Convert to mp4 for Samsung Tv DLNA

[Richsimpson]

I am trying to get files to convert to mp4 h.264 to use on my home network. I have a weak link in a Samsung smart tv ued8000 led smart tv that's really fussy with files.

I also have humax PVR and a boxee box. These generally play everything. I had been making files as avi as Samsung seemed to like them but had one the other day that the humax and boxee couldn't play. I want to go to mp4 really and have downloaded videos before in mo4 that work on everything, including the Samsung.

I am trying to get a good method that I can generally stick with for all files where possible.

For example this doesn't work

General
Complete name : W:\TEST\Room On The Broom-1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 202 MiB
Duration : 25mn 3s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 126 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:11:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:27:53
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.8 2012071700
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 25mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.138
Stream size : 179 MiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 120
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:11:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:27:53
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 69
Duration : 25mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 122 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 159 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 21.9 MiB (11%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:11:27
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 20:27:53


But this does
General
Complete name : W:\Kids Videos\The Snowman And The Snowdog.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 335 MiB
Duration : 23mn 44s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 972 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-23 21:26:44
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-23 21:26:44
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 23mn 44s
Bit rate : 1 867 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 5 803 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.257
Stream size : 317 MiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 129 r2230 1cffe9f
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=9 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-24 20:41:20
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-23 21:26:48
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 23mn 44s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 100.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 151 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 17.0 MiB (5%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-23 21:26:47
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-23 21:26:48

i also tried creating with same audio settings and thats not working either.. files that do play all have aaclc audio if that matters

General
Complete name : C:\Users\MAINPC\Desktop\temp\Room On The Broom.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 209 MiB
Duration : 25mn 3s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 164 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:33:28
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:51:40
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.8 2012071700
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 25mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.138
Stream size : 179 MiB (86%)
Writing library : x264 core 120
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:33:28
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:51:40
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 25mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 198 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 28.7 MiB (14%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:33:28
Tagged date : UTC 2013-01-06 19:51:40

[tgpo]

Speak of the devil.

I bought a Samsung TV after Christmas and have been playing with converting my DVD collection so I can play them off a connected hard drive.

Here are the settings I've used on 3 seasons of the Simpsons and they played just fine.

Container: MP4
Video Codec: H.264
Frame rate: 29.97
Bitrate (Kbps): 950
Audio codec: AAC
Channels: Stereo
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bitrate: 160 Kbps

[Richsimpson]

Thanks for that. Using what program to convert? And what options etc?

I think the Samsungs play a larger range of files from a direct USB connection versus wireless via DLNA or UPNP server.

I had some success last night using freemake Although it seems to crash during the conversion more often than not. Even on small test files. It worked on creating an avi and mp4 file both streamed to the TV but a MkV didn't.

That would work if more stable I think...

[tgpo]

I don't have much time to mess around with custom settings and crap like that, so I use Freemake Video Converter.

I'm converting from DVD to MP4, using the setting I outlined above. It's a set it and forget it kind of thing, which works well.

I've never had it crash, knock on wood. The machine is very old, so it takes a long time to convert anything, but it seems to be working quite well.

I'll give the wireless version a test and see how it likes these MP4 files over it. I've played a number of AVI and MP4 files over it, but never these I've made in Freemake.

I'll try it tonight when I get home and see if they work.

[Richsimpson]

Thanks

[Richsimpson]

Some good news.

I have been reading more about this and stumbled across one post suggesting to go to the twonky media server settings via 192.168.1.123:9000 (where it's the IPaddressofnas:9000) and then check that under media renderers the tv is set as samsung tv instead of generic player.

I had done previously but all my devices were getting IP address allotted by router.

Because of that the tv was really fussy about being able to play mp4's, would not play Mkv files.

I have now changed the devices to fixed ip and saved the media renderer type in the twonky server settings. Hope it will save this time!!

Seems like a result though and handbrake and freemake files saved as mp4 (freemake or handbrake) or avi(freemake) work!

Hope someone searching for a simile problem stumbles across this and sees a fix. Took me bloody hours so far!!

[tgpo]

Cool. Had never heard of twonky.

When I stream to my rokus I use Plex. Samsung TVs can install the Plex app to stream through it as well.