Serviio

Hello,

I am using Serviio with my PS3. I cant seem to fast forward or rewind my content. Is this normal? Is there something I can do to fix this?

Whether fast forward and rewind work on the PS3 depends on whether the file is being transcoded or not.

For me, using the PS3 profile in Serviio, most AVI and MP4 files are not transcoded (ie. they are played natively) and full scan works with no issues. Scanning allows fast forward and rewind whilst showing a preview of where you are at. On the PS3 you can change the scan rate eg. 1.5x, 10x, 30x, 120x.

The other type of file I typically use is matroska (mkv files), which are transcoded by Serviio (most of my mkv's are simply remuxed which is quite fast). For transcoded files, I can only fast forward scan at 1.5x rates (faster rates do not work) and rewind does not work at all (there is no 1.5x rate in rewind).

Ok, thanks. I will check and see if some formats work and some don't. That is likely the case. It is definitely a pain in the ass.

One thing I forgot to mention - for me the biggest issue is mkv files. If you are keen you can repackage these into an mp4 container using ffmpeg by running the command:

"C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib\ffmpeg.exe" -i srcfile.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy destfile.mp4

substituting srcfile and destfile for your file name (and check that ffmpeg is located in the same folder as mine, or adjust accordingly). This is a reasonably quick process that then gives you a new mp4 file that supports full scanning on the PS3 (without any quality loss). Works with my mkv files (but I won't guarantee it will work with all - depends on what video and audio codecs are being used, and subtitles etc in the mkv's).

Same annoying issues, this was the fastest, easiest fix. Make the following into a mkv.reg file and import it into your registry, which will make a "Convert to mp4" item if you right click on a mkv file and automatically convert mp4's. If your path to ffmpeg is different, fix that.

I like it .

You may want to change the command to

@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Serviio\\lib\\ffmpeg.exe\" -i \"%1\" -c copy -map 0 \"%1.mp4\""

This will copy all video and audio streams (as opposed to only the first one of each) and any other embedded streams (subtitles etc). I have pretty much converted all my MKVs to MP4 for better "playability" on the PS3 (my other devices either support MKV and MP4 equally as well, or as poorly as one another, so it doesn't matter to them).

Also, should have mentioned (free plug ) - as a Windows user you can use my tool here: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=12136 which supports bulk remuxing of files. On the remux tab, drag and drop your files, select "Remux from MKV to MP4" and press Go!. This tool does a lot of other things (sleep management, automatic library refreshes, etc) - if you dont want to use the just ensure you untick "Start on logon" on the settings tab.

Hello,

I'm new here. I have the following issue (I couldn't find the answer). I have a Samsung BDF5500 blu ray player and I use it to watch movies on tv from my PC through home network (the tv doesn't have WiFi and LAN connector). The problem is that I can't ffd in movies (mkv) bigger than 1,2Gb I get on screen message "Not Available" every time I press the FFD button on the remote control.

Anyone expirienced something like this ?

Thanks in advance.

Hi.

Thanks for fast reply.
Unfortunatly these things didn't work for me (I've tryed it earlier). I have even compared my movies (in mkvtoolnix) the one of 1.2Gb and the one of 10Gb and ALL the settings are the same.
But the longer one stil wont fast forward .

Any other options?

Thanks !