Web content will not stream

[chocolateboy]

I'll post an updated version of those WEB.conf entries (which should work out of the box) after the next release.

[sesemin]

infidel,

I installed pms-setup-windows-1.20.472 mlx v0.2.exe. The files you asked for are in the attached zip file.

Thank you

Can you attach a zip containing your whatever.groovy+debug.log+pmsencoder.log+WEB.conf+PMS.conf? Without that it's difficult to know what the precise problem might be. PMSEncoder is in a constant state of flux thanks to chocolateboy's ongoing improvements, so it may just be due to version incompatibility. Or of course it could be the the commandline itself.

[infidel]

PMSEncoder isn't finding the rtmpdump.groovy user script. Where is it located? On your setup its path shoud be
"C:\Program Files\PS3 Media Server MLX\pmsencoder\rtmpdump.groovy".

I'm on linux, but will be able to replicate your setup later in win32 if this wasn't the problem.

[sesemin]

I put both PMSEncoder and rtmpdump.groovy in the plugin folder. I don't have a pmsencoder folder. Should I make one and move those two file into it?

[infidel]

Yes, the user is supposed to create the pmsencoder folder. The pmsencoder.jar file should remain in the plugins folder, and rtmpdump.groovy should be in the pmsencoder folder.

[grolschie]

Hello. The new version of pmsencoder doesn't work for me. Well it does, but I suspect that the format being sent to my blu-ray player isn't recognised. The logs seem fine, and running the ffmpeg command from the commandline works. Is there any way to set the output format in pmsencoder?

Anyone? Thanks. I have tried version 1.5.1. Version 1.4.0 worked for me (except for some missing audio).

[dushashi]

Chocolateboy

Can you please help me.

This is how pmsencoder transcodes the content from megaupload in the following way

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$TRANSCODER = "$MENCODER -o $TRANSCODER_OUT -msglevel all=2 -quiet -prefer-ipv4 -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=dvd -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=4096:threads=1:acodec=ac3:abitrate=128 -ofps 25 -cache 16384 -vf harddup $DOWNLOADER_OUT"

How do I modify this code for so I don't lose the quality?

[chocolateboy]

How do I modify this code for so I don't lose the quality?

I've answered that in detail already: http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtop ... 292#p46292

[dushashi]

Hi Chcolateboy

I am following your explanation. I understand that I cannot avoid transcoding. So now I am trying to find a way to increase the transcode quality.

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vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=4096:threads=1:acodec=ac3:abitrate=128

How can I improve this? Can i increase vbitrate? How much? Any other ways?

[chocolateboy]

I suspect that the format being sent to my blu-ray player isn't recognised.

You'll have to experiment (on the command line) with different mencoder/ffmpeg output settings and report what works (make sure you play them via #--TRANSCODE--# -> [No encoding]):

mencoder

Try varying the framerate e.g.:

• 24000/1001
• 24
• 25
• 30000/1001
• 30

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mencoder -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=dvd -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=4096:acodec=ac3:abitrate=128 -ofps 25 -o deleteme.tmp input.vid


ffmpeg

Try varying the target e.g.:

• ntsc-dvd
• pal-dvd

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ffmpeg -i input.vid -target pal-dvd deleteme.tmp


You may have to use a different extension for the output file e.g. .mpg, .mpeg, .m2v, .mp2, .vob &c.