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RamKat

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Post Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:12 pm

Transcoding a H264 file for a Samsung C5500

I have a H264 MP4 AAC file that was converted from a 1920x1080 .WTV file recorded from ATSC broadcast using WMC.

I used MCEBuddy 1.1 to convert it to the H264 MP4 file using the No Resize, 2 pass option.

The resulting file has a total bitrate of 2529kbps @ 29 frames /sec

Playing the file with WMP or VLC on the pc is fine, however, playing it on the Samsung C5500 the compressing artifacts (blocking) are so bad that it is almost unwatchable.

I played it directly from a USB stick with the same results

I tried adding the line
  Code:
 <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" />

to the profile in an attempt to include a MP4 H264 in the transcoding line up, but it does not seem to do the thing.

  Code:
Profile id="7" name="Samsung TV / player (C-series)" extendsProfileId="2">
      <Transcoding>
         <!-- transcode H264 MP4 files with LPCM audio -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
            <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="pcm_s16le" />
         </Video>

         <!-- transcode MKV with MPEG2 video, remux into mpeg2ts -->
         <!-- transcode AVI with AVC video -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
                                <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" />
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>


The first (noob) question that came up - when is this profile read by serviio
on the fly?
When the server is started? or
when the PC boots?

Second question
Will adding the above line help with the issue or am I missing something?

thanks for a great tool

regards
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Post Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:09 pm

Re: Transcoding a H264 file for a Samsung C5500

RamKat wrote:The first (noob) question that came up - when is this profile read by serviio

When the server starts
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RamKat

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Post Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:06 pm

Re: Transcoding a H264 file for a Samsung C5500

Thanks for the reply. I had to restart the PC because of another reason and the additional line in the profile is now doing its thing. The file is now as watchable on the TV as it is on the PC

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