TC-P55ST30 aspect ratio issue

I have a few MKV files that are being stretched vertically. I can't seem to figure out how to have them not stretch during transcoding. I tried adding the DAR="16:9" to the profile but that didn't do anything.

With the same files, Mezzmo was able to display them properly with out the vertical stretch.

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks...

[zip]

Try disabling transcoding in the console and play the mkv then.

The tv says it can't read the file with transcoding turned off.

[Illico]

Probably because the source is a not supported h264 resolution, and with serviio, h264 video will be remuxed in the same resolution. with mezzmo, video is probably transcode to mpeg2video with a good resolution.

When you add the DAR option, do you also force h264 video to be transcoded to mpeg2video ?
Could you provide information about this file ?

  Code:

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg -i c:\videos\te2.mkv
ffmpeg version N-42368-gbf53863 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 10 2012 03:40:45 with gcc 4.6.3
  configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs
erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='
-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enab
le-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pk
g-config
  libavutil      51. 64.100 / 51. 64.100
  libavcodec     54. 33.100 / 54. 33.100
  libavformat    54. 15.102 / 54. 15.102
  libavdevice    54.  1.100 / 54.  1.100
  libavfilter     3.  1.100 /  3.  1.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'c:\videos\te2.mkv':
  Metadata:
    creation_time   : 2012-12-03 02:16:22
  Duration: 01:42:42.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4884 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x528 [SAR 1:1 DAR 80:33],
 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16, 768 kb/s (defa
ult)

This is what I did in the Panasonic profile

  Code:

<Transcoding>
         <!-- Transcode h264 videos with profile level > 4.1 to mpegts with ac3 audio -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" forceInheritance="true" DAR="16:9">
            <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
         </Video>


[Illico]

What is the h264 profile level of your c:\videos\te2.mkv' file? check with MediaInfo tool...

This is the profile level:
Format profile : High@L4.1

  Code:

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 8 frames
Muxing mode                              : Header stripping
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 42mn
Bit rate                                 : 4 132 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.255
Stream size                              : 2.89 GiB (83%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 120
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4132 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709


[Illico]

  Code:

<Transcoding>
         <!-- Transcode h264 videos with profile level > 4.1 to mpegts with ac3 audio -->
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" forceInheritance="true" DAR="16:9">
            <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
            <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
         </Video>


With your file, this previous modification will have no impact, this is for level>4.1 file. yours = 4.1

Add this at the begening of your profile:

  Code:

<Transcoding>
         <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" forceInheritance="true" DAR="16:9">
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
         </Video>
...

Thanks Illico! That did the trick.. I kept thinking that it meant >=4.1

Can someone explain where exactly to add this entry in my profiles.xml. Does it replace whats there or maybe paste in a working file with this setting.

I tried a few file edits and serviio would not start so I had to back them out.

Thanks!

That solved it for me...

I also have this issue with some .avi files (xvid i believe)... how could that additional line be modified to do the same for those?

thanks