Panasonic Viera 2013 Profile - Testing Required

Under "delivery" tab "enable transcoding" is checked.

I tried running Device Spy but I do not see the Viera TV. If I go to the DLAN website the certification document is there, but only in PDF.
It is here: http://certification.dlna.org/certs/REG63546745(1).pdf
It does seem to list the supported formats.

TV: 2013 model Panasonic TC-P42S60
Servio version: 1.3.1
OS: Windows 8

AVI files seem to be an issue with the profile listed in original post for my TC-P42S60.
There must be some difference in Panasonic models for 2013, probably no way to have a unified profile.
I tried different profiles, and the best one seems to be DirectTV-HD-DVR, it seems to play everything, however the aspect ratio is off.
I also confirmed my TV has the latest firmware.

[DenyAll]

The DirectTV profile transcodes everything, so yes will work, but is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

In previous years we have had some Panasonics that supported AVI's and others that don't. Suspect it may be the same this year, with the added variant that some TV's support AVI's except for DivX encoded video. While it is likely we will split out this profile to support both cases, for now you should be able to transcode your AVI's by replacing:

<!-- DivX: the following two lines are required for models that do not support DivX: ST60 -->
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="mpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="msmpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />

with

<Matches container="avi" />

This will then transcode all AVI's (also needed for the GT50). Unfortunately transcoding can stuff up your aspect ratio. If you find this to be the case with your AVI's you can change the line directly above the one just added to:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" DAR="16:9" forceInheritance="true">

I'm not sure why you 3gp files aren't working. These should be supported natively on your TV from what I read. If you want you can transcode these as well by adding:

<Matches container="3gp" />

just below the AVI line you added.

Thanks, that would make sense why the DirecTV profile worked.
I agree, the less transcoding the better.
I went back to the original profile and did some more testing for AVI files.
Again, this is for 2013 model Panasonic TC-P42S60.

Attached are mediainfo data for AVI files that did not play:

Panasonic_TC-P42S60_AVI_2013_Fails.txt

(77.16 KiB) Downloaded 844 times

I am also attaching mediainfo for AVI files that pass:

Panasonic_TC-P42S60_AVI_2013_Pass.txt

(24.7 KiB) Downloaded 787 times

TV: 2013 model Panasonic TC-P42S60
Servio version: 1.3.1
OS: Windows 8

I have been doing some more testing with this profile, modified for transcoding for AVI files as suggested.
Some work fine, and some have the audio out of sync with video.
Any way to correct this, they are not watchable.
I used mediainfo to get data on the files that have audio out of sync.
Here are some videos that have audio out of sync:

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Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 689 MiB
Duration                                 : 1h 59mn
Overall bit rate                         : 805 Kbps
Writing application                      : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library                          : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP                    : 2
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                                 : DX50
Codec ID/Hint                            : DivX 5
Duration                                 : 1h 59mn
Bit rate                                 : 699 Kbps
Width                                    : 656 pixels
Height                                   : 268 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.40:1
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)                       : 0.159
Stream size                              : 598 MiB (87%)
Writing library                          : XviD 1.0.3 (UTC 2004-12-20)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Codec ID                                 : 55
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 1h 59mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 82.1 MiB (12%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration             : 504 ms

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Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 702 MiB
Duration                                 : 1h 51mn
Overall bit rate                         : 882 Kbps
Writing application                      : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library                          : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP                    : 2
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                                 : DX50
Codec ID/Hint                            : DivX 5
Duration                                 : 1h 51mn
Bit rate                                 : 760 Kbps
Width                                    : 612 pixels
Height                                   : 320 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.913
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)                       : 0.155
Stream size                              : 605 MiB (86%)
Writing library                          : XviD 1.0.3 (UTC 2004-12-20)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Codec ID                                 : 55
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 1h 51mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 112 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 89.1 MiB (13%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration             : 504 ms



I have been more busy watching movies with my Raspberry Pi these days, so not getting enough chance to contribute here.
But just some things I would like to add:
1. 10-bit video is not supported by the ST60 directly nor via Serviio using the Panasonic 2013 profile.
2. Trying to play high bit rate bluray files (.m2ts files) do create problems either directly, via Raspberry Pi or even with Serviio.

I am not sure why the picture gets stuck every few seconds (perhaps every 15-20 seconds) but will do more research when I find time.
The TV cannot play DTS audio, but can play the AC3 video stream even at the very high bit rate that it comes with.

[DenyAll]

@mnschu: The <Matches container="avi" /> command I gave in the previous post should transcode all those AVI files for which you are having trouble. If you want to get more specific then you can do so, but as you state, probably not appropriate for a generic 2013 profile. If you do want to do so, have a read about fourcc's here at http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php, and using those codes modify the profile to match your TV - you probably want something along the lines of:

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<Matches container="avi" vCodec="mpeg4" vFourCC="xvid" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="msmpeg4" vFourCC="xvid" />


for starters, which will transcode XVID's (the most common type of AVI you will come across that your TV doesn't support). You can also add all the MP4x codes to cater for some of the other AVI's that weren't working, but these are pretty uncommon formats.

wrt, audio out of sync. Not sure, you could try passing the audio through (ie. remove the targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" in the transcoding command).

@TheXman: afaik, High_10 is not supported by any Panasonic TV. To transcode it add the line:

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<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high_10" />
above the line
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />

Confirm this works and I'll add it to the profile... however note that your PI will not have anywhere near the grunt to transcode this type of file.

Hi folks,

I have a 42GT60 plasma and have tried this profile.

