2.1.10.0 - Randomly missing play/pause function

[wozza]

I've been using Mezzmo for a few weeks now and just come across a strange situation where, for seemingly random .AVIs, the play/pause function is missing on my Samsung UN46B7000 TV. I'm using the Samsung A profile (have tried B & C too).

One thing all the files I've seen so far that exhibit this problem have in common is that they are all ripped from my blu rays, BUT not all the AVIs I've ripped from blu rays have the problem! For example, Iron Man 2 will play/pause, but Prince Of Persia will not. I've ripped both the same way. The files themselves seem to play fine.

I know Samsung's DLNA is flaky when it comes to transport control, but I've never had a problem with play/pause before. Any ideas?

[Paul]

Do you know if these files play natively or are transcoded? Can you please post FFmpeg information for both, so we can compare and see if there's any difference?

[wozza]

I've switched transcoding off completely so they should be native.

Here's the FFmpeg info:

Prince Of Persia (doesn't pause)

FFmpeg version SVN-r25157, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Sep 22 2010 12:40:23 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --prefix=/media/windows-share/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50.27. 0 / 50.27. 0
libavcore 0. 9. 0 / 0. 9. 0
libavcodec 52.89. 0 / 52.89. 0
libavformat 52.78. 5 / 52.78. 5
libavdevice 52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
libavfilter 1.39. 0 / 1.39. 0
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
Input #0, avi, from 'D:\shares\Videos\Action & Adventure\Prince Of Persia - The Sands Of Time.avi':
Duration: 01:55:53.27, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8461 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x800 [PAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 40


Iron Man 2 (pauses fine)

FFmpeg version SVN-r25157, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Sep 22 2010 12:40:23 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --prefix=/media/windows-share/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50.27. 0 / 50.27. 0
libavcore 0. 9. 0 / 0. 9. 0
libavcodec 52.89. 0 / 52.89. 0
libavformat 52.78. 5 / 52.78. 5
libavdevice 52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
libavfilter 1.39. 0 / 1.39. 0
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
Input #0, avi, from 'D:\shares\Videos\Action & Adventure\ironman2.avi':
Duration: 02:04:38.92, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 9459 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x816 [PAR 1:1 DAR 40:17], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


---> DB Level Info: 40


Thanks

[Paul]

Thanks for the info!

They look pretty much identical and should both be passed through natively. Can you please also post Mediainfo for both files, as maybe there're more subtle differences that FFmpeg is not picking up?

[wozza]

Here it is:

Iron Man 2

General
Complete name : D:\shares\Videos\Action & Adventure\ironman2.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 8.24 GiB
Duration : 2h 4mn
Overall bit rate : 9 460 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec ID : H264
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate : 9 005 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.240
Stream size : 7.84 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 399 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)

Prince of Persia

General
Complete name : D:\shares\Videos\Action & Adventure\Prince Of Persia - The Sands Of Time.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 6.85 GiB
Duration : 1h 55mn
Overall bit rate : 8 461 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec ID : H264
Duration : 1h 55mn
Bit rate : 8 007 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.217
Stream size : 6.48 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 55mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 371 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)

Also included here is Mediainfo data for "Up", which so far is the only other video to have teh play/pause problem

General
Complete name : D:\shares\Videos\Animation\Up.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 5.71 GiB
Duration : 1h 36mn
Overall bit rate : 8 457 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec ID : H264
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate : 8 003 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 088 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.160
Stream size : 5.40 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 310 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)

Cheers

[Paul]

Thanks for the additional info!

I suspect that we know the cause of this, but it needs functional changes to Mezzmo, so I can't send anything to try yet. We'll be working on implementing these changes over the next few days and hopefully this will get all files going properly.

[wozza]

Great, thanks Dennis.

[wozza]

Thanks for the additional info!

I suspect that we know the cause of this, but it needs functional changes to Mezzmo, so I can't send anything to try yet. We'll be working on implementing these changes over the next few days and hopefully this will get all files going properly.

I assume 2.1.11 wasn't supposed to fix this issue? FYI I've downloaded it and it hasn't. That being the case, any idea when it might be fixed

Cheers

[Paul]

Actually it was (albeit partially) If the tweak from the other thread doesn't work, please send a message to support (at) conceiva (dot) com and I'll send you an updated device profile to try.

[wozza]

Thanks - that tweak didn't work so I've just sent the email.