I have been using the "Sony Bravia KDL" profile for some time with transcoding turned off at the device level. I just upgraded Mezzmo to version 2.6. Most of my video library doesn't require transcoding and can be played natively by the TV (h264/ac3/m2ts). So as an experiment, I turned transcoding on for the TV at the device level in order to play a few avi and mkv files that would not play natively. However, now everything gets transcoded. Not so good. I went into the device profile and took out the comment notations around this section here, so it's no longer a comment:
<!--
<avcontainer id="mpegts" name="mpegts" encode="0" mimetype="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" dlnaprofile="AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_T" supportschunked="0" minlevel="40">
<video>
<format id="h264" encode="0">
</format>
</video>
<audio>
<format id="ac3" encode="0">
</format>
</audio>
<audio>
<format id="eac3" encode="0">
</format>
</audio>
</avcontainer>
-->
It still tries to transcode all the files unless I specifically tell Mezzmo to use the original file under the files Properties dialog->Transcoding tab->Use Original File button. Then it doesn't transcode the file as before and I can now even play back files that needed transcoding. That's great so far.
There is one problem I can't seem to fix though. On the properties page of any video file, the transcoding tab, the "use original file" button can only be applied to one file at a time. This is a problem for me since I want to specify that option for quite a few files. If you have multiple files selected, bring up the properties dialog, you can change quite a few database fields all at once, which is quite handy. It would be quite nice if you could also change the transcoding flag for multiple files at once also, rather than using the arrow keys at the top of the dialog to essentially make the same change countless numbers of times for each selected file. This file by file decision to transcode or not transcode requires clicking the "use original file button" and clicking on the client device and then clicking the OK button. This is fine for 50 files or so, but a few thousand is a different story. If I'm missing something to make that job easier, I'd really like to know what it is.
Incidentally, the commented section above in the SonyBraviaKDL profile prevents my m2ts/h264/ac3 videos from playing when transcoding is turned off for the TV.
Thanks in advance. Dale.
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