PS3 Media Server

by **rrrrrr** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:27 pm

Hi!

I try to use PMS to view old .MOV .AVI .MP2 videos from different CamCorders on an iPad.Videos are low resolution and small files (some MBytes), so transcoding speed should not be an issue.
I understood iPad can natively play MP4 (at least some variant).
How do I configure PMS to transcode to MPEG-4?
(Of course, I searched here for that and found 2 quite old threads concerning transcoding to MP4, but they were not helpful to me).

What did work so far:
PMS is installed on a Windows XP system. As a player fpr my iPad, I use "MLPlayer lite" which nicely connects to PMS. PMS shows it as "unknown DLNA client". The player app shows the original media files and a "#--TRANSCODE--#" folder with subfolders having 5 entries. 1st is "<originalFileName> [MEncoder]", second is "[No Encoding]", following are audio transcodings. Original MP4 videos play as they should.

What did not work:
I failed in configuring PMS such that it delivers MP4 encoded contents in the 1st entry, in all my tests my iPad denies playing (unknown media format).
I tried starting PMS with the "select profile" option and tried the "ipad/iphone","android" and "AirPlayer" profiles, amd finally my own "brute force" profile to transcode everything to MP4 using the following modified android profile (see below). In all cases, the transcoded data stream is not recognized by my iPad.

I think some vital part is missing. Do I need an additional MP4 codec?

Here the log for the try with my "brute force" profile:

Code: Select all: INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.496 [main] Starting PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] by shagrath / 2008-2012 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] http://ps3mediaserver.org INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] https://github.com/ps3mediaserver/ps3mediaserver INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] Build: d9fd0a44c (2012-11-18) INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] Java: 1.7.0-Oracle Corporation INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.526 [main] OS: Windows XP x86 5.1 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.536 [main] Encoding: UTF-8 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.536 [main] Memory: 742 MB INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.536 [main] INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.556 [main] Working directory: C:\P\PS3 Media Server INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] Temp directory: C:\T\ps3mediaserver INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] Logging config file: C:\P\PS3 Media Server\logback.xml INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] debug.log: C:\P\PS3 Media Server\debug.log INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] Profile directory: C:\P\PS3 Media Server\renderers INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] Profile path: C:\P\PS3 Media Server\renderers\transcode2mp4.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.576 [main] Profile permissions: rw INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.596 [main] Profile name: HD INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.596 [main] INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:39.616 [main] Loading MediaInfo library INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.037 [main] Loaded MediaInfoLib - v0.7.60 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.057 [main] Loading renderer configurations from C:\P\PS3 Media Server\renderers INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.067 [main] Loading configuration file: AirPlayer.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.087 [main] Loading configuration file: Android.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.107 [main] Loading configuration file: Bravia4500.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.127 [main] Loading configuration file: Bravia5500.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.137 [main] Loading configuration file: BraviaEX.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.147 [main] Loading configuration file: DirecTVHR.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.157 [main] Loading configuration file: DLinkDSM510.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.167 [main] Loading configuration file: FreeboxHD.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.167 [main] Loading configuration file: FreecomMusicPal.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.177 [main] Loading configuration file: iPad-iPhone.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.187 [main] Loading configuration file: iPad-RR.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.187 [main] Loading configuration file: Kuro.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.197 [main] Loading configuration file: LGST600.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.197 [main] Loading configuration file: N900.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.207 [main] Loading configuration file: OPPOBDP83.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.207 [main] Loading configuration file: OPPOBDP93.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.217 [main] Loading configuration file: Panasonic.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.237 [main] Loading configuration file: Philips.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.247 [main] Loading configuration file: PhilipsPFL.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.277 [main] Loading configuration file: PopcornHour.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.277 [main] Loading configuration file: PS3.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.297 [main] Loading configuration file: Realtek.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.307 [main] Loading configuration file: Samsung-SMT-G7400.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.327 [main] Loading configuration file: SamsungAllShare.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.337 [main] Loading configuration file: SamsungWiseLink.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.347 [main] Loading configuration file: Showtime3.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.357 [main] Loading configuration file: SMP-N100.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.357 [main] Loading configuration file: SonyBluray.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.377 [main] Loading configuration file: Streamium.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.377 [main] Loading configuration file: transcode2mp4.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.407 [main] Loading configuration file: WDTVLive.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.417 [main] Loading configuration file: WMP.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.437 [main] Loading configuration file: XBMC.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.437 [main] Loading configuration file: XBOX360.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.447 [main] Loading configuration file: YamahaRXA1010.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.447 [main] Loading configuration file: YamahaRXV671.conf INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:40.457 [main] Checking MPlayer font cache. It can take a minute or so. INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.178 [main] Done! INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.198 [main] Searching for plugins in C:\P\PS3 Media Server\plugins INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.208 [main] No plugins found INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.268 [main] Transcoder profile AviSynth/FFmpeg will not be used because AviSynth was not found INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.268 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg Audio INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.298 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MEncoder INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.298 [main] Transcoder profile AviSynth/MEncoder will not be used because AviSynth was not found INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.298 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.309 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Audio INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.309 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg Web Video INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.309 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MEncoder Web INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.309 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Video Dump INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.319 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Web INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.319 [main] Registering transcoding engine: tsMuxeR INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.319 [main] Registering transcoding engine: Audio High Fidelity INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.329 [main] Executable of transcoder profile VLC Audio Streaming not found INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.329 [main] Executable of transcoder profile VLC Video Streaming not found INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.329 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg DVR-MS Remux INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.329 [main] Registering transcoding engine: dcraw Thumbnailer INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.339 [main] AviSynth is not installed. You cannot use avsmencoder as a transcoding engine. INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.849 [main] Using address /192.168.0.155 found on network interface: name:eth0 (Ethernetadapter der AMD-PCNET-Familie - Paketplaner-Miniport) INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:41.849 [main] Created socket: /192.168.0.155:5001 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:42.640 [main] Using the following UUID configured in PMS.conf: 0d3ed8f7-e0a6-3c1f-886c-42ffd7fe56fb INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:43.722 [New I/O server worker #1-1] No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.0.202 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:43.812 [pool-7-thread-1] Checking IP: 192.168.0.202 for WMP INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:43.912 [pool-7-thread-1] Renderer WMP found on this address: NH.fritz.box (192.168.0.202) INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:46.088 [pool-7-thread-1] Address /192.168.0.202 has an estimated network speed of: 17 Mb/s INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:46.617 [main] The server should now appear on your renderer INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:50.726 [UPNPHelper] No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.0.152 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:50.913 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:51.079 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:51.145 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:54.328 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:52:58.944 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:05.715 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:05.745 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:05.824 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:05.914 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:05.983 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:08.169 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:09.481 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:09.793 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:09.829 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:53:09.864 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:56:25.644 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: Darwin/13.0.0 UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50 INFO 2012-12-28 18:56:25.954 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:56:26.004 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0 INFO 2012-12-28 18:56:26.044 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Media renderer was not recognized. Possible identifying HTTP headers: User-Agent: alpha Media Link Player v1.1.0

