PS3 and AVI created from MiniDV not supported

Hi,
I have Serviio installed on my DS411 and I have lots of AVI files created from miniDV camcorder. I am using PS3 to stream that to feed Denon 2112CI. It plays some of the movies directly downloaded from intrernet but does not play the miniDV avi. Also it does not play the videos created by cellphone (.3gp). I have attached the formats for both of them. Please advise what should I do?

AVI File

ffmpeg version 0.9-Serviio, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 19 2011 01:36:11 with gcc 4.2.3
configuration: --arch=arm --enable-armv5te --prefix=/opt --extra-cflags=-I/opt
/include --extra-ldflags=-L/tmp/lib --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-f
fplay --disable-ffserver --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp
--extra-version=Serviio
libavutil 51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
libavcodec 53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
libavformat 53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
libavfilter 2. 53. 0 / 2. 53. 0
libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
Input #0, avi, from '/volume1/video/2007/Akshita IAOGH 2007 Practice.avi':
Duration: 00:09:06.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30412 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo (dvsd / 0x64737664), yuv411p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 D
AR 4:3], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, 2 channels,
s16, 1536 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified


.3gp File
ffmpeg version 0.9-Serviio, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 19 2011 01:36:11 with gcc 4.2.3
configuration: --arch=arm --enable-armv5te --prefix=/opt --extra-cflags=-I/opt
/include --extra-ldflags=-L/tmp/lib --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-f
fplay --disable-ffserver --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp
--extra-version=Serviio
libavutil 51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
libavcodec 53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
libavformat 53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
libavfilter 2. 53. 0 / 2. 53. 0
libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xf49ab0] multiple edit list entries, a/v desync migh
t occur, patch welcome

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 180000.00 (18
0000/1) -> 30.08 (361/12)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/volume1/video/2011/Anish Bassi 2011.3g
p':
Metadata:
major_brand : 3gp4
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isom3gp4
creation_time : 1945-11-28 04:37:13
Duration: 00:01:50.14, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3262 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 63 kb
/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 1945-11-28 04:37:13
handler_name : SoundHandle
Stream #0:1(eng): Video: h264 (Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 800x4
80, 3142 kb/s, SAR 65536:65536 DAR 5:3, 28.12 fps, 30.08 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 1945-11-28 04:37:13
handler_name : VideoHandle
At least one output file must be specified
Thanks

[Cerberus]

add this to trancoding section in the ps3 profile.

  Code:

<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />

and then files shoudl play

add this to trancoding section in the ps3 profile.

  Code:

<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />

and then files shoudl play

Thanks for the quick reply. I think I already have this in the PS3 profile. As mentioned in my previous email that I have few issues.

1. PS3 is not playing avi captured from miniDV (Sony). I already have the line mentioned in my PS3 profile. Its still not playing.
2. PS3 do not play any .3gp files.
3. I have Denon 2112CI, I can see Serviio and browse the folders, but against video folder it says Video(not play) and no matter what you click it does not play that file.

<Profile id="4" name="Playstation 3" extendsProfileId="1">
<Detection>
<HttpHeaders>
<X-AV-Client-Info>.*PLAYSTATION 3.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
</HttpHeaders>
</Detection>
<MediaFormatProfiles>
<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>
</MediaFormatProfiles>
<Transcoding>
<!-- Transcode all h264 video with HIGH/MAIN > Level 4.1 on MPEG-TS stream with MPEG2VIDEO and ac3 audio transcoding -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="vp8" />
</Video>
<!--
remux MKV with any video to MPEG2TS and possibly change audio to ac3, also AVI anfd FLV with H264
-->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
<Matches container="matroska" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
<Matches container="flv" vCodec="h264" />
<Matches container="3gp" aCodec="amrnb" />
</Video>
<!-- all other unplayable files just transcode to mpeg2 -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" targetVCodec="mpeg2video">
<Matches container="flv" />
<Matches container="ogg" />
</Video>
<Audio targetContainer="lpcm" aSamplerate="48000">
<Matches container="flac" />
<Matches container="ogg" />
<Matches container="adts" />
</Audio>
</Transcoding>
<OnlineTranscoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
<Matches container="mp4"/>
<Matches container="applehttp" vCodec="h264"/>
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
<Matches container="asf"/> <!-- to support mms:// streams -->
</Video>
<!-- PS3 doesn't like mp3 with unlimited duration (eg online mp3 streams or streams transcoded into mp3 -->
<Audio targetContainer="lpcm" aSamplerate="48000">
<Matches container="mp3"/>
<Matches container="flv"/>
<Matches container="asf"/>
</Audio>
</OnlineTranscoding>
<LimitImageResolution>false</LimitImageResolution>
</Profile>

[Illico]

1. PS3 is not playing avi captured from miniDV (Sony). I already have the line mentioned in my PS3 profile. Its still not playing.

