How to add MOV transcoding ?
Hi Twonky Forum,
I want to stream MOV files to my Samsung TV. As my Samsung does not support this video format I have the need to transcode it to mpeg which is the easiest way to make it work for my TV.
I added the description file called "ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc" with the following content to the cgi-bin directory:
exec: ffmpeg -i $infile -vcodec mpeg2video -y $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/quicktime
to=video/mpeg
synchronous
priority=idle
file permissions 644
I added following line to the "resources/transcoding.db" file in the audio stanza
MOV,mov,video/quicktime,mov
I am wondering if I need to add something to the Samsung TV stanza in the resources/clients.db file.
I would assume to add something ( "MOV" ??? )to the < TR: > line - but I am not sure about that.
I found on the Twonky Wiki that I would need to check the "mpeg" box at the transcoding page of the web interface?
I thought that these setting would be to pre-transcode files to be stored in the Twonky cache.
Do I really need to check this box to enable Twonky transcoding on the fly?
I ask all this because it does not work to stream MOV files to my TV. It says "not supported file type". I tested the ffmpeg command manually and it produces a MPEG file which can be played by my TV. But somehow the "on-the-fly" trancoding does not work.
I would highly appreciate if there could be a documentation for advanced users how to add and enable new transcoding methods. I understand that Twonky can not deliver all needs for all existing DLNA clients but there should be a way to add this manually on your own. Of course this would be "Out-Of-Support" but I think it would be highly appreciated by the community.
Nevertheless I would appreciate if someone could help me to set up Twonky for on-the-fly transcoding of MOV to stream MPEG to the DLNA client.
Thank you very much in advance
tws1138
I want to stream MOV files to my Samsung TV. As my Samsung does not support this video format I have the need to transcode it to mpeg which is the easiest way to make it work for my TV.
I added the description file called "ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc" with the following content to the cgi-bin directory:
exec: ffmpeg -i $infile -vcodec mpeg2video -y $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/quicktime
to=video/mpeg
synchronous
priority=idle
file permissions 644
I added following line to the "resources/transcoding.db" file in the audio stanza
MOV,mov,video/quicktime,mov
I am wondering if I need to add something to the Samsung TV stanza in the resources/clients.db file.
I would assume to add something ( "MOV" ??? )to the < TR: > line - but I am not sure about that.
I found on the Twonky Wiki that I would need to check the "mpeg" box at the transcoding page of the web interface?
I thought that these setting would be to pre-transcode files to be stored in the Twonky cache.
Do I really need to check this box to enable Twonky transcoding on the fly?
I ask all this because it does not work to stream MOV files to my TV. It says "not supported file type". I tested the ffmpeg command manually and it produces a MPEG file which can be played by my TV. But somehow the "on-the-fly" trancoding does not work.
I would highly appreciate if there could be a documentation for advanced users how to add and enable new transcoding methods. I understand that Twonky can not deliver all needs for all existing DLNA clients but there should be a way to add this manually on your own. Of course this would be "Out-Of-Support" but I think it would be highly appreciated by the community.
Nevertheless I would appreciate if someone could help me to set up Twonky for on-the-fly transcoding of MOV to stream MPEG to the DLNA client.
Thank you very much in advance
tws1138
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
It is my understanding that you have to enable that to get on the fly transcoding to workI found on the Twonky Wiki that I would need to check the "mpeg" box at the transcoding page of the web interface?
I thought that these setting would be to pre-transcode files to be stored in the Twonky cache.
Do I really need to check this box to enable Twonky transcoding on the fly?
In the example used in the following postI am wondering if I need to add something to the Samsung TV stanza in the resources/clients.db file.
I would assume to add something ( "MOV" ??? )to the < TR: > line - but I am not sure about that.
http://www.twonkyforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... 978#p38942
He was able to do it for m4a to mp3, without having to add any edit to the clients.db
Have you tried it yet, with the changes you have made,
but with the transcoding mpeg option enabled?
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
[quote="phibertron"]
Have you tried it yet, with the changes you have made,
but with the transcoding mpeg option enabled?
[/quote]
Thank you phibertron for your reply !!!
I have not yet test it with the mpeg option box checked because my understanding is that Twonky will then pre-transcode all files with NON mpeg formats to mpeg and I have some big MKVs that work with my TV and do not need to be transcoded.