I only have one video to test at the moment which plays with no picture but sound when played from a usb drive.

Choosing all but the Panasonic 2010 profile, including this test 2013 one, results in the same.

The 2010 profile obviously triggers the transcoding and seems fine but with the wrong AR.

I have added the following 2 lines which should fix this issue but don't with the 2013 profile:
Changed the below line to add the DAR param
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384" DAR="16:9" forceInheritance="true">
Added this line as directed in the above post:
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high_10" />

Video info:
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 11 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 33mn
Bit rate : 4 800 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 536 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) : 0.292
Stream size : 3.07 GiB (81%)
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2057 0ba8a9c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=11 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=14 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=7 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=0 / bitrate=4800 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.65 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=40 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.25 / pb_ratio=1.25 / aq=1:0.65
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[DenyAll]

Have added High_10 support to the profile in the OP.
Not sure this is your issue though - the info you have provided for the video suggests this is not a high_10 video (its a high profile, level 4.1). If it is only this one file, it may simply be a corrupted video stream or container (try simply remuxing it using handbrake of ffmpeg). You could also force it to be transcoded by Serviio by changing the line:

<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
to
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.0" />

This will transcode all High@L4.1 files though, which is unfortunate if its only this one thats an issue.

Thanks for the reply, initially I posted saying the above change didn't work and the file wasn't transcoded however the reason I though this was stopping and starting the serviio service from the console wasn't actually working. Looking in windows service manager the console would say the service was stopped when clearly it had failed to stop it.

Stopping the service manually and starting it again works fine and this change does indeed result in the file being correctly transcoded with the right aspect ratio, I will revert the change and only use it for troublesome files as you say would be a shame to transcode all high 4.1 content.

[DenyAll]

not sure what is happening - as a test, take out the levelGreaterThan="4.0" all together - this should force it to transcode any high profile.

Thanks for the reply DenyAll, I edited my original post, it was down to the console not stopping the service so changes weren't taking effect.

Hello,
thanx for your work, updated the 2013 profile as per OP, commented out
<!-- <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" aCodec="dca" />
and i can confirm that any movie i tried to see on my TX-L42E6 worked just fine.

Just one question, audio volume seems like a little too low on most movies. Anything to do with serviio/audio encoding or the movie per se?

thanx.

[DenyAll]

Thanks panixgr - the support for DTS seems all over the place for 2013 models:

• ST60: supported in MKV's after firmware upgrade, not supported in MP4;
• ET60H: supported in MKV's, MP4 status unknown
• S60: ??
• E6: supported for MP4 (did you test MKV)?

audio volume seems like a little too low on most movies

If the movie is being transcoded then you may be able to attribute it to Serviio (although there have not been other comments on the forum of this nature afaik, so I suspect it's not Serviio) but if its being played natively, then no, it's in the original encoding of the movie (a lot of video encoding tools can increase the audio volume in existing media files - google is your friend - make sure you copy the video stream though so you don't have any quality loss... or you can just increase the volume on the TV ).

DenyAll, thanx, MKV stands for matroska, as i read. No, i still haven't tried with MKV, mostly i like watching 1080p and most of those come nowadays in MP4 format. If i ever stump across an MKV i will report right back.

About audio transcoding, didn't dig into any log files, but "top" showed nearly 0 CPU usage, so i too suspect the movie was just encoded with low audio volume as you suggested.

Hi all!

Sorry for my english.

I have a Pana VT60 2013, and I have play problems with videos like this one:

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General
Complete name                    : F:\series\star-wars\Star Wars - The Clone Wars 5x01 Revival Hdtv Sub Spanish.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 167 MiB
Duration                         : 22mn 17s
Overall bit rate                 : 1 045 Kbps
Writing library                  : MPlayer

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP            : No
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : DX50
Codec ID/Hint                    : DivX 5
Duration                         : 22mn 17s
Bit rate                         : 873 Kbps
Width                            : 720 pixels
Height                           : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 23.976 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)               : 0.125
Stream size                      : 139 MiB (84%)
Writing library                  : Lavc52.30.1

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                         : 22mn 17s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 160 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 25.5 MiB (15%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 26 ms (0.63 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration     : 809 ms


Thank you very much for your desinterestedly work.

Best Regards,

Luis

[DenyAll]

The profile in the OP should transcode this file. Ensure that you have transcoding enabled.
If that doesn't work, post a detailed log showing you attempting to play the file.

The profile in the OP should transcode this file. Ensure that you have transcoding enabled.
If that doesn't work, post a detailed log showing you attempting to play the file.

Transcoding is allready enabled.

At afternoon I will try with serviio.log.

Thank you!

Luis.

Here is what I found, testing with a Panasonic TX-L47E5B which I think is a 2012 TV.

Seems to play all formats I have tried, including mkv, blu ray rip and MPEG-TS. The MKV I tried seems to be worse at fast forwarding than the E/S/ST/VT 2011 profile I was using. Is that because the 2013 profile sends direct to the TV and the 2011 transcodes on the PC?

It doesn't play DTS sound, so I think my TV probably doesn't support it. If I uncomment the line about DTS it now plays but now I can't choose audio tracks or subtitles, where I could when the line was commented. What is going on here? Ideally I'd like to be able to choose subtitles and audio tracks and neither the 2013 or 2011 profile allows me to do this, I either get sound, or the ability to have subtitles.

Apart from that, I've tried many DLNA servers and this is by far the best, keep up the good work!

I got 'cannot play file' on my ET60b with an flv file using Sorenson Spark.