DIVX to MPEG2 Transcoding

Hi,

I've got a Sony Bravia TV which will play back MPEG2 video via Serviio plus a load of DIVX video that it won't. Assuming that it is possible to get Serviio to transcode from DIVX to MPEG2, an any one give me any tips as to how to set this up. I already have a specific profile for the Bravia that appears to work, but the Transcoding does not.

Regards,

Mike.

[zip]

Does the TV support MPEG2TS as well or just MPEG2PS?

Also provide output of ffmpeg -i <your_divx>. I will presume the container is AVI.

If only PS (will have to transcode the video stream to mpeg2video and audio stream to ac3), try:

  Code:

  <Transcoding>         
         <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
            <Matches container="avi" />
         </Video>
  </Transcoding>

If it supports TS as well (and therefore video and audio streams can just be remuxed), you can try:

  Code:

  <Transcoding>         
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts">
            <Matches container="avi" />
         </Video>
  </Transcoding>

You can play with it a bit, these examples will transcode any AVI, no matter what codec is inside - it's possible that some combinations your TV can play natively.

Zip,
Thanks for the help. I can now access my DIVX files on my Sony Bravia (a KDL-32V5500 if any one is interested) via Serviio.
The profile I'm using, with auto detection, is:

  Code:

   <Profile id="7" name="Sony Bravia" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Detection>
         <X-AV-Client-Info>.*BRAVIA.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
      </Detection>
      <Transcoding>
          <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
              <Matches container="avi" />
          </Video>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>


Thanks again.

Mike

[zip]

Brilliant. I'll include this profile in the next release. Any other Bravia users out there who can confirm this works with their models?

Hi Petr,

I think I may have been a bit hasty in saying that the profile I posted for the Bravia works with auto detection! It does while browsing the available videos in the library, but not when it comes to replaying them! However, I think the fault may lie with Sony. I turned debugging on and got the following:

Whilst browsing for videos, Serviio received headers of the form:

[ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/2886/COVER_IMAGE HTTP/1.1, headers = [transferMode.dlna.org: Interactive, X-AV-Physical-Unit-Info: pa="BRAVIA KDL-32V5500 ";, X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="BRAVIA KDL-32V5500 "; mv="1.7";, Host: 192.168.XXX.XXX:8895, ]

Serviio then correctly used my "Sony Bravia" profile for the listing.

However, when a video was chosen for replay the header became:

[ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HEAD /resource/2918/MEDIA_ITEM/MPEG_PS_PAL HTTP/1.1, headers = [getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1, Pragma: getIfoFileURI.dlna.org, transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming, Host: 192.168.XXX.XXX:8895, ]

and Serviio then chose the "Generic DLNA profile" for the actual replay, which of cause lead to no play back on the TV.

The simple fix for me, as I have no other DNLA devices on my network, is to set Serviio to always use my "Sony Baravia" profie.

I'll save the log file in case you want to take a closer look at it.

Regards,

Mike.

[zip]

Please send the log to zip@serviio.org

Quick question, is there any way to use the transcoding to include the subtitles at the video stream (like it's done with PS3 Media Server)? There the video is converted to MPEG with mencoder and subtitles are burned into the video stream...

[zip]

No, Serviio uses only FFmpeg that doesn't support this feature. Mplayer cannot be used because of Serviio's license.

I can confirm, script

<Profile id="7" name="Sony Bravia" extendsProfileId="1">
<Detection>
<X-AV-Client-Info>.*BRAVIA.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
</Detection>
<Transcoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
<Matches container="avi" />
</Video>
</Transcoding>
</Profile>


works with SONY-KDL40EX700.
Haven't tested the autodetection, I selected the profile manually as Mike suggested.

Previous configuration also works on Sony Bravia 40EX500.
It is interesting that Serviio transcodes a .mkv file,
but .mp4 file with the same codec does not
(MediaInfo shows the same codec but different container).

[zip]

The above profile only transcodes avi container. It does not MKV. Obviously a profile for that behaviour can be set up.

Hi guys, first at all thanks for your great work.
I confirm that this profile works with Sony 40NX700.
I read that subtitles are not supported with transcoding at the moment (from avi to mpeg2) ... any idea on when it will be possible?
Thanks, Alessandro

[zip]

I read that subtitles are not supported with transcoding at the moment (from avi to mpeg2) ... any idea on when it will be possible?

Talk to the FFmpeg guys

Just wanted to confirm this works with the Sony Bravia KDL-32EX308 with the profile above. I have only started testing with .avi but so far so good.

I fought with Twonky for weeks trying to get it to work by converting my videos to a compatible format. Never did work. I also couldn't get PS3 media server to work either. Wild Media Server did work with transcoding, but with just a trial. Had unneeded options and wouldn't show my DVD cover images.

