Problems with MKV / H.264 on Sony BDP-S370 Bluray-Player

[insane822]

So, I finally got the video section to show up using Serviio by adding this to my profile:

  Code:

<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MPEG1</MediaFormatProfile>

Without that, the video section will disappear again.


I was doing some research and I think I may have found the problem. Correct me if I am wrong about the specification, though. What I am reading is that the DLNA media server MUST respond with support for one of the following profiles:

US: MPEG_TS_SD_NA, MPEG_TS_SD_NA_T, MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO, MPEG_PS_NTSC
Japan: MPEG_TS_JP_T, MPEG_PS_NTSC
Europe: MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_T, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO, MPEG_PS_PAL
Korea: MPEG_TS_SD_KO, MPEG_TS_SD_KO_T, MPEG_TS_SD_KO_ISO, MPEG_PS_NTSC

I see that the generic profile that we build upon does indeed include "MPEG_PS_PAL", but I think my player gets upset, because obviously I am in the US and the specification says that I should have MPEG_PS_NTSC support?

I'm still working on getting MKV working, but I think this probably explains why the people posting here from the US is having problems with the video section not appearing.


Edit:
Another issue with it thinking I should be using europe profiles, so I think since I have a US player it gets ignored. Since the DLNA spec has requirements for each region, I assume that there must be a way for the player and the server to determine the region? Is this not being communicated properly between the player and server?

  Code:

2010-08-11 03:43:15,507 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file test-720p.mkv: MPEG_TS_SD_EU

This us using the following profile:

  Code:

<Profile id="9" name="Sony BDP-S370" extendsProfileId="1">
   <Detection>
      <X-AV-Client-Info>.*Blu-ray Disc Player.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
   </Detection>
   <MediaFormatProfiles>
      <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>
   </MediaFormatProfiles>
      <AutomaticImageRotation>true</AutomaticImageRotation>
<Transcoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
   <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
   <Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" />
   <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
</Video>
</Transcoding>
</Profile>     

Thanks again!

[Illico]

So, I finally got the video section to show up using Serviio by adding this to my profile:

  Code:

<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MPEG1</MediaFormatProfile>

Without that, the video section will disappear again.

You could try this:

  Code:

   <Profile id="10" name="Sony BDP-S370" extendsProfileId="1">
         <Detection>
            <X-AV-Client-Info>.*Blu-ray Disc Player.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
      </Detection>
      <MediaFormatProfiles>
       <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MPEG_PS_PAL</MediaFormatProfile>
       <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_TS_SD_NA">MPEG_TS_SD_EU</MediaFormatProfile>
       <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
      </MediaFormatProfiles>
           <AutomaticImageRotation>true</AutomaticImageRotation>
   </Profile>

[zip]

Correct me if I am wrong about the specification, though. What I am reading is that the DLNA media server MUST respond with support for one of the following profiles:

US: MPEG_TS_SD_NA, MPEG_TS_SD_NA_T, MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO, MPEG_PS_NTSC
Japan: MPEG_TS_JP_T, MPEG_PS_NTSC
Europe: MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_T, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO, MPEG_PS_PAL
Korea: MPEG_TS_SD_KO, MPEG_TS_SD_KO_T, MPEG_TS_SD_KO_ISO, MPEG_PS_NTSC

But then it says:

Device vendors may choose to support one or more geographical regions for any device.

Serviio currently supports European profiles.

I assume that there must be a way for the player and the server to determine the region? Is this not being communicated properly between the player and server?

If you can find out then great, maybe it's in one of the HTTP headers.

Hi,

I live in Canada and my player does not seem to need the NTSC entry. Instead it just wants everything as divx.
If there is no region info being passed, then perhaps it might be easy to create two profiles:

Sony BDP-S370 - US

and a

Sony BDP-S370

That way the user can manually select the device profile that is US specific or the other S370 profile.

Would manual selection override the auto detection?

[insane822]

But then it says:

Device vendors may choose to support one or more geographical regions for any device. Serviio currently supports European profiles.

Thanks for the info! I wish I would have known that sooner, but knowing me it's probably listed on the site and I just need to put my glasses back on. Do you think it would be possible to manually select a region in a future release?

Is there any work around to manualy select the profile when transcoding, instead if it automatically choosing MPEG_TS_SD_EU?


Thanks for the hard work!

[insane822]

Hi,

I live in Canada and my player does not seem to need the NTSC entry. Instead it just wants everything as divx.
If there is no region info being passed, then perhaps it might be easy to create two profiles:
?

I do find that a little strange, but it appears they have given you guys slightly different codec support. I don't know why, but the "official divx" is only supported by models in Canada.

[insane822]

Hey guys,

I've probably spent 2 days messing around and researching the DLNA specification trying to get this thing to work. I found out (like zip said) that Serviio currently only supports European profiles, so this is why all of us in the United States were having issues getting the video section to appear on our players. The Canadian models "officialy" support divx, and people do not seem to have the NTSC profile issue.

So, for those of us with models that were bought in the united states, here is a working profile that I have tested to work with mkv/xvid/divx.

