Serviio

Posted: **Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:17 pm**

Hello all

I have a Sony KDL - 37EX720 (2011) TV and recently I started to use Serviio to watch movies, that are stored on my PC, on my TV.
Before that I just used the windows library to stream movies to my PC. As most of the movies on my PC where
documentaries that were ripped from DVD, and converted to .mp4 via Handbrake. That worked fine.
But now I want to watch .mkv movies on my Sony TV. I know that Sony does not support .mkv directly, so it is not possible
to put the .mkv files on a USB stick, plug it in the TV's USB port and watch it (as this is possible with .mp4 files).
So I tried to use Serviio which transcodes the .mkv files on the fly so that it should be possible to watch it on a TV
that does not support .mkv. But when I play a .mkv file, all I get is sound without image.
This is for all the .mkv files that I have. Some .mkv's are re-encoded with Handbrake, just to burn in the subtitles.
But also mkv's which have not been re-encoded will not play on my TV.
On the other hand, a friend of mine has a more recent Sony TV: a KDL-50W685A and this TV plays all the .mkv files fine via Serviio!

I searched this forum and found some info on changing the profile.xml file.
My TV uses the Sony Bravia (2011) profile. So I changed the original profile's code to (acoording to this thread http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2079&p=11654&hilit=37ex720#p11654)

Code:: <Profile id="14" name="Sony Bravia TV (2011)" extendsProfileId="1"> <Detection> <UPnPSearch> <FriendlyName>BRAVIA.*</FriendlyName> </UPnPSearch> </Detection> <MediaFormatProfiles> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_EU">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3,AVC_TS_HD_EU">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_EU_T">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_T</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_T,AVC_TS_HD_EU_T">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_T</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_EU_ISO">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="AVC_TS_HD_24_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_60_AC3_ISO,AVC_TS_HD_EU_ISO">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormatProfile> <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx" name="AVI">AVI</MediaFormatProfile> </MediaFormatProfiles> <Transcoding> <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384"> <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" /> </Video> <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="192"> <Matches container="matroska" /> </Video> </Transcoding> </Profile>

but no succes...
Is it possible to play .mkv files on my 2011 Sony tv via Serviio? Is there something else I can try?

Thank you very much for your time!

Posted: **Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:43 pm**

Here is the mediainfo of a .mkv movie which won't play on my TV:

Code:: General Unique ID : 54136396016661958006753821005537533246 (0x28BA4A65DFABB9D065FDC54D2762DD3E) Complete name : H:\thuis\nieuw\marina (2013).mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 2 File size : 3.16 GiB Duration : 2h 2mn Overall bit rate : 3 680 Kbps Writing application : HandBrake 0.10.0 2014112200 Writing library : Lavf55.12.0 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 2h 2mn Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 802 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 Writing library : x264 core 142 r2479 dd79a61 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / 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=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Default : Yes Forced : No 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 : A_AAC Duration : 2h 2mn Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : 1mn 5s Title : Stereo Language : Dutch Default : Yes Forced : No Menu 00:00:00.000 : :00:00:00.000 00:09:28.484 : :00:09:28.401 00:18:53.465 : :00:18:53.382 00:28:30.792 : :00:28:30.667 00:38:24.176 : :00:38:23.968 00:50:34.323 : :00:50:34.156 00:58:05.106 : :00:58:05.023 01:05:52.448 : :01:05:52.365 01:16:23.787 : :01:16:23.704 01:25:07.227 : :01:25:07.144 01:35:01.153 : :01:35:01.070 01:45:56.516 : :01:45:56.433 01:59:22.238 : :01:59:22.072

Posted: **Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:52 pm**

With original 2011 profile, the h264 video will be remuxed in a new mpegts container with audio ac3. H264 track was not changed.

There were probably something on handbrake h264 encoding setting that your Sony model does not support.

So I suggest to transcode your file.

You can create a custom profile that you can manually select on serviio console when you want to see such files.

Edit the ./serviio/config/profiles.xml file (make a backup before)

Add the following lines at the end of file, just before the last </Profiles> element.

Code:: <Profile id="custom" name="Sony Bravia TV (2011) *custom*" extendsProfileId="sony2011"> <Transcoding> <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="h264" maxVBitrate="12000" forceVTranscoding="true" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" DAR="16:9" forceInheritance="true"> <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" /> </Video> </Transcoding> </Profile>

Save the file, then restart serviio service or simply reboot your PC to reload profile.

You can now either select custom profile or select default 2011 profile for your device on serviio console.

Posted: **Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:29 am**

I have the exact tv and it plays mkv with serviio doing transcode. It usually only needs to change the container so light work.

Posted: **Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:02 pm**

Illico: Thanks alot, a created the new profile and my TV plays mkv files now.

NX3: did you manage the play .mkv files with the original Sony Bravia 2011 profile?
Like Illico said, there has to be a Handbrake setting that is not compatible with the TV...

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