Samsung E/F - transcoding H264 to MPEG2 needed?

Hi,
thanks to author for a great work.

Two questions regarding to trancoding:
a) is transcoding H264 to MPEG2 for Samsung E/F needed?

b) I have some files in mp4 and mkv container containing streams with srt/mov_test subtitles.
I have to extract these subtitles to separate SRT files to play them with Serviio/DLNA on my TV.
Is it possible to configure Serviio to do it automatically?

Thanks.

My setup is:
- Samsung UE40F6740SBXXH Firmware 2114
- Serviio PRO v 1.6 (evaluation licence is still valid)

Is transcoding H264 needed for my TV (Samsung F series)?
My TV supports H264 and doesn't support H265.
Profile for Samsung E/F inherits transcoding definition from the Samsung H series profile, which enables transcoding for H264.

When comenting out that part of profile, my TV plays H264 video well without transcoding - no ffmpeg.exe is running, no necessary load on my PC.

profiles.xml:
<Profile id="1" name="Generic DLNA profile">
<Profile id="sam_h" name="Samsung TV / player (H-series)" extendsProfileId="1">
<Profile id="sam_ef" name="Samsung TV / player (E/F-series)" extendsProfileId="sam_h">

<Profile id="sam_h" name="Samsung TV / player (H-series)" extendsProfileId="1">
<Transcoding>
<!-- Transcode all h264 video with HIGH/MAIN > Level 4.1 on MPEG-TS stream with MPEG2VIDEO and ac3 audio transcoding -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="192" maxVBitrate="15360" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high_10" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.2" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.2" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h265" />

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My fiels with subtitle streams:

ffmpeg version 2.4.git Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
built on Nov 19 2014 22:12:09 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass --enable-librtmp --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-zlib --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm -lexpat -lfreetype -lfribidi -lz' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-gpl --pkg-config=pkg-config
libavutil 54. 14.100 / 54. 14.100
libavcodec 56. 12.101 / 56. 12.101
libavformat 56. 14.100 / 56. 14.100
libavdevice 56. 3.100 / 56. 3.100
libavfilter 5. 2.103 / 5. 2.103
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Homeland S05E09.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
creation_time : 2015-12-01 20:26:32
encoder : Lavf55.47.100
Duration: 00:55:14.04, start: 0.021333, bitrate: 4124 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3775 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2015-12-01 20:26:32
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 343 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2015-12-01 20:26:32
handler_name : SoundHandler
Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 0 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2015-12-01 20:26:32
handler_name : SubtitleHandler

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ffmpeg version 2.4.git Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
built on Nov 19 2014 22:12:09 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass --enable-librtmp --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --ena ble-zlib --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm -lexpat -lfreetype -lfribidi -lz' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cro ss-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-gpl --pkg-config=pkg-config
libavutil 54. 14.100 / 54. 14.100
libavcodec 56. 12.101 / 56. 12.101
libavformat 56. 14.100 / 56. 14.100
libavdevice 56. 3.100 / 56. 3.100
libavfilter 5. 2.103 / 5. 2.103
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'House.Of.Cards.S03E01.720p.WEBRip.x265.mkv':
Metadata:
title : PSArips.com | House.of.Cards.2013.S03E01.720p.WEBRip.2CH.x265.HEVC-PSA
encoder : libebml v1.3.1 + libmatroska v1.4.2
creation_time : 2015-09-25 12:55:24
Duration: 00:58:41.17, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 343 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1280x640 [SAR 1:1 DAR 2:1], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
Metadata:
BPS : 293384
BPS-eng : 293384
DURATION : 00:58:41.063000000
DURATION-eng : 00:58:41.063000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 84421
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 84421
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 129128159
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 129128159
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (HE-AAC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Metadata:
title : Stereo
BPS : 48000
BPS-eng : 48000
DURATION : 00:58:37.440000000
DURATION-eng : 00:58:37.440000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 82440
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 82440
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 21104890
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 21104890
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:2: Subtitle: subrip (default)
Metadata:
BPS : 67
BPS-eng : 67
DURATION : 00:55:52.981000000
DURATION-eng : 00:55:52.981000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 746
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 746
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 28358
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 28358
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v8.4.0 ('A better way to fly') 64bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2015-09-25 12:55:24
_STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES

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a) is transcoding H264 to MPEG2 for Samsung E/F needed?

Normally not. It probably invokes this line from sam_h profile:

  Code:

<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.2" />

You can try to remove that and try again.

b) I have some files in mp4 and mkv container containing streams with srt/mov_test subtitles.
I have to extract these subtitles to separate SRT files to play them with Serviio/DLNA on my TV.
Is it possible to configure Serviio to do it automatically?

It's possible, although the TV maybe able to do it for you, no (in case the file is not transcoded)? If not, look at enabling Embedded subtitles. http://serviio.org/index.php?option=com ... icle&id=33