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Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:50 am**

Hi there,

I'm about to get me a license to use Serviio with my newly adquired Samsung 55' F8000 (UN55F8000) because I've found that Serviio plays most of the files in it.

However, I've stumbled upon a Depeche Mode Concert (MKV) that plays corrupted. It starts playing on the client, but forwards randomly, with digital noise, green screens, freezes, etc.

This is the ffmpeg -i output:

Code:: Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe - Live in Barce lona 1080p DTS.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1 creation_time : 2010-11-15 21:32:04 Duration: 02:01:13.30, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5247 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x840 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:7], 29.76 fps, 29.76 tbr, 1k tbn, 180k tbc (default) Metadata: title : Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe - Live in Barcelona 10 80p DTS [mkvonly] Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 768 kb/s (def ault)

And this is the MediaInfo output:

Code:: General Unique ID : 208862504695689719024571091038203539724 (0x9D21748855E43DAA9BC4FA9C2047F10C) Complete name : Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe - Live in Barcelona 1080p DTS [mkvonly]\Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe - Live in Barcelona 1080p DTS.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 2 File size : 4.44 GiB Duration : 2h 1mn Overall bit rate : 5 248 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2010-11-15 21:32:04 Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24 Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 2h 1mn Bit rate : 4 500 Kbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 840 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.25:1 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 29.970 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.093 Stream size : 3.72 GiB (84%) Title : Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe - Live in Barcelona 1080p DTS [mkvonly] Writing library : x264 core 88 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio ID : 2 Format : DTS Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems Mode : 16 Format settings, Endianness : Big Codec ID : A_DTS Duration : 2h 1mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 755 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 : 654 MiB (14%) Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No

Here are a couple of screen captures:

After a while, it crashes:

Would you know what the problem might be?

Thanks

EDIT: by the way, sound also skips and make weird noises

Posted: **Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:22 am**

Does the MKV play from a USB stick?

Posted: **Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:41 pm**

Thanks probe! Nice question!

I just tried and it does the same while playing from a USB stick; the same error appears. The corruption doesn't show on players such as VLC on the computer or Showtime in the PS3.

Any ideas on how I could fix the file or what might the problem be?

Thanks

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:13 pm**

So normally Samsung doesn't need transcoding, so the file is delivered natively. It's then up to the TV to decode it, which in this case apparently fails. You could reencode it using one of the many encoding tools, to mp4 or mkv again.

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:58 am**

It's also possible that the profile for h264 is just too high, I think mkvmerge will allow you to reduce the profile, I certainly remember doing something similar with files on my PS3 years ago.

Timmy1024 wrote:Thanks probe! Nice question!

I just tried and it does the same while playing from a USB stick; the same error appears. The corruption doesn't show on players such as VLC on the computer or Showtime in the PS3.

Any ideas on how I could fix the file or what might the problem be?

Thanks

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