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TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:55 pm
by tomjons
Hi,
i just obtain a version of TMS 5.1.2 for whs.
My system is a Acer Homeserver H340.
The options for videotranscoding on the config page are greyed out.
How can i activate this ?
Thanky you...

Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:12 pm
by tomjons
Could it be a codec problem ?
I found a thread with the same issue but it is related to a linux system.
plz
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:52 am
by mgillespie
I've seen posts to suggest that if you download the required transcoding software (ffmpeg), ensure the location is set correctly in the transcoder desc files, then these options ungrey.
I haven't tried this myself, and I believe in making all my media be in the correct format before I need it, rather than transcoding it (I am lucky, all my devices support a good range of common formats, so it's no hard to choose a format that works everywhere)
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:33 pm
by tomjons
I think if this is a feature of TMS 5.1.2 they should provide the required codecs to use this.
Am still searching for a solution.
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:56 pm
by tomjons
I need a to-do list for a whs system ?
Any helpers out there ?
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:19 am
by coolspot
Same problem - I'm a bit disappointed with Twonky v5.1.2. Seems to have a lot of issues - at least with the WHS release.
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:09 pm
by mgillespie
tomjons wrote:I think if this is a feature of TMS 5.1.2 they should provide the required codecs to use this.
Am still searching for a solution.
FFMPEG licencing may prevent providing it, You should install it via your OS.
Ubuntu/Debian apt-get install ffmpeg
Windows download from here:
http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/builds/
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:45 am
by tomjons
mgillespie wrote:tomjons wrote:I think if this is a feature of TMS 5.1.2 they should provide the required codecs to use this.
Am still searching for a solution.
FFMPEG licencing may prevent providing it, You should install it via your OS.
Ubuntu/Debian apt-get install ffmpeg
Windows download from here:
http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/builds/
Thank you.
But - how do i configure TMS to using this codec.
I think it is not in the gui of TMS.
I had to manually create files or ??
And therefore i need a how to - Thanky you !!
Re: TMS 5.1.2 + Video transcoding options not available
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:01 pm
by mgillespie
The options in the web interface are for background transcoding, where the system will transcode your files when the system is idle.
It seems you are after on-demand transcoding, that is different. Use the site search, you have to setup the ffmpeg.location and possibly the .desc files in the cgi-bin directory.
This is also a good intro to setting up transcoding, it allows the PS3 to play FLAC (by transcoding it to WAV).
http://www.twonkyforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... lac#p26801