Mezzmo on Sony TV (XBR-65X900E) only playing in stereo

[cmassa]

I had tried turning off the option to use the internal player. It works and plays the audio correctly with another player but the controls on the Mezzmo app are a lot better for FF and RW than the media player I have. I was just hoping the internal app on the TV would play the multichannel audio. When the phone sends the video it brings up the Mezzmo app on the TV and plays through that. I don't see it open another media player.

Chris

[Peter]

If you press a button on the remote control while it is playing after starting the video with the phone do any controls appear on the TV (do you see the green progress bar)?

[cmassa]

No. No response at all.

[Peter]

I tried it here on a Fire TV running the Mezzmo app and the remote control when the selection button is pressed or fast forward button causes the timeline and buttons to be displayed in the app's video player so this should also happen on the Bravia. Can you please try playing a file to the app using the Mezzmo application on your PC to see if the same issue occurs?

[cmassa]

When I play the movie to the TV from my PC, the TV's remote controls work. The audio is still stereo but there is a lot of video stuttering with the audio quickly going out of sync.

Chris

[Peter]

In the Transcoding pane in Mezzmo on the PC does it show that the file is being transcoded?

[cmassa]

OK, I think I have figured some things out.

First, the file is not being transcoded. It's an MKV (H.264) and plays directly.

So when I play to the TV using the PC app, it appears to use the TV's internal player rather than the Mezzmo player. In that circumstance, the TV's remote cannot control FF or RW, only pause, play, stop. It's a rather seamless thing so it's not immediately obvious that it's using the TV's video player. But the audio plays correctly. I don't know why, but the TV is listed 3 times in the Play To menu of the PC app.

When I use the Android Mezzmo app on my phone, there are two devices listed. One has an icon that looks like a first gen Chromecast and the other has an icon with the picture of the TV. I assume the chromecast version is the Mezzmo app and player. When using that, the audio is stereo and I can control playback with the TV remote completely. The other device uses the TV's media player and plays the DTS audio but I can only pause, stop or play.

Do you have a recommendation for a different media player that Mezzmo can use so that the audio is played correctly and all of the controls function? Obviously, the less cost, the better, especially when testing things out. Or even a different, full featured media player that can access the Mezzmo server?

I can use the TV's media play to access the Mezzmo server and controls work but FF/RW is quite slow. The interface is also very basic.

Thanks,
Chris