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I'm using Serviio Pro 1.4 with a Sony BDP-S590 and when I use the Serviio 'Sony BDP-x90 (2012)' profile, it has issues with some AVI files. The scenes with lots of motion become so pixelated that you cannot make out what is on the screen until the scene changes. If I switch to the Serviio 'Sony Bravo TV (2012) US' profile, that problem goes away but then there are playback problems with MVK files. The screen is stretched and fast forward and reverse do not work well on most videos of any format and sometimes I have to power off the Sony because it locks up when fast forwarding and reversing.

Can I edit the 'Sony BDP-x90 (2012)' profile so it does not have the pixilation issue with AVI's? Specifically, what would I edit?

Here is the info for one of the videos:
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General
Complete name : D:\Users\Jeff\Videos\Shadow.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 154 MiB
Duration : 22mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 957 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.1.1a (build 1639/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 1639/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : Yes
Format settings, GMC : 2 warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 22mn 32s
Bit rate : 755 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.103
Stream size : 122 MiB (79%)
Writing library : XviD 0.0.09 (UTC 2003-03-25)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 22mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 31.0 MiB (20%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 466 ms
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Thanks!

Here's a screen shot of a scene:



Its so bad you can't watch any of the AVI's when using the 'Sony BDP-x90 (2012)' profile.

It's probably due to "Format settings, QPel : Yes" on video track.

I think Sony device only support Xvid with QPEL = No and GMC : 0 / No warppoints.

Thanks for the info.

So does that mean there is no way for Serviio to serve those videos to the Sony so it plays properly? It does play the same videos just fine if I use the Bravio TV profile but it often times locks up the Sony if I use fast forward or reverse and although rarely... sometimes during normal playback.

This specific avi file is not supported in native by your device, so it must be transcoded.

Your device support AVI with some restrictions...So when you have problem with avi file with the "BDP 2012" profile (like this one) , I suggest to open serviio console, manually change profile to "BDP 2012 US" (US device does not support avi).
Play your file ( it will be transcoded). Then at the end change back to the original "BDP 2012" profile for future use.

PS: With current serviio/fmpeg implementation we can not detect these specific restrictions (QPEL, GMX...)