here my modified "brute force" profile:

Code: Select all: RendererName=Android RendererIcon=android.png UserAgentSearch=Android Video=true Audio=true Image=true SeekByTime=false #TranscodeVideo=MPEGPSAC3 #TranscodeAudio=MP3 DefaultVBVBufSize=true #MuxH264ToMpegTS=true #MuxDTSToMpeg=true WrapDTSIntoPCM=false MuxLPCMToMpeg=true MaxVideoBitrateMbps=0 MaxVideoWidth=0 MaxVideoHeight=0 TranscodeExtensions=mkv,hdmov,hdm,flac,fla,dts,ogg,asf,asx,m2v,mpg,mpeg,avi,mov,wmv StreamExtensions=mp4 thumbnails = true image_thumbnails = true alternativeffmpegpath = C:\\P\\PS3 Media Server\\win32\\dvrms\\ffmpeg_MPGMUX.exe mencoder_ass = true mencoder_fontconfig = true mencoder_ass_defaultstyle = true uuid = 0d3ed8f7-e0a6-3c1f-886c-42ffd7fe56fb

by **Raptor399** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:07 pm

Your "brute force" .conf says:

Code: Select all: #TranscodeVideo=MPEGPSAC3 TranscodeExtensions=mkv,hdmov,hdm,flac,fla,dts,ogg,asf,asx,m2v,mpg,mpeg,avi,mov,wmv StreamExtensions=mp4

By not defining "TranscodeVideo" you are not brute forcing anything. You're merely telling PMS to fall back to its internal default, which happens to be "MPEGPSAC3" as well.
All files with one of the TranscodeExtensions will be transcoded to that format.

From the iPad Technical Specifications page:

Audio playback
Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
TV and video
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

I'm no formats expert and I'm not sure if this covers MPEG-PS with AC3.
...so I did some testing and apparently it doesn't.

Try changing the lines in your .conf to this:

Code: Select all: # Transcode profiles for video and audio engines # currently supported: MPEGPSAC3, MPEGTSAC3 or WMV for video, LPCM, WAV or MP3 for audio TranscodeVideo=WMV TranscodeAudio=WAV TranscodeExtensions=mkv,hdmov,hdm,flac,fla,dts,ogg,asf,asx,m2v,mpg,mpeg,avi,mov,wmv StreamExtensions=mp4

Transcoding to WMV works for me in the AirPlayer and AcePlayer apps.

by **rrrrrr** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:37 pm

Thanks for the tips, Raptor.

