DLNA Device Support Information.

Hi Illico

My english is very bad... sorry

I have a new TV Toshiba 46TL838 and can access to Serviio for browse my film.
In the pannell control of serviio my TV is classified as Generic DLNA Profile.

I follow yoru guide for discovere the correct information using Device Spy, but my TV dont recognized.
I search in the dlna.org and I found his specifics.
I'm not sure tha help you, but I send you the pdf that contein the specific...

REG88417223.pdf

This is sufficent for help you to update serviio?

Bye

I had the same issue with 46TL868. The best Serviio profile for now is LG TV/Player (it disables transcoding at all).

Hi,

Just switched TV set to a Toshiba 55VL963F. It has latest firmware 6.9.ED.1
It seems current Toshiba REGZA profile is not appropriate for this set: generic profile seems better as first instance.
I tried to get info from Device spy, but Device spy can not detect this TV set.

Is DEBUG log supposed to provide similar info?
I did enable DEBUG, but could not find any meaningful info out of it.
Would be great if Serviio could do deliver such "spying" info.

Thanks for any help.

Hi,
my TV is a 40TL963B, and as usual with this series of tv's it is not recognised by serviio or by the upnp tools.
by default it uses the Generic DNLA Profile, which works, apart from not being to play .avi's
when I change to the Toshiba Regza profile, I cant pause or fast forward the vid.
I've attached the DNLA certificate which hopefully you can use to create a profile for the TL series.
Thanks

great app by the way.....it is so much better then everything else that I've tried.

[Illico]

Hi,
my TV is a 40TL963B, and as usual with this series of tv's it is not recognised by serviio or by the upnp tools.
by default it uses the Generic DNLA Profile, which works, apart from not being to play .avi's
when I change to the Toshiba Regza profile, I cant pause or fast forward the vid.
I've attached the DNLA certificate which hopefully you can use to create a profile for the TL series.
Thanks.

Thanks,
Could you try with this tools : http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=device_sf ?

You can try adding this at the end of ./serviio/config/profiles.xml, just before the </Profiles> element
EDIT: change id="Tosh2012"

  Code:

   <Profile id="Tosh2012" name="Toshiba 40TL963B" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Transcoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
            <Matches container="avi" />
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>

Thanks Illico, much appreciated.
Unfortunately upnp tools dont detect my TV, so I cant attach the sink file.
I added that to my config - I had to rename "Toshiba2012" to "Tosh2012", as there seem to be a 10 character limit to that field.
Now it can play .avi files - I even added .flv and those can play as well.......awesome.
The only problem is that these two new formats cant pause, fast forward etc. - although I still have full control over .mkv .mp4 .mpg etc.
I've looked through the config file and cant work out why. I assume that .mkv and .mp4 file are being transcoded, as they are not supported directly via the network media player on the TV, and I was going to mimic the .mkv settings in the .avi setup to allow pausing, but I cant work it out.
I'm so impressed with the app, that I'm going to buy a licence right now. This app deserves to be supported.
thanks again for the very fast response.

[Illico]

Thanks Illico, much appreciated.
Unfortunately upnp tools dont detect my TV, so I cant attach the sink file.
I added that to my config - I had to rename "Toshiba2012" to "Tosh2012", as there seem to be a 10 character limit to that field.
Now it can play .avi files - I even added .flv and those can play as well.......awesome.

Ok.

The only problem is that these two new formats cant pause, fast forward etc. - although I still have full control over .mkv .mp4 .mpg etc.

With this new "Tosh2012" profile, mkv are delivered in native format.

I've looked through the config file and cant work out why. I assume that .mkv and .mp4 file are being transcoded, as they are not supported directly via the network media player on the TV, and I was going to mimic the .mkv settings in the .avi setup to allow pausing, but I cant work it out.

Not sure to understand...

With "Generic" profile or "Tosh2012" profile, mkv should be delivered in native format. Could you confirm that in tis way, mkv are ot supported ?

Hi Illico,
I've attached a section out of the user manual from my tv, which seems to say that the only formats supported over DMS are MPEG-2 PS and MPEG-2 TS. Every other format is supported over the USB port on the tv.
This is what I could not understand in the serviio config file - I couldn't see transcoding for .mkv and mp4, yet they work fine using the default profile.
i'm at work right now, so I cant test the tv, but I am sure when I disable transcoding .mkv and .mp4 stop working. I'll test this when I get home.

[Illico]

This is what I could not understand in the serviio config file - I couldn't see transcoding for .mkv and mp4, yet they work fine using the default profile..

When you said "default profile", do you mean "Generic Profile" or default "Toshiba REGZA" profile ?

with "Generic Profile" --> mkv are delivered in native format (then with new Toshiba2012 profile too), so if you TV play mkv with these profiles, usermanual is ot uptodate.
with "Toshiba REGZA" --> mkv will be transcoded to mpegts/mpeg2video/ac3 format

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
<Matches container="matroska" />
</Video>

The best pratice is to use "Generic profile" and try to play sample files in most popular formats then check if they play fine or not, if no, create and edit a profile that transcode this format to one supported by the TV.