I had Serviio installed, modifed the profiles.xml to include the profile above, able to see DVD cover images and was transcoding all in about 5 minutes! Great Software!!!!

Haven't tried "Auto Detection" but I will keep testing.

Serviio 0.4.1

Tested on the Following:
Windows 7 Ultimate
WHS(HP MediaSmart Server)

Hello there,

I'd like to confirm that this code:

  Code:

   
<Profile id="9" name="TOSHIBA 40XV733 REGZA" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Detection>
         <X-AV-Client-Info>.*TOSHIBA.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
      </Detection>
      <Transcoding>
          <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
              <Matches container="avi" />
          </Video>
      </Transcoding>
 </Profile>


works with TOSHIBA 40XV733.
I can now transcode .avi (XVID and DIVX) files.
Profile selected manually.
Great work Petr. Thankx.

I can confirm, script

<Profile id="7" name="Sony Bravia" extendsProfileId="1">
<Detection>
<X-AV-Client-Info>.*BRAVIA.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
</Detection>
<Transcoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
<Matches container="avi" />
</Video>
</Transcoding>
</Profile>


works with SONY-KDL40EX700.
Haven't tested the autodetection, I selected the profile manually as Mike suggested.

I can confirm it works also with Sharp Aquos LC40LX814E
(video via DLNA only MPEG2-TS/PS, audio via DLNA only LPCM, photo via DLNA only JPEG)

[Illico]

I can confirm it works also with Sharp Aquos LC40LX814E (video via DLNA only MPEG2-TS/PS, audio via DLNA only LPCM, photo via DLNA only JPEG)

Great, that could be a beginning...
Could you have a look at this topic? HOWTO: Provide supported formats of a device
Also could you enable detailed logging and post the log here? (will check for auto-detection of the profile for your device).

I can confirm it works also with Sharp Aquos LC40LX814E (video via DLNA only MPEG2-TS/PS, audio via DLNA only LPCM, photo via DLNA only JPEG)

Great, that could be a beginning...
Could you have a look at this topic? HOWTO: Provide supported formats of a device
Also could you enable detailed logging and post the log here? (will check for auto-detection of the profile for your device).

Not sure, if I do everything right, but after running Device Spy I see 3 devices: Serviio (installed on my computer), Synology Diskstation (thinking of installing Serviio there...) and Linksys router.
"Get protocol info" (as described in linked topic) shows something (but in Source, not Sink, but I'm not sure, if it shows serviio details, or my TV (Sharp)?... (TV is connected to the DLNA via WiFi). "Sink" is empty...

[Illico]

OK so no GetProtocolInfo sink result Sharp for LC40LX814E.
DLNA certificat result is here.
Minimum supported media:
Image : JPEG_MED, JPEG_SM
Audio : LPCM
Video : MPEG_PS_PAL, MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_T


Also could you enable detailed logging and post the log here? (will check for auto-detection of the profile for your device).

OK so no GetProtocolInfo sink result Sharp for LC40LX814E.
DLNA certificat result is here.
Minimum supported media:
Image : JPEG_MED, JPEG_SM
Audio : LPCM
Video : MPEG_PS_PAL, MPEG_TS_SD_EU, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO, MPEG_TS_SD_EU_T


Also could you enable detailed logging and post the log here? (will check for auto-detection of the profile for your device).

Hello again

This is serviio.log file, I deleted previous, when changed to DEBUG, this is full log, when I played on TV photos, mp3 and film (my Sharp freezes after turning the film off and I have to turn TV off with a switch, not remote...)
I have a profile "Sharp Aquos" (#14) - it's a Sony Bravia copied profile.
I hade lots of "Reading MetadataDescriptor for MediaItem..." before, deleted (as for forum limits), they were the same, only file names changed.

  Code:

