PlayStation 4 Profile - Testing Required

Sorry Folks,
This profile is still not fully functional (or something else is going on).
I added the code to profiles, saved, closed serviio console, restarted the service, restarted the console. Lo, Serviio console auto-detected the PS4! So I was hopeful, however, my FLAC file folders still show "no media available".

The complete log file is too long to post, but things seem mostly to work out with a few exceptions. Relevant entries include:

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2016-01-08 08:19:56,296 INFO  [LibraryDeltaScanner] Starting the library delta scan
2016-01-08 08:19:56,298 INFO  [PlaylistMaintainerWorker] Started looking for playlist changes
2016-01-08 08:19:57,732 WARN  [MetadataExtractionCoordinator] Skipping processing metadata for an unsupported file (D:\Music\Q's Music\C\Coldplay\(2011) Mylo Xyloto [FLAC]\01 Mylo Xyloto.m4a). Message: MP4 file 'D:\Music\Q's Music\C\Coldplay\(2011) Mylo Xyloto [FLAC]\01 Mylo Xyloto.m4a' has unsupported codec (Apple Lossless)
...
2016-01-08 08:20:02,237 WARN  [MediaFileIndexer] Cannot add file 01 Wisdom Chain.mp3 because of invalid metadata. Message: Unknown bit rate.
2016-01-08 08:20:02,243 WARN  [MediaFileIndexer] Cannot add file 02 Page Of Life.mp3 because of invalid metadata. Message: Unknown bit rate.
...
2016-01-08 08:20:18,386 WARN  [MetadataExtractionCoordinator] Skipping processing metadata for an unsupported file (D:\Videos\Doctor Who\07 Sylvester McCoy\Season 26 [1989]\154 The Curse of Fenric\Extras\Coming Soon.mp4). Message: Unknown video codec.
2016-01-08 08:20:20,363 WARN  [MetadataExtractionCoordinator] Skipping processing metadata for an unsupported file (D:\Videos\Mythbusters\Streamlined Mythbusters Complete\Season 07\Smyth S07E01 Demolition Derby Special.mp4). Message: Unknown video file type.
...
2016-01-08 08:25:14,509 INFO  [RendererManager] Stored a new renderer: uuid='2dcc0265-61e4-4417-a6e7-4a2d89d71e32', name = 'Playstation 4', ipAddress='192.168.10.110', profile = 'ps4', accessGroupId = '1'


I get some warning messages which I think are about Serviio being unable to do something, not about the PS4. (If that is true, why no ALAC support? It's open source.) And an info message about it finding the PS4.

Are there any other diagnostic files that I can post to help?

Q

[DenyAll]

Yes, its something else going on... not necessarily related to the profile.
Your files are not being added to the library (so won't appear on the PS4 or on any other device - check this with MediaBrowser) for various reasons:

• Unknown video or unknown bit rate. Are you using the standard ffmpeg that was distributed with Serviio or have you compile your own? Check MediaInfo/ffmpeg -i for these files and see what is non-standard;
• ALAC is not yet supported. Scheduled for release 1.7 - see viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21377

Thanks DenyAll,

Actually the change did not help on my same previous files.
I posted the DEBUG log here in case it may help:
http://pastebin.com/bh9jgbg7

[DenyAll]

This profile has now been released with Serviio version 1.6.

I think there is may still be some work to do, particularly on sub-title support and the potential use of the AVI mime spoofing, so please continue to use this topic for any suggested improvements.

Was wondering if the "broken pipe" errors in my pastebin log would not be due to a chunck size issue, like for former Sony BDP-S products.
Indeed reading through BDP-S profile, it seems some producst may require particular chunk sizes...
I'm not expert-enough to debug this further I'm afraid...

Sample file is available from NASA archives there I think
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11_hdpage.html

Thanks.

[DenyAll]

Sorry mpi, I've lost track of what the issue is. I thought we were looking at spoofing the mime-type (which I have given up on, yes it works for some AVI's but there isn't anything common on the AVI's it works for that Serviio can use to match on).

How is the "broken pipe" error in the log manifesting itself as an error when playing video's?

after a few seconds of spinning circle the dialog shows up with "unreadable media" (translated as my interface is not in english).
You may want to try with the files mentioned in my previous post.
I have same with many other .avi

EDIT:
it seems DIVX encoded media fail.
XVID seem OK in most cases

[DenyAll]

I'll try one of the Apollo movies tonight but they are a .mov (mp4) file, not an AVI.

it seems DIVX encoded media fail. XVID seem OK in most cases

Do you have transcoding on or off?
Are you using the MediaFormatProfile statements to re-map mime types? I did this and it didn't work consistently. If it worked for all XVid files then we could use this to play Xvid natively... but while it doesnt work for some XVid files then unfortunately we're forced to transcode them all.

