Panasonic Viera TX-P42G20E and mkv

[graziano]

Hello

I have a Panasonic Viera TX-P42G20E (1920x1080 pixel) and I would see some mkv movie from my PC .
I was able to do it using WMS media servers , however I prefer to use UMS which is free.
The problems is that using UMS I receive a "not readable" error. am trying to understand why mkv are not readable .

Any help please ?



Thank you
Graziano

[graziano]

I noticed that only SOME mkv files are not readable
for example I have this .mkv which I can't see

General
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 700 MiB
Duration : 1h 28mn
Overall bit rate : 1 107 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-01-02 18:20:24
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.3.0 ('You can't stop me!') built on Jun 28 2013 20:09:41
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 28mn
Nominal bit rate : 977 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.042
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164 da19765
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=9 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=42 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=977 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 1h 28mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[graziano]

I added

container == avc && vcodec == h264 :: -mc 0.1

and it works

Now the problem is , how to show subtitles (these are not shown)

[graziano]

today , UMS can't open the file I was able to open yesterday and no way to show subtitle.

anyone please can tell me why some mkv file works fine in TX-P42G20E
while other mkv files can't open in TX-P42G20E ?

and please how to show subtitles and how to see (currently it does not show subtitles) and select a subtitle language while seeing the movie for mkv files which have multiple languages ?

thank you

[graziano]

anyone read this forum ?

[Wolfgan]

Most likely no other users have the same renderer TV and issues with mkv as you have. It will also help if you post your logs as in viewtopic.php?f=9&t=556
Wolf

[graziano]

after about 10 days trying to understand DLNA and UMS , finally I understand how to create profiles (using ps3.conf) , it's very important
to setup correctly UserAgentSearch for your media.

All is working excellent now , thank you UMS , I think UMS is much much better than various paid products !

I would share my working conf file for Yamaha RX-V500D and Panasonic

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RendererName=Yamaha RX-V500D
RendererIcon=yamaharxv671.png
UserAgentSearch=KnOS
UserAgentAdditionalHeader=AV_Reciever/3.1
Video=false
Audio=true
Image=false
SeekByTime=true
StreamExtensions=wav,flac,mp3,wma,aac
TranscodeAudio=LPCM
TranscodeAudioTo441kHz=false
TranscodeExtensions=

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RendererName=Panasonic TX-P42G20E
RendererIcon=panasonic.png
#===========================================================
# Reported identifying headers:
# My TV Viera TX-P42G20E  	- supports Video, Image
# User-Agent: Panasonic MIL DLNA CP UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.00
# X-PANASONIC-DMP-Profile: MPEG_PS_PAL JPEG_SM PV_DIVX_DIV3 PV_DIVX_DIV4 PV_DIVX_DIVX PV_DIVX_DX50 PV_DRM_DIVX_DIV3 PV_DRM_DIVX_DIV4 PV_DRM_DIVX_DIVX PV_DRM_DIVX_DX50
#===========================================================
UserAgentSearch=Panasonic MIL DLNA
Video=true
Audio=false
Image=true
SeekByTime=exclusive
DLNALocalizationRequired=true
ByteToTimeseekRewindSeconds=0
MediaInfo=true
TranscodeFastStart=true
TranscodedVideoFileSize=0
ForceJPGThumbnails = true
ThumbnailAsResource = true
KeepAspectRatio= true
RescaleByRenderer= true
AutoExifRotate = true
SupportedSubtitlesType = SUBRIP, MICRODVD

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:mpegps     v:mpeg1|mpeg2|mp4|h264   a:ac3|lpcm|aac|mpa   m:video/mpeg   gop:static
# By default more widely supported "video/divx" is used but feel free to test "video/x-msvideo" which should be better choice
Supported = f:avi|divx   v:mp4|divx               a:mp3|ac3            m:video/divx   qpel:yes|no   gmc:0

# Supported image formats:
Supported = f:jpg     	m:image/jpeg

[Wolfgan]

Glad to hear you were able to configure your TV to run nicely with UMS. Once your profile is tuned make sure any of the admins receive it and they can add it to the general release of UMS for other users to enjoy. Wolf

[GtheRacer]

Hi graziano!

I have exactly the same issue with .mkv and P42G20E,
while our P42G50 plays these files instantly w/o any problems.

PLEASE can u help me with that?
(The G20E is with the latest available firware)

MANY THANX !