Serviio - DirecTV: ffmpeg transcription error

Searched the forums, etc. and can't seem to find the same scenario.

1. DTV receiver(s) see listings from serviio and I'm able to browse the listings.
2. Seems to start loading movie once I select a movie to play.
3. DTV kicks back to listing screen after a while.

A review of serviio logs (edited version below and hopefully I left in enough), shows that "Process ffmpeg has a return code of 1! This is a possible error."

Is it a permissions problem with the tmp directory? I seem to have enough space. Also, if I run ffmpeg from CLI (see below captured telnet screen), it doesn't give me errors--although I'm not saving the out to the tmp directory.

Anyone have any idea of what I can try next? Took some time to set-up serviio, and I was excited to see the listing...then hit this wall.

Summary of my system info:

Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) with all updates
Serviio 1.0.1
Java 1.7.0_07-Oracle Corporation
ffmpeg version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (it was already installed before--either from xbmc or plex, but I've removed these a while ago).

Telnet Capture
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ffmpeg -i "/Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv" ~/test.mkv
ffmpeg version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the Libav developers
built on Jun 12 2012 16:52:09 with gcc 4.6.3
*** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED ***
This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv instead.
[matroska,webm @ 0x14279a0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (5000000/104271) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv':
Duration: 01:42:29.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 640 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 640 kb/s (default)
Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x800, PAR 1:1 DAR 12:5, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
[buffer @ 0x1498060] w:1920 h:800 pixfmt:yuv420p
[libx264 @ 0x142ade0] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x142ade0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Slow SlowCTZ
[libx264 @ 0x142ade0] profile Main, level 4.0
[libx264 @ 0x142ade0] 264 - core 120 r2151 a3f4407 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x1:0x111 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=0 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=0 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=0 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=0 open_gop=1 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=23 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.25 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, matroska, to '/home/gct/test.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf53.21.0
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: libx264, yuv420p, 1920x800 [PAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], q=-1--1, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
Stream #0.1: Audio: libvorbis, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 200 kb/s (default)
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
Press ctrl-c to stop encoding
-----------------------------------------------------------------
end Telnet Capture

Log File (DEBUG level)
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2012-09-05 10:17:58,585 INFO [MediaServer] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2012-09-05 10:17:58,585 INFO [MediaServer] Serviio DLNA media streaming server v 1.0.1 (rev. 6dbf7c6e334f+)
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer] Petr Nejedly 2009-2012
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer] http://www.serviio.org
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer]
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer] Java 1.7.0_07-Oracle Corporation
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer] OS Linux amd64 3.2.0-29-generic
2012-09-05 10:17:58,586 INFO [MediaServer] File encoding: US-ASCII
2012-09-05 10:17:58,587 INFO [MediaServer] Headless mode enabled: true
2012-09-05 10:17:58,588 INFO [MediaServer] User home dir: /root
2012-09-05 10:17:58,588 INFO [MediaServer] Temp dir: /tmp
2012-09-05 10:17:58,588 INFO [MediaServer] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
2012-09-05 10:18:19,260 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFMPEG to check if it exists of path ffmpeg
2012-09-05 10:18:19,279 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting ffmpeg
2012-09-05 10:18:20,758 WARN [FFMPEGWrapper] FFmpeg is not compiled with librtmp support, RTMP streaming will not work.
2012-09-05 10:18:20,759 WARN [FFMPEGWrapper] Could not work out FFmpeg default User-Agent
...

