Avi files won't play (may be problem with ffmpeg?)

I have quite a few files that won't play at the moment. Just did a complete re-install of Java (54 and 32) as well as a re-install of the latest Serviio.

Serviio is running on my 64b Win 7 machine.

As a broad generalization, my .mp4 files play fine, but many .avi files don't.

Here's the output from ffmpeg:

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "k:/utorrent/complete/tv/series 4/tes
t.avi"
ffmpeg version 1.1.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Feb 5 2013 21:59:54 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs
erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass --enable-librtm
p --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-zlib --extra-libs='-lrtmp -l
polarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm -lexpat -lfreetype -lfribidi -lz' --arch=x86 --enable-
runtime-cpudetect --enable-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-w64-
mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-config
libavutil 52. 13.100 / 52. 13.100
libavcodec 54. 86.100 / 54. 86.100
libavformat 54. 59.106 / 54. 59.106
libavdevice 54. 3.102 / 54. 3.102
libavfilter 3. 32.100 / 3. 32.100
libswscale 2. 1.103 / 2. 1.103
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
Input #0, avi, from 'k:/utorrent/complete/tv/series 4/test.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Duration: 00:29:09.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1117 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile) (XVID / 0x44495658), yuv
420p, 640x368 [SAR 1:1 DAR 40:23], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 112 k
b/s

Here's the MEdiainfo:
General
Complete name : K:\utorrent\complete\TV\Series 4\test.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 233 MiB
Duration : 29mn 9s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 117 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 1
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 29mn 9s
Bit rate : 993 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.739
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.169
Stream size : 207 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.0SMP (UTC 2006-01-08)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 29mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 111 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 23.3 MiB (10%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 578 ms
Writing library : LAME3.97b
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128

[Illico]

Do you try with the ffmpeg used with serviio 1.1 version ?

I did try a few of the ffmpeg.exes I found at http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/, but none worked so far. Any idea which one was included in the previous version?

[zip]

What's your device? It's possible FFmpeg is not even involved in playing this file.

What's your device? It's possible FFmpeg is not even involved in playing this file.

I'm trying to route content from my desktop using Serviio into my new Panasonic tc60put54.

[zip]

post detailed log of playing the file to see if the file is transcoded

I will post a detailed log shortly.

I can play the files no problem just using the TV's own wireless and my home network. I can also play them with Plex, though on my TV using Plex, the pause and FFWD functions won't work for these files with Plex. But given that it plays using the TVs built in wireless, why would it not play through the excellent Serviio?

Attached is a zip of my detailed log.

[zip]

the log doesn't include anything about playing the file test.avi. Play the file and then post the log again.

Took me a while to get back to this, but attached is my new log, this time after trying to play a file called test.avi.

[zip]

still the log doesn't include playing the file, only includes enrties for all the files added to the library

But I did try play the file. That file, and all the other AVIs in that folder won't play. Strangely, when looking at them on my Panasonic through Serviio, there is an accurate video image in the box on the far left, but in the next box there is an italicized "!". And while there is that accurate pic, there isn't a preview that pops up int the top left (which is what happens with files that play properly). And when I try to play them, the screen displays the message "Cannot read file".

[DenyAll]

Have you tried the Panasonic Viera E/S/ST/VT (2011) renderer profile? - that profile transcodes all AVI's.

Have you tried the Panasonic Viera E/S/ST/VT (2011) renderer profile? - that profile transcodes all AVI's.

That's what I finally tried and it worked. Strange that the newer one doesn't work for me, but as long as I can play the offending avi files, I'm happy.