Panasonic TC-P42X3 can not play *.avi or divx video files

According to the techs at Panasonic the TC-P42X3 can not play *.avi or divx video files. only MKV, MPEG 2, Mpeg 4.

I was wondering if there was a way to have SERVIIO due the transcoding so that *.avi and divx file would play on that set?

[moltra]

Yes it can, run the serviio console and pick the panasonic profile for your device and see if they play.

I made sure that the profile for the panasonic was set and it was. I see in the found DLNA devices that only one device, a windows 7 computer with media center ahs a green dot in front of it. The pannasonic and the others only has a yellow or orange dot.

When I try to play a *.avi file I get a message after a while "Can not play file".

I am running the Serviio software on a Windows Home Server 2003 as an add-on but I do have the Serviio task tray running.

Sereviio can play the *mp4 file with no problem.

Is there a better profile that I should be using? Does the Panansonic TV have to be listed in the Shared user account on the server (I do not think so) but just a question. FFMEG.EXE is listed in a sub directory of the Serviio main directory under Program files.

Please help!

here is a Mediainfo text report on the avi video file that I gave all the other info on

  Code:

General
CompleteName                     : \\4EVILSSERVER\Videos\16 Wishes.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
FileSize/String                  : 702 MiB
Duration/String                  : 1h 30mn
OverallBitRate/String            : 1 089 Kbps
Encoded_Application              : Nandub v1.0rc2
Encoded_Library/String           : Nandub build 1852/release

Video
ID/String                        : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format_Profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format_Settings_BVOP/String      : 1
Format_Settings_QPel/String      : No
Format_Settings_GMC/String       : No warppoints
Format_Settings_Matrix/String    : Default (H.263)
CodecID                          : XVID
CodecID/Hint                     : XviD
Duration/String                  : 1h 30mn
BitRate/String                   : 957 Kbps
Width/String                     : 624 pixels
Height/String                    : 352 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 16:9
FrameRate/String                 : 23.976 fps
ColorSpace                       : YUV
ChromaSubsampling                : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
ScanType/String                  : Progressive
Compression_Mode/String          : Lossy
Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.182
StreamSize/String                : 617 MiB (88%)
Encoded_Library/String           : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID/String                        : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format_Version                   : Version 1
Format_Profile                   : Layer 3
Format_Settings_Mode             : Joint stereo
Format_Settings_ModeExtension    : MS Stereo
CodecID                          : 55
CodecID/Hint                     : MP3
Duration/String                  : 1h 30mn
BitRate_Mode/String              : Variable
BitRate/String                   : 120 Kbps
Channel(s)/String                : 2 channels
SamplingRate/String              : 48.0 KHz
Compression_Mode/String          : Lossy
StreamSize/String                : 77.1 MiB (11%)
Alignment/String                 : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave_Duration/String       : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave_Preload/String        : 147 ms
Encoded_Library/String           : LAME3.90.
Encoded_Library_Settings         : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17.6 --abr 120

Again Thank you for your help!

[Cerberus]

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "d:\shares\Videos\4 boxes.avi" <--- please rerun this command exactly as i have written it here

Thanks for your help.

Here is the new results. I also did a reinstall on top of the old install of Serviio. Just a FYI. Stiull no luck with AVI files types.

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i"d:\shares\Videos\4 boxes.avi"
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disa
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-p
686-mingw32-
libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavformat 52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1.72. 0 / 1.72. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
ffmpeg.exe: missing argument for option 'id:\shares\Videos\4 boxes.avi'

[moltra]

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i"d:\shares\Videos\4 boxes.avi"

try it again using this command ensure a space between the -i and the "d:\

  Code:

ffmpeg.exe -i "d:\shares\videos\4 boxes.avi"

Okay a little different results this time. hope this information will help you figure out a resolution to my problem.

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "d:\shares\videos\4 boxes.avi"
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavformat 52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1.72. 0 / 1.72. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 (65535/
2733) -> 23.98 (2997/125)
Input #0, avi, from 'd:\shares\videos\4 boxes.avi':
Metadata:
encoder : Nandub v1.0rc2
Duration: 01:24:38.99, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1141 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr,
23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 224 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

[Illico]

Input #0, avi, from 'd:\shares\videos\4 boxes.avi':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr,23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 224 kb/s

With "Panasonic Viera" profile, this file is delivered in native format : AVI/MPEG4/AC3
But in the first post, you write that TC-P42X3 doesn't support AVI/divx file.
So you must modify the profile like this:

  Code:

    <Profile id="12" name="Panasonic Viera" extendsProfileId="1">
        <ContentDirectoryMessageBuilder>org.serviio.upnp.service.contentdirectory.PanasonicDLNAMessageBuilder</ContentDirectoryMessageBuilder>
        <SubtitlesMimeType>text/srt</SubtitlesMimeType>
        <MediaFormatProfiles>
            <!-- Not supported by TC-P42X3 -->
            <!-- <MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">AVI</MediaFormatProfile> -->
        </MediaFormatProfiles>
        <Transcoding>
            <!-- remux DTS in MKV to AC3 -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetACodec="ac3">
                <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" aCodec="dca" />
            </Video>
            <!-- Remux all h264 video to MPEG-TS stream -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts">
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264" />
                <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264" />
            <Matches container="matroska" vCodec="h264" />
            </Video>
         <!-- Transcode all other formats not supported -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3">
                <Matches container="asf" />
            <Matches container="avi" />
            </Video>             
            <Audio targetContainer="mp3"> 
                <Matches container="mp4" />
                <Matches container="flac" />
            <Matches container="ogg" />
            </Audio>
      </Transcoding>
   </Profile>

Thank you
I will try that profile and report back later.

That profile worked GREAT! Thanks for the reply.

I have a quick newbie questions. What is the easiest way to show IMDB type information for the videos when you go to the movie listing on the TV prior to watching a movie.

Thanks again

That worked great. I still have only one problem though. When I try to play 1080 movie it breaks up and pixilates.

Any ideas?

Does Anyone have any ideas on the situation I am seeing from my previous post?

According to the techs at Panasonic the TC-P42X3 can not play *.avi or divx video files. only MKV, MPEG 2, Mpeg 4.

I was wondering if there was a way to have SERVIIO due the transcoding so that *.avi and divx file would play on that set?

My G20's manual says it can't play divx either, but it does. I bet your X3 can play divx too. It seems that Panasonic TVs cannot handle videos encoded with Nandub which is the case here. Videos made with 'transcode' don't work either. But they can be fixed without transcoding. See http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1927

[Illico]

When I try to play 1080 movie it breaks up and pixilates.

What is your network configuration? wired, wifi? Check the video bitrate, compare to your network bandwidth...

Hello all! New to forum but just purchased Panasonic Viera TC-P46X3 with same prob "can't play avi files" so assumed
the updated profile info would also fix my prob.
Now for the DUH! part, Serviio always throws an error message "Cannot connect to Serviio server, it does not appear to be running" when restarting after I edit the profiles.xml file.
What am I doing wrong?

[zip]

you probably used a profile that is very old and does not work with the latest version of Serviio