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gcleaves wrote:(I posted this in the wrong place, I think, so reposting here.)

Hello, finally figuring out the best way to use my new Co-Star and GTVBox. I've had to use MP4Tools on Mac for several files in order to transcode DTS to AC3 audio while passing thru AVC video, which has worked quite well.

My problem is with a particular file which won't play on the Co-Star. Can you look at the MediaInfo and tell me why?

Thanks!

General
Complete name : /Volumes/Data-1/Multimedia/Video/Movies/Safety.Not.Guaranteed.2012.LIMITED.BluRay.720p.H264/Safety.Not.Guaranteed.2012.LIMITED.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 849 MiB
Duration : 1h 23mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 428 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:43:37
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:43:37
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 23mn
Bit rate : 1 359 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 10.3 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.081
Stream size : 808 MiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 122 r2184M.bare.by.20-40 5c85e0a
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:49:59
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 64.6 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 84.5 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 38.4 MiB (5%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:47:03
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-29 11:49:59

Have no idea why this would not work. It should according to info.

mcd2000 wrote:I have no idea why this would not work. It should according to info.

Anyway, looking forward to Opensubtitles.org integration, which I understand you are working on. This will make GTVBox full featured in my eyes (I know everybody has different priorities). Happy New Year and keep up the good work.

I downloaded another version of the problem movie. It still doesn't play in GTVBox but DOES work with the standard media player. If I can help you figure out why the media below doesn't play let me know. At the moment it's sort of a gamble whether GTVBox will play a file I download, unlike my existing setup which is Boxee on my AppleTV. The problem with my existing setup is that it doesn't play HD video.

New file:

General
Complete name : /Users/bob/Torrents/[ http://www.UsaBit.com ] - Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 LIMITED 720p BRRip AC3 XViD-RemixHD/SAMPLE.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 31.4 MiB
Duration : 1mn 3s
Overall bit rate : 4 137 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 | http://www.virtualdub-fr.org || (build 2550/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2550/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate : 3 678 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 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) : 0.220
Stream size : 27.9 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 10ms
Stream size : 3.40 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.01 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms

Geoff

Mr. Protocol wrote:Has anybody been able to get GTVBox to mount an SMB share from a Mac running 10.7 or later? My GTVBox won't even see that the share is out there. Way to go Apple, writing your own SMB implementation...

Conversely, it'd be even better if GTVBox implemented Apple File Protocol (AFP) someday, for mounting shares.

Try SMBup (http://eduo.info/apps/smbup), it has worked well for me.

gcleaves wrote:

mcd2000 wrote:I have no idea why this would not work. It should according to info.

Anyway, looking forward to Opensubtitles.org integration, which I understand you are working on. This will make GTVBox full featured in my eyes (I know everybody has different priorities). Happy New Year and keep up the good work.

I downloaded another version of the problem movie. It still doesn't play in GTVBox but DOES work with the standard media player. If I can help you figure out why the media below doesn't play let me know. At the moment it's sort of a gamble whether GTVBox will play a file I download, unlike my existing setup which is Boxee on my AppleTV. The problem with my existing setup is that it doesn't play HD video.

New file:

General
Complete name : /Users/bob/Torrents/[ http://www.UsaBit.com ] - Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 LIMITED 720p BRRip AC3 XViD-RemixHD/SAMPLE.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 31.4 MiB
Duration : 1mn 3s
Overall bit rate : 4 137 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 | http://www.virtualdub-fr.org || (build 2550/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2550/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate : 3 678 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 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) : 0.220
Stream size : 27.9 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 10ms
Stream size : 3.40 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.01 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms

Geoff

How do you stream files to gtvbox?

mcd2000 wrote:

gcleaves wrote:

mcd2000 wrote:I have no idea why this would not work. It should according to info.

Anyway, looking forward to Opensubtitles.org integration, which I understand you are working on. This will make GTVBox full featured in my eyes (I know everybody has different priorities). Happy New Year and keep up the good work.

I downloaded another version of the problem movie. It still doesn't play in GTVBox but DOES work with the standard media player. If I can help you figure out why the media below doesn't play let me know. At the moment it's sort of a gamble whether GTVBox will play a file I download, unlike my existing setup which is Boxee on my AppleTV. The problem with my existing setup is that it doesn't play HD video.

New file:

General
Complete name : /Users/bob/Torrents/[ http://www.UsaBit.com ] - Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 LIMITED 720p BRRip AC3 XViD-RemixHD/SAMPLE.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 31.4 MiB
Duration : 1mn 3s
Overall bit rate : 4 137 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 | http://www.virtualdub-fr.org || (build 2550/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2550/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate : 3 678 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 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) : 0.220
Stream size : 27.9 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 10ms
Stream size : 3.40 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.01 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms

Geoff

How do you stream files to gtvbox?

I stream to GTVBox using a SAMBA share on my Mac 10.6.8. No DLNA. This file doesn't work either when attached to GTV via USB drive. The files does play using aVia media player.

gcleaves wrote:
I stream to GTVBox using a SAMBA share on my Mac 10.6.8. No DLNA. This file doesn't work either when attached to GTV via USB drive. The files does play using aVia media player.

Could you send me the file somehow?

Stop... Try to rename it to smth simple like 1.avi. It could be a naming issue...

mcd2000 wrote:

gcleaves wrote:
I stream to GTVBox using a SAMBA share on my Mac 10.6.8. No DLNA. This file doesn't work either when attached to GTV via USB drive. The files does play using aVia media player.

Could you send me the file somehow?

Stop... Try to rename it to smth simple like 1.avi. It could be a naming issue...

Here is the file, renaming didn't help: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21634/Safety%2 ... Sample.avi

gcleaves wrote: Here is the file, renaming didn't help: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21634/Safety%2 ... Sample.avi

Hmm..... I've just tested on NSZ-GT1 and Co-Star. Both worked over SMB from my macbook...

mcd2000 wrote:

gcleaves wrote: Here is the file, renaming didn't help: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21634/Safety%2 ... Sample.avi

Hmm..... I've just tested on NSZ-GT1 and Co-Star. Both worked over SMB from my macbook...

Well that makes no sense. I'll test again tomorrow to make sure I'm not crazy.

gcleaves wrote:

mcd2000 wrote:

gcleaves wrote: Here is the file, renaming didn't help: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21634/Safety%2 ... Sample.avi

Hmm..... I've just tested on NSZ-GT1 and Co-Star. Both worked over SMB from my macbook...

Well that makes no sense. I'll test again tomorrow to make sure I'm not crazy.

Nope, not crazy, this file won't play on my Costar device.