Native File Formats

[hollis3]

Hello,

Is there a place where I can find native file formats for the PS3 and Sony Bravia TVs?
I have searched and found conflicting answers. The problem is that with both, we have to pause occasionally to let the transcoding catch up.
We have a decent machine, but it is getting annoying.

Thanks

[Paul]

Unfortunately, there is no one-stop definitive list to look at. For Sony Bravia TVs, there are so many models of TVs in different regions around the world that support different sets of image, video and audio formats.

Let us know a few things about your setup and maybe we can improve things for you:

• what is the model of your Sony Bravia TV?
• what device profile do you have selected in Mezzmo for your Sony Bravia TV?
• what device profile do you have selected in Mezzmo for your PS3?
• what is the spec of your computer that has Mezzmo installed? CPU, RAM, network (wired, wireless N, etc.)
• what is the FFmpeg information for a few of the files that are slow to deliver (i.e. you have to pause). To do this, right-click on the file in Mezzmo and click 'Get FFmpeg information'

Post all this information here or, alternatively, send us an email to support [at] conceiva [dot] com and we'll look into it.

[hollis3]

Thank you, I'd like to think ahead as we may start ripping blu-rays and don't want the problem to get worse.

Bravia KDL-40EX700 - Currently set to Bravia KDL
PS3 set to Sony Playstation 3 (Compatible)
Windows 7, Quad Core i5, 3.33GHz, 2 gig Ram, Wired Gigabit connection to both machines.


This is a short movie that had to be paused 4 or 5 times to catch up.


ffmpeg version N-33781-g35674a2, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Oct 19 2011 10:31:16 with gcc 4.6.1
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/media/ffmpeg --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/dennis/cc/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/dennis/cc/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config
libavutil 51. 22. 0 / 51. 22. 0
libavcodec 53. 21. 0 / 53. 21. 0
libavformat 53. 16. 1 / 53. 16. 1
libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
libavfilter 2. 44. 0 / 2. 44. 0
libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 59.94 (60000/1001) -> 0.08 (1/12)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Movies\Movies\Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.m4v':
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: mp42isomavc1
creation_time : 2010-11-30 10:45:08
title : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
artist : Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Larry D. Mann, Stan Francis
genre : Animation, Family, Holiday, Kids & Family
date : 1964
description : Sam the Snowman tells us the story of Rudolph, a reindeer who is ostracized because of his glowing red nose. Rudolph finds that he is not the only misfit at the North Pole and sets off with his new pal Hermey to find a place where the both fit in.
synopsis : Sam the Snowman tells us the story of Rudolph, a reindeer who is ostracized because of his glowing red nose. Rudolph finds that he is not the only misfit at the North Pole and sets off with his new pal Hermey to find a place where the both fit in. The pa
encoder : HandBrake 0.9.4 2009112300
media_type : 9
Duration: 00:51:57.39, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2319 kb/s
Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 31.000000
Metadata:
title : Newspaper Opening
Chapter #0.1: start 31.000000, end 164.000000
Metadata:
title : Sam the Snowman
Chapter #0.2: start 164.000000, end 234.000000
Metadata:
title : Opening Crdits
Chapter #0.3: start 234.000000, end 325.000000
Metadata:
title : Rudolph Enters
Chapter #0.4: start 325.000000, end 453.000000
Metadata:
title : 'Jingle, Jingle, Jingle'
Chapter #0.5: start 453.000000, end 557.000000
Metadata:
title : Christmas Elves
Chapter #0.6: start 557.000000, end 617.000000
Metadata:
title : Hermey 'Misfit' Solo
Chapter #0.7: start 617.000000, end 637.000000
Metadata:
title : Rudolph 'Misfit' Solo
Chapter #0.8: start 637.000000, end 707.000000
Metadata:
title : Reindeer Games
Chapter #0.9: start 707.000000, end 892.000000
Metadata:
title : 'We Are Santa's Elves'
Chapter #0.10: start 892.000000, end 1163.000000
Metadata:
title : Flight Practice
Chapter #0.11: start 1163.000000, end 1327.000000
Metadata:
title : 'There's Always Tomorrow'
Chapter #0.12: start 1327.000000, end 1455.000000
Metadata:
title : 'We're a Couple of Misfits'
Chapter #0.13: start 1455.000000, end 1520.000000
Metadata:
title : Yukon Cornelius
Chapter #0.14: start 1520.000000, end 1640.000000
Metadata:
title : 'Silver and Gold'
Chapter #0.15: start 1640.000000, end 1837.000000
Metadata:
title : Snow Monster Chase
Chapter #0.16: start 1837.000000, end 1886.000000
Metadata:
title : Misfit Island
Chapter #0.17: start 1886.000000, end 2182.000000
Metadata:
title : 'the Most Wonderful Day of the Year'
Chapter #0.18: start 2182.000000, end 2309.000000
Metadata:
title : Rudolph Grows Up
Chapter #0.19: start 2309.000000, end 2349.000000
Metadata:
title : Rudolph Saves Clarice
Chapter #0.20: start 2349.000000, end 2546.000000
Metadata:
title : Hermey & Yukon Save the Day
Chapter #0.21: start 2546.000000, end 2635.000000
Metadata:
title : Christmas Town
Chapter #0.22: start 2635.000000, end 2765.000000
Metadata:
title : Christmas Preparations
Chapter #0.23: start 2765.000000, end 2840.000000
Metadata:
title : 'Holly Jolly Christmas'
Chapter #0.24: start 2840.000000, end 2922.000000
Metadata:
title : Christmas Eve
Chapter #0.25: start 2922.000000, end 3000.000000
Metadata:
title : Return to Misfit Island
Chapter #0.26: start 3000.000000, end 3116.000000
Metadata:
title : 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 720x480 [SAR 629:720 DAR 629:480], 1962 kb/s, 24.72 fps, 0.08 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 2010-11-30 10:45:08
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 159 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2010-11-30 10:45:08
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: ac3 (ac-3 / 0x332D6361), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2010-11-30 10:45:08
Stream #0:3(und): Subtitle: mov_text (text / 0x74786574)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2010-11-30 13:48:34
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 30, 100
---> Frame rate: 24.72
---> Aspect ratio: 629:480

[Paul]

Given you have a PS3 and Sony Bravia, then I suggest you rip to the following file format so that both devices will play them natively and not require Mezzmo to transcode on-the-fly:

Container: mpegts
Video channel: h264 (Main), level 41, max 6M video bitrate
Audio channel: ac3, max 448000 audio bitrate

Try this on one of your Blu-ray rips and stream it with Mezzmo to your devices. Let me know how it goes.

(Just to add: Your i5 CPU and 2GB RAM are probably a little underpowered for transcoding HD 1080p video on-the-fly, so that explains why you were getting pausing/stuttering in your previous tests.)