Could you enable detailed logging and find the ffmpeg command line used to transcode your avi/dvvideo file ?

1. PS3 is not playing avi captured from miniDV (Sony). I already have the line mentioned in my PS3 profile. Its still not playing.

Could you enable detailed logging and find the ffmpeg command line used to transcode your avi/dvvideo file ?

Since you only answered the first issue. Does it mean that the other two issues are not supported?

For the first issue I updated the log4j.xml with DEBUG instead of info and I ran the following command. I want to know if this is correct also there are many log files how do I attach those files from Synology?


Strash> ffmpeg -i /volume1/video/2010/Akshita\ Dances/A
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance 01_mpeg4.mp4 /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 01.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 02.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 02.avi /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 03.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Jai Ho Practice 01.avi
Strash> ffmpeg -i /volume1/video/2010/Akshita\ Dances/A
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance 01_mpeg4.mp4 /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 01.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 02.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 02.avi /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Anish at Home Playing Outside 03.avi
/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Jai Ho Practice 01.avi
Strash> ffmpeg -i /volume1/video/2010/Akshita\ Dances/Akshita\ Dance\ Home\ Practice\ 01.avi
ffmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Nov 26 2011 15:08:38 with gcc 4.2.1
configuration: --arch=arm --target-os=linux --cross-prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi- --enable-cross-compile --enable-optimizations --disable-yasm --disable-altivec --enable-pic --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-swscale-alpha --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-libmp3lame
libavutil 50. 40. 1 / 50. 40. 1
libavcodec 52.120. 0 / 52.120. 0
libavformat 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavdevice 52. 4. 0 / 52. 4. 0
libavfilter 1. 77. 0 / 1. 77. 0
libswscale 0. 14. 0 / 0. 14. 0
Input #0, avi, from '/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi':
Duration: 00:00:38.50, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 29828 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1024 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

[Illico]

Since you only answered the first issue. Does it mean that the other two issues are not supported?

Let's go step by step or I'm confused. There are many messages to manage. So I only answered the first issue...

For the first issue I updated the log4j.xml with DEBUG instead of info and I ran the following command. I want to know if this is correct also there are many log files how do I attach those files from Synology?

No this is not what I want.
Check the log file and find the ffmpeg command line used to transcode your avi source file to the serviio temp folder.

Since you only answered the first issue. Does it mean that the other two issues are not supported?

Let's go step by step or I'm confused. There are many messages to manage. So I only answered the first issue...

For the first issue I updated the log4j.xml with DEBUG instead of info and I ran the following command. I want to know if this is correct also there are many log files how do I attach those files from Synology?

No this is not what I want.
Check the log file and find the ffmpeg command line used to transcode your avi source file to the serviio temp folder.

This is what I have
2012-02-16 11:05:29,396 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi
2012-02-16 11:05:29,397 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting /volume1/@appstore/Serviio/bin/ffmpeg -i /volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi -y -threads 1 -async 1 -vcodec mpeg2video -sameq -r 30000/1001 -g 15 -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf

[Illico]

Could you try locally in a shell the same command line and look at the ffmpeg log output
ffmpeg -i XXXXX.avi -y -threads 1 -async 1 -vcodec mpeg2video -sameq -r 30000/1001 -g 15 -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf

Could you try locally in a shell the same command line and look at the ffmpeg log output
ffmpeg -i XXXXX.avi -y -threads 1 -async 1 -vcodec mpeg2video -sameq -r 30000/1001 -g 15 -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf

