External mini hd media player for TV doesn't play my SD card videos

[cyranosph]

Hello,

I want to play my SD card videos on tv without using my camcorder to connect to the TV. So I recently bought the AGPTEK Mini HD Media Player for connecting with the TV. Here you can put in the SD card and play the videos on TV. But when I put the SD card in the device and try to play it, the message "Sorry this video can't be played" appears on my TV.

I'm totally not an expert with formats etc but I did some research. My videos are AVCHD or MTS. I understand that MTS is AVCHD format. I understand that MTS format files will automatically change into MTS2 formats when transferred to a computer. According to the specifications of the device it has to support MTS2 (see pictures).

Does this mean I will not be able to play my SD card video's directly with the device? Do I have to transfer it to the computer first so it becomes an MTS2 file and then transfer it back to the SD card? Or do I have to convert it to MP4 or something else?

Devices used:

- Samsung Smart TV
- Panasonic HC-X920 camcorder
- AGPTEK Mini HD Media player


Thanks in advance for response


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File format shown on PC


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File format by device shown on TV


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Device supporting info


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Device supporting info 2


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The Device


Greetings Cyrano

[johns0]

Use mkvmerge and change the mts to mkv,it will do this without any encoding.

[cyranosph]

Use mkvmerge and change the mts to mkv,it will do this without any encoding.

Hey, thanks for the quick response. I Installed MKVmerge and changed the MTS to MKV, see picture below


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I put the SD card back into the media player but unfortunately it still can't play the video. And there's another thing. When I play the MKV file on the computer, the video stutters.

[johns0]

Paste a mediainfo of the video here.

[cyranosph]

Paste a mediainfo of the video here.

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Media Info MKV


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Media Info MTS

[johns0]

The reason your media player can't play the video is cause the profile is set to 4.2,use clever FFmpeg-GUI to set it to 4.1.Also if your computer stutters it's either the media player that's causing that issue or your computer isn't that good enough to play it properly.

[cyranosph]

The reason your media player can't play the video is cause the profile is set to 4.2,use clever FFmpeg-GUI to set it to 4.1.Also if your computer stutters it's either the media player that's causing that issue or your computer isn't that good enough to play it properly.

I've installed FFmpeg-GUI. I had to download FFMpeg first and edit the systemvariables of my computer. After installing FFMpeg and FFMpeg-GUI I opened the program and went to the video editing screen. But I can't find the option to change the profile from 4.2 to 4.1, see picture below.


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[cyranosph]

Try pixel format,mine say change p-level.

It's now on auto, if I go down I can choose between: yuv420p, yuvj420p, yuv422p, yuvj422p, yuv444p, yuvj444p, nv12, nv16, nv21, yuv420p10le, yuv422p10le, yuv444p10le, nv20le, gray, gray10le.

Wich one would be 4.1?

[johns0]

Try various for change p-level.

[cyranosph]

Try various for change p-level.

When I click various, other options appear but not P-level.

[ProWo]

Main, various, change p-level.

[cyranosph]

Main, various, change p-level.

I changed it now in 4.1. But it's still not working, see below


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[4kblurayguru]

- AGPTEK Mini HD Media player

your device is trash, it doesn't support avchd 2.0

play direct from camcorder or make avchd 2.0 disc or re-encode to 720p 8mbps in mp4 container

[ProWo]

Retry with level 4.
If that still doesn't work, try 3.1

[Sharc]

@cyranophs:
Your problem is not with the media player. The problem is most probably with your Samsung TV which doesn't support 1920x1080p50 but only 1280x720p50 or 1920x1080i25.
So you should reencode your videos using ProWo's GUI, or apply this commandline (assuming your source is really 50fps progressive):

Converting to 1280x720p50:

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 18 -filter:v "scale=w=1280:h=720:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1280/sar:720:-1:-1:color=black" "%~1_1280x720.mp4"

Converting to 1920x1080i25:

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -vf setfield=tff,tinterlace=4 -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 20 -flags +ilme+ildct "%~1_i25.mp4"

or upload a sample of your .mts source.

[cyranosph]

- AGPTEK Mini HD Media player

your device is trash, it doesn't support avchd 2.0

play direct from camcorder or make avchd 2.0 disc or re-encode to 720p 8mbps in mp4 container

I hoped this wouldn’t be the case. I haven’t been able to find another device being able to play avchd 2.0.

