Sony Bravia HX800 series

I just tried the new Serviio build .5. Bravo on all the new features and changes. I really like being able to decide what shows up in the Presentation options.

I am still having issues with HD mpeg2 files playing back on my Sony KDL-46HX800. They begin to play, but then stop and the TV then displays the message "Video file cannot be played". SD mpeg2 files playback perfectly fine. I originally posted this issue in another thread, but I think it deserves it's own proper thread.

The files in question are recorded from clearQAM cable using SageTV and an Avermedia m780 digital tuner. Here are the stats from one of the files using MediaInfo:

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General
Complete name                    : F:\Recorded TV\AmericasTestKitchenFromCooksIllustrated-ChewyBrowniesandChocolateCupcakes-808818-0.mpg
Format                           : MPEG-PS
File size                        : 2.36 GiB
Duration                         : 29mn 51s
Overall bit rate                 : 11.3 Mbps

Video
ID                               : 224 (0xE0)
Format                           : MPEG Video
Format version                   : Version 2
Format profile                   : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, Matrix          : Default
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Duration                         : 29mn 51s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Nominal bit rate                 : 20.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Standard                         : Component
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.322

Audio #1
ID                               : 128 (0x80)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Compression mode                 : Lossy

Audio #2
ID                               : 128 (0x80)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Duration                         : 29mn 51s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : -525ms
Stream size                      : 41.0 MiB (2%)

Text #1
ID                               : 224 (0xE0)-608-1
Format                           : EIA-608
Muxing mode                      : A/53 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info           : Muxed in Video #1
Stream size                      : 0.00 Byte (0%)

Text #2
ID                               : 224 (0xE0)-1
Format                           : EIA-708
Muxing mode                      : A/53 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info           : Muxed in Video #1
Stream size                      : 0.00 Byte (0%)

Here is the info from ffmpeg on the same file:

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D:\HTPC\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg -i "f:\Recorded TV\AmericasTestKitchenFromCooksIllust
rated-ChewyBrowniesandChocolateCupcakes-808818-0.mpg"
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, mpeg, from 'f:\Recorded TV\AmericasTestKitchenFromCooksIllustrated-Che
wyBrowniesandChocolateCupcakes-808818-0.mpg':
  Duration: 00:29:52.31, start: 0.529444, bitrate: 11297 kb/s
    Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9]
, 20000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

I believe the files are being "streamed" to the TV and not transcoded. What would be the proper way to force these files to be transcoded to see if that makes any difference in playback? The file container is .mpg.

[Illico]

You can change the sony bravia profile
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" forceVTranscoding="true">
<Matches container="asf" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
<Matches container="mpeg" vCodec="mpeg2video" aCodec="ac3"/>
</Video>
Your video have a very high bitrate (20Mbps), mpeg2TS could be a better container than mpeg2PS

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   <Profile id="9" name="Sony Bravia TV" extendsProfileId="1">
      <Detection>
         <UPnPSearch>
            <FriendlyName>BRAVIA.*</FriendlyName>
         </UPnPSearch>
      </Detection>
      <MediaFormatProfiles>
         <!-- rename native mpeg2ts with h264/ac3 ac3 formats to those supported by the tv -->
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_T">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_T</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_T">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_T</MediaFormatProfile>
         <!-- rename transcoded mpeg2ts with h264 to one of the TV's supported profiles -->
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_ISO">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormatProfile>
         <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/mpeg" name="AVC_TS_HD_50_AC3_ISO">AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormatProfile>
      </MediaFormatProfiles>
      <Transcoding>
         <!-- For dvr-ms files force mpeg2video transcoding to fix monotone timestamps problems-->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" forceVTranscoding="true">
            <Matches container="asf" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
            <Matches container="mpeg" vCodec="mpeg2video" aCodec="ac3"/>
         </Video>
         <!--
            First remux all h264 video on MPEG-TS stream with ac3 audio transcoding, expected profile AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO or
            AVC_TS_MP_SD_AC3_ISO
         -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
            <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
            <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" />
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
            <!-- if audio different to ac3, must be transcoded -->
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="aac" />
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="mp3" />
            <Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="dca" />
         </Video>
         <!-- All Others video/audio codec will be transcoded into mpeg2ts, mpeg2video and ac3 audio (MPEG_TS_SD_EU). -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
            <Matches container="asf" />
            <Matches container="avi" />
            <Matches container="mp4" />
            <Matches container="matroska" />
            <Matches container="flv" />
         </Video>
      </Transcoding>
      <AutomaticImageRotation>true</AutomaticImageRotation>
   </Profile>

I'll try what you posted above and report back. I did try .TS containers and they made no difference in playback.

