[SOLVED] Sopcast stream on 50W805B - a black screen?

Hello,

So I can get Sopcast to run perfectly on the Samsung 55inch in the living room (except for the cutting out every minute or so, but I've read that issue is solvable). Also it works so smoothly that I don't even think it's trans-coding at all, unless I'm mistaken?

But on my Sony Bravia KDL-50W805B in my bedroom, when I play the Sopcast stream all I get is a black screen.

I doubt this TV's media capabilities are any less than the Samsung. In fact it's slightly better since it can play 60fps smoothly and the Samsung doesn't play any of those.

Can anyone help?

EDIT: So I've managed to get the picture working thanks to the code in this post:
viewtopic.php?p=94549#p94549

Only problem now is no audio.

[Illico]

Could you provide information about this sopcast format (audio)?

MPEG Audio Layer 1/2/3 (mpga)

Sample rate: 48000 Hz

Bitrate: 64 kb/s

But this isn't the stream I would usually watch, but just one I'm using for testing. I'm not sure what the streams I usually watch are (I think they are H.264 video).

I tried a WMV stream 2 days ago, but with that I didn't even get any video.

On the Samsung TV downstairs everything works fine, but the stream cuts out regularly. So I imagine it's possible to get everything working smoothly on the Sony?

Here is the codec information of a stream I watch regularly:

MPEG Audio Layer 1/2/3 (mpga)

Stereo

44100 Hz

Bitrate: 96 kg/s

H265 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (h264)
Resolution: 1280x720
50 fps
Decoded Format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV

[Illico]

And I suppose that the container was MPEGTS ?

And I suppose that the container was MPEGTS ?

Yes, it has a .ts extension.

[Illico]

mp2 should be supported but probably not mp3 over mpegts/h264 stream.

You can try to edit the 2013 sony profile on ./serviio/config/profiles.xml file and add the following line after something about line 915 :
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" aCodec="mp3" />

result:
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" aCodec="mp3" />

mp3 audio track will be transcoded.
Save and restart serviio service or reboot PC to reload profiles.

mp2 should be supported but probably not mp3 over mpegts/h264 stream.

You can try to edit the 2013 sony profile on ./serviio/config/profiles.xml file and add the following line after something about line 915 :
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" aCodec="mp3" />

result:
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3" forceInheritance="true">
<Matches container="mpegts" vCodec="h264" aCodec="mp3" />

mp3 audio track will be transcoded.
Save and restart serviio service or reboot PC to reload profiles.

Yeeeees it works! Video and sound both working perfectly now!!! Thank you so very much, now I can watch streams in peace without having to hook my laptop up via HDMI.

At first it didn't work because I misderunstoody our instructions and copied the "<Video targetContainer" lines as well. Serviio wouldn't even start up, but then I did it with just the "<Matches container" line and it's now working flawlessly.

Thank you, you can mark this solved. Will you implement Bravia 2014 profile in a future revision of Serviio?

[Illico]

Will you implement Bravia 2014 profile in a future revision of Serviio?

Ok Thanks.
I update the ticket about 2013/2014 Sony Bravia profile : https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... pport-2014
Should be added on next release.