Compatibility - PSP,PS3,Xbox etc. Re-Frames, Level, Resolution, HE AAC, SRT

[kotuwa]

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How about media Compatibility of Portable Devices such as PSP, PS3, Xbox. ?
What are the things that directly and mostly affect the compatibility?..

about below things,

• Max. Reference Frames
• Max. B Frames
• Max Resolution
• AVC Level
• HE AAC
• SRT

Especially I want to know about Reference Frame Limit!..

As I know PSP Support AVC Level Main @ 3.0.
PS3 and Xbox support AVC Level High @ 4.0.

Regarding ReFrames, All support ReFrames Upto 3.
But can we use more than 3 re-frames, with any setting?..
how?

With regarding device playback, does max re-frames supported depends on avc level or resolution?
Also does they support HE SBR AAC and HEv2 SBR+PS AAC audio?.... and SRT subtitles?

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[yoda313]

But can we use more than 3 re-frames, with any setting?..
how?

Most likely not. 3 would break most settop players so far as I know. Profile 4 is 3 referrance frames and that is what most bluray players are. (edit - I meant MORE than 3 would probably break a player)

I think your best bet is to forget a minimum profile and do one of two things -

1 - stream to dlna compliant devices and use your computer to transcode on the fly to the given device (playon or tversity for example)

2 - get a settop media player like the wdtv media player.

Option 2 is your best bet. It will reduce your need to convert. The best media players will play virtually any file type you throw at it - though I don't know about 10bit h264, you'd have to research a particular unit to be sure it handles 10bit h264.

But a settop media player is by far the most hassle free option you have. And you can get used ones at a good price at online auction websites.

Just be careful of roku type devices. They don't have very flexible playback ability (codec support that is)