trouble streaming (.ts file) to vizio tv

Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:18 pm by linen

Hello, I am new to serviio, but really like what I have seen so far! Thanks for the great work! Since I am so new to this, I am still learning the interface and how the system works...so please let me know what you might need if it is missing.

I have been experimenting with serviio (on a vista 32bit machine) and a dlna capable Vizio "smart" tv (Model#E320i) as a client. The serviio shows up as a server in the media app on the TV. I have been able to play some files on the TV, but not others. I am trying the "DirecTV HD-DVR" renderer profile per this thread: http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8325. I have transcoding enabled.

I am not at home so I do not have the Device spy output yet for the TV, but can get that tonight if it would be useful.

I can also post logs if that is needed.

Here is the ffmpeg output and MediaInfo output of an example of something that does not play (and after it I have also included the same for something that does play):

Code:: C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "C:\Temp\Masterpiece Classic\Masterpi ece Classic_20130106_20002200.ts " 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 [mpeg2video @ 0037CB00] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure Last message repeated 25 times [mpegts @ 0037BDC0] PES packet size mismatch Last message repeated 1 times Input #0, mpegts, from 'C:\Temp\Masterpiece Classic\Masterpiece Classic_20130106 _20002200.ts ': Duration: 02:02:49.71, start: 26073.735911, bitrate: 12622 kb/s Program 3 Stream #0:0[0x31]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p , 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 65000 kb/s, 38.24 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc Stream #0:1[0x34]: Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side) , s16, 384 kb/s Stream #0:2[0x35]: Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, stereo, s 16, 192 kb/s At least one output file must be specified

Code:: General ID : 1 (0x1) Complete name : C:\Temp\Masterpiece Classic\Masterpiece Classic_20130106_20002200.ts Format : MPEG-TS File size : 10.8 GiB Duration : 2h 2mn Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 12.6 Mbps Video ID : 49 (0x31) Menu ID : 3 (0x3) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@High Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : Variable Codec ID : 2 Duration : 2h 2mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 11.4 Mbps Maximum bit rate : 65.0 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Active Format Description : Full frame 16:9 image Frame rate : 29.970 fps 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) : 0.184 Stream size : 9.79 GiB (90%) Audio #1 ID : 52 (0x34) Menu ID : 3 (0x3) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness : Big Codec ID : 129 Duration : 2h 2mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -492ms Stream size : 337 MiB (3%) Audio #2 ID : 53 (0x35) Menu ID : 3 (0x3) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness : Big Codec ID : 129 Duration : 2h 2mn 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 : -460ms Stream size : 169 MiB (2%) Text #1 ID : 49 (0x31)-CC1 Menu ID : 3 (0x3) Format : EIA-608 Muxing mode : A/53 / DTVCC Transport Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1 Duration : 2h 2mn Bit rate mode : Constant Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%) Text #2 ID : 49 (0x31)-1 Menu ID : 3 (0x3) Format : EIA-708 Muxing mode : A/53 / DTVCC Transport Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1 Duration : 2h 2mn Bit rate mode : Constant Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)

The one below does seem to play (although I am still not sure how "good" it plays):

Code:: C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "E:\TVfiles\Worse Than War\Worse Than War_20100415_02000400.dvr-ms " 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 [mpeg2video @ 02946020] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure Last message repeated 13 times Input #0, asf, from 'E:\TVfiles\Worse Than War\Worse Than War_20100415_02000400. dvr-ms ': Metadata: DVR Index Granularity: 500 WMFSDKVersion : 11.0.6001.7006 WMFSDKNeeded : 0.0.0.0000 VBR Peak : 15940.0000 IsVBR : 1 Duration: 02:02:58.55, start: 1.063000, bitrate: 12155 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s Stream #0:1(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main) (DVR / 0x20525644), yuv420p, 192 0x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 65000 kb/s, 43.77 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc At least one output file must be specified

