Sony Bravia 2011 Series

Excellent, thank you for detailed and fast support.

How much, if at all, will MPEG2TS transcoding affect the streaming in terms of buffering/lag and the quality of the video?

I took ffmpeg info from one of the MKVs on my HD if that has any help to my question..

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "G:\Video.mkv
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavformat 52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1.72. 0 / 1.72. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
[matroska,webm @ 010dbb80] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (20000000/417083) -> 23.98 (20000000/834166)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'G:\Video.mkv':
Duration: 01:46:01.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x690, PAR 1:1 DAR 128:69, 23.98fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Metadata:
title : Video
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: dca, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 1536 kb/s
Metadata:
title : Video.DTS-HD.MA Core_1509kbps
At least one output file must be specified"

[Illico]

...How much, if at all, will MPEG2TS transcoding affect the streaming in terms of buffering/lag and the quality of the video?

in terms of buffering/lag --> Not sure but I would say no.
in terms of quality of video --> NO, because video stream is remuxed as is.

I took ffmpeg info from one of the MKVs on my HD if that has any help to my question...
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'G:\Video.mkv':
Duration: 01:46:01.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x690, PAR 1:1 DAR 128:69, 23.98fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: dca, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 1536 kb/s

Thanks, could you also report the MediaInfo result of this file?

EDIT: with Serviio and Sony profile selected, this file must be remuxed into MPEG2TS with same Video codec (h264/AVC) but audio will be transcoded into AC3-6Channel, because Sony doesn't support DTS audio.

[NX3]

per my postings from pages 1-5 I just got avi working in the new beta so hopefully it will be in the final release

[zip]

per my postings from pages 1-5 I just got avi working in the new beta so hopefully it will be in the final release

can you post in the beta forum on what needs to be done?

[NX3]

posted, sorry I was testing a load of different files to see what the set can do.....

[Illico]

Do users (2011 models owners) could test the following profile, with MP4 samples (H264/AAC) ??
Please, check on detailed logging how file is delivered by serviio (native format or transcoded by a ffmpeg command line) ?

  Code:

   <Profile id="19" name="Sony Bravia TV 2011" extendsProfileId="9">
      <!-- same as older Bravias except it supports AVI playback -->
      <Detection>
         <UPnPSearch>
            <FriendlyName>BRAVIA KDL-\d{2}([A-Z]X\d2\d|CX400).*</FriendlyName>
         </UPnPSearch>
      </Detection>
      <MediaFormatProfiles>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/avi" name="">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
      </MediaFormatProfiles>
      <Transcoding>
         <!-- For dvr-ms files force mpeg2video transcoding to fix monotone timestamps problems -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" forceVTranscoding="true">
            <Matches container="asf" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
         </Video>
         <!-- Transcode all h264 video with HIGH/MAIN > Level 4.1 on MPEG-TS stream with MPEG2VIDEO and ac3 audio transcoding -->
         <!-- expected profile MPEG_TS_SD_EU/MPEG_TS_SD_NA/MPEG_TS_SD_KO -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" maxVBitrate="17000" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
         </Video>
         <!-- Remux h264 video with AC3 audio to MPEG-TS stream without transcoding -->
         <!-- expected profile AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts">
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />
            <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />
         </Video>
         <!-- Remux all other h264 video to MPEG-TS stream with ac3 audio transcoding -->
         <!-- expected profile AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
            <!-- <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" /> -->
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
            <!-- if audio different to ac3, must be transcoded -->
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="aac" />
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="mp3" />
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="dca" />
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="lpcm" />
            <Matches container="mpeg" aCodec="dca" />
            <Matches container="ogg" vCodec="mpeg4" />
         </Video>
         <!-- All Others video/audio codec will be transcoded into mpeg2ts, mpeg2video and ac3 audio -->
         <!-- expected profile MPEG_TS_SD_EU/MPEG_TS_SD_NA/MPEG_TS_SD_KO -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" maxVBitrate="17000" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="192">
            <Matches container="asf" />
            <!-- <Matches container="mp4" /> -->
            <Matches container="matroska" />
            <Matches container="flv" />
            <Matches container="wtv" />
            <Matches container="ogg" />
         </Video>
         <Audio targetContainer="lpcm">
            <!-- To allow "pause" then "resume" functions and album art for TVs that support it - transcode to mp3 instead -->
            <Matches container="asf" />
            <Matches container="mp4" />
            <Matches container="ogg" />
            <Matches container="flac" />
         </Audio>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>

[NX3]

Do users (2011 models owners) could test the following profile, with MP4 samples (H264/AAC) ??
Please, check on detailed logging how file is delivered by serviio (native format or transcoded by a ffmpeg command line) ?

Can do.... whats it doing different I should check for ?

[Illico]

Can do.... whats it doing different I should check for ?

I would like to modify the 0.6.1 version of "Sony TV 2011" profile to allow MP4 playing natively... (MP4 / H264 / AAC)
So I comment some lines
<!-- <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" /> -->
<!-- <Matches container="mp4" /> -->

Mp4/h264 with ac3 audio is not supported so the following line is kept:
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />

So please, could you modify the profiles.xml file with my previous modify profile, found a MP4/H264/AAC sample and test with your 2011 TV model.