I currently do not totally understand what files Twonky considers as candidates for transcoding Will it be all video files that are not in mpeg format or will it be just the files that are in a formet that my DLNA clients are not accepting natively (as defined in the clients.db) ???
Anyway, I will test it tomorrow evening with the checked mpeg option which will be in about 20 hours or so as I am living in Europe in the GMT+1 time zone and it just around midnight right now for me
Good Night!
Have you tried it yet, with the changes you have made,
but with the transcoding mpeg option enabled?
[/quote]
Thank you phibertron for your reply !!!
I have not yet test it with the mpeg option box checked because my understanding is that Twonky will then pre-transcode all files with NON mpeg formats to mpeg and I have some big MKVs that work with my TV and do not need to be transcoded.
I currently do not totally understand what files Twonky considers as candidates for transcoding Will it be all video files that are not in mpeg format or will it be just the files that are in a formet that my DLNA clients are not accepting natively (as defined in the clients.db) ???
Anyway, I will test it tomorrow evening with the checked mpeg option which will be in about 20 hours or so as I am living in Europe in the GMT+1 time zone and it just around midnight right now for me
Good Night!
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
Im not 100% sure it does the pre-encdoing of all your files, I didnt think that was the case
But I do know that it leaves whatever file it has encoded in cache
and cant remember where at the moment,
but I think there is somewhere to limit the size of the cache so that the older files fall off
so that you drive space doesnt get used up
The whole idea of this feature in twonky isnt documented very well
and if you scour through the forums, there are lot of expirments going on =)
But I do know that it leaves whatever file it has encoded in cache
and cant remember where at the moment,
but I think there is somewhere to limit the size of the cache so that the older files fall off
so that you drive space doesnt get used up
The whole idea of this feature in twonky isnt documented very well
and if you scour through the forums, there are lot of expirments going on =)
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
Hi phibertron,
checking the MPEG box did not help. My TV still says "unsupported file format". I tried to find in /var/opt/twonkymedia if enything got pre-trancoded but all video directories are empty. I fount something in /var/opt/twonkymedia/db. One of the dat files contained for the MOV file;
I had this MOV file (P1000359.MOV) converted before with ffmpeg to a MPEG file (test1.mpg) to see if my command in the desc file creates a playable file. I have put it in the same directory. Twonky recognizes it - see below: no UNKOWN line in the stanza of the dat file - and my TV can play it:
Here is what I added to the /opt/twonkymedia/resources/transcoding.db file
Thank you for your support !
Cheers,
tws1138
checking the MPEG box did not help. My TV still says "unsupported file format". I tried to find in /var/opt/twonkymedia if enything got pre-trancoded but all video directories are empty. I fount something in /var/opt/twonkymedia/db. One of the dat files contained for the MOV file;
It looks like Twonky does not even recognize the file at all - see the: UNKOWN line in the stanza of the dat file above. This indicates to me that the MOV file gets passed 1:1 to the TV and of course it can not be played as MOV file.~>>>>
01004I782
0301Bobject.item.videoItem.movie
14008P1000359
19007Unknown
1A003MKV
1F00264
210132009-12-12T20:35:04
2200A1321210815
230132011-11-16T23:06:37
3100A1321210821
3500A1321210815
3C01E/media/backup/MKV/P1000359.MOV
3D00855987122
3E0070:00:57
43007640x480
C000214
D10011
â–’>>>>
I had this MOV file (P1000359.MOV) converted before with ffmpeg to a MPEG file (test1.mpg) to see if my command in the desc file creates a playable file. I have put it in the same directory. Twonky recognizes it - see below: no UNKOWN line in the stanza of the dat file - and my TV can play it:
I would like to know now how to make Twonky to accept the file because I can understand that Twonky does not do any transcoding to an UNKOWN file type.â–’>>>>
01005I1038
0301Bobject.item.videoItem.movie
14005test1
1A003MKV
1F00215
210132011-11-16T00:00:00
2200A1321469950
230132011-11-16T23:07:28
3100A1321469956
3500A1321469950
3C01B/media/backup/MKV/test1.mpg
3D0073532800
3E00B0:00:41.285
43007640x480
520052,2,0
530011
C000214
â–’>>>>
Here is what I added to the /opt/twonkymedia/resources/transcoding.db file
Does this look right for MOV files?# Quicktime Video
MOV,mov,video/quicktime
Thank you for your support !
