"Filetype not recognized" on Samsung plasma

Hi and thanks for a great app,

I'm quite new to this so please excuse any newbie mistakes... though, I don't get this to work with video files I've managed to setup the DLNA connection correctly between Serviio on my PC (Win7) and my Samsung PS51D8000 plasma. Also, I've chosen the Samsung D-series profile in the Serviio console. However, my Samsung still claims that .avi (xvid, divx) and .mkv (etc) are unrecognized file types. The only file type that I get to work are Microsoft ".wmv"-files. The transcoding is activated but I don't know if it's doing anything... Thanks for any help on this!

[zip]

post detailed log of when you play a file

Thanks for a fast reply! ... I turned on the "DEBUG" mode by using a text editor and attached the log file from the "LOG" folder to this message.

[Illico]

Could you explain your installation connection/configuration (Router with DHCP, fixed IP adress,etc)?

Starting DiscoverySSDPMessageListener using interface eth3 (Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller) and address 192.168.1.79, timeout = 0
-name = 'Unrecognized device', ipAddress='192.168.1.75', profile = '1'
-name = 'Unrecognized device', ipAddress='192.168.1.69', profile = '1'
-name = 'PS51D8000', ipAddress='192.168.1.69', profile = '1'
-name = 'AVR-3311', ipAddress='192.168.1.75', profile = '1
..
- name = 'Unrecognized device', ipAddress='192.168.1.64', profile = '1''
...
- name = 'Unrecognized device', ipAddress='192.168.1.79', profile = '1'
- name = 'Sony BD Player', ipAddress='192.168.1.70', profile = '10'

Please fix all your devices IP address, clear all device in serviio console, restart serviio serviio and post logging file.

Thanks. I hope I'm doing the right things...

I'm running a Zyxel modem/router with DHCP. The Samsung plasma is connected wirelessly to the network through the built-in Samsung wi-fi. Pictures and music works fine.

1. I removed all entries in the device list in the Serviio console and manually added my Samsung plasma with the IP-address found under the network settings on the TV (192.168.1.69).
2. Then I tried to play a .mkv, divx and a mpeg4 file. All with the result "Codec not recognized".
3. Last, I'm attaching the log-file to this message.

[zip]

1) you probably didn't restart the service properly
2) there is no mention of playing a file in the log

I clicked stop and start... though, now I re-started all the machines and ran some new tests (still not working). Please find the latest log file. I had to cut the first part as if was growing beyond 256k.

Cheers, Henrik

[Illico]

I clicked stop and start

Stop/Start button on serviio console did not affect the serviio service...only the server connection.

Use Windows Start Program menu where you'll found ..."Start Serviio Service" and "Stop Serviio Service"

[Illico]

Videokamera 001 - HD - Xvid Video.avi
Videokamera 002 - HD - MKV Video.mkv
are delivered in native format (no transcoding)

Could you post "ffmpeg -i" and MediaInfo results of these files?

Hmm... the "ffmpeg" (program) does not launch correctly on my Win7 machine. When I click the file there's just a flash with a small cmd pop-up and then it's gone. I will try on a different machine.

Mediainfo details (Xvid):

  Code:

General
Complete name                    : C:\Users\Hibiscus\Videos\Serviio test\Videokamera 001 - HD - Xvid Video.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 93.7 MiB
Duration                         : 1mn 3s
Overall bit rate                 : 12.3 Mbps
Writing application              : Lavf51.12.1

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : xvid
Codec ID                         : xvid
Duration                         : 1mn 3s
Bit rate                         : 12.2 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 50.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.117
Stream size                      : 92.6 MiB (99%)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : 55
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 998 KiB (1%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 26 ms (1.31 video frame)

Mediainfo details (MKV):

  Code:

General
Unique ID                        : 168348648403719580577546155723716462494 (0x7EA6C532C2870C1E037BA147C20E879E)
Complete name                    : C:\Users\Hibiscus\Videos\Serviio test\Videokamera 002 - HD - MKV Video.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Format version                   : Version 2
File size                        : 76.1 MiB
Duration                         : 35s 82ms
Overall bit rate                 : 18.2 Mbps
Writing application              : Lavf51.12.1
Writing library                  : Lavf51.12.1

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : Baseline@L1.3
Format settings, CABAC           : No
Format settings, ReFrames        : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP             : M=1, N=12
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 35s 80ms
Bit rate                         : 17.7 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 50.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.171
Stream size                      : 74.0 MiB (97%)
Language                         : English

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 35s 81ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 548 KiB (1%)
Language                         : English

[Illico]

Hmm... the "ffmpeg" (program) does not launch correctly on my Win7 machine. When I click the file there's just a flash with a small cmd pop-up and then it's gone. I will try on a different machine.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=960

[Illico]

Mediainfo details (Xvid)

Thanks, seems good, no idea?!

Mediainfo details (MKV)

Thanks, seems good too, that could be due to the "Lavf51.12.1" used.

Could you try with MKVmerge tool to remux the file ?
Be carefull with "header compression" feature : viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1132

ffmpeg-info for Xvid
-------------------------------------

  Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "c:\Videokamera 001 - HD - Xvid Video.avi"
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
  libavutil     50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
  libavcore      0.16. 0 /  0.16. 0
  libavcodec    52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
  libavformat   52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
  libavfilter    1.72. 0 /  1.72. 0
  libswscale     0.12. 0 /  0.12. 0
Input #0, avi, from 'c:\Videokamera 001 - HD - Xvid Video.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf51.12.1
  Duration: 00:01:03.86, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 12311 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 tbr, 50 tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

ffmpeg.info for MKV
---------------------------

  Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "c:\Videokamera 002 - HD - MKV Video.mkv"
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
  libavutil     50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
  libavcore      0.16. 0 /  0.16. 0
  libavcodec    52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
  libavformat   52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
  libavfilter    1.72. 0 /  1.72. 0
  libswscale     0.12. 0 /  0.12. 0
[matroska,webm @ 016bbd00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 100.00 (100/1) -> 250.00 (250/1)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'c:\Videokamera 002 - HD - MKV Video.mkv':
  Duration: 00:00:35.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 250 tbr, 1k tbn, 100 tbc
    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

[Illico]

Someone else with Samsung Plasma could confirm that supports following file format?
- AVI container with MP4 video and MP3 audio
- MKV container with h264/AVC video and MP3 audio

I have a doubt with MP3 audio.
With MP4, I would have preferred AAC audio
With h264/AVC, I would have preferred AC3 audio

The source files are AVCHD from a Panasonic video camera. I converted them to XVID, DivX, MKV etc using a video converter from [MODERATED]. Maybe there are better converters?

[Illico]

The source files are AVCHD from a Panasonic video camera. I converted them to XVID, DivX, MKV etc using a video converter from [MODERATED]. Maybe there are better converters?

Why converting them?

AVCHD from Panasonic video Camera is a MPEG2TS with AVC/h264 and AC3 audio.
You could try to add the original file into the Serviio library, Samsung TV may support it.

Sorry, but no... that was the first thing I tried. Thanks for your time but I'm almost giving up here. I've failed to play at least DivX, Xvid, MKV, Mpeg-4 and AVCHD. The Samsung 8-series + DLNA still sucks and I'm minutes from buying a NAS/media extender.

[Illico]

Could you post AVCHD from Panasonic video Camera "ffmpeg -i" and MediaInfo result here ?

[zip]

It plays all the files you mentioned, do you have the proper profile selected?

Yes, I've chosen the C+D Samsung TV-series profile in the device section. I will provide the Media info in a minute.