[cyranosph]

Retry with level 4.

Thanks. Unfortunately I’m only home in the weekend. I owe you the answer until friday/saturday.

Thanks.

[cyranosph]

@cyranophs:
Your problem is not with the media player. The problem is most probably with your Samsung TV which doesn't support 1920x1080p50 but only 1280x720p50 or 1920x1080i25.
So you should reencode your videos using ProWo's GUI, or apply this commandline (assuming your source is really 50fps progressive):

Converting to 1280x720p50:

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 18 -filter:v "scale=w=1280:h=720:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1280/sar:720:-1:-1:color=black" "%~1_1280x720.mp4"

Converting to 1920x1080i25:

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -vf setfield=tff,tinterlace=4 -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 20 -flags +ilme+ildct "%~1_i25.mp4"

or upload a sample of your .mts source.

I was thinking that too but my TV is able to play Full HD 1980x1080p50. When I connect my Panasonic HC-x920 camcorder to the TV it has always been playing my videos without a problem.

[Sharc]

I was thinking that too but my TV is able to play Full HD 1980x1080p50. When I connect my Panasonic HC-x920 camcorder to the TV it has always been playing my videos without a problem.

Did you try the script(s)? They adjust other parameters as well (like level ...)
Or try this. It also re-encodes the audio. Some players don't like ac3/dts audio in certain containers ....

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -c:a aac -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 18 -filter:v "scale=w=1280:h=720:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1280/sar:720:-1:-1:color=black" "%~1_1280x720.mp4"

[cyranosph]

I was thinking that too but my TV is able to play Full HD 1980x1080p50. When I connect my Panasonic HC-x920 camcorder to the TV it has always been playing my videos without a problem.

Did you try the script(s)? They adjust other parameters as well (like level ...)
Or try this. It also re-encodes the audio. Some players don't like ac3/dts audio in certain containers ....

ffmpeg -y -i "%~1" -c:a aac -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 18 -filter:v "scale=w=1280:h=720:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1280/sar:720:-1:-1:color=black" "%~1_1280x720.mp4"

I haven’t try this yet. I don’t know where I have to typ this?

[Sharc]

I haven’t try this yet. I don’t know where I have to typ this?

Assuming that you have ffmpeg.exe somewhere on your PC: Copy and paste the script into notepad and save it to your deskop as "cyranosph.cmd" (without the quotes). Now drag and drop your .mts sourcefile onto that icon on your desktop. It will produce a new .mp4 file which your player should play. You may also copy that .mp4 file onto an USB stick and plug it into your TV's USB port, bypassing your mediaplayer.

If you prefer you can try to do similar (reduce resolution, reduce the level, reencode the audio and remux to a new container) using some GUI instead of the ffmpeg commandline of course.

[cyranosph]

I haven’t try this yet. I don’t know where I have to typ this?

Assuming that you have ffmpeg.exe somewhere on your PC: Copy and paste the script into notepad and save it to your deskop as "cyranosph.cmd" (without the quotes). Now drag and drop your .mts sourcefile onto that icon on your desktop. It will produce a new .mp4 file which your player should play. You may also copy that .mp4 file onto an USB stick and plug it into your TV's USB port, bypassing your mediaplayer.

If you prefer you can try to do similar (reduce resolution, reduce the level, reencode the audio and remux to a new container) using some GUI instead of the ffmpeg commandline of course.

Oke I will be home friday/saturday again. I will let you know if it works, thanks!

[cyranosph]

Hey guys,

It finally worked, with a little help of my father. Converting the AVCHD2.0 file into MPEG4 and my HDMI player was able to play the video's. I decided to send the HDMI player back, because I am not supposed to have to convert all my SD cards on the computer first in order to watch my videos on TV. I want to put the SD card immediately into a player connected to the TV to watch my video's.

I wasn't able to find such a player yet, so if anybody ever has a tip for me please let me know

I have find another little solution. I Installed the app KODI on tv in combination with a USB 3.0 SD card reader:


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This way I can directly connect the SD card in the USB SD card reader.

I want to thank everyone for the help and quick responses.

Have a nice sunday!

Greetings Cyrano