[DenyAll]

I tried the first file from the NASA site. This file is a .mov encoded with quicktime (major brand ="qt" when in ffmpeg -i). It does not play natively on my PS4 (maybe a Sony vs Apple thing )

I got it to play by transcoding it. To do so you need to add the following line (in red) above the existing line shown:

<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" ftypNotIn="avc1,iso2,isom,m4v,mp41,mp42" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h263" />

This will now transcode all mp4 container types (including .mp4, .m4v, .mov files) except than those with a major brand of "avc1,iso2,isom,m4v,mp41,mp42" (these will be played natively. This is the majority of mp4 files excluding Quicktime files). Hence it transcodes your NASA file (major brand type = "qt" ).

This needs to be tested by everyone still monitoring this topic, as:

• The ftypNotIn statement works in the negative (ie. if not in this list, it will be transcoded). As such we could be transcoding brands that could otherwise be played natively (a complete list is here: http://www.ftyps.com/#2 - as you can see its extensive). I have only included the main stream brands (I think I have them all) on the assumption that they will play natively. We need to test to see whether each of these brands does play natively and conversely, whether any brands are being unnecessarily transcoded;
• I am excluding all Quicktime files on the basis of this one sample. Has anyone come across qt files that play natively

I will await any feedback before adding this to to the main profile in the OP.

Do you have transcoding on or off?

OFF: I want to avoid transcoding as much as possible as I have a ARM NAS.

[DenyAll]

Oh, ok - without transcoding the only tool you have at your disposal is to try spoofing the mime type like you did with xvid files. Try mapping the mime type video/quicktime to another type (either matroska or one of the mp4 variants).

I've used Serviio 1.6 for a while now and below are some examples of files that doesn't play.

Most mpg files do play, but a handful doesn't. Here is one that doesn't play:

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General
Complete name                            : F:\--- Music ---\Old videos\Ace of Base - Rockamerica Megamix (svcd, 2004).mpg
Format                                   : MPEG-PS
File size                                : 104 MiB
Duration                                 : 5mn 24s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 679 Kbps

Video
ID                                       : 224 (0xE0)
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, GOP                     : Variable
Duration                                 : 5mn 24s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 402 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 2 496 Kbps
Width                                    : 480 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.348
Time code of first frame                 : 01:00:00:00
Time code source                         : Group of pictures header
Stream size                              : 93.0 MiB (90%)

Audio
ID                                       : 192 (0xC0)
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 2
Duration                                 : 5mn 24s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 224 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 8.67 MiB (8%)


4k files from a Sony RX100 IV doesn't play:

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General
Complete name                            : D:\videos\Sony Test\C0001-4k.MP4
Format                                   : XAVC
Codec ID                                 : XAVC (XAVC/mp42/iso2)
File size                                : 406 MiB
Duration                                 : 58s 58ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 58.7 Mbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 58s 58ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 56.1 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 60.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.226
Stream size                              : 394 MiB (97%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : IEC 61966-2-4
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Codec ID                                 : twos
Duration                                 : 58s 58ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 10.6 MiB (3%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-29 23:01:55

Other
Type                                     : meta
Duration                                 : 58s 58ms


This file, a 1080p file from a RX100 IV, plays a half the speed. This is odd as some other files using the same settings, i.e. XAVC 1080p at 60fps, works fine.

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General
Complete name                            : D:\videos\Sony Test\C0003.MP4
Format                                   : XAVC
Codec ID                                 : XAVC (XAVC/mp42/iso2)
File size                                : 55.7 MiB
Duration                                 : 9s 9ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 51.8 Mbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.2
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=15
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 9s 9ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 49.8 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 60.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 59.940 (60000/1001) fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.401
Stream size                              : 53.5 MiB (96%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : IEC 61966-2-4
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Codec ID                                 : twos
Duration                                 : 9s 3ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.65 MiB (3%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-01-30 18:08:14

Other
Type                                     : meta
Duration                                 : 9s 9ms


Oh, on a related note... Our camera mov-files, like MVI_9102.MOV above, does not play with the default ps3-profile...