2011-04-27 14:40:59,307 DEBUG [MetadataDescriptorDAOImpl] Reading MetadataDescriptor for MediaItem (id = 2168) and extractor EMBEDDED
2011-04-27 14:40:59,322 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file 'img010.jpg', checking if it's already in the Library
2011-04-27 14:40:59,322 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item img010.jpg
2011-04-27 14:40:59,328 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item img010.jpg already exists in DB
2011-04-27 14:40:59,354 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file 'img011.jpg', checking if it's already in the Library
2011-04-27 14:40:59,354 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item img011.jpg
2011-04-27 14:40:59,360 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item img011.jpg already exists in DB
2011-04-27 14:40:59,387 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file 'img012.jpg', checking if it's already in the Library
2011-04-27 14:40:59,387 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item img012.jpg
2011-04-27 14:40:59,393 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item img012.jpg already exists in DB
2011-04-27 14:40:59,415 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 2169
2011-04-27 14:40:59,417 DEBUG [MetadataDescriptorDAOImpl] Reading MetadataDescriptor for MediaItem (id = 2169) and extractor EMBEDDED
2011-04-27 14:40:59,420 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file 'img013.jpg', checking if it's already in the Library
2011-04-27 14:40:59,420 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item img013.jpg
2011-04-27 14:40:59,425 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item img013.jpg already exists in DB
2011-04-27 14:40:59,452 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file 'img014.jpg', checking if it's already in the Library
2011-04-27 14:40:59,452 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item img014.jpg
2011-04-27 14:40:59,457 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item img014.jpg already exists in DB
2011-04-27 14:40:59,457 DEBUG [RepositoryDAOImpl] Marking Repository 2 as scanned with current timestamp
2011-04-27 14:40:59,458 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Finished looking for newly added files
2011-04-27 14:40:59,525 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 2170
2011-04-27 14:40:59,528 DEBUG [MetadataDescriptorDAOImpl] Reading MetadataDescriptor for MediaItem (id = 2170) and extractor EMBEDDED
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 DEBUG [DiscoveryManager] UPNP device 800c3f2c-1ec3-3e02-a28a-300f31dcb035 (192.168.2.3) is unavailable
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 DEBUG [WebServer] Socket closed
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 INFO  [WebServer] WebServer shutting down
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 INFO  [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Leaving DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 INFO  [EventDispatcher] Leaving EventDispatcher
2011-04-27 14:40:59,634 INFO  [EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker] Leaving EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker, removing all event subscriptions
2011-04-27 14:41:00,088 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Multicasting SSDP byebye using interface eth3 (Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection) and address Sebastian_T, timeout = 0
2011-04-27 14:41:00,089 INFO  [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Leaving DiscoverySSDPMessageListener
2011-04-27 14:41:00,090 INFO  [DatabaseManager] Shutting down database
2011-04-27 14:41:00,090 DEBUG [DBConnectionPool] Closed connection for pool Serviio DB Pool
2011-04-27 14:41:00,090 DEBUG [DBConnectionPool] Closed connection for pool Serviio DB Pool
2011-04-27 14:41:00,090 DEBUG [DBConnectionPool] Closed connection for pool Serviio DB Pool
2011-04-27 14:41:00,090 DEBUG [DBConnectionPool] Closed connection for pool Serviio DB Pool
2011-04-27 14:41:00,241 DEBUG [DatabaseManager] DB shutdown returned: Derby system shutdown.
2011-04-27 14:41:00,241 INFO  [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Cleaning transcode engine and its data
2011-04-27 14:41:00,242 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Deleting temporary transcoded files from: C:\Windows\TEMP\Serviio
2011-04-27 14:41:00,245 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Deleted file C:\Windows\TEMP\Serviio\transcoding-temp-595-MPEG2TS.stf: true
2011-04-27 14:42:08,184 WARN  [RepositoryView$LibraryStatusCheckerThread] Error retrieving library update status: Communication Error (1001) - Connection refused: connect
2011-04-27 14:42:10,230 INFO  [MediaServer] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011-04-27 14:42:10,234 INFO  [MediaServer] Serviio DLNA media streaming server v 0.5.2 (rev. 4e3210bd9ff3)
2011-04-27 14:42:10,234 INFO  [MediaServer] Petr Nejedly 2009-2011
2011-04-27 14:42:10,234 INFO  [MediaServer] http://www.serviio.org
2011-04-27 14:42:10,234 INFO  [MediaServer]
2011-04-27 14:42:10,234 INFO  [MediaServer] Java 1.6.0_23-Sun Microsystems Inc.
2011-04-27 14:42:10,235 INFO  [MediaServer] OS Windows 7 amd64 6.1
2011-04-27 14:42:10,235 INFO  [MediaServer] File encoding: windows-1250
2011-04-27 14:42:10,235 INFO  [MediaServer] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011-04-27 14:42:10,320 INFO  [RestletServer] Starting Restlet server exposed on localhost:23423
2011-04-27 14:42:10,361 INFO  [DBSchemaUpdateExecutor] Checking if DB schema needs to be updated
2011-04-27 14:42:11,285 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Parsing Profiles definition
2011-04-27 14:42:11,704 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Generic DLNA profile' (id=1)
2011-04-27 14:42:11,849 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Samsung TV (B-series)' (id=2)
2011-04-27 14:42:11,912 INFO  [WebServer] Socket buffer set to 65535 bytes
