Transcode Panasonic digital camera MOV (mp4) for Sony Bravia

Hi,

i am trying to transcode a video file from a Panasonic digital camera to a Sony Bravia KDL-40Z5800. That is .MOV file, MediaInfo says its a MPEG-4 container with an JPEG videostream (30.000 FPS) and an PCM audiostream (256 kbit). I am using the latest Serviio version V1.1. As suggestet in this forum i tried the following in my profile in the transcoding section of my profile XML:

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" maxVBitrate="20000">
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg" />
</Video>

The video plays on the TV, but it is stuttering all the time and the TV (a Sony Bravia KDL-40Z5800) hangs sometimes while playing this video. All other video types are working fine.

Here is my ffmpeg.exe -i output of this .MOV-File:

  Code:

ffmpeg version N-42368-gbf53863 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 10 2012 03:40:45 with gcc 4.6.3
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs
erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='
-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enab
le-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pk
g-config
  libavutil      51. 64.100 / 51. 64.100
  libavcodec     54. 33.100 / 54. 33.100
  libavformat    54. 15.102 / 54. 15.102
  libavdevice    54.  1.100 / 54.  1.100
  libavfilter     3.  1.100 /  3.  1.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
Guessed Channel Layout for  Input Stream #0.1 : mono
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Bilder\Digicam\Digicam-Bilder_nicht_
archiviert\P1010110.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 537331972
    compatible_brands: qt  pana
  Duration: 00:00:51.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31565 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mjpeg (jpeg / 0x6765706A), yuvj420p, 1280x720, 3100
8 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be (twos / 0x736F7774), 16000 Hz, mono, s16,
 256 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

IMPORTANT:
I have this issue since i updated Serviio from V0.6.2 to V1.1. In V0.6.2 everything worked fine with this file. In V0.6.2 i used this transcoding string in my profile (i tried that now in V1.1, but it did not help):

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
<!-- These are digital camera video formats: -->
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="mjpeg" />
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg" />
</Video>

What can i do to get this video format work?

Hi,

i found the same issues here

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7028

so i downgraded Serviio from V1.0.1 to V0.6.2 and everything works fine with my older Sony Bravia KDL-40Z5800. Also all MOV / MP4-Files.

So the statement of ZIP in the link above

1.0 and 1.0.1 had no changes that could be relevant to what you're seeing. Are you using the right profiles?

could not be true. Something MUST have been changed from V0.6.2 to V1.0.1 which affects the older Sony Bravia's like mine (FFMPEG version? Performance issues?). And yes, i am using the right profiles - i tested all new Bravia-Profiles of V1.0.1 as well as the same profile i used on V0.6.2 - nothing helped on V1.0.1 with the MOV / MP4-Files, it is always stuttering.....!

For me this is solved, because i can use the older Version without any problems........by unchecking the option of new version check in Serviio.......

[zip]

I mean there we're no differences between 1.0 and 1.0.1. There were changes between 0.6.2 and 1.0. Let me have a look at this.

[zip]

It still transcodes this file as per:

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" maxVBitrate="17000" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" DAR="16:9" forceInheritance="true">
            <Matches container="matroska" />
            <Matches container="flv" />
            <Matches container="wtv" />
            <Matches container="ogg" />
            <Matches container="rm" />
            <Matches container="3gp" vCodec="mpeg4" />
            <Matches container="3gp" vCodec="h263" />
            <!-- digital camera video formats -->
               <Matches container="avi" vCodec="mjpeg" />
               <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg" />
               <Matches container="asf" vCodec="vc1" aCodec="wmapro" />
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
               <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="dvvideo" />
         </Video>

The only difference is the bitrate constraint and audio bitrate. You can try to play with these to find the sweet spot for you.

@ZIP:

Thank you for that, maybe i will try it. But since then i am happy with V0.6.2!