Cheers,
tws1138
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
I guess the first question to ask is
Does the MOV file in question appear in the list of video when viewed via the web interface?
If it doesnt show up there, do you have a program called mediainfo?
it can tell us what format of video and audio is in that MOV container
If it does show up there, then it should be a supported video type for twonky
Does your ffmpeg.location file have a correct path to ffmpeg executable?
I took a look at my transcoding.db for 6.0.37
I have this entry in it, which I did not put there,
it is possible its a left over from other version, but I doubt it
but this is different thatn what you put in there
MOV320x240,mp4,video/mov
Also, I found this file, ffmpeg-mov-flv.desc
So I think your ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc is ok
The other thing is in the clients.db
This may or may not be needed, not sure, but if I had to guess, bases on the other usage in the file
I added MPEG to the end of the TR: line
One could also argue, an MT option might work, not sure though
to translate .mov mimtype to an mp4 type, if only we were so lucky
Let us know how it works out, either way
Oh yeah, almost forgot, you mentioned your worries about background transcoding of everything
I remembered after looking at it =)
In the transcoding.db there is this
It appears to me that one has to enable the ability to do background transcoding
by removing the # from one or more of the above
but this is just an assumption
.
Does the MOV file in question appear in the list of video when viewed via the web interface?
If it doesnt show up there, do you have a program called mediainfo?
it can tell us what format of video and audio is in that MOV container
If it does show up there, then it should be a supported video type for twonky
Does your ffmpeg.location file have a correct path to ffmpeg executable?
I took a look at my transcoding.db for 6.0.37
I have this entry in it, which I did not put there,
it is possible its a left over from other version, but I doubt it
but this is different thatn what you put in there
MOV320x240,mp4,video/mov
Also, I found this file, ffmpeg-mov-flv.desc
So I think your ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc is ok
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# transcode video
#(c) 2008 by PacketVideo
exec: ffmpeg -i $infile -vcodec flv -f flv -s qvga -vb 256000 -ab 64000 -ac 2 -ar 44100 $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/quicktime
to=video/flv
asynchronous
priority=idle
This may or may not be needed, not sure, but if I had to guess, bases on the other usage in the file
I added MPEG to the end of the TR: line
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NA:Samsung TV
DD:Samsung DTV
XM:DLNA15
XM:FORCE_DURATION
XM:FORCE_4TH_FIELD
XM:AARES
DX:SAMSUNGFEATLIST
DB:FIX
MT:mkv video/x-mkv
MT:mpeg,mpeg2,vdr,spts,tp,ts video/mpeg
HP:chunked
MT:m4a audio/mp4
TR:JPEGORG,JPEG160x160,JPEG640x480,JPEG1024x768,JPEG1920x1080,MPEG
to translate .mov mimtype to an mp4 type, if only we were so lucky
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MT:mov video/mp4
Oh yeah, almost forgot, you mentioned your worries about background transcoding of everything
I remembered after looking at it =)
In the transcoding.db there is this
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# the following lines defines output formats for background transcoding
# the format is NAME=comma separated list of profiles
# background-transcoding-group:JPEG=JPEG1920x1080
# background-transcoding-group:MP3=MP3
# background-transcoding-group:MPEG2=MPEG
# background-transcoding-group:WMV=WMV
# background-transcoding-group:MPEG4=CIF15
# background-transcoding-group:Flash=FLASH
by removing the # from one or more of the above
but this is just an assumption
.