2012-09-05 10:19:42,181 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.1.40:41486
2012-09-05 10:19:42,184 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 10:19:42,187 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/44/MEDIA_ITEM/MPEG_PS_PAL-0/ORIGINAL HTTP/1.1, headers = [Host: 192.168.1.10,Date: Wed, Sep 5 10:19:36 2012,Accept: */*,User-Agent: DLNADOC/1.00 DIRECTV VIIV devices INTEL_NMPR/2.1,Connection: close]]
2012-09-05 10:19:42,189 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 10:19:42,201 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:19:42,207 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Request for resource 44 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2012-09-05 10:19:42,210 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 44 (local)
2012-09-05 10:19:42,210 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 44)
2012-09-05 10:19:42,213 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 44)
2012-09-05 10:19:42,217 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '44' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:19:42,218 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file '1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv' using transcoding
2012-09-05 10:19:42,218 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] No suitable transcoding job exists yet, start one for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:19:42,220 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 44
2012-09-05 10:19:42,225 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: /../Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv
2012-09-05 10:19:42,226 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting ffmpeg -i /../Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv -y -threads 1 -copyts -c:v mpeg2video -b:v 8192k -maxrate:v 8192k -bufsize:v 8192k -vf pad=1920:1080:0:140:black,setdar=4:3 -r 24000/1001 -g 15 -c:a mp2 -b:a 192k -ac 2 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -sn -f vob /tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf
2012-09-05 10:19:42,650 WARN [ProcessExecutor] Process ffmpeg has a return code of 1! This is a possible error.
2012-09-05 10:19:42,650 DEBUG [TranscodingJobListener] Transcoding finished; successful: false
...
2012-09-05 10:19:45,336 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Multicasting SSDP alive using interface eth0 (eth0) and address 192.168.1.10, timeout = 0
...
2012-09-05 10:19:49,730 ERROR [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Error while processing resource, sending back 500 error. Message: Transcoded file '/tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf' cannot be found, FFmpeg execution probably failed
java.io.IOException: Transcoded file '/tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf' cannot be found, FFmpeg execution probably failed
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.transcode.FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy.createInputStream(FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy.java:45)
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.transcode.AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine.retrieveTranscodedResource(AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine.java:125)
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.AbstractDeliveryEngine.deliver(AbstractDeliveryEngine.java:95)
at org.serviio.delivery.MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy.retrieveResource(MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy.java:120)
at org.serviio.delivery.ResourceDeliveryProcessor.deliverContent(ResourceDeliveryProcessor.java:84)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.ResourceTransportRequestHandler.handleRequest(ResourceTransportRequestHandler.java:79)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.AbstractRequestHandler.handle(AbstractRequestHandler.java:61)
at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpService.doService(HttpService.java:293)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.ServiioHttpService.doService(ServiioHttpService.java:58)
at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpService.handleRequest(HttpService.java:212)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.WebServer$WorkerThread.run(WebServer.java:191)
...
2012-09-05 10:19:52,555 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028915783907 from address /192.168.1.40:49153
2012-09-05 10:19:52,556 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
...
2012-09-05 10:20:12,224 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.1.40:41492
2012-09-05 10:20:12,225 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 10:20:12,228 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/46/MEDIA_ITEM/MPEG_PS_PAL-0/ORIGINAL HTTP/1.1, headers = [Host: 192.168.1.10,Date: Wed, Sep 5 10:20:06 2012,Accept: */*,User-Agent: DLNADOC/1.00 DIRECTV VIIV devices INTEL_NMPR/2.1,Connection: close]]
2012-09-05 10:20:12,228 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 10:20:12,231 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:20:12,234 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Request for resource 46 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2012-09-05 10:20:12,234 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 46 (local)
2012-09-05 10:20:12,234 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 46)
2012-09-05 10:20:12,237 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 46)
2012-09-05 10:20:12,241 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '46' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:20:12,242 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file 'Memento.2000.mkv' using transcoding
2012-09-05 10:20:12,242 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] No other client uses transcoding job of file 'transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf', will stop the job
2012-09-05 10:20:12,243 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] Stopping previous transcoding job of file 'transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf'
2012-09-05 10:20:12,243 DEBUG [TranscodingJobListener] Deleted temp file '/tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf': false
2012-09-05 10:20:12,244 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] No suitable transcoding job exists yet, start one for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.40, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 10:20:12,244 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 46
2012-09-05 10:20:12,248 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: /../Public/sabnzbd/Memento 2000/Memento.2000.mkv
2012-09-05 10:20:12,249 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting ffmpeg -i /../Public/sabnzbd/Memento 2000 /Memento.2000.mkv -y -threads 1 -copyts -c:v mpeg2video -b:v 8192k -maxrate:v 8192k -bufsize:v 8192k -vf pad=1920:1080:0:132:black,setdar=4:3 -r 24000/1001 -g 15 -c:a mp2 -b:a 192k -ac 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -f vob /tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-46-6-ORIGINAL.stf
2012-09-05 10:20:12,584 WARN [ProcessExecutor] Process ffmpeg has a return code of 1! This is a possible error.
2012-09-05 10:20:12,584 DEBUG [TranscodingJobListener] Transcoding finished; successful: false
...
2012-09-05 10:20:17,861 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028915783907 from address /192.168.1.40:49153
2012-09-05 10:20:17,862 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 10:20:19,751 ERROR [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Error while processing resource, sending back 500 error. Message: Transcoded file '/tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-46-6-ORIGINAL.stf' cannot be found, FFmpeg execution probably failed
java.io.IOException: Transcoded file '/tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-46-6-ORIGINAL.stf' cannot be found, FFmpeg execution probably failed
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.transcode.FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy.createInputStream(FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy.java:45)
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.transcode.AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine.retrieveTranscodedResource(AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine.java:125)
at org.serviio.delivery.resource.AbstractDeliveryEngine.deliver(AbstractDeliveryEngine.java:95)
at org.serviio.delivery.MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy.retrieveResource(MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy.java:120)
at org.serviio.delivery.ResourceDeliveryProcessor.deliverContent(ResourceDeliveryProcessor.java:84)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.ResourceTransportRequestHandler.handleRequest(ResourceTransportRequestHandler.java:79)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.AbstractRequestHandler.handle(AbstractRequestHandler.java:61)
at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpService.doService(HttpService.java:293)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.ServiioHttpService.doService(ServiioHttpService.java:58)
at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpService.handleRequest(HttpService.java:212)
at org.serviio.upnp.webserver.WebServer$WorkerThread.run(WebServer.java:191)
...
------------------------------------
end Log File

