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I'm getting "Playback Error: No compatible streams are currently available. " when trying to view an old (20 years ago?) home movie. It was created by the app Nero. I am trying on the Chrome web browser. I've attached the relevant part of the log. Note the execution errors. This is from mediainfo on the file ... General Complete name : home-movies/1978-00-00 moe fred linda-singing.mpg Format : MPEG-PS File size : 494 MiB Duration : 29mn 30s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 2 340 Kbps Writing library : Created by Nero Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : Variable Duration : 29mn 30s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 2 069 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 4 142 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) fps Standard : NTSC Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Scan order : Bottom Field First Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.200 Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00 Time code source : Group of pictures header GOP, Open/Closed : Open GOP, Open/Closed of first frame : Closed Stream size : 437 MiB (88%) Writing library : Created by Nero Audio ID : 192 (0xC0) Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 2 Duration : 29mn 30s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 224 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -34ms Stream size : 47.3 MiB (10%) log.txt

Just noticed that DLNA when used with a xBox 360 as an Extender transcodes mpg files - This makes the whole process rather ugly. I Believe the xBox can handle a native MPG file