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
I did some testing today
I did some tests with the following, and some without it
ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc
# transcode video
#(c) 2008 by PacketVideo
exec: ffmpeg -i $infile -vcodec mpeg2video $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/quicktime
to=video/mpeg
asynchronous
priority=idle
I noticed this file, and it is in essence and "All" to mp4
which I leveraged when the above was not used
ffmpeg-ts-mp4.desc
# transcode quicktime video to MP4 H264 video
#(c) 2009 by PacketVideo
exec: ffmpeg -threads 2 -i $infile -vcodec libx264 -b 7500k -refs 1 -bf 3 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/*
to=video/mp4
asynchronous
priority=normal
In the clients.db
The PS3 Client profile this as default
TR:MPEG,JPEGORG,MP4
The Samsung TV profile has this as default
TR:JPEGORG,JPEG160x160,JPEG640x480,JPEG1024x768,JPEG1920x1080
So I'd hope all you should have to do is add the ,MPEG to that line to use the ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc
or one could add ,MP4 to the line fo the use of the ffmpeg-ts-mp4.desc
I didnt have time to see the effect of the entry in the transcoding.db
The below is in mine by default
MOV320x240,mp4,video/mov
I any of my test today, I was able to get transcoding to the PS3 wich does not support MOV
I did not have to enable the mpeg or mp4 checkmarks on the transcoding in web interface
I did some tests with the following, and some without it
ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc
# transcode video
#(c) 2008 by PacketVideo
exec: ffmpeg -i $infile -vcodec mpeg2video $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/quicktime
to=video/mpeg
asynchronous
priority=idle
I noticed this file, and it is in essence and "All" to mp4
which I leveraged when the above was not used
ffmpeg-ts-mp4.desc
# transcode quicktime video to MP4 H264 video
#(c) 2009 by PacketVideo
exec: ffmpeg -threads 2 -i $infile -vcodec libx264 -b 7500k -refs 1 -bf 3 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 $outfile
# capabilities
from=video/*
to=video/mp4
asynchronous
priority=normal
In the clients.db
The PS3 Client profile this as default
TR:MPEG,JPEGORG,MP4
The Samsung TV profile has this as default
TR:JPEGORG,JPEG160x160,JPEG640x480,JPEG1024x768,JPEG1920x1080
So I'd hope all you should have to do is add the ,MPEG to that line to use the ffmpeg-mov-mpeg.desc
or one could add ,MP4 to the line fo the use of the ffmpeg-ts-mp4.desc
I didnt have time to see the effect of the entry in the transcoding.db
The below is in mine by default
MOV320x240,mp4,video/mov
I any of my test today, I was able to get transcoding to the PS3 wich does not support MOV
I did not have to enable the mpeg or mp4 checkmarks on the transcoding in web interface
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
I should also note, that I avoid transcoding when ever possible, but sometimes its needed
I do all of my own encoding before hand with either handbrake
or by re-muxing from one conainer to another
For example say I had a video in a MOV conainer, taken say with an iPhone
or one that contained AVC video and AAC audio
both of which are supported in the MP4 container
So instead of having to rencode the video and lose quality and time
I just remux them into and mp4 container, and they will be 100% identical
and it is done wicked fast, or as fast as your computers hard drive limits you =)
I use the following command and then copy the file to twonky
ffmpeg -i original.MOV -vcodec copy -acodec copy new.mp4
I intend to see if I can leverage that in a twonky desc. file
just havent gotten around to it
I think the biggest thing to take away from this is
if the video and audio in the container are supported in another container
and that other container is supported by your device
I would reccomend remuxing with ffmpeg for 100% quality retention of the original
I really want to test this as an on the fly option
maybe tonghit ill try who knows
But I figured you could use these tactics as well
I do all of my own encoding before hand with either handbrake
or by re-muxing from one conainer to another
For example say I had a video in a MOV conainer, taken say with an iPhone
or one that contained AVC video and AAC audio
both of which are supported in the MP4 container
So instead of having to rencode the video and lose quality and time
I just remux them into and mp4 container, and they will be 100% identical
and it is done wicked fast, or as fast as your computers hard drive limits you =)
I use the following command and then copy the file to twonky
ffmpeg -i original.MOV -vcodec copy -acodec copy new.mp4
I intend to see if I can leverage that in a twonky desc. file
just havent gotten around to it
I think the biggest thing to take away from this is
if the video and audio in the container are supported in another container
and that other container is supported by your device
I would reccomend remuxing with ffmpeg for 100% quality retention of the original
I really want to test this as an on the fly option
maybe tonghit ill try who knows
But I figured you could use these tactics as well
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
Hi phibertron,
I finally decided to go for the MPEG transcoding and I just added "mov" to the line
of the Samsung TV stanza in the clients.db file
Funnywise Twonky does immediately start a pre-transcoding process of the files (because the MPEG box is still checked !!!)
from:
to:
I was even able to capture the ffmpeg process with ps -ef | grep twonky:
It is a little strange that Twonky does not replace the extension .mov with .mpg but just adds the new extension but I currently do not care.
