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Hello

I'm trying to add a value in my SHARP AQUOS profile to transcode audio E-AC-3 to AC3. I have TV HD recording that come with EAC3 audio
When playing such a file on the SHARP TV: I have no sound

So I tried to add a line in the profile

When launching SERVIIO this line is invalid!

How to solve this limitation?
Thanks

Serviio doesn't distinguish between ac3 and eac3. I'd suggest you transcode it to ac3 manually for now.

Thanks for your reply
Serviio doesn't just use what it is returned by ffmpeg?
In this case perhaps it's just possible to change the XSD profiles file (with a local copy of this file) to add "eac3" in "audioContainerEnumType"?

nope, it's baked into the code, ie eac3 and ac3 tracks are stored as ac3 in Serviio DB, therefore you cannot distinguish and create a transcoding rule for it (without transcoding all ac3 into something else)

So perhaps it's possible to transcode ac3 to ac3 even it's a stupid operation in most of the cases!

It'll work out it's the same codec and use "-acodec copy", so it won't help. There is forceVTranscoding attribute which would not use 'copy' if this was a video codec example, but there is not such a thing for audio.

So, let's wait for next patch of Serviio with eac3 support (or forceATranscoding option)?

I know this is an older thread, but has this problem been solved? Neither my WD TV nor my Panasonic BluRay will play EAC3 audio tracks. Is there any way to force Serviio to transcode these files to AC3 or another audio format?

Muxing the files to another format isn't really an option. I'd rather go out and buy a Roku or other set top box.

If you have any tips for editing the WD TV profile to fix this problem, please let me know.

I've just figured out that it's my receiver that can't do DD+/E-AC-3. The WD TV is just doing HDMI pass through, so what I really need is for Serviio to do the transcoding for me from DD+/E-AC-3 to basic DD/AC-3 (or something equivalent).

For those interested, my (hopefully temporary) workaround is to do the following:

1. Extract the E-AC-3 track to an MKA file using MKVToolNix.
2. Convert the MKA file to AC-3 using Any Audio Converter (free converter [ad supported], easy and attractive UI, works well).
3. Use MKVToolNix Merge Tool to mux the original MKV with the new AC3 track.

Apparently some streaming platforms (e.g. Amazon) are now using Dolby Digital Plus exclusively, so this is going to be a growing problem for those of us with older audio hardware.

can you create a bitbucket ticket with some ffmpeg -i examples of eac3 files?

I created the issue https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... c3-example

Hopefully that's what you're looking for (I don't have much experience with ffmpeg).

Please PM me if you're looking for more.

Thanks.

Issue link has been updated to https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... eac3-audio.

If you would like to see this enhancement, please vote for it on Bitbucket.

Seems like the panasonic 2012 profile has not been updated. When plyaing videos with eac3 it (tv) says audio not supported.

Will create ffmpeg info on file i am using.

No profiles have been updated. Let me know the needed changes and I will include it in the next version

Here is the ffmpeg -i of the file in question



Profile I am using the Panasonic 2011/2012 UT.

I added these lines under the profile, and fixed the issue (not sure if it is the most efficient line of code)



Regards

Thanks Tarrasque,

I followed your lead and made my Sony BDP-S580 profile like this and sound from a mkv with eac3 audio from amazon works:

Also a BIG note. If you are having trouble getting the serviio service to start after changing the profile, then you have xml errors. I was pulling my hair out and reinstalling serviio till I figured this out. I had forgotten the closing tag.

Brian

I've recently run into this problem with E-AC-3 audio on a few files and can't seem to get Serviio to transcode the mkv files. I've tried both additions above to my profile (and several variations of them) and my player either eventually says corrupt file, or the player locks up with the wait animation going forever where I have to unplug it, it's completely unresponsive.

My player is Sony BDP-S6500 and I'm using the 2013 profile. I tried other profiles too hoping to force Serviio into transcoding the mkv file to force the downmix to stereo, but no luck with any of them. If anyone has tried other profile additions that work, I'd love to know how to do it.

Does anybody know how, or indeed if it's even possible, to get E-AC3 to play on a PlayStation 4? I've tried adding lines like...


to the transcoding directives in the profile but it just says "Cannot play audio. The audio format is unsupported"

Cheers.

Hi.
I have a question regarding E-AC and transcoding.
As far as I have seen - E-AC is enabled in Serviio from version 1.8
However, I have 1.9 version and it doesn't transcode. My Sony Bravia (2013/2104) gives me message "Audio format not supported".
Any tips how to use it?

Audio file info:

ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Enhanced Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 58 min 7 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 187.500 FPS (256 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 266 MiB (8%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No