[Solved] Movies won't play anymore after upgrade to 9.5.0

[retosch]

Hi

After upgrade from 9.4.3 to 9.5.0 transcoding no longer works. According to the attached debug.log-file the following occurs:
- DEBUG 2020-05-31 11:23:40.706 [HTTPv2 Request Worker 12] Reading TranscodeFastStart: true (default: false)
- DEBUG 2020-05-31 11:23:40.722 [HTTPv2 Request Worker 12] Caught exception: null

With 9.4.3 it still works.

On the TV-side ...
- I can see the file but after starting the movie the following error message pops up: can't read/find the file
- going to the # Transcode # folder I can start the movie by choosing "play without transcoding".

Any ideas what wrong?

[retosch]

No one having the same issue but me?

[mik_s]

Logs need to be in trace mode to be useful. Please follow link in my sig

[retosch]

Sorry, here we go.

[SubJunk]

Thanks retosch, based on your logs I have identified where the problem is and it will be worked on. If you want a temporary fix, it might work to remove "KeepAspectRatio" from your renderer config. You can do that by changing the contents of "renderers/Philips-PFL.conf" to the following:

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RendererName = Philips TV
RendererIcon = philips-pfl.png

# ============================================================================
# This renderer has sent the following string/s:
#
# HTTP User-Agent: Windows2000/0.0 UPnP/1.0 PhilipsIntelSDK/1.4 DLNADOC/1.50
# ============================================================================
#

UserAgentSearch = PhilipsIntelSDK/1.4|Streamium/1.0
UpnpDetailsSearch = Philips TV

TranscodeAudio = WAV
MimeTypesChanges = audio/x-m4a = audio/mp4
TranscodeExtensions = m2ts
MaxVideoBitrateMbps = 75
ShowDVDTitleDuration = true
CreateDLNATreeFaster = true
TranscodeFastStart = true
HalveBitrate = true
MediaInfo = true

# Our Philips PFL-specific notes:
# DTS is not supported.
# MPEG-TS with H.264 is not supported.
# 6 (5.1) audio channels are supported.
# H.264 within AVI containers is not supported.
# DivX with QPEL within AVI container is not supported.
# GMC is supported.
# WMV is supported, but not with 5.1 or PRO audio.
# WMA audio is only supported within a WMA or WMV container.
# LPCM audio is only supported with MPEG-2, AIFF or WAV.
# MOV is not supported well enough to confidently stream.
# MKV with VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or DivX is not supported.

# Supported video formats:
Supported = f:mpegps   v:mpeg1       a:mpa|mp3                          m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:mpegps   v:mpeg2       a:ac3|lpcm|mp3|mpa                 m:video/mpeg
Supported = f:mpegts   v:mpeg2       a:mpa|ac3|lpcm                     m:video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts
Supported = f:avi      v:mp4         a:ac3|mp3|mpa                      m:video/x-msvideo
Supported = f:avi      v:divx        a:ac3|mp3|mpa                      m:video/x-msvideo               qpel:no
Supported = f:divx     v:divx        a:ac3|mp3|mpa                      m:video/x-msvideo
Supported = f:mp4      v:h264        a:aac-lc|he-aac|ac3|mp3|mpa        m:video/h264                    b:4528690
Supported = f:mp4      v:mp4         a:aac-lc|he-aac|ac3|mp3|mpa        m:video/h264
Supported = f:wmv      v:vc1         a:wma                              m:video/x-ms-wmv                n:2          s:48000
Supported = f:mkv      v:h264        a:aac-lc|he-aac|ac3|mp3|mpa        m:video/x-matroska

# Supported audio formats:
Supported = f:adts       n:2   a:aac-lc s:48000               m:audio/vnd.dlna.adts
Supported = f:aiff|wav   n:2   a:lpcm   s:44100   b:1445069   m:audio/L16
Supported = f:mp3|mpa    n:2            s:48000   b:327680    m:audio/mpeg
Supported = f:mp4        n:6   a:aac-lc s:48000   b:327680    m:audio/mp4
Supported = f:wma        n:2   a:wma    s:48000   b:348160    m:audio/x-ms-wma

I will let you know when we have fixed the problem in the code

[retosch]

The workaround works indeed. Thanks SubJunk for that and for fixing the bug.

[SubJunk]

The workaround works indeed. Thanks SubJunk for that and for fixing the bug.

That's great news. I'll let you know when it's fixed properly

[retosch]

In case it helps to know, it also works by replacing true with false instead of removing the line: KeepAspectRatio = false.

[SubJunk]

Thanks retosch. Will you help test a proper fix for it if I upload it?

[retosch]

Yes, sure. I meanwhile tested 9.6.1 which still has the same behaviour as 9.5.0.