Post Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:52 pm

Somes files are not supported by E Series TV

Every once in a while, Serviio/TV runs into files that won't play. I get the message on TV saying file not supported. Here is the media info of 2 files. First one plays fine. Second does not play at all. If I change the renderer from Samsung E series to DirectTV as some suggested to force transcoding, then the files plays. So, my question is, what is the purpose of the specific Samsung renderer if it cannot detect the problem and transcode the video?

This movie works.
General
Complete name : I:\Media\Series\XXX.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 233 MiB
Duration : 21mn 51s
Overall bit rate : 1 489 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : DX50
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration : 21mn 51s
Bit rate : 1 352 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.147
Stream size : 211 MiB (91%)
Writing library : DivX 5.2.1 (DrDivX 106) (UTC 2004-09-08)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 21mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 20.0 MiB (9%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 67 ms (2.00 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 504 ms
Writing library : LAME3.97b
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 -b 128
Language : English


This movie does not work
General
CompleteName : I:\Media\Series\XXXX.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
FileSize/String : 233 MiB
Duration/String : 23mn 33s
OverallBitRate/String : 1 384 Kbps
Encoded_Application/String : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Encoded_Library/String : VirtualDubMod build 2540/release

Video
ID/String : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format_Settings_BVOP/String : Yes
Format_Settings_QPel/String : No
Format_Settings_GMC/String : 2 warppoints
Format_Settings_Matrix/String : Default (H.263)
CodecID : DX50
CodecID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration/String : 23mn 33s
BitRate/String : 1 245 Kbps
Width/String : 528 pixels
Height/String : 400 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 4:3
FrameRate/String : 29.970 fps
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Progressive
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.197
StreamSize/String : 210 MiB (90%)
Encoded_Library/String : DivX 6.2.2 (UTC 2006-04-26)

Audio
ID/String : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format_Version : Version 1
Format_Profile : Layer 3
Format_Settings_Mode : Joint stereo
CodecID : 55
CodecID/Hint : MP3
Duration/String : 23mn 33s
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 21.6 MiB (9%)
Alignment/String : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave_Duration/String : 33 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave_Preload/String : 504 ms