Not the best approach as this will remux all MP4 files with h264, which should in the main be playable natively by the PS3. Better that you refine it to be:

<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="lpcm" />

I think this issue is likely to be specific to your camera (this often happens) so may not be appropriate to add it to the standard PS3 profile.

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I have attached a rather reworked profile. I have incorporated all the changes above, plus have added some of my own (including some significant changes to the way AVI's are handled. The PS4 supports some AVI's). I will test it tonight, but if you also wish to do so would be appreciated.

I did btw try out the PS3-profile mp4 change above, and it worked fine on the file mentioned. However, it didn't work on this other mp4 file (with other audio, from a Nexus phone):

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General
Complete name                            : H:\TEST.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : 3GPP Media Release 4
Codec ID                                 : 3gp4 (3gp4/3gp6)
File size                                : 85.2 MiB
Duration                                 : 59s 133ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 12.1 Mbps

Video
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Muxing mode                              : Container profile=@1.1
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 59s 133ms
Source duration                          : 59s 166ms
Bit rate                                 : 12.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (29970/1000) fps
Minimum frame rate                       : 24.390 fps
Maximum frame rate                       : 40.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.435
Stream size                              : 84.7 MiB (99%)
Source stream size                       : 84.8 MiB (99%)
Language                                 : English
mdhd_Duration                            : 59133

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 59s 20ms
Source duration                          : 59s 85ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 60.1 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 67.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Channel positions                        : Front: C
Sampling rate                            : 16.0 KHz
Frame rate                               : 15.625 fps (1024 spf)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 432 KiB (0%)
Source stream size                       : 433 KiB (0%)
Language                                 : English
mdhd_Duration                            : 59020


Hi, I came on here looking for a fix for the PS4 player so I will also test this.

My Issues where...

Doesn't detect certain media (no playable files)
Doesn't display time stamp and will not fast forward (or reverse)

The PS3 didn't have either of these issues with the same files.

I had been running Serviio v 1.5.2. I decided to upgrade to 1.6.1, unbeknownst to me, the PS4 had just upgraded to firmware 3.50. All of a sudden, after both upgrades, about 10% of my files were playable. I was having the same problems as the person above. Very few MP4 files would play and none of the AVI or MKV files I tried would play. It would very quickly say "Cannot Play Media" whereas the AVI & MKV files would try but no time stamp of screenshot would show. I tried other profiles other than the Playstation 4 profile, including the Generic, nothing worked.

I'm running Windows 7, I did a system restore and reinstalled Serviio v1.5.2. It loaded the PS4 and assigned it to the Generic Profile and most of my video files are playable again, just as they are before I updated to 1.6.1.

I'm not a computer novice but finding the details many of you need is beyond my skill set thru windows. If there is anything I can do to supply information needed to fix this, let me know and tell me where to find the information needed in Windows. Thanks.

[DenyAll]

I'm running Windows 7, I did a system restore and reinstalled Serviio v1.5.2. It loaded the PS4 and assigned it to the Generic Profile and most of my video files are playable again, just as they are before I updated to 1.6.1.

Strange - if you used the Generic Profile it should have been the same with either 1.5.2 or 1.6.1. Having said that, what you should do is manually assign the PS4 Profile to the PS4 IP address on the Status tab of Serviio Console when you upgrade to 1.6.1.

Hi, I came on here looking for a fix for the PS4 player so I will also test this.

My Issues where...

Doesn't detect certain media (no playable files)
Doesn't display time stamp and will not fast forward (or reverse)

The PS3 didn't have either of these issues with the same files.

I had been running Serviio v 1.5.2. I decided to upgrade to 1.6.1, unbeknownst to me, the PS4 had just upgraded to firmware 3.50. All of a sudden, after both upgrades, about 10% of my files were playable. I was having the same problems as the person above. Very few MP4 files would play and none of the AVI or MKV files I tried would play. It would very quickly say "Cannot Play Media" whereas the AVI & MKV files would try but no time stamp of screenshot would show. I tried other profiles other than the Playstation 4 profile, including the Generic, nothing worked.

I'm running Windows 7, I did a system restore and reinstalled Serviio v1.5.2. It loaded the PS4 and assigned it to the Generic Profile and most of my video files are playable again, just as they are before I updated to 1.6.1.

I'm not a computer novice but finding the details many of you need is beyond my skill set thru windows. If there is anything I can do to supply information needed to fix this, let me know and tell me where to find the information needed in Windows. Thanks.

I did not notice any difference after upgrading the PS4 to 3.50. However, I was running 1.6.1 prior to the PS4 3.50 update.