 2
libavformat 52.102. 0 / 52.102. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1. 76. 0 / 1. 76. 0
libswscale 0. 12. 0 / 0. 12. 0
[wmv3 @ 003dfc10] Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 59.92 (719/12)
Input #0, asf, from 'M:\Trailer - Brooklyn's Finest.wmv':
Metadata:
WMFSDKVersion : 11.0.5721.5145
WMFSDKNeeded : 0.0.0.0000
IsVBR : 0
Duration: 00:02:37.31, start: 3.000000, bitrate: 3125 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 160 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 640x270, 3500 kb/s, 59.92 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: -99

WMV
FFmpeg version git-c3897d7, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Feb 28 2011 10:03:54 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/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50. 39. 0 / 50. 39. 0
libavcodec 52.113. 2 / 52.113. 2
libavformat 52.102. 0 / 52.102. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1. 76. 0 / 1. 76. 0
libswscale 0. 12. 0 / 0. 12. 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, asf, from 'M:\Trailer - Underworld - Rise of the Lycans.wmv':
Metadata:
WMFSDKVersion : 10.00.00.3702
WMFSDKNeeded : 0.0.0.0000
IsVBR : 0
Duration: 00:02:17.81, start: 3.000000, bitrate: 2144 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 640x260, 3500 kb/s, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: -99

AVI
FFmpeg version git-c3897d7, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Feb 28 2011 10:03:54 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/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50. 39. 0 / 50. 39. 0
libavcodec 52.113. 2 / 52.113. 2
libavformat 52.102. 0 / 52.102. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1. 76. 0 / 1. 76. 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 (2997/125)
Input #0, avi, from 'M:\Aladdin.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
IAS1 : English
Duration: 01:30:24.25, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2309 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 704x416 [PAR 1:1 DAR 22:13], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: -99

[Paul]

Thank you for FFmpeg info - can you please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and I'll send you an updated device profile to try.

[devildog]

Any luck figuring this out Dennis?

Thanks

[Paul]

It seems some of your files cannot be played natively on your Popcorn Hour, so Mezzmo is transcoding the files into a format that your Popcorn Hour can play. You mention that they start to play and then exit back to the playlist after a short time. This suggests that your computer may not have enough CPU/RAM to transcode the files on-the-fly. Ideally you should have a Quad core or better with 4GB RAM to transcode HD video.

To confirm this, try this: Start streaming a file on your Popcorn Hour from Mezzmo. When it stops and exits back to the playlist, wait for 5 minutes (don't choose any other file - just wait). After 5 minutes, try playing the same file again. Does play further this time? If it does, then is tell us that your computer cannot transcode fast enough - i.e. it cannot transcode and deliver the transcoded video quick enough for the Popcorn Hour to play. So when the Popcorn Hour has no more video to play, it will timeout and return to the playlist. Two ways to improve this: (i) tweak Mezzmo's Popcorn Hour device profile if we know that a certain format is missing from it that we know the Popcorn Hour supports natively (this will help stop Mezzmo transcoding files when it does not need to), and (ii) improve the computer's performance you have Mezzmo installed on.

[devildog]

That's strange because the files I'm trying to play through Mezzmo can be natively played by the PCH either through an SMB share or PCH's MyiHome software, they only fail when trying to play through Mezzmo. I tested my Seagate FAT+ through Mezzmo with no problems when trying to play the same files that don't work with PCH. I also disabled the transcoding option for Mezzmo to see if I could force the PCH to transcode the files itself, but it still fails. The Seagate however plays them with no problems with or without transcoding enabled.

I tried your recommendation for PCH but after waiting more than 5 minutes when I tried to play a video that failed, the PCH still won't play the file. I checked the system Mezzmo is installed on, but I didn't see any activity against ffmpeg during the wait time.

This looks like a direct problem between PCH and Mezzmo only. My 360 transcodes through Mezzmo just as easily as my Seagate, but PCH just can't do it.

Thanks

[Paul]

We'd like to test one of your problem files here. Can you upload the smallest problem file to a file sharing site like www.megaupload.com and then email us the download link to support [at] conceiva [dot] com (or if the video file is less than 10MB, then just email it directly to us).

[devildog]

I emailed one of the MP4 files that fails. It's just under 6MB.

Thanks