NORTH AMERICA ONLY:

  Code:

   <Profile id="9" name="Sony BDP-S370" extendsProfileId="1">
         <Detection>
            <X-AV-Client-Info>.*Blu-ray Disc Player.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
      </Detection>
      <MediaFormatProfiles>
    <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MPEG1</MediaFormatProfile>
    <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/x-matroska" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>
    <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AAC_MULT5</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_SD_MPEG1_L3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AAC_MULT5</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_HD_MPEG1_L3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_TS_HD_50_LPCM_T</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_MP_SD_AAC_MULT5</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_MP_SD_MPEG1_L3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_MP_SD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_MP_HD_720p_AAC</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_MP_HD_1080i_AAC</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_HP_HD_AAC</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">AVC_MP4_LPCM</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mp4" name="MPEG_PS_NTSC">MPEG4_P2_MP4_ASP_AAC</MediaFormatProfile>
      </MediaFormatProfiles>
           <AutomaticImageRotation>true</AutomaticImageRotation>
   </Profile>

[zip]

It might work, but is not 'correct' as you're specifying mime type of x-matroska to all stream types, e.g. mpeg2ts. AFAIK the region-specific formats are only mpeg2ps (MPEG_PS_PAL, MPEG_PS_NTSC) and basic mpeg2ts (MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_KO, MPEG_TS_SD_NA).

[insane822]

It might work, but is not 'correct' as you're specifying mime type of x-matroska to all stream types, e.g. mpeg2ts. AFAIK the region-specific formats are only mpeg2ps (MPEG_PS_PAL, MPEG_PS_NTSC) and basic mpeg2ts (MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_KO, MPEG_TS_SD_NA).

Original post updated.

I set the mime-types back to what they should be and it works, but only if "name=MPEG_PS_NTSC" is set for each type.

[zip]

Can you try this: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=305&start=10#p2748

(ProtocolInfo simple and then remove the format renaming)

There is no transcoding setup there. Can you confirm what file types you cannot play with this and supply result of:

  Code:

ffmpeg -i "<the_file>"

Here's a ffmpeg info dump on a file I could not play:

Input #0, avi, from 'XXXXX.avi':
Duration: 00:58:07.20, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1241 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 704x400 [PAR 1:1 DAR 44:25], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s

I tried adding this transcode

  Code:

      <Transcoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>


Which marks it as "M2TS" on the player, but it would still not play it. I have a european player, so most other files I tried worked fine, including MKV

[insane822]

Can you try this: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=305&start=10#p2748

(ProtocolInfo simple and then remove the format renaming)

I tried this and the video section completely disappears from the player.


I think one of the previous posters was on to something when they spoke to sony support. The player does indeed support video over DLNA, but it is currently MPEG2 only. The profile that I posted "works", but only because we are tricking the player. It works on pretty much everything I want to watch, but it is not 100%.

Thank you for contacting Sony Support.

I'm sorry to inform you that the MPEG4 video files is not supported for playback on the Sony Blu-ray player using the DLNA feature. Please click on the URL below for future Firmware update for the Blu-ray player that will support the playback of MPEG4 video files.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-li ... dl=BDPS370

Thank you for your time.

The Sony Email Response Team
C1V3
Alan

Thanks for the profile. I will test tonight and post the results.

Tested on my BDP-s570 and the profile you provided worked great on all the files I was hoping to get working.

Downloaded .avi files played without any issues. I did experience some jumping/stuttering when trying to play files from my HD flip camera, but it was acceptable especially if I let it "buffer" for a while.

Thanks for posting the profile.

So the profile that was posted does a great job allowing us to play files that were not previously supported (especially .avis etc.) but it does not actually perform any transcoding.

In an effort to improve on this profile even further, maybe we can add some transcoding for currently unsupported files.
Post up what files are not working with the profile posted by insane822 so we can improve it further.

Hi all,

I'm doing extensive tests with profiles, too, and I'm getting no precise results at the moment, because I'm struggling with two issues at the same time: First getting as many files as possible recognized by Serviio and second getting as many as possible of those in the library recognized by the player (and finally played without being displayed as damaged or causing the player to hang) without enabling transcoding in Serviio.

I don't know if that has been discussed elsewhere, but I couldn't find any information: What exactly does the asterisk mean that appears as a prefix of several filenames in the Sony's list? I thought it might be added by Serviio to mark the files that were going to be transcoded, but I'm not sure anymore.

Have a nice one,
Low

[zip]

What exactly does the asterisk mean that appears as a prefix of several filenames in the Sony's list?

It marks last viewed episode or a series.

This profile works great, thanks jackal.

<Profile id="9" name="Sony BDP-S370" extendsProfileId="1">
<Detection>
<X-AV-Client-Info>.*Blu-ray Disc Player.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
</Detection>
<MediaFormatProfiles>
<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>
</MediaFormatProfiles>

<Transcoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
</Video>
</Transcoding>
<AutomaticImageRotation>true</AutomaticImageRotation>
</Profile>

I have had trouble with seviio linux edition. (ubuntu 10.4, pentium 4 2core, 2gb ram) I had the stuttering issue with anything transcoded. I slapped a copy of XP pro on and works a treat.

Also if I set the number of CPU cores to use for transcoding to 2 i get the stuttering issue return.

otherwise works a treat.

Hey wellg,

(I think) this is the first profile in this thread where h264 is transcoded. My S370 plays mkv containing h264 and ac3 just fine, so I didn't feel the need to transcode anything so far.

Have a nice one,
Low

[will]

Hey wellg,

(I think) this is the first profile in this thread where h264 is transcoded. My S370 plays mkv containing h264 and ac3 just fine, so I didn't feel the need to transcode anything so far.

Have a nice one,
Low

Are you able to fast forward MKVs or do you get the same problem as me that when you resume playback it keeps stuttering and you have to restart to player to play it normally again.