Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:32 pm
Make h264/avc1 video play on Panasonic Viera UT50?
Hello.
I'm noticing that certain videos don't play on my Panasonic Viera P50UT50 using Serviio and I'm wondering if they can be made to play by transcoding properly. The TV supposedly supports the following specs: "Support Format AVCHD 3D/Progressive, SD-VIDEO/MotionJPEG (Lumix)/MKV/MP4/MOV/M4v/FLV/3GPP/VRO/VOB/TS/PS, MP3/AAC/FLAC, JPEG/MPO". This makes me think that AVC1 videos should play since AVCHD is supported, but maybe those aren't the same exact thing. (Also, anecdotally it sounds like the USB or SDCard support may be different from the DLNA support, though I don't see why that would be the case.)
Generally, when I scroll through videos on my Viera, the ones that will play will show "MPEG2-TS" when selected, and ones that may or may not play show "Videos" when selected. So, I guess my question is whether these h.264/avc1 videos can be transcoded by Serviio into MPEG2-TS format using a profile entry? I am currently using the customized Panasonic Viera profile posted by user huyz here, viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5091&hilit=huyz
Here are the stats of an example video that "cannot be read" by my Viera:
I'm noticing that certain videos don't play on my Panasonic Viera P50UT50 using Serviio and I'm wondering if they can be made to play by transcoding properly. The TV supposedly supports the following specs: "Support Format AVCHD 3D/Progressive, SD-VIDEO/MotionJPEG (Lumix)/MKV/MP4/MOV/M4v/FLV/3GPP/VRO/VOB/TS/PS, MP3/AAC/FLAC, JPEG/MPO". This makes me think that AVC1 videos should play since AVCHD is supported, but maybe those aren't the same exact thing. (Also, anecdotally it sounds like the USB or SDCard support may be different from the DLNA support, though I don't see why that would be the case.)
Generally, when I scroll through videos on my Viera, the ones that will play will show "MPEG2-TS" when selected, and ones that may or may not play show "Videos" when selected. So, I guess my question is whether these h.264/avc1 videos can be transcoded by Serviio into MPEG2-TS format using a profile entry? I am currently using the customized Panasonic Viera profile posted by user huyz here, viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5091&hilit=huyz
Here are the stats of an example video that "cannot be read" by my Viera:
- Code:
C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "i:\dl\flix\The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.mp4"
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-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable
me --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-
--target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-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, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'i:\dl\flix\The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isom
Duration: 02:58:41.74, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 511 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x544, 467 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k
tbc
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 39 kb/s
Metadata:
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
At least one output file must be specified
- Code:
General
Complete name : I:\DL\flix\The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 654 MiB
Duration : 2h 58mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 512 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-22 02:49:32
Tagged date : UTC 2011-07-22 02:49:32
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 10 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 58mn
Bit rate : 468 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 2 384 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps
Maximum frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.028
Stream size : 598 MiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 112
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=10 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / 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=2pass / mbtree=0 / bitrate=468 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=0
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-21 17:32:05
Tagged date : UTC 2011-07-22 02:51:54
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : HE-AACv2 / HE-AAC / LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 58mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 40.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 48.1 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels / 1 channel / 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: L R / Front: C / Front: C
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz / 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 42ms
Stream size : 51.1 MiB (8%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-22 02:51:44
Tagged date : UTC 2011-07-22 02:51:54
