x264 playback on Sony Bravia

I have the following movie which is mkv x264. When I try to play the movie the sound is fine but there is no image. When I grep through processes I can see that serviio uses following command :

serviio 5781 1240 84 21:55 ? 00:00:01 ffmpeg -i /home/pc5dczcbl5yt/Videos/movie.x264.mkv -y -async 1 -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-280-MPEG2TS.stf

However when I manually convert the file with ffmpeg -i Movie.mkv -acodec ac3 -vcodec mpeg4 -sameq Movie.avi the AVI file plays fine on the TV.

What shall I do to make serviio playing the file? I tried looking for the answer but without any success...:/

Thanks!

[Illico]

Could you provide MediaInfo tool result of this mkv file (in text format) ? (its probably due to high x264 profile level > 4.1)

Here is what I have

General
Unique ID :
241530742768411262514281673617300783930
(0xB5B52106105A2FFE856BE7D48758033A)
Complete name :
C:\Users\Natalia\Desktop\The.Darjeeling.Limited.2007.BluRay.720p.DTS.x264-CHD.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 4.37 GiB
Duration : 1h 31mn
Overall bit rate : 6 810 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-12 14:15:28
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.5.3 ('Boogie')
built on Mar 7 2009 15:00:41
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 31mn
Bit rate : 5 297 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 534 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.323
Stream size : 3.31 GiB (76%)
Title :
The.Darjeeling.Limited.2007.BluRay.720p.DTS.x264-CHD
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1703 cd21d05
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 /
deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 /
psy_rd=1.05:0.10 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2
/ 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 /
chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 /
decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 /
b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0
/ weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 /
intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5297
/ ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 /
cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 /
ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60 / nal_hrd=none
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 31mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 991 MiB (22%)
Title : DTS-HDMA core 5.1CH 1509kbps
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Same problem - sound only with mkv file on Sony 32W5710.

[Illico]

Strange, this x264 encoding settings are probably not compatible with Sony decoder.

1)
Could you try locally in windows terminal this command line :
ffmpeg -i /home/pc5dczcbl5yt/Videos/movie.x264.mkv -y -async 1 -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -copyts -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f mpegts /home/serviio/Videos/TEST.ts

Check the ffmpeg log.
Then add the TEST.ts file to serviio library and try to play it.

2) You could also try to remux this mkv in mpegts with TsMuxer Tools.