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I'm having a few problems viewing certain video files on my Sony KDL-32EX723 TV. I have provided the output from ffmpeg below two examples of files which will not play. The TV looks to start playback but nothing happens. I've configured the server render profile as Sony Bravia TV 2012 I've had some luck plying the file with an older Bravia profile but then all the aspect ratio is wrong and it looks terrible. I'd be grateful for any clues please.

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg -i "m:\childrens\gruffalo\The Gruffalo (2009
) (TV).avi"
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
Input #0, avi, from 'm:\childrens\gruffalo\The Gruffalo (2009) (TV).avi':
Metadata:
IRIP : WnA
encoder : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2542/release)
Duration: 00:26:33.36, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1226 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile) (XVID / 0x44495658), yuv
420p, 720x416 [SAR 1:1 DAR 45:26], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 112 kb
/s

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg -i "m:\childrens\disney\cars\Disney Cars Mov
ie.avi"
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
[avi @ 0159BC80] non-interleaved AVI
Input #0, avi, from 'm:\childrens\disney\cars\Disney Cars Movie.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : MEncoder 5.0
title : CRZ0EUW2________________________
Duration: 01:51:47.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2133 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Simple Profile) (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 720
x406 [SAR 1:1 DAR 360:203], SAR 415744:415125 DAR 16384:9225, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25
tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb
/s

US profile does not change Display Aspect Ratio, you can select one with AVI files that does not play natively on your Sony device.

What is your region, US, UK, CA... ?

Thanks so do I select the US profile for all - I'll try tonight but I'm sure it upset my ratio. I'm in the UK. I thought it may have something to do with a variable bit rate or something? Sorry I'm not an expert.

Just tried setting to US 2012 and the files work - strange

Where do you buy your device ?
So topic solved ?

In the UK, I'm assuming I'm transcoding some files now which don't need to be but it's not a big problem. Thanks for your help.

Sony 2011/2012 support avi files with some restrictions (known):
- DivX Home Theater 3.0 only in SD resolution, Xvid are supported with QPEL = No and GMC : 0 / No warppoints, some fourCC are not supported, changed fourCC with : XVID