I changed my conf accordingly and tried again, however no success so far.
The conf file:

Code: Select all: # ps3mediaserver renderer profile for iPad (RR experimental) # Refer to PS3.conf for help RendererName=RRiPad RendererIcon=ipad-iphone.png UserAgentSearch=MLPlayer Video=true Audio=true Image=true SeekByTime=false TranscodeVideo=WMV TranscodeAudio=MP3 DefaultVBVBufSize=true MuxH264ToMpegTS=true MuxDTSToMpeg=true WrapDTSIntoPCM=false MuxLPCMToMpeg=true MaxVideoBitrateMbps=0 MaxVideoWidth=0 MaxVideoHeight=0 TranscodeExtensions=mkv,hdmov,hdm,flac,fla,dts,ogg,asf,asx,m2v,mpg,mpeg,avi,mov,mp2 StreamExtensions=mp4

I forced PMS to use this profile, and navigated to "1938a JU Schmetterling.mpg" on my iPad. Clicking on the "[MEncoder]" entry in the#--TRANSCODE--# folder still gives a "not playable" message. Following the debug log of that session:

Code: Select all: INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.757 [main] Starting PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] by shagrath / 2008-2012 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] http://ps3mediaserver.org INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] https://github.com/ps3mediaserver/ps3mediaserver INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] Build: d9fd0a44c (2012-11-18) INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] Java: 1.6.0_20-Sun Microsystems Inc. INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.773 [main] OS: Windows 7 x86 6.1 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.788 [main] Encoding: UTF-8 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.788 [main] Memory: 742 MB INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.788 [main] INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.788 [main] Working directory: E:\PS3 Media Server INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Temp directory: C:\T\ps3mediaserver INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Logging config file: E:\PS3 Media Server\logback.xml INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] debug.log: E:\PS3 Media Server\debug.log INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Profile directory: C:\ProgramData\PMS INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Profile path: C:\ProgramData\PMS\PMS.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Profile permissions: rw INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] Profile name: NH INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.804 [main] INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.819 [main] Loading MediaInfo library INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.882 [main] Loaded MediaInfoLib - v0.7.60 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.882 [main] Loading renderer configurations from E:\PS3 Media Server\renderers INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.882 [main] Loading configuration file: AirPlayer.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.897 [main] Loading configuration file: Android.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.897 [main] Loading configuration file: Bravia4500.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.897 [main] Loading configuration file: Bravia5500.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.897 [main] Loading configuration file: BraviaEX.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: DirecTVHR.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: DLinkDSM510.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: FreeboxHD.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: FreecomMusicPal.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: iPad-iPhone.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: iPad.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.913 [main] Loading configuration file: Kuro.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: LGST600.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: N900.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: OPPOBDP83.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: OPPOBDP93.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: Panasonic.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.929 [main] Loading configuration file: Philips.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.944 [main] Loading configuration file: PhilipsPFL.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.944 [main] Loading configuration file: PopcornHour.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.944 [main] Loading configuration file: PS3.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.960 [main] Loading configuration file: Realtek.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.960 [main] Loading configuration file: RRiPad.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.960 [main] Loading configuration file: Samsung-SMT-G7400.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.960 [main] Loading configuration file: SamsungAllShare.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: SamsungWiseLink.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: Showtime3.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: SMP-N100.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: SonyBluray.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: Streamium.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: WDTVLive.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: WMP.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: XBMC.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.975 [main] Loading configuration file: XBOX360.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.991 [main] Loading configuration file: YamahaRXA1010.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.991 [main] Loading configuration file: YamahaRXV671.conf INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:38.991 [main] Checking MPlayer font cache. It can take a minute or so. DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:38.991 [main] launching: win32/mplayer.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.272 [main] launching: win32/mplayer.exe INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.366 [main] Done! INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.366 [main] Found VideoLAN version 2.0.4 at: E:\VLC\vlc.exe INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.366 [main] Searching for plugins in E:\PS3 Media Server\plugins INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.366 [main] No plugins found INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Transcoder profile AviSynth/FFmpeg will not be used because AviSynth was not found INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg Audio INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MEncoder INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Transcoder profile AviSynth/MEncoder will not be used because AviSynth was not found INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.382 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Audio INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg Web Video INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MEncoder Web INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Video Dump INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: MPlayer Web INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: tsMuxeR INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: Audio High Fidelity DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: VLC Audio Streaming DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Found VLC version 2.0.4 in Windows Registry: E:\VLC\vlc.exe INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: VLC Video Streaming INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: FFmpeg DVR-MS Remux INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] Registering transcoding engine: dcraw Thumbnailer INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.398 [main] AviSynth is not installed. You cannot use avsmencoder as a transcoding engine. INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.507 [main] Using forced address 192.168.0.202 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.507 [main] Created socket: /192.168.0.202:5001 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.585 [main] Checking shared folder: H:\$FOTOS DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:39.632 [main] Sending ALIVE... INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:39.788 [main] Using the following UUID configured in PMS.conf: f1f9f173-f4bf-329a-bfc2-17eddf0b36e0 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:40.361 [New I/O server worker #1-1] No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.0.136 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:40.371 [pool-5-thread-1] Checking IP: 192.168.0.136 for RRiPad INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:40.377 [pool-5-thread-1] Renderer RRiPad found on this address: android-bd1a12742d91589e.fritz.box (192.168.0.136) DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:40.409 [pool-5-thread-1] Starting ping -n 3 -l 64000 192.168.0.136 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:41.456 [New I/O server worker #1-3] No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.0.152 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:41.457 [New I/O server worker #1-3] Another renderer like RRiPad was found! INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:41.458 [pool-5-thread-2] Checking IP: 192.168.0.152 for RRiPad INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:41.466 [pool-5-thread-2] Renderer RRiPad found on this address: Miriams-iPad.fritz.box (192.168.0.152) DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:41.467 [pool-5-thread-2] Starting ping -n 3 -l 64000 192.168.0.152 DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:42.420 [SpeedStats Failsafe] Stopping process: ping-0 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:42.420 [pool-5-thread-1] Address /192.168.0.136 has an estimated network speed of: 12 Mb/s INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:43.185 [New I/O server worker #1-2] No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.0.40 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:43.185 [New I/O server worker #1-2] Another renderer like RRiPad was found! INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:43.185 [pool-5-thread-1] Checking IP: 192.168.0.40 for RRiPad INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:43.247 [pool-5-thread-1] Renderer RRiPad found on this address: QR (192.168.0.40) DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:43.247 [pool-5-thread-1] Starting ping -n 3 -l 64000 192.168.0.40 DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:43.481 [SpeedStats Failsafe] Stopping process: ping-1 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:43.481 [pool-5-thread-2] Address /192.168.0.152 has an estimated network speed of: 16 Mb/s INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:44.691 [main] The server should now appear on your renderer DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:45.253 [SpeedStats Failsafe] Stopping process: ping-2 INFO 2012-12-30 10:03:45.253 [pool-5-thread-1] Address /192.168.0.40 has an estimated network speed of: 48 Mb/s DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:03:54.706 [UPNP-AliveMessageSender] Sending ALIVE... DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:05.741 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Forcing short path name on H:\$FOTOS\Möchneversdorf2001 DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:05.741 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Forcing short path name on H:\$FOTOS\Mödorf2001+tests DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:05.741 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Forcing short path name on H:\$FOTOS\Mönchneversdorf nach Umbau DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:05.756 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Forcing short path name on H:\$FOTOS\Radtour mit thomas, jürgen, norbert DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:08.003 [pool-8-thread-1] Starting "E:\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i "H:\$FOTOS\Ama 75ster Auswahl\1938a JU Schmetterling.mpg" -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe: DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:08.127 [pool-8-thread-1] Attaching thread: ffmpeg.exe-3 DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:10.857 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-3 DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:20.124 [UPNP-AliveMessageSender] Sending ALIVE...

