This one plays perfectly.
These m4v movies are from itunes and have drm so you can only play them there. Codec is avc1 with drm on top of it that only itunes can take off unless you re encode the files as avc1 without the drm.
I must have done it with the one below because now only drm files are not in Serviio, ALL my other movies regardless of filetype or warning in the log are in the serviio menu.
So case closed, I am just a dummy and forgot the whole m4v fiasco because it has been so long since I have used an apple product.
I made it a habbit of always downloading the free shows in the itunes store (national geographic, cartoons, all in good quality).
But then when I went to watch them outside itunes, even though they are "free" and I "own" them, I can't play them with mpc or serviio or anything that isn't apple.
And I forgot about it because when I discovered this was when I got an android phone and never touched anything apple again.
When I got my new 2tb drive I piled in every movie I had and it had been so many years its a lot of movies and I forgot about drm and that whole can of worms.
- Code:
General
Complete name : Y:\aint you seen my movies\Victory By Design - The Making Of.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 253 MiB
Duration : 21mn 33s
Overall bit rate : 1 643 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-11-26 03:43:45
Tagged date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:02:19
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 21mn 33s
Bit rate : 1 520 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
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) : 0.165
Stream size : 234 MiB (93%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:01:55
Tagged date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:02:19
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 21mn 33s
Source duration : 21mn 33s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 113 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 17.5 MiB (7%)
Source stream size : 17.5 MiB (7%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:01:55
Tagged date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:02:19
Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:02:18
Tagged date : UTC 2008-11-26 05:02:19
Thanks for trying to help guys, Serviio works well as it was designed.
The difference between the apple goons and you guys is evident in your enthusiasm, diagnostic ability, and the fact that you genuinely seem more interested in helping customers enjoy the free version of your product.
Apple tries to cram proprietary hardware down your throat that expires every two years to obsolescence (iOS X.xx isn't availible on your device, please spend another $500).