MP4 doesn't play on Samsung LE40C650

[Pewima]

Hi,

I tried playing some .MP4 files on my Samsung LE40C650 through Mezzmo, but unfortunately it says on my tv that the filetype is not supported. The file plays fine through DLNA with WMP. Could you maybe help me out? If you need further info about the filetype, please let me know what to do!

Thanks!
Mark

[RMerlin]

We would need to know the codecs used inside the MP4 container. Download Mediainfo here (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) and have it analyze your MP4 file, and post the results here.

[Paul]

Hi,

I tried playing some .MP4 files on my Samsung LE40C650 through Mezzmo, but unfortunately it says on my tv that the filetype is not supported. The file plays fine through DLNA with WMP. Could you maybe help me out? If you need further info about the filetype, please let me know what to do!

Thanks!
Mark

Can you please tell me if you're using the Samsung C device profile? If send an e-mail to support, I can send you an updated device profile to try. Also, please do post (or send to support) file information as per below.

We would need to know the codecs used inside the MP4 container. Download Mediainfo here (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) and have it analyze your MP4 file, and post the results here.

Thanks! It would be better if FFmpeg information is posted though, because that's what the device profiles use as the id="xxx".

[Pewima]

I do indeed use the Samsung C profile so would be more than happy to try the new profile. I posted the MediaInfo log below. If I need to send you FFMpeg information, could you let me know how to do this?

General
Complete name                    : D:\DC\Home\HOME - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (2009) [English] [HD MP4].mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                         : mp42
File size                        : 1.39 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Overall bit rate                 : 2 126 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-14 00:30:48
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-14 00:30:48

Video
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 3 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 1 998 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 6 415 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 24.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.090
Stream size                      : 1.30 GiB (94%)
Title                            : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-14 00:30:53
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-14 00:32:37

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 125 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 206 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Stream size                      : 83.5 MiB (6%)
Title                            : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-14 00:30:48
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-14 00:32:37

[Paul]

Just right-click on the file in Mezzmo and use the "Get FFmpeg Information" command - that will give me a better indication of what the file is in relation to Mezzmo's device profiles.

[Pewima]

Here you are!

FFmpeg version SVN-r23438, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jun  3 2010 11:03:31 with gcc 4.4.0
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --extra-cflags=-I/c/msys/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/c/msys/local/lib --enable-zlib --enable-w32threads --extra-cflags=-fno-common --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffserver
  libavutil     50.16. 0 / 50.16. 0
  libavcodec    52.73. 0 / 52.73. 0
  libavformat   52.67. 0 / 52.67. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
  libavfilter    1.20. 0 /  1.20. 0
  libswscale     0.11. 0 /  0.11. 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 48.00 (23999/500) -> 24.00 (23999/1000)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\DC\Home\HOME - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (2009) [English] [HD MP4].mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : mp42
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: isomavc1mp42
  Duration: 01:33:18.19, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2125 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 125 kb/s
    Stream #0.1(und): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1997 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 23999 tbn, 48 tbc
At least one output file must be specified

[Paul]

Can you please edit the SamsungLA.prf file (it's in a DeviceProfiles folder located as per this thread: http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...ofiles-located) and change:

        <avcontainer id="mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2" name="h264aac" encode="0" mimetype="video/mp4v" dlnaprofile="MP3" supportschunked="0">

to:

        <avcontainer id="mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2" name="h264aac" encode="0" mimetype="video/MP4V-ES" dlnaprofile="MP3" supportschunked="0">

after that save the file, restart the server and try again to see whether the file plays ok or not.