[will]

You can try running the ffmpeg command from the log, but it will almost certainly say unrecognised options as that version of ffmpeg is too old so you will need to compile ffmpeg from source, if you check the wiki there is a guide.

Okay, I'll try that. Should I try uninstalling the ffmpeg version I have now? I'm actually not sure how it was installed in the first place, as I said, but I presume it was part of plex or something else. These are the two packages that show up when I search my Ubuntu Software Center:

Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder (transitional package) - http://libav.org/ (I guess the "transitional part" may have been a clue).

GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin - Codecs to play mpeg, divx, mpeg4, ac3, wmv and asf files - http://www.ffmpeg.org/

I'll uninstall these and build from the wiki, and report back. Thanks.

Removed the old packages from the Software Center, and found that those should never have been installed (the Precise distribution had an older version)!

Instead of compiling it myself, I did a quick search and found a ppa for the latest distribution (here're the exact code for people who may need it):

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg

2. sudo apt-get update

3. sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Played one file, and it seems to work. However, the speed leaves something to be desired. I'll have to tweak something else, but at least it seems to work. I do notice a "broken pipe" I/O error from the WebServer, but that probably doesn't have anything to do with the performance issue. I should probably dedicate both CPUs in the processor to it too (right now I only have one). One last thing is that I have jumbo packets enabled in the network card, and I haven't checked to see if the router and gigabit switch supports them.

In the meantime, here's the log:

