on the FLY AAC to DD AC3 re-encode

[Paul]

That file plays natively though, right? So, AAC stereo doesn't need to be converted and everything works as-is, or am I missing your point (sorry, if I do!)?

[itsmydamnation]

That file plays natively though, right? So, AAC stereo doesn't need to be converted and everything works as-is, or am I missing your point (sorry, if I do!)?

yep all files play fine natively. the "issue" is that the 5.1 aac isn't being converted to 5.1 DD/ac3, it appears the first file shown in this thread is being passed to my TV as something other then DD5.1 or DTS (i assume two channel PCM?) because of this i can only out put 2 channel PCM over my TOSLINK to my receiver not 5.1 channel DD or DTS.

worse comes to worest i can alway re-encode just the audio to ac3 or DTS (major pain, only if bitrate is needed) and then remux the ac3 audio into the mkv but if mezzmo could handle this for me it would be so much better!

cheers

[Paul]

Ok, got it You mean this file: "D:\TV shows\ghost in the shell\S.A.C. 2nd GIG \ Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG E01.mkv" ? We'll need to modify the device profile a bit for it to transcode 5.1 AAC to 5.1 AC3 (currently it's passing it through, so I guess your TV is downsampling it to stereo PCM). Are you comfortable editing the device profile, or would you prefer me to send you an updated one?

[itsmydamnation]

Ok, got it You mean this file: "D:\TV shows\ghost in the shell\S.A.C. 2nd GIG \ Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG E01.mkv" ? We'll need to modify the device profile a bit for it to transcode 5.1 AAC to 5.1 AC3 (currently it's passing it through, so I guess your TV is downsampling it to stereo PCM). Are you comfortable editing the device profile, or would you prefer me to send you an updated one?

i am more then happy to hack at stuff :P

[Paul]

Ok, then edit the SamsungLA.prf device profile (for "Samsung C") using Notepad (device profiles are here: http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...ofiles-located) and change:

                <audio>
                        <format id="aac" encode="0">
                        </format>
                </audio>

in the "matroska" container to:

                <audio>
                        <format id="aac" encode="0">
				<channels>1</channels>
	                        <channels>2</channels>
                        </format>
                </audio>

After that restart the server and try again. Please let me know how that goes.

[itsmydamnation]

will do but wont be able to test until i get home tonight,
is there something that explains the schema?

if i was to take a guess we are saying, pass 1 and 2 channel AAC natively to the TV, then there is some other logic else where that tells it to transconde/mux the audio to ac3? (catch all clause)

the first example tells mezzmo to pass all aac to the tv?

[Paul]

if i was to take a guess we are saying, pass 1 and 2 channel AAC natively to the TV, then there is some other logic else where that tells it to transconde/mux the audio to ac3?

Yes, that's right. If AAC is not 1 or 2 channels, we remux to AC3, since it's the closest match in the same container.

[itsmydamnation]

Yes, that's right. If AAC is not 1 or 2 channels, we remux to AC3, since it's the closest match in the same container.

samsung C is samsungLA right?

        <avcontainer id="matroska" name="mkv" encode="1" mimetype="video/x-mkv" dlnaprofile="MKV" preferredtranscoded="1" format="matroska" supportschunked="0" level="41">
                <video>
                        <format id="mpeg4" encode="0">
                        </format>
                </video>
                <video>
                        <format id="h264" encode="1" codec="libx264" preferredtranscoded="1">
                                <copyts>0</copyts>
                                <samequality>0</samequality>
                        </format>
                </video>
                <video>
                        <format id="mpeg2video" encode="0">
                        </format>
                </video>
                <video>
                        <format id="vc1" encode="0">
                        </format>
                </video>
                <audio>
                        <format id="ac3" encode="1" codec="ac3" preferredtranscoded="1">
				<channels>1</channels>
	                        <channels>2</channels>
	                        <channels>6</channels>
				<maxbitrate>640000</maxbitrate>
                                <bitrate>448000</bitrate>
				<maxsamplingrate>48000</maxsamplingrate>
				<minsamplingrate>11025</minsamplingrate>
				<samplingrate>48000</samplingrate>
				<samplingrate>44100</samplingrate>
				<samplingrate>32000</samplingrate>
                        </format>
                </audio>
                <audio>
                        <format id="aac" encode="0">
	                        <channels>1</channels>
	                        <channels>2</channels>
                        </format>
                </audio>

added this and it still isn't sending as AC3.
mezzmo log file
http://www.users.on.net/~rastus/mezz...diaService.txt

cheers

[Paul]

Yes, it's SamsungLA.prf. I see you've adjusted the Advanced settings in your device profile - please reset those back to default and try again. They alter the way things are delivered and generally should be left alone.

[itsmydamnation]

Yes, it's SamsungLA.prf. I see you've adjusted the Advanced settings in your device profile - please reset those back to default and try again. They alter the way things are delivered and generally should be left alone.

tried with everything back to default (automatic delivery) and that didn't seem to make a difference.

let me know if you want a new log capture with everything back to auto


cheers