Browsing photos from 2011 Samsung D Series

[Taomyn 0]

Hello again.

 

Well I returned to MediaBrowser and things seem to have improved for me with regards to DLNA - my Android phone seems to be ok, but my Samsung D8000 still has issues with the default profile - it sees all the media, but cannot play anything and just pops up "Format not supported".

 

So I removed my entire collection then created a small test share on MB pointing at a single folder of a mix of videos and photos, 41 items so very quick to scan etc. After customising the DLNA profile to remove all transcoding, basically telling MB that all formats are supported I can see and play videos, see photo thumbnails but cannot view them in full and just get "Format not supported". Any ideas as I get the same with the default Smart TV profile? I've attached a log of me trying to view a photo.

 

FYI - I've tried my media collection with TwonkyServer (my old solution), Home Media Center and also TVersity (I apologise having to mention competitors) and none of them have any issues streaming my photos/videos to the Samsung, the only issues is when my TV doesn't support the format in some way which isn't too often. But any pics/videos I know I can view with these products i.e. my test folder MB will mostly fail with.

LogFVC.txt

[Luke 37095]

i think we just need someone with the dlna know-how and access to a samsung to hunt down the issue

[7illusions 1249]

Unfortunatley I no longer have access to a Samsung DLNA renderer. I've just invested in a XB1 to be able to do the app for it (once ms releases a sdk) and I can't really motivate the cost of another device atm.

I'll see if I can figure out a way to get access to a Samsung TV in another way.

[Luke 37095]

Unfortunatley I no longer have access to a Samsung DLNA renderer. I've just invested in a XB1 to be able to do the app for it (once ms releases a sdk) and I can't really motivate the cost of another device atm.

I'll see if I can figure out a way to get access to a Samsung TV in another way.

 

As always, thanks for the improvements you've provided. I think you're doing enough and it's time some others step up. @@Happy2Play is also doing a great job helping users troubleshoot. If we can find one or two more community members like him we'll be able to hunt down these things easily.

[Happy2Play 8296]

@Taomyn - can you provide the media info for video and photo you get "Format not supported".

[Taomyn 0]

General
Complete name                            : M:\Photos\Cars\XNP_58\2004_11_22_12_56_52.jpg
Format                                   : JPEG
File size                                : 2.45 MiB

Image
Format                                   : JPEG
Width                                    : 3 264 pixels
Height                                   : 2 448 pixels
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 2.45 MiB (100%)

General
Complete name                            : M:\Photos\Cars\XNP_58\20040705_19_23_09.jpg
Format                                   : JPEG
File size                                : 2.48 MiB

Image
Format                                   : JPEG
Width                                    : 3 264 pixels
Height                                   : 2 448 pixels
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 2.48 MiB (100%)

This is one of the videos, with the default Samsung Smart TV profile it fails, but with my own profile without any transcoding this plays without audio which the Samsung isn't supporting so not an MB issue:

General
Complete name                            : M:\Photos\Cars\XNP_58\2004_11_22_09_11_27.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 2.55 MiB
Duration                                 : 29s 67ms
Overall bit rate                         : 736 Kbps

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)
Muxing mode                              : Packed bitstream
Codec ID                                 : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                            : XviD
Duration                                 : 29s 67ms
Bit rate                                 : 660 Kbps
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 30.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.072
Stream size                              : 2.29 MiB (90%)
Writing library                          : XviD 1.0.2 (UTC 2004-08-29)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Little
Format settings, Sign                    : Unsigned
Codec ID                                 : 1
Duration                                 : 29s 66ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Sampling rate                            : 7 875 Hz
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Stream size                              : 224 KiB (9%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 33 ms (1.00 video frame)

[Happy2Play 8296]

For the video have you tried adding pcm for audio?

 

http://www.samsungdforum.com/guide/rel00010/index.html

 

I haven't messed with photos but I see your photo issue is discussed so here.

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/9384-browsing-photos-from-2011-samsung-d-series/

 

Can you post a copy of your custom profile?

[Taomyn 0]

Here's my profile.

 

I've also now tested this profile on my Samsung F6400 and everything works fine, both videos and photos appear and are viewable, including the video where the audio is not supported on my D8000. Seems one profile for Samsung Smart TVs isn't ideal as their DLNA players differ.

Samsung Smart TV (FVC).xml

Edited September 7, 2014 by Taomyn

[Taomyn 0]

Hi, I've been pointed to this thread from my own where I was unable to get any DLNA content on my Samsung TVs. I revisited MB yesterday and it does seem to have improved in the past few weeks. However, like in this thread my D8000 will not show any full images just the thumbnails, whereas my F6400 works fine.

 

I've also created my own profile based on the default Samsung, attached, that basically omits any transcoding as it was the only way to get anything to actually appear for my D8000, and to be honest my experience with transcoding has always been poor for various reasons, and I have enough alternate ways to view the few media that I have problems with to not be concerned.

Samsung Smart TV (FVC).xml

[Taomyn 0]

Any news on this or any further info I can give to help sort this problem out? Just updated to the latest but none of improvements to DLNA have fixed the issue.