Samsung B650 - Playing FLV / H.264

Hello,

i can't get some flv-files to work, so i changed some values in the profile.xml to transcode the files. With these changes the files are working but consume some cpu-time.

  Code:

 
<!-- transcode unsupported FLV combinations into mpeg2ts -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" aBitrate="192">
                <Matches container="flv"/>
            </Video>
       <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
               <Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3"/>
            </Video>


As posted here ( http://www.forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4016&p=26382&hilit=flv+h264#p26382 ), flv-media with h264 codec should be playeable just by remuxing them to mpeg2ts. The original profile.xml was remuxing them, if i understand correctly. Attached the mediainfo, manual ffmpeg.exe -i and the serviio-ffmpeg - my tv just states "unsupported fileformat".

  Code:

22:25,734 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: E:\_Privat\Filme\The Big Bang Theory\The Big Bang Theory - S04E09.avi
2011-11-11 00:22:25,734 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting d:\Serviio\bin\\..\lib/ffmpeg.exe -i E:\_Privat\Filme\The Big Bang Theory\The Big Bang Theory - S04E09.avi -y -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts C:\TEMP\Serviio\transcoding-temp-1067-MPEG2TS.stf
2011-11-11 00:22:26,921 DEBUG [ImageUtils] Starting image resize, size = 3990 bytes
2011-11-11 00:22:27,031 DEBUG [ImageUtils] Returning resized image, size = 3472 bytes
2011-11-11 00:22:27,234 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file The Big Bang Theory - S04E09.avi: AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO
2011-11-11 00:22:27,234 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Sending transcoding stream
2011-11-11 00:22:27,296 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 00:22:27,296 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Unsupported range request, sending back 406
2011-11-11 00:22:27,296 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg]]
2011-11-11

Maybe some can help me out, i'm not that into codecs and stuff, any help is appreciated.

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if you execute the above ffmpeg command and rename the stf file to mpg, will in play on the TV natively?

First thank you for your quick response. I tried the renamed-mpeg file over usb and with seriio and it plays without any problem.

Here's the log-file -any ideas?

  Code:

2011-11-11 12:04:33,984 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1093' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:33,984 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'transcoding-temp-1067-MPEG2TS.mpg' in native format
2011-11-11 12:04:34,031 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 12:04:34,031 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating stream entity with length: 88764764
2011-11-11 12:04:34,031 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending file back
2011-11-11 12:04:34,031 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Range: bytes 0-88764763/88764764,Content-Length: 88764764,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:34 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2011-11-11 12:04:34,046 DEBUG [WebServer] I/O error: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
2011-11-11 12:04:34,062 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:1040
2011-11-11 12:04:34,062 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/1093/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [Range: bytes=1195381008-,getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:04:34,062 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:04:34,062 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:34,062 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1093 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:04:34,078 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1093 (local)
2011-11-11 12:04:34,078 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1093' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:34,078 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'transcoding-temp-1067-MPEG2TS.mpg' in native format
2011-11-11 12:04:34,078 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Unsupported range request, sending back 416
2011-11-11 12:04:34,078 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg]]
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:4000
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/1093/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1093 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1093 (local)
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1093' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:34,093 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'transcoding-temp-1067-MPEG2TS.mpg' in native format
2011-11-11 12:04:34,109 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 12:04:34,109 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating stream entity with length: 88764764
2011-11-11 12:04:34,109 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending file back
2011-11-11 12:04:34,109 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Length: 88764764,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:34 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2011-11-11 12:04:34,890 DEBUG [WebServer] I/O error: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:4008
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HEAD /resource/1093/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1093 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1093 (local)
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 1093, format AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO and profile Samsung TV LE32B650
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending HEAD response back
2011-11-11 12:04:35,125 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Length: 88764764,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:35 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:4445
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/1093/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [Range: bytes=0-,getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,getMediaInfo.sec: 1,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1093 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:04:35,140 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1093 (local)
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1093' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV LE32B650'
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'transcoding-temp-1067-MPEG2TS.mpg' in native format
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating stream entity with length: 88764764
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending file back
2011-11-11 12:04:35,156 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Range: bytes 0-88764763/88764764,Content-Length: 88764764,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:35 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,MediaInfo.sec: SEC_Duration=1233000;]]

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is your TV up to date with firmware? There are some byte range requests that I don't see on my B650.

Updated the firmware this week to CHL7DEUC-3001.1, but here comes the fun part, now these files are playing remuxed with serviio. I did not changed a thing today, just played the renamed files and tested the orginal files after rechanging to original profile for B-Series. Maybe i just had to play a file via usb after updating the firmware?

