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Panasonic st50 wont play some mkvs with high reference frames anyone know how to solve this pls running windows 7.

Can you post MediaInfo for one of the unplayable files? My ST30 plays everything I have. It does choke on high bit-rate HD videos, though. I think around 15Mbps is about the limit.

General
Unique ID : 200286435093929032013196457124277335896 (0x96ADC3A7DDF26F899C5573BE4F393758)
Complete name : C:\Users\dave\Downloads\Django.Unchained.2012.720p.BluRay.DTS.x264-HiDt\django unchained.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 7.95 GiB
Duration : 2h 45mn
Overall bit rate : 6 879 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-03-29 00:16:11
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.4.0 ('Rapunzel') built on May 15 2010 09:38:20
Writing library : libebml v0.8.0 + libmatroska v0.9.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 12 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 45mn
Bit rate : 5 368 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 534 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.328
Stream size : 6.04 GiB (76%)
Title : x264
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=12 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=tesa / subme=11 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.92:0.00 / 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 / lookahead_threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=11 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5368 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.74 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=2:0.80 / zones=234135,237685,b=0.1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 45mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 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 : 1.74 GiB (22%)
Title : DTS 5.1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

As a test - try using the Panasonic 2013 profile and play this file. This will attempt to play the file natively. Remember to press Save after changing the profile.

I have tried all the Panasonic profiles the only one it works with is the 2010 with transcoding but that profile seems to transcode everything. Ive been reading alot of av forums and i get the general impression its down to the reference frames, standard blue ray should have 4 to 5, some tellys can handle up to 8 but beyond that its asking a lot because tvs dont have enough ram to handle it, The resulting issue is i dont have a powerful computer computer for transcoding for serviio. Is there anyway that I can enable trenscoding for the 2012 st profile for these odd mkvs with high reference frames and hope my laptop can handle it. So frustrating after watching 300 rise of an empire 1080p 3d mkv one minute and then not being able the watch a 720p mkv the next .

Yes, indirectly - we can transcode based on the h264 profile (which is a value based on the number of reference frames and the frame size). I would however take a different path and do it based on the fact it includes DTS audio. To do this see this post: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=17263#p92941.

If you want to do it based on h264 profile then try - in the Panasonic 2013 profile change the line:

<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1"/>
to
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.0"/>

Make sure you restart the Serviio service (or your PC) after changing the profile.

Let me know which one (if either) worked for you. This is video transcoding though which is processor intensive, so your laptop may not handle it.

Am curious - when you used the 2013 profile did it play this file at all (with audio)? Also, your 1080 3D movie that plays fine - what audio stream does that have?