Samsung B650 mp4 issues

Hi,

I'm a complete newbie to all this media server stuff, but I've just recently found out about the DLNA capabilities of my TV and have now bought a NAS drive on which to store what was already an ever expanding media library.

My issue is that the whole TV scene seems to be moving from the XviD codec to the x264 codec in the .mp4 container.

In the past I've always obtained my files and transferred to external hard drive, plugged that into the TV and watched pretty much an format available. Now that I trying out the Serviio server, trying to play the latest .mp4's is resulting in an error message "Not Supported File Format". But when I plug a USB drive in with the same files, they work straight of the bat.

Am I missing something here or is this just the way it's handled through DLNA? I have Transcoding enabled, but didn't think it would be necessary to transcode a file that is naturally supported on the TV...

Any help would be appreciated.

[Illico]

Do not compare USB and DLNA player, this is not the same firmware.
Could you provide information about your file (see signature : ffmpeg -i and MediaInfo tool result in text format) ?
What is your NAS model ?

Thanks for replying, weren't aware they were different firmwares.

I'm running from HP Laptop at the moment, Intel Core 1.66ghz. The NAS will be next week and it's a Synology DS212J.

Here are the results:

FFMPEG:

  Code:

E:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "D:\My Docs\Downloads\TV Shows\Justif
ied\Season 3\Justified.S03E11.SD.TV.mp4"
ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 13 2011 20:46:11 with gcc 4.4.2
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs
erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='
-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enab
le-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-co
nfig
  libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
  libavcodec   53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
  libavformat  53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
  libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
  libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
  libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\My Docs\Downloads\TV Shows\Justified
\Season 3\Justified.S03E11.SD.TV.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: isom
    creation_time   : 2011-09-08 11:43:25
  Duration: 00:41:29.10, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 969 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 720x404 [
SAR 32219:32400 DAR 319:180], 846 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc

    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2011-09-08 11:43:25
      handler_name    :
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 116
 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2011-09-08 11:43:25
      handler_name    :
At least one output file must be specified


Media Info:

  Code:

General
Complete name                            : \\Downloads\TV Shows\Justified\Season 3\Justified.S03E11.SD.TV.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 288 MiB
Duration                                 : 41mn 29s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 970 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25
Tagged date                              : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 41mn 29s
Bit rate                                 : 847 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio            : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.121
Stream size                              : 251 MiB (87%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 122 r2184 5c85e0a
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                             : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25
Tagged date                              : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 41mn 29s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 117 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 168 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -3s 337ms
Stream size                              : 34.7 MiB (12%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25
Tagged date                              : UTC 2011-09-08 11:43:25


Any joy??

Is it me, or has this one gone dead...