I think, the line

DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:08.003 [pool-8-thread-1] Starting "E:\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i "H:\$FOTOS\Ama 75ster Auswahl\1938a JU Schmetterling.mpg" -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe:

documents that ffmpeg is used for transcoding, right?
I have no knowledge on ffmpeg and its commandline parameters, but googling a little indicated that the output format is determined here by the "-f" parameter, "image2" stating that it should generate single pictures. iPad still says the result is mpeg-2 which it cannot render.

To narrow down the problem, I started experiments with ffmpeg using several parameter sets found in the web "suitable for iPad". None of them worked for my example file - the resulting video files played on my PC, but not on my iPad. I think it's primarily a transcoder problem, not a PMS problem, so we should close the discussion here.

by **Raptor399** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:47 pm

rrrrrr wrote:I think, the line

DEBUG 2012-12-30 10:04:08.003 [pool-8-thread-1] Starting "E:\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i "H:\$FOTOS\Ama 75ster Auswahl\1938a JU Schmetterling.mpg" -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe:

documents that ffmpeg is used for transcoding, right?

The line indeed says that ffmpeg is used, but it is probably used to extract a single thumbnail image from the video file.

I would expect transcoding to be done with "mplayer.exe", unless you fiddled around with the order of the video engines in the transcoding tab.

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