TechnistarS2 DVB-S Receiver and Serviio

Hey there,

I have Serviio running now for about 2 weeks, bought the pro license yesterday. However, I´m trying for a few days now to get my Technistar S2 playing files (especially the videos) from my server. Serviio should now transcode my files (most mkv, avchd, xvid avi) while streaming.

At first I read the FAQ and the Wiki and tried to make the changes to the profile.xml by myself with the infos I found at these sources. But for some reason it wont show my added option in the dropdown list (
So I tried several other profiles. But teh only thing i was able to make, is to have the receiver show the folderstructure from the server, so far so good.

The Technistar S2 does support UpnP.
Following filetypes are supportet:
video:MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VOB, TS
photo: jpeg
audio: mp3

Can someone pleas help me out? I really don´t want to buy an additional player for my bedroom where the Technistar is located

Best Regards Dave

PS: lease excuse my english, for I am not a native speaker. THX.

[DenyAll]

Try the Generic DLNA profile first and describe the results (play a number of file types and see which work). This profile doesnt transcode anything. According to the info you provided you should be able to play some mpeg and mp4 files.

Then try the DirecTV HD-DVR profile and once again describe what you get. This profile transcodes pretty much everything (to mpeg-ps).

Remember to press save when changing profiles. When testing go to the Folders category only at this stage.

Hi there DenyAll,

so the DirecTV HD-DVR profile seems to work, at least it plays most of the movie files. But they all get transcoded in 4:3 instead of 16:9. Also in some videos there is no sound.
Any idea how to fix that?
Tahnks so far and in advance

[DenyAll]

try: edit the DirectTV profile (in profiles.xml) and change the line:

<Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp2" maxVBitrate="8192" forceStereo="true" DAR="16:9">
to
<Video targetContainer="mpeg" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="mp3" forceStereo="true" DAR="16:9">

and see how that goes for sound. For the aspect ratio, can you fix it by setting your TV to stretch (full screen, or some similarly worded option). Otherwise try removing the DAR="16:9" in the line above.