Which format to convert to for best quality?

[Crapozo]

Hello,

I have a series 6 LCD samsung tv. I have a video which i like to put into my external Hard drive and play on the TV but it doesn't show up, most likely because of the codec.

This is what codecs samsung says it can play:
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/l...0/usb_faq.html
(Click on first Q to expand list)

This is what MediaInfo software says my video is:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 12 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=32
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 20mn
Bit rate : 6 000 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 534 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.366
Stream size : 5.73 GiB (78%)
Title : ******
Writing library : x264 core 107 r1766 f9f0035

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 20mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.48 GiB (20%)
Title : DTS-HD MA CORE 1536K
Language : English

Menu #1
00:00:00.000 : enirector's.Cut

Menu #2
00:00:00.000 : en:chapter1
01:44:04.510 : en:chapter2

The file format mkv is supported but i guess the video codec AVC and audio DTS is not. What what is the best formats/codec to convert to while keeping the quality high?

FYI: I am going to use "Quick media converter" to convert the files.

[jagabo]

What format was your hard drive? FAT32? NTFS? It may not be able to read NTFS. Can you see any files at all? If you make a few folders can you see them?

Even if it can't play the DTS audio in your file it would probably still show up in the file listing. The link you gave lists AVC/h.264 in MKV as supported. 12 ReFrames might be a problem but again, I think it would still show the file in the file list.

[Crapozo]

My manual says the TV it can support fat16, fat32 and NTFS

I check on the computer and the hard drive is in fat32.

I put another video I tried last time and it worked.
I can also view the folders, like system volume info, autorun etc...

The video info is:

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 1
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2h 28mn
Bit rate : 1 185 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 272 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.284
Stream size : 1.23 GiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 57

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 2h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 203 MiB (14%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 628 ms (15.07 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 216 ms
Title : *****
Writing library : LAME3.98.2

[frmys]

Format settings, ReFrames : 12 frames , this is over the tv capacity or limitations. Try to play videos between 15-20 mb/s and Reframes not higher than 5 and coding profile Format profile : High@L4.1.

Videos coded at High@L5.1 profile sometimes played sometimes not , try not to prefer this kind of videos.

[dylz]

Who cares when it's changed from high 5.1 to 4.1 it play most of the time but can ff and rr slow or freeze (have problems) that's why you get the warning. It's the dts encode to aac or something then if not remove the menus some players have trouble.
edit: also try to remux to mp4 container.

[Crapozo]

Update:

Ok, so i've changed the audio from DTS to AC3 with a freeware program called Popcorn MKV video converter from Heartware and it worked very well.

I can now view the videos and play them no problem, didn't need to get rid of menus or the 5.1 to 4.1.

Thanks very much for your helps