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Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

Ianperrettive — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:02:04 GMT

Hi All,

I have a Bravia 40EX503 and a QNAP TS210 NAS drive. I have some videos that I wish to convert to the correct format so the TV can play them.

So far I have only managed to get the TV to play an MPG file that I downloaded from the internet as a test and a VOB that I ripped from a DVD.

When I have tried to convert the AVI's I have to MPG (MPEG 2), they don't show up, same for VOB. I have even converted the working MPG file but the TV still doesn't show it?

Any help would be great.

Thanks Ian

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

Mr-Microlog — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:02:58 GMT

Hi Ian,

I have had the same issues as you streaming from a 210 to my KDL 37W5500. The issue is that the transcoding option in twonky media is greyed out so the 210 will not transcode the AVI file to MPEG2 before sending it to the Bravia.

I have spent weeks asking how to activate this on QNAP forums and through their technical support section all to no avail. All I get is that twonky doesn't transcode!

I have also had issues when converting from AVI to MPEG 2 and even ripping the original DVD to MPEG2.

The latest converter I tried Any Video Converter proved the same until I found a second MPEG 2 format available

When I selected DVD Video (PAL) Movie (*.mpg) I found the videos appeared on the Bravia. Be warned though that going from AVI to this format increases the file size about 5 fold.

Give it a try and see if it works for you.

The other option you could use is to get a portable drive (USB powered) format it as FAT32 and copy all your MPEG2 movies there.

Hope this helps

cheers

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

mattster — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:29:40 GMT

super is a very good converter and will convert from and to just about any format. its free as well.

hope this helps.

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

kabb0440 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:42:10 GMT

I have just purchased a 32ex503 and would like to know if the usb powered drive you referred to is one that essentially has its own power supply as opposed to one that is a flash drive. A mute point perhaps but I can imagine [eople going and buying a 16gb flash drive and it not working. You also said you need to format the drive to FAT32 does that means it comes unformatted or does it come FAT 32 and you simply re-format it only if you had unwanted data on it.

Finally can Any Video Converter convert FLV files to Mpeg

Thanks

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

Ianperrettive — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:45:32 GMT

Hi Mr-Microlog,

I have seen your posts on the QNAP forums, I was annoyed to hear that Transcoding is not supported because that is one of the reasons I went for the NAS.

I have posted a thread on avforums, take a look, also take a look at this thread posted on the sony forums.

I have managed to get some working but only with using a certain TMPGEnc program. I have tried SUPER, IVC, Format Factory etc so I will give this Any Video Converter a go.

Also, have you managed to get any DVDs rips (using DVD Shrink) working. I thought I had it suss'd by just using the VOB files but for some reason some show and some don't?

It appears we have very much the same issues, so as they say 2 heads are better than 1

Cheers Ian

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

Ianperrettive — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:08:30 GMT

I have just tested the Any Video Converter program you recommended and it works. That is great as the TMPGEnc is will only work for 30 days.

I have also just tried it on the mysterious VOB files that weren't showing, they now show! Bit annoying that I will have to put them through 2 processes.

Please Sony, tell us exactly what will work and what won't.

Thanks for your help Mr-Microlog.

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

sletonqu — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:53:36 GMT

You may install Serviio server on your NAS, stream in native supported format or transcode in the fly to the Bravia with DLNA protocol.

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=425

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

Catmambo — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:18:20 GMT

Can you install Serviio on a NAS, like a QNAP or Synology?

Thanks

Message was edited by: Catmambo

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

sletonqu — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:18:39 GMT

Yes probably: http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=186&start=0&hilit=QNAP+NAS

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

psyclone1976 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:36:44 GMT

Serviio works well although some quality issues mean it's not perfect.

Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

demolish — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:23:49 GMT

In summary the following formats can be streamed by the Twonky DLNA server with no transcoding requirements:

MPEG-PS format containing MPEG version 2 video codec and AC3 audio codec. Video resolution cannot be greater than 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL. I may be wrong about the resolution restrictions, however given that the MPEG2 format is approximately 2 to 3 times the size of AVC format I wouldn’t choose this codec unless you don’t have any choice.

MPEG-TS format containing MPEG version 2 video codec and AC3 audio codec. Video resolution cannot be greater than 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL.
If you choose to use the MPEG2 codec then this file format is larger than the MPEG-PS format.

MPEG-TS format containing the H.264/AVC video codec and the AC3 audio codec. There are different profiles for the AVC codec and depending on the profile there are restrictions to the bits rates, which is where things get complicated. For the main profile and SD, Bitrate must be <= 10M, width <= 720 and the height <= 576. For HD Bitrate must be <= 20M, width <= 1920 and the height <= 1152. For the high profile and HD case Bitrate must be <= 30M, width <= 1920 and the height <= 1152.
I haven’t tested all of these cases, however I suggest to keep things simple use 720x480 for SD and 1280x720 for HD.

BDAV format (.MTS or .M2TS) containing AVC video codec and the AC3 audio codec.
I have not experimented with this format because I don’t have any software that could generate it. (I down-loaded samples from the web)
I would suggest only using this format if you need subtitle information as this format does not require additional files, unlike the other formats.

For audio I suggest using the AC3 codec format. However I did experiment with this and found that MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) and ACC formats worked within the MPEG-TS file format. (AAC allows surround sound 5.1)

Re: Converting videos to play on 40EX503 from a NAS via ethernet

rupwenn — Sun, 25 May 2014 11:06:03 GMT

Had the same question

Found solution on sony forum here

http://community.sony.co.uk/t5/televisions/dlna-and-divx/m-p/196262#M12360

Basically the DNLA does not recognise native divx or xvid or mkv files - bravia of this era will only play divx etc from USB or other input (e.g. VOD) and not over DNLA.