Transcode problem Panasonic Viera

[tKumse]

Hi
A few days ago I decided to use Mezzmo instead of some free alternatives because they could not deliver the correct aspect ratio. Now I have another problem, the transcoding is super slow.

My tv is of model Panasonic TX-P50G30Y. My computer is running AMD Athlon Dual Core 2.61 GHz with 2 GB RAM. I know this computer is not very fast but I did not have this problem when I was using Serviio. Now the fps is between 8 and 18 fps so I have to pre-transcode. But even then it takes a ridiculously long time transcoding the video. The device profile I use is called 'Panasonic Viera (2011 models)' but I have tried other Panasonic profiles as well. I am still using the trial version of Mezzmo but I decided to buy it just before this problem occured. If there is a good fix for this problem I will buy this software immediately otherwise I might hesitate. (Probably I would buy it anyway because of the pre-transcode option which is the best. In my opinion it is worth waiting a few hours to get the correct aspect ratio).

I have seen other similar posts where they added FFmpeg Information so here is mine.

ffmpeg version N-40693-gc457a29 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on May 15 2012 12:57:14 with gcc 4.6.2
  configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/home/peter/ffmpeg/build/gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/peter/cc/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/peter/cc/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config --disable-w32threads
  libavutil      51. 51.100 / 51. 51.100
  libavcodec     54. 21.101 / 54. 21.101
  libavformat    54.  5.100 / 54.  5.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 73.100 /  2. 73.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 11.100 /  0. 11.100
[mpeg4 @ 02375b40] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'F:\student\Sittningar\Videos\Tengilblot2012.mkv':
  Metadata:
    creation_time   : 2007-05-20 07:47:48
  Duration: 02:07:50.57, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4695 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile) (XVID / 0x44495658), yuv420p, 1280x544 [SAR 1:1 DAR 40:17], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16, 448 kb/s (default)
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 5, 15
---> Frame rate: 23,98
---> Aspect ratio: 40:17

Thanks for any help! Have a nice day!

[Paul]

Email us at support [at] conceiva [dot] com and we'll provide a device profile that will provide much faster transcode speeds.