Panasonic TX-55CX740E aspect ratio and codec support
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:15 pm
So after a few months struggling with a varied issues (mkv, subtitles, aspectio ratios, ...), I finally decided to post here.
I'm using a "customized" profile adapted from the "Viera 2015":
My current problem is with this movie:
It plays fine EXCEPT that it shows the video surrounded by black bars in all sides.
Clicking on the (only) other Aspect Ratio option of the TV shows the video even smaller (with bigger black bars around).
Any help trying to figure out a solution, or hints on how to improve the profile, would be great.
I'm using a "customized" profile adapted from the "Viera 2015":
- Code:
<Profile id="vieratx55" name="Panasonic Viera (TX-55)" extendsProfileId="1">
<!-- Panasonic Viera TX 2015 Models:
Supports native streaming of mainstream MP4, MKV and XVid files -->
<Detection>
<UPnPSearch>
<FriendlyName>VIERA TX-55*</FriendlyName>
<Manufacturer>Panasonic</Manufacturer>
</UPnPSearch>
</Detection>
<ContentDirectoryMessageBuilder>org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.PacketVideoDLNAMessageBuilder</ContentDirectoryMessageBuilder>
<Transcoding>
<!-- Transcode h264 videos with profile level > 4.1 to mpegts with ac3 audio -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" DAR="16:9" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high_10" />
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg" />
<Matches container="mpeg" vCodec="mpeg1video" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="vp8" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="vp9" />
<Matches container="ogg" />
<Matches container="rm" />
</Video>
<!-- remux FLAC/TrueHD in MKV/MP4 to AC3, DTS (MP4) to AC3 -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" aCodec="dca" /> <!-- Uncomment this line if DTS is not supported natively -->
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" aCodec="dts-hd" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h265" aCodec="dts-hd" />
<!--Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" aCodec="flac" / -->
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" aCodec="truehd" />
</Video>
<!-- Transcode DivX (XVid is supported) -->
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" DAR="16:9" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="mpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50,xvid" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="msmpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50,xvid" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
</Video>
<!-- unsupported audio will be transcoded into lpcm audio -->
<Audio targetContainer="lpcm" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="ogg" />
<Matches container="asf" />
<Matches container="adts" />
<Matches container="mpc" />
<Matches container="ape" />
<Matches container="dsf" />
</Audio>
</Transcoding>
<GenericTranscoding>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" DAR="16:9" aBitrate="384" />
</GenericTranscoding>
<Subtitles>
<SoftSubs mime-type="text/srt" />
</Subtitles>
<ThumbnailsResolution>HD</ThumbnailsResolution>
</Profile>
My current problem is with this movie:
- Code:
General
Complete name : train.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 700 MiB
Duration : 2 h 8 min
Overall bit rate : 760 kb/s
Writing library : VirtualDub build 35491/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2 h 8 min
Bit rate : 654 kb/s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 272 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.157
Stream size : 603 MiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 67
Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 2 h 8 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 88.4 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms
Writing library : LAME3.99r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 3 -lowpass 15.1 -b 96
It plays fine EXCEPT that it shows the video surrounded by black bars in all sides.
Clicking on the (only) other Aspect Ratio option of the TV shows the video even smaller (with bigger black bars around).
Any help trying to figure out a solution, or hints on how to improve the profile, would be great.