2012-09-05 20:54:12,125 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Request for resource 44 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2012-09-05 20:54:12,127 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 44 (local)
2012-09-05 20:54:12,127 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 44)
2012-09-05 20:54:12,128 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 44)
2012-09-05 20:54:12,130 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '44' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.41, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 20:54:12,131 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file '1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv' using transcoding
2012-09-05 20:54:12,131 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] No suitable transcoding job exists yet, start one for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.41, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 20:54:12,132 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Getting file of media item 44
2012-09-05 20:54:12,134 DEBUG [FFMPEGWrapper] Invoking FFmpeg to transcode video file: /../Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry 1971 1080p Bluray x264 1920/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv
2012-09-05 20:54:12,135 DEBUG [ProcessExecutor] Starting ffmpeg -i /../Public/sabnzbd/Dirty Harry 1971 1080p Bluray x264 1920/1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv -y -threads 1 -copyts -c:v mpeg2video -b:v 8192k -maxrate:v 8192k -bufsize:v 8192k -vf pad=1920:1080:0:140:black,setdar=4:3 -r 24000/1001 -g 15 -c:a mp2 -b:a 192k -ac 2 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -sn -f vob /tmp/Serviio/transcoding-temp-44-6-ORIGINAL.stf
2012-09-05 20:54:12,635 DEBUG [FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy] Sending transcoding stream
2012-09-05 20:54:12,637 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file 1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv: MPEG_PS_PAL
2012-09-05 20:54:12,637 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file 1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv: MPEG_PS_NTSC
2012-09-05 20:54:12,638 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Marking MediaItem (id = 44) as read
2012-09-05 20:54:12,708 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2012-09-05 20:54:12,713 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Stream entity has length: 50000000000
2012-09-05 20:54:12,714 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Sending file back
2012-09-05 20:54:12,714 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating entity with chunked transfer
2012-09-05 20:54:12,714 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:54:12 GMT,Server: Linux, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/1.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2012-09-05 20:54:14,162 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028915783907 from address /192.168.1.40:49153
2012-09-05 20:54:14,162 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 20:54:16,412 DEBUG [WebServer] I/O error: Broken pipe
2012-09-05 20:54:17,137 DEBUG [WebServer] Incoming connection from /192.168.1.41:39085
2012-09-05 20:54:17,139 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.41
2012-09-05 20:54:17,140 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] GET /resource/44/MEDIA_ITEM/MPEG_PS_PAL-0/ORIGINAL HTTP/1.1, headers = [Host: 192.168.1.10,Date: Wed, Sep 5 20:54:13 2012,Accept: */*,User-Agent: DLNADOC/1.00 DIRECTV VIIV devices INTEL_NMPR/2.1,Connection: close]]
2012-09-05 20:54:17,141 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.41
2012-09-05 20:54:17,149 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Resource request accepted. Using client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.41, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 20:54:17,151 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Request for resource 44 and type 'MEDIA_ITEM' received
2012-09-05 20:54:17,151 DEBUG [MediaResourceRetrievalStrategy] Getting information about media item 44 (local)
2012-09-05 20:54:17,151 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Reading a MediaItem (id = 44)
2012-09-05 20:54:17,152 DEBUG [VideoDAOImpl] Reading a Video (id = 44)
2012-09-05 20:54:17,168 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering item '44' for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.41, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 20:54:17,168 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Delivering file '1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv' using transcoding
2012-09-05 20:54:17,169 DEBUG [AbstractTranscodingDeliveryEngine] A suitable transcoding job already exists, re-use it for client 'IPAddress=/192.168.1.41, Profile=DirecTV HD-DVR'
2012-09-05 20:54:17,169 DEBUG [FileBasedTranscodingDeliveryStrategy] Sending transcoding stream
2012-09-05 20:54:17,169 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file 1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv: MPEG_PS_PAL
2012-09-05 20:54:17,189 DEBUG [VideoDeliveryEngine] Found Format profile for transcoded file 1920-dirtyharry1080.mkv: MPEG_PS_NTSC
2012-09-05 20:54:17,189 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Marking MediaItem (id = 44) as read
2012-09-05 20:54:17,204 DEBUG [LocalContentCacheDecorator] Cleared cache (local_resetafterplay)
2012-09-05 20:54:17,204 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Stream entity has length: 50000000000
2012-09-05 20:54:17,205 DEBUG [ResourceDeliveryProcessor] Sending file back
2012-09-05 20:54:17,205 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] Creating entity with chunked transfer
2012-09-05 20:54:17,205 DEBUG [ResourceTransportRequestHandler] HTTP/1.1 200 OK, headers = [[Content-Type: video/mpeg,Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:54:17 GMT,Server: Linux, UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50, Serviio/1.0.1,Cache-control: no-cache,transferMode.dlna.org: Streaming]]
2012-09-05 20:54:22,651 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Multicasting SSDP alive using interface eth0 (eth0) and address 192.168.1.10, timeout = 0
2012-09-05 20:54:22,652 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Sending 6 'alive' messages describing device 8dee68fe-0370-3fc8-a5f5-ae4a1fb10a65
2012-09-05 20:54:24,457 DEBUG [DiscoveryAdvertisementNotifier] Will advertise again in 00:00:40
2012-09-05 20:54:26,208 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028939854346 from address /192.168.1.40:49153
2012-09-05 20:54:26,208 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.40
2012-09-05 20:54:31,906 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028915783907 from address /192.168.1.41:49153
2012-09-05 20:54:31,906 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.41
2012-09-05 20:54:35,961 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028939854346 from address /192.168.1.41:49153
2012-09-05 20:54:35,961 DEBUG [RendererDAOImpl] Reading a Renderer with ip address 192.168.1.41
2012-09-05 20:54:39,258 DEBUG [DiscoverySSDPMessageListener] Received a valid M-SEARCH message for search target uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-028915783907 from address /192.168.1.40:49153