But even with the transcoded files being available in the twonky cache (as shown above) my Samsung TV still says "unsupported file format".
I checked with mediainfo that the file are now really MPEG files and I can play them with VLC on my server and I can stream them when I copy them to the directory where the MOV files reside. So the files are ok and twonky recognizes them and at least pre-transcodes them.
When I try to stream the MOV files you can see on the server status page below the line the following:
So my TV gets the original MOV file not the transcoded one.
It looks to me that either my TV or Twonky does not get it right to catch/provide the pointer to the transcoded file instead of using the original file over and over again. Is there a way to debug/log what file the DLNA client requests and what Twonky answers?
I would assume that the "Active local connections" should show the trancoded file path or am I wrong?
I got lost I do not see the missing link. Obviously twonky recognizes the mov files and does the right pre-transcoding BUT why does it provide the original file instead of the cached pre-transcoded or does the transcode on the fly ?
It is late for me now. I have to get up early. I hope you are still with me and probably have still an idea where to look. Thanks for your support.
Cheers and out
tws1138
I finally decided to go for the MPEG transcoding and I just added "mov" to the line
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MT:mpeg,mpeg2,vdr,spts,tp,ts,m2ts,mov video/mpeg
Funnywise Twonky does immediately start a pre-transcoding process of the files (because the MPEG box is still checked !!!)
from:
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root:/media/backup/MKV# ll
insgesamt 196496
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-11-17 23:47 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2011-09-16 21:46 ../
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 53183073 2011-11-13 19:58 IMG_0169.mov*
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 55987122 2011-11-13 20:00 P1000359.mov*
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root:/var/cache/twonkymedia/6579f06a704dd9040e4aa4d9660a26fe/MPEG# ll
insgesamt 11832
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-11-17 23:35 ./
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2011-11-17 23:23 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6735872 2011-11-17 23:33 IMG_0169.mov.mpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3162112 2011-11-17 23:33 P1000359.mov.mpg
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root 5615 1107 0 00:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i /media/backup/MKV/IMG_0169.mov -vcodec mpeg2video -r 25 /var/cache/twonkymedia/6579f06a704dd9040e4aa4d9660a26fe/MPEG/IMG_0169.mov.mpg
But even with the transcoded files being available in the twonky cache (as shown above) my Samsung TV still says "unsupported file format".
I checked with mediainfo that the file are now really MPEG files and I can play them with VLC on my server and I can stream them when I copy them to the directory where the MOV files reside. So the files are ok and twonky recognizes them and at least pre-transcodes them.
When I try to stream the MOV files you can see on the server status page below the line the following:
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Active local connections:
TV 00:35:02 /media/backup/MKV/IMG_0169.mov
It looks to me that either my TV or Twonky does not get it right to catch/provide the pointer to the transcoded file instead of using the original file over and over again. Is there a way to debug/log what file the DLNA client requests and what Twonky answers?
I would assume that the "Active local connections" should show the trancoded file path or am I wrong?
I got lost I do not see the missing link. Obviously twonky recognizes the mov files and does the right pre-transcoding BUT why does it provide the original file instead of the cached pre-transcoded or does the transcode on the fly ?
It is late for me now. I have to get up early. I hope you are still with me and probably have still an idea where to look. Thanks for your support.
Cheers and out
tws1138
Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
When I browse the Videos through the HTML basd web interface I have the following link for one mov file:
For an MP4 file which is natively supported I get:
The "NON-DLNA" makes me nervous. Shouldn't it be like the one below?
Cheers, tws1138
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http://192.AAA.BBB.CCC:9000/disk/NON-DLNA/O0$3$28I1549.mov
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http://192.AAA.BBB.CCC:9000/disk/DLNA-PNMPEG4_P2_MP4_SP_VGA_AAC-OP01-FLAGS01700000/O0$3$28I1805.mp4
Cheers, tws1138
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
I did play around with the MT settings
MT:mpeg,mpeg2,vdr,spts,tp,ts,m2ts,mov video/mpeg
but all they are doing is injecting a different Mime Type to the stream
which is what some clients need, I dont think this is the case
so I would remove that, as it might cause a logice issue if left there
Have you made this change to the samsung tv client profile?