EDIT: for example; : TINTIN Teaser 480p, 720p and 1080p

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Samples\124079300.mov':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
compatible_brands: qt
Duration: 00:01:10.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2743 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 189 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 852x362, 2549 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2997 tbn, 5994 tbc

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Samples\124079301.mov':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
compatible_brands: qt
Duration: 00:01:10.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 7204 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 189 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 1280x544, 7010 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2997 tbn, 5994 tbc

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Samples\124079302.mov':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
compatible_brands: qt
Duration: 00:01:10.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 9883 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 189 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 1920x816, 9689 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2997 tbn, 5994 tbc

Hope that video stream not in first position is not a problem

[patters]

Cool, this is exactly why it was worth working out those regular expressions to separate the models into different years. Are there any other new capabilities of the 2011 ones?

hi all,

newbie in the DLNA-verse here so please take it easy on me.
i recently purchased a SONY Bravia HX925 (Asia-pacific model) and like everyone here, am eager to watch .avi .mp4 .mkv movies on SONY Bravias. (most of the files on my computer are .avi)

i have installed serviio version 0.6.0.1 without any dramas.
however, for some reason, some of the .avi movies are not playing - "playback not available"
the default profile has not been modified. the xml file is similar to http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3662

all the .264 MP4 files play smoothly.
for example an mp4 with these properties works fine
Video
Frame width 1280
Frame height 544
Data rate 816kbps
Total bitrate 848kbps
Frame rate 23 frames/second
codec H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part10) (avc1)

some AVI with those properties also work fine
Video
Frame width 640
Frame height 352
Data rate 864kbps
Total bitrate 992kbps
Frame rate 25 frames/second
codec MPEG-4 Video (XVID)

Video
Frame width 640
Frame height 272
Data rate 867kbps
Total bitrate 1001kbps
Frame rate 23 frames/second
codec MPEG-4 Video (XVID)

but some AVI with those properties do not
Video
Frame width 640
Frame height 272
Data rate 1119kbps
Total bitrate 1311kbps
Frame rate 23 frames/second
codec MPEG-4 Video (XVID)



Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[Illico]

...but some AVI with those properties do not (work fine)

Could you provide "MediaInfo" result detailed of this avi file?
DivX HD not supported.

Could you also try MP4 samples (H264/AAC) files with that modified profile? viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2079&start=110#p24386

wow. thanks for the quick reply and sorry for the late response.
have tried the modified profile but no joy.
i'm getting "temporarily cannot access server. please try again." message for the mp4 files.
still getting the "playback not available" message for the avi files.
so i'm going to revert the profile xml file back to the original.

could you tell me how do i go about obtaining the "MediaInfo" result please?

doh!
i just saw your signature. results below

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "c:\Documents and Settings\Will\Desktop\Green.avi"
ffmpeg version N-31480-g8bc3a48, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 14 2011 23:37:53 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-config
libavutil 51. 11. 0 / 51. 11. 0
libavcodec 53. 8. 0 / 53. 8. 0
libavformat 53. 6. 0 / 53. 6. 0
libavdevice 53. 2. 0 / 53. 2. 0
libavfilter 2. 25. 0 / 2. 25. 0
libswscale 2. 0. 0 / 2. 0. 0
[mpeg4 @ 01719720] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
Input #0, avi, from 'c:\Documents and Settings\Will\Desktop\Green.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.8.3, Feb 16 201019:42:50
JUNK :
Duration: 01:53:59.95, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1521 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x272 [PAR 1:1 DAR 40:17], 23.98 tbr,23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s

[Illico]

...[mpeg4 @ 01719720] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected

Looks like dodgy AVI file, re-encode it

[Illico]

I never try these tools but you could have a look :

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2186

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MPEG4-Modifier

Could you provide "mediaInfo" result too ?

Should the 0.6 Bravia 2011 profile be able to handle AVI (mpeg4/mp3) without video transcoding? I have got quite a few of them, and they only started playing after I added a matching rule for mpeg4/mp3 to the transcode-anything-the-tv-can't-play-to-mpeg2/ac3 section of the profile.

CU,
Low

[zip]

That was the outcome of 0.6 beta. NX3 might shed some light on it.

[NX3]

Should the 0.6 Bravia 2011 profile be able to handle AVI (mpeg4/mp3) without video transcoding? I have got quite a few of them, and they only started playing after I added a matching rule for mpeg4/mp3 to the transcode-anything-the-tv-can't-play-to-mpeg2/ac3 section of the profile.

To full understand, these aren't xvid or divx video codec AVI but mpeg4 something ? Can you clarify exactly what codec ? All the AVI's I have are xvid with mp3 but I had some test samples of other and they are working well with the 2011 profile.

[NX3]

I would like to modify the 0.6.1 version of "Sony TV 2011" profile to allow MP4 playing natively... (MP4 / H264 / AAC)
So I comment some lines
<!-- <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" /> -->
<!-- <Matches container="mp4" /> -->

Mp4/h264 with ac3 audio is not supported so the following line is kept:
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3" />

So please, could you modify the profiles.xml file with my previous modify profile, found a MP4/H264/AAC sample and test with your 2011 TV model.

EDIT: for example; : TINTIN Teaser 480p, 720p and 1080p

I tried to play the 480p and 1080p TinTin trailer before the changes, listed as AVC and played. I then made the changes, rebooted the server for good measure and tried again. Both are listed as AVC again and play.... How can I tell is Serviio is doing anything different as from the tv end, its the same ?

[Illico]

I tried to play the 480p and 1080p TinTin trailer before the changes, listed as AVC and played. I then made the changes, rebooted the server for good measure and tried again. Both are listed as AVC again and play.... How can I tell is Serviio is doing anything different as from the tv end, its the same ?

Good new, could you check the log file to confirm that MP4/AVC/AAC are delivered in native format? (so aac audio track in fist position is not a problem for Sony TV?)