Handbrake HEVC Settings for LG TV

[Alwyn]

Gday,

I'm trying to create a HEVC file, using Handbrake, that will play on my LG TV. I have tried many combinations of settings of the "Video" tab but have had no luck eg Codec, Encoder tune/profile/level; my TV keeps saying "unsupported format", as does my WDTV Live. But, I have created an HEVC video with Movie Edit Pro that does play on the TV (using Main, Level 4); annoyingly, that file won't play properly on an ipad.

The TV specs indicate that it should play HEVC videos.

If somebody has successfully created a HEVC file for their LG TV, I would be grateful if you could share the settings you used.

Thanks, Al

[ProWo]

Post a mediainfo from your not playing hevc movie here.

[Alwyn]

Here you go:

General
Complete name : H:\Misc Video\HEVC Handbrake\HB HEVC 1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size : 1.24 MiB
Duration : 16 s 480 ms
Overall bit rate : 632 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51
Tagged date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51
Writing application : HandBrake 1.3.3 2020061300

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L4@Main
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 16 s 480 ms
Bit rate : 518 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 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
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.010
Stream size : 1.02 MiB (82%)
Writing library : x265 3.2.1+1-b5c86a64bbbe:[Windows][GCC 9.2.0][64 bit] 8bit+10bit+12bit
Encoding settings : cpuid=1049071 / frame-threads=2 / numa-pools=4 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1920x1080 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=40 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=3 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=25 / keyint=250 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=4 / b-adapt=0 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=15 / lookahead-slices=6 / scenecut=40 / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=0 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=2 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-hme / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=2 / selective-sao=4 / no-early-skip / rskip / fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=abr / bitrate=500 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=2 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=2 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=1 / transfer=1 / colormatrix=1 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=255 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr / no-hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=5 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51
Tagged date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 16 s 406 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 107 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 214 KiB (17%)
Title : Stereo
Language : English
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
Encoded date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51
Tagged date : UTC 2021-01-30 06:11:51

[davexnet]

Give this one a try, it works on my 2017 LG uj6500 series TV

A mediainfo report or a short clip from a working video may help with the analysis

[Alwyn]

Thanks Dave and ProWo, I worked out what the issue is: Serviio! It mustn't be talking to the TV properly, because when I put the files into the Windows Video folder, they play correctly through the Windows Media server.

Sorry for the false alarm!

On the subject, Serviio isn't going very well these days; apart from the issue of not correctly playing files over the network, it never picks up new of changed files unless I open the console.

Any suggestions for another media server for Windows?

[davexnet]

What is Servio? Similar to Plex ?
I just use Windows media server and stream via an app on my phone to the TV using DLNA.

Why not just use the Windows media server? What do the others offer ?

[Alwyn]

Dave, yes, similar (I think) to Plex. I know nothing about Plex. Serviio is a media server which allows you to nominate folders to be monitored/played.

I'll have a look at Windows Media Server.

Thanks again.