console o/p
Strash> ffmpeg -i /volume1/video/2010/"Akshita Dances"/"Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi" -y -threads 1 -async 1 -vcodec mpeg2video -sameq -r 30000/1001 -g 15 -copyts -acodec
ac3 -ab 384k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf
ffmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Nov 26 2011 15:08:38 with gcc 4.2.1
configuration: --arch=arm --target-os=linux --cross-prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi- --enable-cross-compile --enable-optimizations --disable-yasm --disable-altivec --enable-pic --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-swscale-alpha --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-libmp3lame
libavutil 50. 40. 1 / 50. 40. 1
libavcodec 52.120. 0 / 52.120. 0
libavformat 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavdevice 52. 4. 0 / 52. 4. 0
libavfilter 1. 77. 0 / 1. 77. 0
libswscale 0. 14. 0 / 0. 14. 0
Input #0, avi, from '/volume1/video/2010/Akshita Dances/Akshita Dance Home Practice 01.avi':
Duration: 00:00:38.50, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 29828 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1024 kb/s
Incompatible pixel format 'yuv411p' for codec 'mpeg2video', auto-selecting format 'yuv420p'
[buffer @ 0x3cf40] w:720 h:480 pixfmt:yuv411p
[ffsink @ 0x39d00] auto-inserting filter 'auto-inserted scaler 0' between the filter 'src' and the filter 'out'
[scale @ 0x36240] w:720 h:480 fmt:yuv411p -> w:720 h:480 fmt:yuv420p flags:0x4
[ac3 @ 0x35580] channel_layout not specified
[ac3 @ 0x35580] No channel layout specified. The encoder will guess the layout, but it might be incorrect.
[mpegts @ 0x3bfa0] muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200, pat/pmt every 40 pkts
Output #0, mpegts, to '/volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf52.108.0
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 29.97 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 1154 fps= 4 q=0.0 Lsize= 70527kB time=38.47 bitrate=15017.7kbits/s
video:63351kB audio:1806kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 8.242041%

[Illico]

So this output file seems good.
Could you now add this output file in serviio library and try to play it?

So this output file seems good.
Could you now add this output file in serviio library and try to play it?

Sorry I do not know what needs to be added and where. Can you pls help? I tried searching on the forum and google, could not find how this should be done..

[Illico]

Copy the previous output file "/volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf" in another path of your choice.
Then add this file to serviio library; refresh library; try to play this file.

Copy the previous output file "/volume1/@tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-1343-MPEG2TS.stf" in another path of your choice.
Then add this file to serviio library; refresh library; try to play this file.

When I tried now it worked but the quality is not good at all. May be since I am watching this on a 40" TV. But do I need to run all these manually and then I can play these files? I may have more than 100 files..

[Illico]

When I tried now it worked but the quality is not good at all. May be since I am watching this on a 40" TV. But do I need to run all these manually and then I can play these files? I may have more than 100 files..

No need to run all manually, its for debugging purpose...
What we can see, is that the ffmpeg command line for transcoding this avi file is good, so the output temp file is playable for your renderer.
But why this file did not play?
That could be due to the low CPU of your NAS DS411 ? -> when you use the ffmpeg command line locally/manually, the transcoding process performance seems low (fps= 4) compare to the frame rate required (fps=30)

When I tried now it worked but the quality is not good at all. May be since I am watching this on a 40" TV. But do I need to run all these manually and then I can play these files? I may have more than 100 files..

No need to run all manually, its for debugging purpose...
What we can see, is that the ffmpeg command line for transcoding this avi file is good, so the output temp file is playable for your renderer.
But why this file did not play?
That could be due to the low CPU of your NAS DS411 ? -> when you use the ffmpeg command line locally/manually, the transcoding process performance seems low (fps= 4) compare to the frame rate required (fps=30)

May be the case, but when I run movies downloaded from internet, those run fine and are big movies.. But what should I do? Since the quality is also not good. For most of the part I have miniDVs still available. Should I capture and convert in a format which is playable on PS3 with high quality?

can anyone please help..

Hi,
Can someone please suggest what should I do in order to run these miniDV files? If needed then I can run a batch job to convert them upfront. I tried many settings using WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe and Clone2Go Video Converter Professional. Nothing worked in Serviio or PS3. I am kind of confused now. I really appreciate any help.

[Illico]

1. PS3 is not playing avi captured from miniDV (Sony). I already have the line mentioned in my PS3 profile. Its still not playing.
2. PS3 do not play any .3gp files.
3. I have Denon 2112CI, I can see Serviio and browse the folders, but against video folder it says Video(not play) and no matter what you click it does not play that file.

1. Could you provide a miniDV sample
2. Could you provide .3gp information (MediaInfo and ddmpeg -i result), check on detailed logging that ffmpeg don't crash during transcoding.
3. For me Denon does not support video over DLNA :

Enhanced by digital network audio/photo streaming capabilities, including support for AirPlay, mp3/WMA/WAV and FLAC HD audio.
When connected to a network, the AVR-2112CI lets you listen to Internet radio, play audio files, and display images via an Ethernet connection.

http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=device_sf