help with profile. unneccessary transcoding!

[fastbuck]

i'm using the samsung bdp profile and watch a lot of mkvs. no problem there but some mkvs are unneccessary transcoded. they all have the audio code 'eac3' in common. i've played the files with transcoding turned off and they work flawlessly. would love to know what i have to change in the profile to prevent these files to transcode so i can rewind etc. thx for your help

[Paul]

Right-click on one of the files that is transcoded unnecessarily and click 'Get FFmpeg Information'. Post that here or email it to us at support [at] conceiva [dot] com.

[fastbuck]

ffmpeg version N-78742-gf477849 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)
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libavformat 57. 76.100 / 57. 76.100
libavdevice 57. 7.100 / 57. 7.100
libavfilter 6.100.100 / 6.100.100
libswscale 4. 7.102 / 4. 7.102
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'E:\XXXXXX.mkv':
Metadata:
title : XXXXXX
encoder : libebml v1.3.5 + libmatroska v1.4.8
creation_time : 2018-02-02T08:21:23.000000Z
DESCRIPTION : {name}
Duration: 00:53:29.58, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1950 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s (default)
Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: subrip (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : Forced
Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:4(eng): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
title : SDH
Stream #0:5(ger): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:6(spa): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
title : European
Stream #0:7(fre): Subtitle: subrip
Stream #0:8(dut): Subtitle: subrip
At least one output file must be specified

<MEZZMO>: Child process ended with code: 109, ExitCode=1


---> DB Level Info: 31, 77
---> Frame rate: 23,98
---> Aspect ratio: 16:9 PAR=1:1
---> Duration: 00:53:29

like I said I only have this "problem" with eac3 audio!

[fastbuck]

ok, i have fixed it by adding
<format id="eac3">
</format>
to the mkv audio section of the profile. Thx anyway!

[jbinkley60]

You also have the option of disabling all transcoding for your device, if you know the sources won't require it. The device level setting will override the profile and not transcode anything. I do this for all of my Kodi clients and If I run into an issue I fix the source file.

[Paul]

Well done on the device profile tweak. Thanks for sharing your fix.