Sorry, I meant "generic profile". Everything seems to play well with this setting, except avi and flv. But with the "Tosh2012" addition these play now.
I think you are probably right, in that the manual is not up to date and has the wrong info.
Is there any way to get these transcoded avi files to pause - this is really the only problem I have now.
Thanks for all of the help, much appreciated.

[Illico]

Good.

Could you try with this profile:

  Code:

   <Profile id="Toshiba2012" name="Toshiba 40TL963B" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Transcoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
            <Matches container="avi" />
            <Matches container="flv" />
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>

I only change targetContainer="mpeg" to targetContainer="mpegts".

I think you are probably right, in that the manual is not up to date and has the wrong info.

Yes indeed their manuals are not current on many "tiny" details such as these...
Also DLNA support evolves (good or bad) with firmware updates...
For instance, it seems VL963 had DMR profile activated at some point (supporting "play to" in WMP12): some of their TV sets are indeed DMR certified (x938, x968, etc), and DLNA platform must be quite similar across the sets... I hope this will come back.

I have a VL963 (not TL), and encounter same issues: would you share your custom profile once you finalize your testing?

Thanks.

Hi Illico,
I tried the new setting (targetContainer="mpegts"), and it is just the same as the previous one (targetContainer="mpeg"), in that .avi and .flv videos cannot be paused. When I try to pause with either of these settings the tv just displays "processing" and the video continues. If I try to fast forward or reverse, nothing happens - the video just continues normally.

I also checked out what was supported on my tv by disabling transcoding on the Serviio box - and found that the tv played mkv and mp4 with no problem - so the manual is definitely wrong.

Hi MPI,
If you just add in the extra profile that Illico created it looks as though it should work on your tv as well, and at least allow the playing of .avi's and .flv's - just change the profile id entry from "Toshiba2012" to "Tosh2012" if you dont then the Serviio service fails.

[Illico]

That could be fine t have a detection mecanism...could you enable detailed logging (see signature link) then post the log just after a serviio service restart ?

Here is the log file, hope it helps.

[Illico]

Here is the log file, hope it helps.

I supposed that your Toshiba IP address is 192.168.1.0.5... So no solution to automatically detect the toshiba model...too generic receive message.

[DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1 from address /192.168.0.5:3051

the Toshiba is actually 192.168.0.8, so it was not picked up in the log file.
when I first tried this, by the time I started the media player on the tv there were multiple log files each 500K in size. I will try again tonight, but with the media player already started on the tv - hopefully it will get picked up in the log files then.

I've attached the new serviio log file, which contains references to 192.168.0.8 which is my tv.
This looks generic to me, but hopefully I'm wrong.
If this log file is of no help, is there any other way forward in pausing .avi's, or is there no fix?
regards

[xXsamXx1991]

I have a 37UL863 Toshiba REGZA.

This is what i get with device spy:

  Code:

http-get:*:video/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_PS_NTSC,
http-get:*:video/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_PS_PAL,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_NA,
http-get:*:video/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_NA_T,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_HD_NA,
http-get:*:video/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_HD_NA_ISO,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_HD_NA_T,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_EU,
http-get:*:video/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=MPEG_TS_SD_EU_T,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_T,
http-get:*:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts:DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3_T,
http-get:*:audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM,
http-get:*:audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM,
http-get:*:audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM,
http-get:*:audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM,
http-get:*:audio/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MP3,
http-get:*:image/jpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=JPEG_SM,
http-get:*:image/jpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=JPEG_MED

I have got 2 dlna-servers, the first is allshare and the second is the wmp, but i want to use only one dlna-server on my linux-server and so i have found serviio.
The problem is that the movies work fine on this tv with the windows media player 12 and shark007codec pack.
But with serviio (profile: Thoshiba REGZA), the mkvs randomly stops while watching and in an avi the sound is deformed.

Can anybody help me to find the failure in the profile and is the amd athlon x2 4200+ good enough for transcoding?

Hi i have a toshiba tl938 tv

so far a can play properly only avi and mp4 files, the rest have to be trascoded to play but don't pause/resume.

can you please explane why avi files play properly when adding:
<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/avi" name="">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
what happens when name is empty

as far as mp4s i changed pn names as found in sink and they work fine too.

generally it seems that i can't pause/resume... when transcoding, tried almost all combinations.
so i try by renaming pn in mediaformatprofile to play all possible supported files.


the sink file is attached hope it helps your work.

Hi i have a toshiba tl938 tv

so far a can play properly only avi and mp4 files, the rest have to be trascoded to play but don't pause/resume.

can you please explane why avi files play properly when adding:
<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/avi" name="">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
what happens when name is empty

as far as mp4s i changed pn names as found in sink and they work fine too.

generally it seems that i can't pause/resume... when transcoding, tried almost all combinations.
so i try by renaming pn in mediaformatprofile to play all possible supported files.


the sink file is attached hope it helps your work.

i managed to also play mkv files by renaming them to avi so far i can play all videos in my collection that i have tried
here is what i added:
<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/avi" name="">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>