Serviio

Hello,
I keep having problems playing DTS HD via serviio, it crashes after a few minutes.
Below is an example of such a file. BD discs with DTS HD work fine.

What do you think?
Thanks!


General
Unique ID : 249690090257141517555531898527377493992 (0xBBD88FE9FFDB1681A1E20EE010CF8FE8)
Complete name : T:\Incoming\Escape From Planet Earth 2013 BluRay 1080p DTS-HD x264-LEGi0N\Escape From Planet Earth 2013 BluRay 1080p DTS-HD x264-LEGi0N.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 8.78 GiB
Duration : 1h 29mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 14.1 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-05-17 12:57:26
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.2.0 ('Promised Land') built on Apr 28 2013 12:22:01
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 29mn
Nominal bit rate : 10 000 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
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) : 0.272
Writing library : x264 core 132 r2310 76a5c3a
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=48 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=1 / threads=3 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=7 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=80 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=10000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=5 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:00:00:00.000
00:05:00.550 : en:00:05:00.550
00:09:23.271 : en:00:09:23.271
00:14:12.602 : en:00:14:12.602
00:21:21.447 : en:00:21:21.447
00:28:13.859 : en:00:28:13.859
00:32:03.672 : en:00:32:03.672
00:36:05.413 : en:00:36:05.413
00:42:05.606 : en:00:42:05.606
00:46:22.989 : en:00:46:22.989
00:51:34.675 : en:00:51:34.675
00:58:33.510 : en:00:58:33.510
01:03:24.259 : en:01:03:24.259
01:08:47.915 : en:01:08:47.915
01:17:29.728 : en:01:17:29.728
01:21:45.484 : en:01:21:45.484

Which Renderer profile are you using?

thanks:
BDP- Sx90 (2012)

I presume it creates a higher quality image than if I ran servio directly on my Sony TV KDL-46HX853

Thanks!

Bump...

Serviio uses ffmpeg binaries to transcode. I thought I read that ffmpeg doesn't support DTS-HD yet.

What you can do, is find the command to transcode the file from command prompt, using the serviio included ffmpeg binary and see what error it spits out. That error may tell you that it doesn't support that audio format, or maybe it's something else.

You can download a newer version of the ffmpeg binaries than the ones included with serviio and put them in place for serviio to use and see if the error goes away. I've had that resolve issues in the past, just not with DTS-HD.

I've avoided this by remuxing my bluray mkv's using the DD or DTS track, but ignoring the DTS-HD track. I probably wouldn't notice the loss of audio quality on my setup anyways.

At the moment these video's should be passed through without invoking ffmpeg, according to the profile at least. You can check this by seeing if ffmpeg is running in your task list when streaming this file (ensure you check "Show processes from all users").

In any case let's try it - temporarily switch from the Sony BDP-Sx90 (2012) to the Sony BDP-Sx70/SMP-N100 (2010) profile (and press Save ) This profile will transcode the DTS audio to AC3 and re-wrap into a mpeg2 container. Video quality is not affected. Give it a try and let us know - this may then help point to the solution.

I bet sony doesn't allow the DLNA to decode DTS-HD or DTS-MA. Wouldn't that work around HDCP? I bet the firmware is the culprit.