transcode DTS to ac3 simple profile with video passthru

I am using this simple profile for streaming to my cable box: a Netgem N8200. It suppoerts the following audio/video codecs, but not DTS.

AUDIO / VIDEO
Resolution: up to 1920x1080p at 50/60Hz
Video decoder:MPEG-4.10/H264, MPEG-2, VC- 1,WMV9
 Audio decoder: MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-1/2 layer I/II/III, WMA9, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+ Audio pass through: direct output on SPDIF
Audio downmix: Multichannel to stereo

The following profile simply converts all MKV containers to mpegts containers (passthru of the video without transcoding) and only transcodes DTS(dca) to ac3. It works very well for this purpose and is less CPU intensive than transcoding the video as well as the audio.

  Code:

<Profile id="8000" name="8000 " extendsProfileId="1">
    <Detection>
    <HttpHeaders>
    <X-AV-Client-Info>.*8000.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
    </HttpHeaders>
    <UPnPSearch>
    <ModelName> 8000 </ModelName>
    </UPnPSearch>
    </Detection>
    <Transcoding>
    <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
    </Video>
    </Transcoding>
    </Profile>


However some of my videos have two audio codecs supported (ie. "DTS" as well as "ac3") but this profile automtically transcodes them when it sees the DTS codec regardless of the fact it has an alternate ac3 codec embedded in the container as well. How would I modify this profile so that it searched the MKV container to see if it has an alternate ac3 audio stream and used it rather than immediately transcoding at the first sign of DTS?

[will]

The ordering of rules is important so you could look for ac3 first and either re-package it into mpegts, or if the xml schema will allow it, do nothing. This will then catch all videos that contain ac3 before the dca rules are matched. e.g.

Should work, but less ideal (to reduce hits on the first, rule try changing container/vCodec to better reflect the videos that might have ac3 and dca)

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="ac3" />
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
</Video>


Might work, but not sure

  Code:

<Video>
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="ac3" />
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
</Video>


There is probably a nicer way of doing this though.

The following code does seem to work, but I still am unable to seek or fast forward through the video I assume because it still has to change the container from "mkv" to "mpegts".

  Code:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="ac3" />
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
</Video>

I am looking for a solution that involves no transcoding or container changes, which will allow more fluid seeking and/or fast forward. The following code would seem to solve this problem as it doesn't ask Serviio to make a container change or treanscode the video or audio, but it is rejected as viable code by serviio.

  Code:

<Video>
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="ac3" />
</Video>
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
</Video>

Any other suggestions to force serviio to choose the embedded ac3 audio stream rather than the embedded dts stream which Serviio seems to default to?

[zip]

Any other suggestions to force serviio to choose the embedded ac3 audio stream rather than the embedded dts stream which Serviio seems to default to?

No, only manually change the order in the file.

[chrismallia]

I am using this simple profile for streaming to my cable box: a Netgem N8200. It suppoerts the following audio/video codecs, but not DTS.

AUDIO / VIDEO
Resolution: up to 1920x1080p at 50/60Hz
Video decoder:MPEG-4.10/H264, MPEG-2, VC- 1,WMV9
 Audio decoder: MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-1/2 layer I/II/III, WMA9, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+ Audio pass through: direct output on SPDIF
Audio downmix: Multichannel to stereo

The following profile simply converts all MKV containers to mpegts containers (passthru of the video without transcoding) and only transcodes DTS(dca) to ac3. It works very well for this purpose and is less CPU intensive than transcoding the video as well as the audio.

  Code:

<Profile id="8000" name="8000 " extendsProfileId="1">
    <Detection>
    <HttpHeaders>
    <X-AV-Client-Info>.*8000.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
    </HttpHeaders>
    <UPnPSearch>
    <ModelName> 8000 </ModelName>
    </UPnPSearch>
    </Detection>
    <Transcoding>
    <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
    </Video>
    </Transcoding>
    </Profile>


However some of my videos have two audio codecs supported (ie. "DTS" as well as "ac3") but this profile automtically transcodes them when it sees the DTS codec regardless of the fact it has an alternate ac3 codec embedded in the container as well. How would I modify this profile so that it searched the MKV container to see if it has an alternate ac3 audio stream and used it rather than immediately transcoding at the first sign of DTS?

I used this profile you listed for my netbox works nice. The only small problem is the skip it does not skip back and skip fw is not smooth

I am using this simple profile for streaming to my cable box: a Netgem N8200. It suppoerts the following audio/video codecs, but not DTS.

AUDIO / VIDEO
Resolution: up to 1920x1080p at 50/60Hz
Video decoder:MPEG-4.10/H264, MPEG-2, VC- 1,WMV9
 Audio decoder: MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-1/2 layer I/II/III, WMA9, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+ Audio pass through: direct output on SPDIF
Audio downmix: Multichannel to stereo

The following profile simply converts all MKV containers to mpegts containers (passthru of the video without transcoding) and only transcodes DTS(dca) to ac3. It works very well for this purpose and is less CPU intensive than transcoding the video as well as the audio. melon playground

  Code:

<Profile id="8000" name="8000 " extendsProfileId="1">
    <Detection>
    <HttpHeaders>
    <X-AV-Client-Info>.*8000.*</X-AV-Client-Info>
    </HttpHeaders>
    <UPnPSearch>
    <ModelName> 8000 </ModelName>
    </UPnPSearch>
    </Detection>
    <Transcoding>
    <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
    <Matches container="*" aCodec="dca" />
    </Video>
    </Transcoding>
    </Profile>


However some of my videos have two audio codecs supported (ie. "DTS" as well as "ac3") but this profile automtically transcodes them when it sees the DTS codec regardless of the fact it has an alternate ac3 codec embedded in the container as well. How would I modify this profile so that it searched the MKV container to see if it has an alternate ac3 audio stream and used it rather than immediately transcoding at the first sign of DTS?

I used this profile you listed for my netbox works nice. The only small problem is the skip it does not skip back and skip fw is not smooth

I also used this config to submit my network and didn't get the same error as yours.