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Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:45 pm**

Hello All,

I've been having some issues playing H.264 video codec files on my PS3. Files that I assume would play natively do not, so I need to transcode or remux them. At this point, I'm forcing transcodes of any H.264 video that has Constrained Baseline or High profiles in order to get them to play using the following:

Code:: <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="c_baseline" /> <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" />

While this works, I'm concerned that I'm transcoding many files unnecessarily, and I would like target the transcoding (or ideally--remuxing if possible) a little better. Would anyone have any idea while the following file would not play "normally" on the PS3? I figure if I know why it won't play, I can get far more granular with the profile rules. Any assistance is appreciated.

Code:: C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i D:\ServerFolders\Videos\Wedding\Cerem ony.mov ffmpeg version N-54096-ge41bf19 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers built on Jun 18 2013 10:49:28 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC) configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass --enable-librtm p --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-zlib --enable-libx264 --extr a-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm -lexpat -lfreetype -lfribidi -lz' --a rch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross -prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --enable-gpl --pkg-config=pkg-config libavutil 52. 37.101 / 52. 37.101 libavcodec 55. 16.100 / 55. 16.100 libavformat 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100 libavdevice 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100 libavfilter 3. 77.101 / 3. 77.101 libswscale 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100 libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\ServerFolders\Videos\Wedding\Ceremon y.mov': Metadata: major_brand : qt minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: qt creation_time : 2013-12-26 17:13:25 Duration: 00:19:31.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 15641 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 15466 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn, 60k tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2013-12-26 17:13:25 handler_name : Core Media Data Handler timecode : 00:00:00:00 Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 12 9 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2013-12-26 17:13:25 handler_name : Core Media Data Handler Stream #0:2(und): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74) Metadata: creation_time : 2013-12-26 17:13:25 handler_name : Core Media Data Handler timecode : 00:00:00:00 At least one output file must be specified

Code:: General Complete name : \\homeserver\Videos\Wedding\Ceremony.mov Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : QuickTime Codec ID : qt File size : 2.13 GiB Duration : 19mn 31s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 15.6 Mbps Movie name : The Wedding | May 24, 2013 Description : May 24, 2013 Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:13:25 Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:42:29 Writing library : Apple QuickTime com.apple.quicktime.keywords : Bahret Wedding com.apple.quicktime.author : David Sankovich com.apple.quicktime.title : The Wedding | May 24, 2013 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=60 Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 19mn 31s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 15.5 Mbps Maximum bit rate : 12.7 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 29.970 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.249 Stream size : 2.11 GiB (99%) Title : Core Media Video Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:13:25 Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:42:29 Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 19mn 31s Source duration : 19mn 31s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 18.1 MiB (1%) Source stream size : 18.1 MiB (1%) Title : Core Media Audio Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:13:25 Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:42:29 Menu ID : 3 Duration : 19mn 31s Title : Core Media Time Code Encoded date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:13:25 Tagged date : UTC 2013-12-26 17:42:29

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:34 pm**

I did some further troubleshooting, and it looks like the common denominator between the files if that the PS3 has trouble with files that use the AVC1 FourCC. Files with the same container but using the MP4V FourCC do not seem to have trouble. As such, I have forced transcoding of the impacted files by using the following:

Code:: <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" vFourCC="avc1" />

Are there any known issues with the PS3 playing AVC1 files? If so, can this be further constrained, or is this the most it can be filtered? Regardless, is this something that can be remuxed, or must it be transcoded? If it can be remuxed, I really do not need it further constrained since it won't impact system resources, but if it needs transcoded, the most minimal impact on my server would obviously be ideal. Thanks for any help.

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