  Code:

2011-11-11 12:56:10,656 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting d:\Serviio\bin\\..\lib/ffmpeg.exe -i E:\_Privat\Filme\The Big Bang Theory\The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi -y -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 64k -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts C:\TEMP\Serviio\transcoding-temp-1077-MPEG2TS.stf
2011-11-11 12:56:11,156 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi: AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO
2011-11-11 12:56:11,156 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Sending transcoding stream
2011-11-11 12:56:11,218 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Multicasting SSDP alive using interface eth0 (802.11bgn 1T2R Mini Card Wireless Adapter - Paketplaner-Miniport) and address 192.168.178.23, timeout = 0
2011-11-11 12:56:11,218 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Sending 6 'alive' messages describing device b1afd5ff-1ed1-301d-89b0-c22ba3cfd75a
2011-11-11 12:56:11,343 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 12:56:11,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating stream entity with length: 50000000000
2011-11-11 12:56:11,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending file back
2011-11-11 12:56:11,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Length: 50000000000,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:56:11 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=10;DLNA.ORG_CI=1;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2011-11-11 12:56:13,046 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Will advertise again in 00:01:11
2011-11-11 12:56:13,140 DEBUG [WebServer] I/O error: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
2011-11-11 12:56:13,296 INFO  [FeedUpdaterThread] Started looking for information about online feeds
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:2685
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HEAD /resource/1077/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV (B-series)'
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1077 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1077 (local)
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Retrieving resource information for item 1077, format AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO and profile Samsung TV (B-series)
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Getting media info for transcoded version of file The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi: AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending HEAD response back
2011-11-11 12:56:13,343 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Content-Length: 50000000000,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:56:13 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=10;DLNA.ORG_CI=1;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.178.22:2241
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/1077/MEDIA_ITEM/AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO$0 HTTP/1.0, headers = [getcontentFeatures.dlna.org: 1,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,getMediaInfo.sec: 1,TimeSeekRange.dlna.org: npt=0-,Host: 192.168.178.23:8895]]
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.178.22
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV (B-series)'
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Request for resource 1077 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 1077 (local)
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '1077' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV (B-series)'
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi' using transcoding
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] A suitable transcoding job already exists, re-use it for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.178.22, Profile=Samsung TV (B-series)'
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file The Big Bang Theory - S04E08.avi: AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO
2011-11-11 12:56:13,375 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Sending transcoding stream
2011-11-11 12:56:13,406 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2011-11-11 12:56:13,406 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating stream entity with length: 50000000000
2011-11-11 12:56:13,406 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Sending file back
2011-11-11 12:56:13,406 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,TimeSeekRange.dlna.org: npt=0.0-1131.0/1131,Content-Length: 50000000000,Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:56:13 GMT,Server: Windows XP, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/0.6.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,contentFeatures.dlna.org: DLNA.ORG_PN=AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO;DLNA.ORG_OP=10;DLNA.ORG_CI=1;DLNA.ORG_FLAGS=01500000000000000000000000000000,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming,MediaInfo.sec: SEC_Duration=1131000;]]

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so the online works remuxed now? as I don't see the dodgy range requests in the last log. TV playing tricks?

Yes, now all flv with h264 playing as mpeg2ts. Running serviio on a netbook so not that much cpu-time left for transcoding.

I don't get why the files didn't play in the first place. Tried it over and over for the last days,didn't get them to work, only transcoded. Maybe it was realy just playing the remuxed and renamed file via usb or serviio. Now i just have to figure out why there are audio sync problems with some of the files. Problem solved, thank you for your help and this incredible software.

Tweaked my profile to play most flv without problems and not that much transcoding. Now Sync Problem is solved too.

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts">
                <Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264" aCodec="ac3"/> 
                <Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264" aCodec="mp3"/> 
      <Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264" aCodec="aac"/>             
            </Video>
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
                <Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264"/>               
            </Video>
       <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" >
                <Matches container="flv" aCodec="mp3"/>     
      <Matches container="flv" aCodec="ac3"/>           
            </Video>

       <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" >
                <Matches container="flv" />               
            </Video>


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can you point me to the change?

When i understand correctly the original Samsung-B-Series profil was just doing the following:

flv with h.264 -> remux video and transcode audio to ac3

any other flv -> transcode to mpeg2video and transcode audio to ac3

My profile doesn't transcodes as much:

h.264 with ac3/mp3/aac -> remux completely

h.264 with other audio codec -> remux video and transcode audio to ac3

other video codecs -> transcode to mpeg2video and remux ac3/mp3

any other flv transcode to mpeg2video and transcode audio to ac3

Had some sync problems with audio transcoding to ac3, the above profile solved it and my netbook saves some cpu-time. I'm no native speaker, so maybe some of my explanation isn't as understandable as it could be.

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thanks.

After watching some vids with serviio on my b650, i can tell that flv / h.264 are not playing after watching an avi with xvid, only transcoded ones. Renaming a file that is created using ffmeg to .mpg and playing it, solves the flv-problem and i can play every flv directly without any problem, till playing the next avi. Strange, but not a big problem.

The audio sync problem with some files was solved, as written above, by turning off transcoding to ac3. But some new files have the same problem the other way round, these files have to be transcoded to ac3 not to loose sync. So i copied the ffmpeg-command from the serviio log, transcoded manually to ac3 and renamed the results to .mpg. Wich solved that problem too.

Serviio is really a great piece of software.