[will]

Can you post the version info for ffmpeg, the newer ones are highly recommended as lots of bugs have been fixed. Its hard to diagnose and support problems on old versions.

It should be latest, but here's what came back from "ffmpeg -version" command. I'm running an Athlon X2 3800+ and giving it both cores (stuttering improved, but only slightly). I'll check the logs later today to see if I can find anything else.

Can transcoding be set per device profile? I have a computer acting as HTPC that won't need any transcoding, so it would be nice to have serviio transcode for only the DirecTV boxes.

---------------FFmpeg--------------
ffmpeg version 0.10.4-6:0.10.4-0ubuntu0jon2
built on Jun 12 2012 23:02:05 with gcc 4.6.3
configuration: --extra-version='6:0.10.4-0ubuntu0jon2' --arch=amd64 --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-stripping --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-gnutls --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --enable-libvpx --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libfreetype --enable-libpulse --enable-vaapi --enable-librtmp --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-x11grab --enable-libcdio --enable-version3 --enable-libdc1394 --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 51. 35.100 / 51. 35.100
libavcodec 53. 61.100 / 53. 61.100
libavformat 53. 32.100 / 53. 32.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 61.100 / 2. 61.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100


------------------info: cat /proc/cpuinfo------------------
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
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model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
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cache size : 512 KB
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apicid : 0
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fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
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[will]

Repositories often lag quite far behind. Try it for now, but might still be worth building from source.

Each device has a profile assigned to it so yes if you set the Generic Profile for your HTPC then it won't have any content transcoded.

Re: DirecTV, it transcodes pretty much everything, and 1080p content may be too much for your CPU. You could however, try changing the profile to: (in profiles.xml)

  Code:

   <Profile id="6" name="DirecTV HD-DVR" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Detection>
         <HttpHeaders>
            <User-Agent>.*DIRECTV.*</User-Agent>
         </HttpHeaders>
         <UPnPSearch>
                <FriendlyName>^DIRECTV.*$</FriendlyName>
            </UPnPSearch>
      </Detection>
      <Transcoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp2" maxVBitrate="8192" forceStereo="true" DAR="16:9" maxHeight="720">
            <Matches container="matroska" />
            <Matches container="mp4" />
            <Matches container="asf" />
            <Matches container="avi" />
            <Matches container="ogg" />
            <Matches container="flv" />
            <Matches container="3gp" />              
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>         
   </Profile>


Which will transcode the video to a maximum of 1280x720. If that works, then it is a CPU load issue.

Interesting. Playing another video using the lower resolution. The CPU is at 90% load, but it doesn't seem to be stuttering. Will have to investigate. I will get around to building FFmpeg eventually.

Thanks!

It seems to be working without stuttering, but oddly, the receiver displays the screen saver after a while as if the receiver has been put on pause!

I'll get around to rebuilding FFmpeg by this weekend if I can pull time away from playing with my new RT-N66U router, just to see if there is any difference.