[Solved] No thumbnails and zoomed video on Sony KDL-40EX521

[ciarals]

Hello! I've just installed UMS... Previously I was using PMS but after some problems on Mavericks, I've found you and everything is working perfectly
I'm using a PlayStation 3 and a Sony KDL-40EX521 to watch videos: on my PS3 everything is perfect (video, subtitles, etc.), on the TV I'm having these little issues:

1) no video thumbnails are appearing when I'm browsing the video files. On my PS3 thumbnails are ok and when I was using PMS I could see thumbnails also on my TV, so at least I know that it's compatible... Of course, it's not so important, but is there a way to see thumbnails also on TV?

2) video on PS3 has the exact size of the video file, video on the UMS is zoomed a bit (some subtitles are cut). I've tried looking at all video settings in the TV but no way. Maybe there's some setting on the UMS?

Thank you for your answers! Bye!

[SharkHunter]

Hi,

For thumbs add

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ThumbnailAsResource=true

to the render config file. I think your render config should be "BraviaEX.conf". If it works come back and I'll it to the repo.

For the video size stuff try adding this (to the same file)

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OverrideVideoFilter=scale=1280:720,setdar=4/3,pad=1280:720

it works for me on a Barvia5500 so it might work for other Bravias as well.

[ciarals]

Hello and thanks for the reply. Where should I find the BraviaEX.conf file? And where do I have to add the codes? Wherever I want? Thanks again

[SharkHunter]

It should be found in the UMS dir\renders.
Add the lines to the bottom.

[ciarals]

Sorry again for asking, but where should be the dir\renders? I've looked inside the app in the Applications folder and also in Application Support in my Library, but couldn't find it. I've also tried searching the conf file within the Mac... Can you please give me a hit where it should be? Thanks!

[SharkHunter]

On windows it normally is c:\program files (x86)\Universal Media Server\renders

[ciarals]

Don't you know where it is on Mac?

[SharkHunter]

Lock in the debug tab click "open full debug" and then in that file look for "Loading renderer configurations from " and you'll see something like "xxx/ums/ums-3.0.0/renderers"
And in that dir you'll find the renders conf file

[ciarals]

Ok, the conf file was here (just for your records, if you need it): /Applications/Universal Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Java/renderers

I've copied the 2 codes you told me. I don't know if I've done it correctly: I haven't copied the 2 codes at the very bottom of the file, but at the bottom of what I thought were similar options... See them here just after "CreateDLNATreeFaster = true":

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#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Profile for Sony Bravia EX500/EX700 series.
# See PS3.conf for a description of all possible configuration options.
#

RendererName=Sony Bravia EX
RendererIcon=braviaex.png
#===========================================================
# Reported identifying headers:
# X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="BRAVIA KDL-32CX520"; mv="1.7";
#===========================================================
#UserAgentSearch=
UserAgentAdditionalHeader=X-AV-Client-Info
UserAgentAdditionalHeaderSearch=(BRAVIA KDL.+EX[3457])|(BRAVIA KDL.+[CN]X[578])
Video=true
Audio=true
Image=true
SeekByTime=true
TranscodeVideo=MPEGPSAC3
TranscodeAudio=LPCM
DefaultVBVBufSize=true
MuxH264ToMpegTS=true
MuxDTSToMpeg=false
WrapDTSIntoPCM=false
MuxLPCMToMpeg=false
MaxVideoBitrateMbps=0
MaxVideoWidth=0
MaxVideoHeight=0
H264Level41Limited=true
DLNALocalizationRequired=true
TranscodeExtensions=dvr-ms,dvr,mkv,dv,ty,mov,ogm,hdmov,hdm,rmv,rmvb,rm,asf,evo,asx,flv,m2v,mpe,mod,tivo,ty,tmf,ts,tp,m2p,mp4,m4v,avi,wmv,wm,divx,div,flac,mlp,fla,wma,m4a,aac,dts,mka,ape,ogg,shn,mpc,ra,mp2,wv,oma,aa3,gif,png,arw,cr2,crw,dng,raf,mrw,nef,pef,tif,tiff
StreamExtensions=
ForceJPGThumbnails=true
MediaInfo=true
CreateDLNATreeFaster = true
ThumbnailAsResource=true
OverrideVideoFilter=scale=1280:720,setdar=4/3,pad=1280:720

# Our Bravia EX-specific notes:
# DTS is not supported.
# H.264 within AVI containers is not supported, nor is GMC or QPEL.
# WMV is supported, but not with 5.1 audio.
# Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is not supported.

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:mpegps|mpegts   v:mpeg1|mpeg2|mp4|h264   a:ac3|lpcm|aac|mpa   m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:avi|divx        v:mp4|divx|mjpeg         a:mp3|lpcm|mpa|ac3   m:video/x-divx     qpel:no   gmc:0
Supported = f:mp4             v:mp4|h264               a:ac3|aac            m:video/mp4
Supported = f:wmv             v:wmv|vc1                a:wma                m:video/x-ms-wmv   n:2

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:wav     n:6   m:audio/wav        s:48000   a:dts|lpcm
Supported = f:wav     n:2   m:audio/wav        s:48000
Supported = f:mp3     n:2   m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:aac     n:2   m:audio/x-m4a                a:(?!alac).+
Supported = f:wma     n:2   m:audio/x-ms-wma
Supported = f:atrac   n:2   m:audio/x-oma

# Supported image formats:
Supported = f:jpg    m:image/jpeg
Supported = f:png    m:image/png
Supported = f:gif    m:image/gif
Supported = f:tiff   m:image/tiff

Is it ok or do I have to copy the codes really at the bottom of the file?

A part from this, thumbnails were not working, but after a reboot of the UMS, they now work. They're not in so good quality as they're in PS3, but I don't know if you can do something on this.

Regarding the zoomed video, no results here unfortunately

[SharkHunter]

Place the line anywhere you like. For the video part try and change the OverrideVideoFilter with diffrent values (like 1920:1080 etc...)