TR:JPEGORG,JPEG160x160,JPEG640x480,JPEG1024x768,JPEG1920x1080,MPEG
As the TR setting is the one which in my tests made the differene on whether or not a file is
going to or not going to be sent to the client transcoded
MT:mpeg,mpeg2,vdr,spts,tp,ts,m2ts,mov video/mpeg
but all they are doing is injecting a different Mime Type to the stream
which is what some clients need, I dont think this is the case
so I would remove that, as it might cause a logice issue if left there
Have you made this change to the samsung tv client profile?
TR:JPEGORG,JPEG160x160,JPEG640x480,JPEG1024x768,JPEG1920x1080,MPEG
As the TR setting is the one which in my tests made the differene on whether or not a file is
going to or not going to be sent to the client transcoded
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
My dear Twonky Guru phibertron !!!
Your are just awesome and you MADE MY DAY!!!
As advised I removed the "mov" entry in the MT line:
and added "MPEG" to the TR line:
and now it WORKS !!!
I have only these little values in the TR: line as this is sufficient for me
But I am a good Padavan because I was always thinking that the key must be in the TR line as I first tried to add the "MOV" to it. And when I carefully read this "explanation" line at the header of the file (I must admit that English is not my mother tongue):
it tells you that you should put there the destination format and not the source format. I did not realize that at the first stage because I thought that this is not necessary as my TV "understands" MPEG natively. But this does obviously not count for transcoded files.
Thanks a million!!!
I think that this is a very good example now for the whole community on what to consider when extending the streaming capabilities of ones DLNA client through transcoding. I guess these findings can be used for other formats as well. Thanks for that too
I will now enjoy all my taken MOV files from my several cameras over the years on my big LED TV
Cheers,
tws1138
Your are just awesome and you MADE MY DAY!!!
As advised I removed the "mov" entry in the MT line:
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MT:mpeg,mpeg2,vdr,spts,tp,ts,m2ts video/mpeg
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TR:JPEG160x160,JPEG1920x1080,MPEG
I have only these little values in the TR: line as this is sufficient for me
But I am a good Padavan because I was always thinking that the key must be in the TR line as I first tried to add the "MOV" to it. And when I carefully read this "explanation" line at the header of the file (I must admit that English is not my mother tongue):
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// TR support for this transcoded formats
Thanks a million!!!
I think that this is a very good example now for the whole community on what to consider when extending the streaming capabilities of ones DLNA client through transcoding. I guess these findings can be used for other formats as well. Thanks for that too
I will now enjoy all my taken MOV files from my several cameras over the years on my big LED TV
Cheers,
tws1138
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
Brilliant!
I am glad we got this working for you
Yeah, the comments at the top of the db files client/transcoding
are a wealth of information, but sometimes, they arent obvious at first
You appear to be comfortable on the computer,
imagine trying to explain this to a non-techie...
Google translate is my freind too
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Enjoy!
I am glad we got this working for you
Yeah, the comments at the top of the db files client/transcoding
are a wealth of information, but sometimes, they arent obvious at first
You appear to be comfortable on the computer,
imagine trying to explain this to a non-techie...
Google translate is my freind too
I miss EU, havent been in a while, maybe in the spring
Enjoy!
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Re: How to add MOV transcoding ?
A couple of other settings you might want to take a look at
# directory for cached/transcoded files
cachedir=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TwonkyMedia\db\cache
# max space files take under the directory for cached/transcoded files
cachemaxsize=
The cachemaxsize is one to look at, if your ever conncerned about your drive fillng up with
I assume that it is used like the other settings and is based off of 1024 or 1000
for ex: 16384 would be 16MB
# directory for cached/transcoded files
cachedir=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TwonkyMedia\db\cache
# max space files take under the directory for cached/transcoded files
cachemaxsize=
The cachemaxsize is one to look at, if your ever conncerned about your drive fillng up with
I assume that it is used like the other settings and is based off of 1024 or 1000
for ex: 16384 would be 16MB
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