2011-04-27 14:42:11,912 INFO  [Device] Created UPnP Device with UUID: 800c3f2c-1ec3-3e02-a28a-300f31dcb035, bound address: 192.168.2.3
2011-04-27 14:42:11,931 INFO  [CompositeCacheManager] Creating cache manager from config file: /cache.ccf
2011-04-27 14:42:11,931 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'XBox 360' (id=3)
2011-04-27 14:42:11,937 INFO  [ThreadPoolManager] thread_pool.default PoolConfiguration = useBoundary = [true] boundarySize = [2000] maximumPoolSize = [150] minimumPoolSize = [4] keepAliveTime = [300000] whenBlockedPolicy = [RUN] startUpSize = [4]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,940 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] Setting default auxiliaries to null
2011-04-27 14:42:11,940 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] No special CompositeCacheAttributes class defined for key [jcs.default.cacheattributes], using default class.
2011-04-27 14:42:11,941 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] setting defaultCompositeCacheAttributes to [ useLateral = true, useRemote = true, useDisk = true, maxObjs = 100, maxSpoolPerRun = -1, diskUsagePattern = 0 ]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,941 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] No special ElementAttribute class defined for key [jcs.default.elementattributes], using default class.
2011-04-27 14:42:11,942 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] setting defaultElementAttributes to [ IS_LATERAL = true, IS_SPOOL = true, IS_REMOTE = true, IS_ETERNAL = true, MaxLifeSeconds = -1, IdleTime = -1, CreateTime = 1303908131942, LastAccessTime = 1303908131942, getTimeToLiveSeconds() = -1, createTime = 1303908131942 ]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,944 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] No special ElementAttribute class defined for key [jcs.region.local_resetafterplay.elementattributes], using default class.
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [LRUMemoryCache] initialized LRUMemoryCache for local_resetafterplay
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [CompositeCache] Constructed cache with name [local_resetafterplay] and cache attributes [ useLateral = true, useRemote = true, useDisk = true, maxObjs = 1000, maxSpoolPerRun = -1, diskUsagePattern = 0 ]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] No special ElementAttribute class defined for key [jcs.region.local_default.elementattributes], using default class.
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [LRUMemoryCache] initialized LRUMemoryCache for local_default
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [CompositeCache] Constructed cache with name [local_default] and cache attributes [ useLateral = true, useRemote = true, useDisk = true, maxObjs = 1000, maxSpoolPerRun = -1, diskUsagePattern = 0 ]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] Parsed regions [local_resetafterplay, local_default]
2011-04-27 14:42:11,959 INFO  [CompositeCacheConfigurator] Finished configuration in 20 ms.
2011-04-27 14:42:12,011 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Playstation 3' (id=4)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,100 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Samsung TV (A-series)' (id=5)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,151 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'DirecTV HD-DVR' (id=6)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,286 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Samsung TV / player (C/D-series)' (id=7)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,317 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'LG BD player' (id=8)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,505 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Sony Bravia TV' (id=9)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,822 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Sony BD Player' (id=10)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,907 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Panasonic Viera' (id=12)
2011-04-27 14:42:12,964 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Toshiba Rezga' (id=13)
2011-04-27 14:42:13,247 INFO  [ProfilesDefinitionParser] Added profile 'Sharp Aquos' (id=14)
2011-04-27 14:42:13,294 INFO  [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Cleaning transcode engine and its data
2011-04-27 14:42:13,314 INFO  [WebServer] WebServer starting on port 8895
2011-04-27 14:42:13,318 INFO  [EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker] Starting EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker
2011-04-27 14:42:13,318 INFO  [EventDispatcher] Starting EventDispatcher
2011-04-27 14:42:13,318 INFO  [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Starting DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier
2011-04-27 14:42:13,322 INFO  [RendererSearchSender] Searching for Renderer devices
2011-04-27 14:42:13,322 INFO  [RendererExpirationChecker] Starting RendererExpirationChecker
2011-04-27 14:42:13,357 INFO  [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Starting DiscoverySSDPMessageListener using interface eth3 (Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection) and address 192.168.2.3, timeout = 0
2011-04-27 14:42:40,168 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Started looking for newly added files
2011-04-27 14:42:40,178 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Started looking for updates to currently shared files
2011-04-27 14:52:05,450 WARN  [LibraryManager] Cannot read metadata of file \\DISKSTATION\Zdjecia\Asia DWS\budapeszt\marlena_skornat-kraczek\P9030041.JPG via extractor EMBEDDED. Message: Cannot read file \\DISKSTATION\Zdjecia\Asia DWS\budapeszt\marlena_skornat-kraczek\P9030041.JPG for metadata extraction

And here is the end of log file...


I have also some logs with name serviio.log.2 (and another numbers, from 2 to 6), but I think theese are temporary logs...?
If you want, I can also send them.

Sebastian