[SOLVED] Samsung C650 TV Transcoding Not Working

I have been trying for 2 days to get transcoding to work, and have searched the forum, but it won't work. Nothing plays apart from the native formats.

I have a Samsung C654 TV (same as C650).

For starters, it won't transcode .flac music files.

I can see the tracks on the TV under music, but when I play them I get "not supported file format".

Same problem with the Big Buck Bunny movie:

1080p H.264 MKV
AAC 5.1 Surround, AAC Stereo
507MB

http://www.divx.com/en/electronics/solutions/high-definition/divx-plus-hd/video

Under the 'Render Profile' I have selected 'Samsung C/D series'. I have also tried the A and B profiles.

The only thing I can think of that might be wrong is the "Transcoded files location". I have tries several things but nothing works. Is this the location of where the files are that need to be transcoded, or where they are transcoded to?

Does anyone have a working transcoding profile for a Samsung C650 TV?

I'm really stuck, but would really love to get this working.

[jhb50]

The location is where the transcoded output goes which is then sent to the TV. Look there to see if you have any .stf files. These are the transcoded files. If you copy one and rename it to .mpg you should be able to play it on your pc. I trust you have the "enable transcoding" box checked.

I found one file in there. It had been been transcoded from an rss link, but nothing else is being transcoded.

To get the online transcoding part to work, I added this code (that I found on the forum) to the Samsung C/D profile:

  Code:

<OnlineTranscoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" maxVBitrate=30000 > <!-- jhb50  max vbr so TV will play it  -->                                  <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mpeg4" />  <!-- jhb50  Nasa MPEG4/AAC streams  -->
         </Video>
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
            <Matches container="mp4"/>  <!-- jhb50  to overide B profile mp4 rule  -->
         </Video>
         <Audio targetContainer="mp3">
            <Matches container="flv"/>
         </Audio>
      </OnlineTranscoding>

I don't know why that is the only part that transcodes, and not any other types of files.

[moltra]

Can you post your serviio.log file.

What version of ffmpeg do you have. Run the below command and post the results.

  Code:

ffmpeg -l

Check on the serviio console and make sure that you have transcoding enabled on the transcoding tab.

* yep, transcoding is enabled

* ffmpeg I'm not sure how to check the version (I'm an idiot and using Win7) but it is the one included in the latest version of Serviio.

  Code:

2011-11-03 12:08:34,802 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Finished looking for newly added files
2011-11-03 12:08:34,902 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Finished looking for updates to currently shared files
2011-11-03 12:08:35,008 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Started looking for newly added files
2011-11-03 12:08:35,011 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Started looking for updates to currently shared files
2011-11-03 12:47:34,433 INFO  [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Leaving DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier
2011-11-03 12:47:34,433 INFO  [EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker] Leaving EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker, removing all event subscriptions
2011-11-03 12:47:34,433 INFO  [EventDispatcher] Leaving EventDispatcher
2011-11-03 12:47:34,434 INFO  [WebServer] WebServer shutting down
2011-11-03 12:47:34,576 INFO  [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Leaving DiscoverySSDPMessageListener
2011-11-03 12:47:40,860 INFO  [WebServer] WebServer starting on port 8895
2011-11-03 12:47:40,863 INFO  [EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker] Starting EventSubscriptionExpirationChecker
2011-11-03 12:47:40,863 INFO  [EventDispatcher] Starting EventDispatcher
2011-11-03 12:47:40,863 INFO  [RendererSearchSender] Searching for Renderer devices
2011-11-03 12:47:40,863 INFO  [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Starting DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier
2011-11-03 12:47:40,889 INFO  [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Starting DiscoverySSDPMessageListener using interface eth3 (Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet) and address 192.168.1.64, timeout = 0
2011-11-03 12:48:39,581 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Added file 'Batman.Begins.1080p.HDDVD.x264-ESiR-Sample2.mkv' (title: Batman.Begins.1080p.HDDVD.x264-ESiR-Sample2) to Library
2011-11-03 12:48:39,809 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Added file 'BigBuckBunny-DivXPlusHD2.mkv' (title: BigBuckBunny-DivXPlusHD2) to Library
2011-11-03 12:53:37,879 INFO  [ServiioConsole] Leaving Serviio Console
2011-11-03 13:08:37,570 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Removing 'Batman.Begins.1080p.HDDVD.x264-ESiR-Sample' (C:\Users\Dell Vostro\Desktop\Serviio\movies\Batman.Begins.1080p.HDDVD.x264-ESiR-Sample.mkv) from Library
2011-11-03 13:08:37,695 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Removing 'BigBuckBunny-DivXPlusHD' (C:\Users\Dell Vostro\Desktop\Serviio\movies\BigBuckBunny-DivXPlusHD.mkv) from Library
2011-11-03 13:25:49,789 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Finished looking for newly added files
2011-11-03 13:25:49,889 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Finished looking for updates to currently shared files
2011-11-03 13:25:49,992 INFO  [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Started looking for newly added files
2011-11-03 13:25:49,992 INFO  [LibraryUpdatesCheckerThread] Started looking for updates to currently shared files
2011-11-03 14:02:35,160 DEBUG [ServiioConsole] Initializing Serviio Console
2011-11-03 14:02:35,176 DEBUG [ApplicationInstanceManager] Port is already taken. Notifying first instance.
2011-11-03 14:02:35,176 DEBUG [ApplicationInstanceManager] Successfully notified first instance.
2011-11-03 14:02:35,176 INFO  [ServiioConsole] Leaving Serviio Console

[moltra]

just open a dos window type "cmd" in the search box in the start menu. and In the window that pops up run "ffmpeg.exe -l" select all in the box and copy and paste it here.

Many thanks for your help, I have now got it working.

I noticed in the log it says:

2011-11-03 14:02:35,160 DEBUG [ServiioConsole] Initializing Serviio Console
2011-11-03 14:02:35,176 DEBUG [ApplicationInstanceManager] Port is already taken. Notifying first instance.

I then checked Samsung PC Share manger and noticed that is was running at start up, so I un-ticked that option. I restarted the computer but found the Serviio Console wouldn't load. I unistalled Serviio, then re-installed, tried again and it now works.

Brilliant, and many, many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[zip]

The above log only means the console was already running when you tried to start it. But good you got it working in the end.

[jhb50]

I might as well ask this question and get the opinion of our leader!!

Zip, is there any reason why Serviio cannot run along side of other DLNA servers?

During my testing I have had up to 5 running in parallel, and the only thing I noticed was that the name "All-Share", seemed to be applied to more than the Samsung instance, but everything seemed to work correctly.

[zip]

There is not reason and it's working for me. The only one I know is blocking the UDP 1900 port is EyeConnect. I have it running next to WMP and sometimes AllShare.