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    Default Video aspect 720 x 304 problems

    Hi,

    I have a number of mp4 videos in a video aspect 720 x 304 (very wide) and these are being transcoded to my Panasonic TX-P42V10B

    The problem is the video is being squahed and i cannot alter the aspect settings on the TV when streaming. I cant tell quite what is happenning, the properties of the mpeg trascode output still shows as 720 x 304 but it isnt playable on the TV without the TV squashing the image. If i play the transcode file through DivX player on my pc the same problem occurs, the image is squashed, even if i widen the screen in Divx, its still squashed with black bars each side of the video.

    Is there any solution?

    Cheers

    Steve

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    Hi Steve,
    you can try pre-transcoding the video to mpeg and this may force the video to 1920x1080, right-click on the file in Mezzmo and select 'Pre-transcode Files...' then check the box for your device and click 'Choose Formats...' then select mpeg and click 'OK' and then 'OK' again to begin pre-transcoding.

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    Hi Peter

    Thanks for suggestion, sadly no joy, still plays incorrectly, both by PC and TV, tested with PC using windows MP & DivX player. With windows MP it see's it as wide screen but the image scrolls right to left, very odd. With DivX its the same as the TV, image distorted, not black bars top and bottom to make up for being wider than screen.

    I manually converted the file using DivX Plus Converter and that streams and plays perfect, without transcode etc.

    Then converted to mpeg 2 in SD using Xilisoft HD Video Converter and that had the same problem as ffmpeg, but then tried in HD output and bingo, its perfect and streams perfect.

    Any suggestions why ffmpeg isnt converting to HD?

    Attached are the 3 video file details i mention.

    For info, i am using the Panasonic Viera (No MPEG-TS) Dennis sent me.

    Cheers

    Steve
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Some devices handle mpeg files differently to other formats and will preserve the aspect ratio of mpeg video while stretching other formats to fit the screen. We can send you a device profile that will allow you to pre-transcode to avi if you send an email to support [at] conceiva [dot] com.

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    Hi Peter

    I have tried the profile and no joy, in fact its far worse. My mkv files dont transcode now, and the tv doesnt support them, my manually created HD MPEG files start to play but are transcoded when the old profile simply streamed the file as it was not necessary. Play also stops after approx 1m. My DivX files seem to stream ok.

    My 720 x 304 mp4 file doesnt transcode either, TV just reports its not supported.

    The only positive is that the HD MPeg2 i created myself which gets transcoded and stops after 1m does at least appear to be the correct aspect. Just a sham transcoding wasnt necessary and the files that do require transcode, dont.

    I then transcoded the file manually, chose the avi format, and this works great. But does this mean that when i wish to view a video in this format i need to manually switch profile from Panasonic Viera (No MPEG-TS) to the (2011) one, manually force transcode, view then switch back?

    Steve

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    Hi Steve,
    we have sent you another device profile to try, this one without MPEG-TS so it should work better.

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