Unable to transcode anything on Sony Blu-Ray DBP-S470

[Comrade Suhov]

Greetings,
As long as UMS exists I'm unable to make it work on my Sony BDP-S470 but it always worked "out of box" on older PS3 Media Server.
When I go to Transcode folder and select any title there my BD-Player says "Cannot find the server" and that's it. I have played with 'Sony-Bluray.conf' (deleted all configs but one to be sure) but so far zero luck on my end. Tried unmarking both "2010-11 US MODELS (Sony BDP-Sx70/80) ONLY" and "NON-US MODELS ONLY" yet still zero luck in Transcoding to this device.

As I said, it worked out the box on PS3 Media server (and still does) and their config looks like this with a fresh install:

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#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Profile for Sony Blu-ray Players (2010 Bravia Internet Video-enabled models).
# See PS3.conf for a description of all possible configuration options.
#

RendererName=Sony Blu-ray
RendererIcon=sonybluray.png

# ============================================================================
# Sony Bluray uses the following headers:
#
# User-Agent: UPnP/1.0
# X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player"; mv="2.0";
# X-AV-Physical-Unit-Info: pa="Blu-ray Disc Player";
# ---
# User-Agent: UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50
# X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player"; mv="2.0";
# X-AV-Physical-Unit-Info: pa="Blu-ray Disc Player";
# ============================================================================
# The User-Agent strings are too generic to match
#UserAgentSearch=
UserAgentAdditionalHeader=X-AV-Client-Info
UserAgentAdditionalHeaderSearch=(cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player")
Video=true
Audio=true
Image=true
SeekByTime=false
TranscodeVideo=MPEGTSAC3
TranscodeAudio=LPCM
DefaultVBVBufSize=true
MuxH264ToMpegTS=false
MuxDTSToMpeg=false
WrapDTSIntoPCM=false
MuxLPCMToMpeg=false
MaxVideoBitrateMbps=0
MaxVideoWidth=0
MaxVideoHeight=0
H264Level41Limited=true
#MimeTypesChanges=
DLNALocalizationRequired=true
#TranscodeExtensions=
#StreamExtensions=
MediaParserV2_ThumbnailGeneration=false

# For Sony Bluray players and Bravia TVs
ForceJPGThumbnails=true
# For Sony Bluray players
ChunkedTransfer=true

# Specs below taken from http://www.sony.co.uk/product/blu-ray-disc-player/bdp-s370#pageType=TechnicalSpecs
# then fine-tuned by lengthy trial and error since so much of that advertised spec is inaccurate.
# US models don't support video/divx mime type but European and Canadian models do.
# Subtitles in mkv files are only displayed if mime type is video/divx.
# Vob subtitles are not supported.
# See also http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2004 for more DLNA-related info on these players.

MediaInfo=true

######### ALL MODELS:

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:wma    n:2   m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:mp3    n:2   m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:lpcm   n:2   m:audio/L16   s:48000

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

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:mpegps|mpegts   v:mpeg1|mpeg2     a:ac3|dts|lpcm|mpa|mp3                    m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:mpegts          v:h264|vc1        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts

######### Comment/uncomment the sections below according to your region/model-year #########

######### 2010-11 US MODELS (Sony BDP-Sx70/80) ONLY:
Supported = f:mp4|m4v         v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:avi|divx        v:divx|mp4        a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                        m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:mkv             v:mp4|divx|h264   a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts
######### 2012 US MODELS (Sony BDP-Sx90) ONLY:
#Supported = f:mp4|m4v        v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:wmv            v:wmv|vc1         a:wma                                     m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:avi            v:mp4             a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                        m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:mkv            v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/x-matroska
######### NON-US MODELS ONLY:
#Supported = f:mp4|m4v        v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mpeg
#Supported = f:avi|divx       v:divx|mp4        a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                        m:video/divx
#Supported = f:mkv            v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/divx

I see no difference in Supported formats comparing to my UMS renderer:

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#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Profile for Sony Blu-ray Disc Players.
# See DefaultRenderer.conf for descriptions of all the available options.
#

RendererName = Sony Blu-ray
RendererIcon = sonybluray.png

# ============================================================================
# This renderer has sent the following string/s:
#
# User-Agent: UPnP/1.0
# X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player"; mv="2.0";
# X-AV-Physical-Unit-Info: pa="Blu-ray Disc Player";
# ---
# User-Agent: UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50
# X-AV-Client-Info: av=5.0; cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player"; mv="2.0";
# X-AV-Physical-Unit-Info: pa="Blu-ray Disc Player";
# ============================================================================
#

UserAgentAdditionalHeader = X-AV-Client-Info
UserAgentAdditionalHeaderSearch = (cn="Sony Corporation"; mn="Blu-ray Disc Player")
UpnpDetailsSearch = Sony , Blu-ray Disc Player

DLNALocalizationRequired = true
TranscodeVideo = MPEGTS-MPEG2-AC3
DefaultVBVBufSize = true
ChunkedTransfer = true
TextWrap = width:52 indent:10 height:3 whitespace:9
SendDateMetadata = false
HalveBitrate = true
MediaInfo = true

# Specs below taken from http://www.sony.co.uk/product/blu-ray-disc-player/bdp-s370#pageType=TechnicalSpecs
# then fine-tuned by lengthy trial and error since so much of that advertised spec is inaccurate.
# US models don't support video/divx mime type but European and Canadian models do.
# Subtitles in mkv files are only displayed if mime type is video/divx.
# Vob subtitles are not supported.
# See also http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2004 for more DLNA-related info on these players.

######### ALL MODELS:

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:mpegps|mpegts   v:mpeg1|mpeg2     a:ac3|dts|lpcm|mpa|mp3                       m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:mpegts          v:h264|vc1        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:wma    n:2   m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:mp3    n:2   m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:lpcm   n:2   m:audio/L16   s:48000

######### Comment/uncomment the sections below according to your region/model-year #########

######### 2010-11 US MODELS (Sony BDP-Sx70/80) ONLY:
#Supported = f:mp4|m4v         v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mpeg
#Supported = f:avi|divx        v:divx|mp4        a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                           m:video/mpeg
#Supported = f:mkv             v:mp4|divx|h264   a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts
######### 2012 US MODELS (Sony BDP-Sx90) ONLY:
#Supported = f:mp4|m4v        v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:wmv            v:wmv|vc1         a:wma                                        m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:avi            v:mp4             a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                           m:video/mp4
#Supported = f:mkv            v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/x-matroska
######### NON-US MODELS ONLY:
Supported = f:mp4|m4v        v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:avi|divx       v:divx|mp4        a:ac3|lpcm|mpa|mp3                           m:video/divx
Supported = f:mkv            v:mp4|h264        a:ac3|dts|dtshd|truehd|aac-lc|lpcm|mpa|mp3   m:video/divx

Custom config for Sony BD-player from this topic is not working as well: viewtopic.php?t=719

Using FFMpeg encoder I get "Cannot find the server" as soon as I open a particular file in Transcoder folder. Can play anything with browser at http://192.168.1.3:9001/
Using ME Encoder I see "No Transcode" option for a second and then get the same "Cannot find the server". If fast enough to click on "No Transcode" option, BD-Player will say that file is corrupt.
As far as I can tell, transcoding settings in PS3 Media server and UMS are the same.

I have tried both UMS 7.0.0-RC2 and 6.8.0 but rest assured this problem was here 4 years ago when I first discovered UMS thus I still use PS3 Media server instead.