Code:: General Complete name : E:\TVfiles\Worse Than War\Worse Than War_20100415_02000400.dvr-ms Format : Windows Media File size : 10.4 GiB Duration : 2h 2mn Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 12.2 Mbps Maximum Overall bit rate : 160 Mbps Encoded date : UTC 2010-04-15 06:59:00.335 Video ID : 1 Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@High Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=30 Codec ID : DVR Codec ID/Hint : ASF Duration : 2h 2mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 11.9 Mbps Maximum bit rate : 65.0 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Active Format Description : Full frame 16:9 image Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 29.970 fps Nominal frame rate : 59.940 fps 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) : 0.191 Stream size : 10.2 GiB (98%) Language : English (US)

Thanks for the help!

Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:58 pm by zip

try something like this:

Code:: <Profile id="viziotv" name="Vizio TV" extendsProfileId="1"> <Transcoding> <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp2" maxVBitrate="8192" forceStereo="true" DAR="16:9"> <Matches container="matroska" /> <Matches container="mp4" /> <Matches container="asf" /> <Matches container="avi" /> <Matches container="ogg" /> <Matches container="flv" /> <Matches container="3gp" /> <Matches container="rm" /> <Matches container="mpegts" /> </Video> </Transcoding> <OnlineTranscoding> <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp2" maxVBitrate="8192" forceStereo="true"> <Matches container="*" /> </Video> </OnlineTranscoding> </Profile>

Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:31 pm by linen

Thanks for the code zip! I will try it tonight.

I did try devicespy last night and the TV did not show up on the list. I also could not find it on dlna.org search, in fact there are no vizio devices listed there. I have found very little information anywhere (including directly on vizio's site) on what format and bitrates this TV can support...frustrating

Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:47 am by linen

Well the good news is the the file listed above that did not play, started playing with the above addition to the profile.xml. The not so good news is that after a few seconds it then stated stuttering, then froze. I looked at the server cpu usage and it was approaching/sometimes at 100 % with ffmpeg process using most of the resource. I am assuming the transcoding is bringing it to it's knees? The file I included above that did play previously, still plays but even then cpu usage hovers around 80%. My server is a core2 dual 1.86 Ghz. Is this a case of asking too much of my computer to handle the on the fly transcoding required to handle these high bitrate files?

Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:13 pm by zip

try this:

Code:: <Profile id="viziotv" name="Vizio TV" extendsProfileId="1"> <Transcoding> <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" DAR="16:9"> <Matches container="matroska" /> <Matches container="mp4" /> <Matches container="asf" /> <Matches container="avi" /> <Matches container="ogg" /> <Matches container="flv" /> <Matches container="3gp" /> <Matches container="rm" /> <Matches container="mpegts" /> </Video> </Transcoding> <OnlineTranscoding> <Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp2" maxVBitrate="8192" forceStereo="true"> <Matches container="*" /> </Video> </OnlineTranscoding> </Profile>

and post detailed log of playing the file

Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:06 pm by linen

Thanks for the reply zip! I was wondering about ac3, verses the mp2 in the previous code. I will give that a try tonight and post my results and the log.

By the way, I have already enabled the DEBUG log option, and it is getting pretty big. Is it best to just zip it and attach to the post?

Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:11 am by zip

Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:12 am by linen

Nice job zip...that did it

ffmpeg ran around 20% and no stuttering on tv.

In case you are still interested I can add the logs, though my first try to attach the zip fill said it was too big (1.4 meg). Let me know.

Thanks again!

Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:21 pm by zip

Is the TV supposed to play H264? Eg. can you play an MKV file with the Bravia 2012 profile?

Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:52 am by linen

I grabbed a mkv h264 and i played using the "Vizio TV" profile. I assume this means it actually worked on my TV with the "generic" profile?

I also tried the Bravia 2012 and Bravia 2012 (US) profiles and neither could play the mkv (or the ts) file.

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