That profile change made no difference. The file still starts to play then stops with "Video file cannot be played" message.

Turns out that tweak may be working, at least trying to. I stopped the Serviio server and restarted it, but the change did not take effect. It turns out I have 2 ServiioService processes running. Once I killed them both and the restarted it, the change took effect. Now it is trying to transcode the file, but maxing out the PC and the image is squished vertically.

I just updated to Version 0.5.1. Now the problem files seem to be playing perfectly fine. I'm not sure what changed but WOOHOO. Fingers crossed that it's really fixed.

CRAP! After over 5 minutes of playing perfectly it crapped out again. At least now I can resume the file quickly and it plays again for a while before it dies again.

[Illico]

If you read Sony Bravia FAQ: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=425
- When video bitrate is expensive (>20Mbps), the TV (could) becomes unresponsive - doesn't react on remote commands any more. Check with Bitrate Viewer

I am sure it is the bitrate issue. 'll check with the tool to make sure. Thanks for the link.

Bitrate Viewer showed the following:
Average = ~12000 kbps
Peak= `15000 kbps

[phn2]

Pretty old thread, but here goes. I have a hx800 aswell. After updating to 1.01 I can only get one moviefile played. Before I updatet I had tweaked the profile for sony 201o model, with the red line. I can see that the longets line in the old serviio is different from the same line in the newest profile for sony2010, does that matter?

So the solution for your issue is:
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" maxVBitrate="17000" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="192">
<Matches container="asf" />
<Matches container="avi" />
<Matches container="mp4" />
<Matches container="matroska" />
<Matches container="flv" />
<Matches container="wtv" />
<Matches container="mpegts" aCodec="mp2" />
</Video>

But now I can only play the "The bear.avi" file. Nothing else will play. Have attached the log just around playin that file, and a couple of others that will not.

[Illico]

What is you region us / uk ?

[phn2]

After seing problems with samsung vs. mkv, I tried disabling transcoding, wich did not effect the abb. to play the bear moviefile. A .ts HD file played aswell, but looked bit to fast framewise.


the samsung thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7547

[phn2]

The ffmpeg command says:


FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/media/Video/Aristokats.mp4':
Duration: 01:15:38.11, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1541 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x576, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16


root@fileserver ~# ffmpeg -i /media/Video/Braveheart.pvr/data0001.ts
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3
/media/Video/Braveheart.pvr/data0001.ts: no such file or directory
root@fileserver ~# ffmpeg -i /media/Video/Optagede/Braveheart.pvr/data0001.ts
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, mpegts, from '/media/Video/Optagede/Braveheart.pvr/data0001.ts':
Duration: 00:50:37.48, start: 41482.002289, bitrate: 5655 kb/s
Program 161
Program 31
Program 4
Stream #0.0[0x8a3]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x576 [PAR 16:11 DAR 16:9], 4900 kb/s, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x8ad](dan): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
Program 219
Program 10257
Program 7


root@fileserver ~# ffmpeg -i /media/Video/Optagede/A_Time_to_Kill.pvr/data0001.ts
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3
[NULL @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x88c1c00]number of reference frames exceeds max (probably corrupt input), discarding one

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 100.00 (100/1) -> 50.00 (50/1)
Last message repeated 4 times
Input #0, mpegts, from '/media/Video/Optagede/A_Time_to_Kill.pvr/data0001.ts':
Duration: 12:01:26.91, start: 4826.475156, bitrate: 396 kb/s
Program 10155
Stream #0.0[0x907]: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 100 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x91f](dan): Subtitle: dvbsub
Stream #0.2[0x920](dan): Subtitle: dvbsub
Program 1
Program 2
Program 10341
At least one output file must be specified

The last file plays, but looks "speeded". The two above wont play. The below file "The_Bear" plays, but this is the only moviefile I can play!

When disabling transcoding from the console, only the bear, playable file showed up on my tv, all others diappeared.

root@fileserver ~# ffmpeg -i /media/Video/The_Bear.avi
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/media/Video/The_Bear.avi':
Duration: 01:27:09.18, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 3264 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 16:15 DAR 4:3], 9000 kb/s, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s

[phn2]

Figured it out; must have been a distupgrade that messed things up.

after

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg
apt-get install ffmpeg

Everything is playing.