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Transcoding HEVC/H.265 for Sony BDP-S370 2010 Eu

PostPosted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:59 pm
by n3mmr
Will that work?? How do I enable it in the profile?
Serviio 1.6.1and I have an ffmpeg compiled from the sources on the serviio download page.

Re: Transcoding HEVC/H.265 for Sony BDP-S370 2010 Eu

PostPosted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:26 pm
by atc98092
I don't have that particular model, but I think the Sony profile for your player (Sony BDP-Sx70/SMP-N100) should work. HEVC is identifed in the generic profile, which all other profiles extend. However, Serviio version 1.6.1 is (I think) the first version that includes it.

That said, I just tried playing my three HEVC 4K test files on a Sony BDP-S3100, and I was unsuccessful. They loaded, but I did not get any video and playback was jerky. It wasn't the bit rate, as I was watching that and I have H.264 Blu Ray rips that have higher rates that play fine. My CPU wasn't maxed out, so I don't think it was the computer that couldn't keep up with the transcoding. So, I don't know if it was the fact they were 4K files, or the H.265 that was the issue. I've played the files just fine on my two 4K players (Roku 4 and Samsung JU7100), so I know the files are OK. I'll need to do some more research.

Re: Transcoding HEVC/H.265 for Sony BDP-S370 2010 Eu

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:31 pm
by Fred
Some time ago I posted a suggestion to update several Sony profiles to make them compatible with more file formats. Unfortunately, ZIP who maintains Serviio has not included them in the standard source package which is a pitty if you ask me.

Look here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19170

For your info, I maintain a Serviio package ( sort of an app) for the Linux distribution ClearOS. It is very suitable for anyone who would like to run a x86-64 based server but have no or little Linux experience. In this Serviio app I have already inroduced these transcoding improvements so it works right out of the box! So far there are about 10 000 downloads and no one have complained so far :-)

Zip, if you read this please consider to inlclude the additions to the profiles so every user of Serviio can benefit.

/Fred

Re: Transcoding HEVC/H.265 for Sony BDP-S370 2010 Eu

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:13 pm
by atc98092
Zip is usually quite open to including improved profiles. I'm sure once he has a chance to look them over ( and test if he has access to the necessary players, which is always an issue) he will incorporate the changes.

Re: Transcoding HEVC/H.265 for Sony BDP-S370 2010 Eu

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:34 pm
by patters
I see you've put it in BitBucket and it's marked as a pending enhancement for version 1.7:
https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... r-sony2012