Emby on LG Smart TV (49NANO816NA) does not play some FLAC files

[YDalu 8]

Hi All,

On some music files in FLAC format, Emby returns: "No compatible stream currently available".

Reading the same file works:

-- on an Android smartphone (11) with Emby (3.3.86),

-- on a PC (Debian 12) with Emby web 4.8.5.

File audio, result of ffmpeg -i :

Input #0, flac, from '09 - I've Done It Again.flac':   Metadata:     major_brand     : isom     minor_version   : 512     compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41     album_artist    : Grace Jones     disc            : 1     track           : 9/9     artist          : Grace Jones     album           : Nightclubbing     date            : 1981     genre           : Electronic; Reggae; Pop; New Wave; Dub; Disco; Synth-pop; Reggae-Pop     title           : I've Done It Again     encoder         : Lavf59.27.100   Duration: 00:03:51.18, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1511 kb/s   Stream #0:0: Audio: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s32 (24 bit)   Stream #0:1: Video: png, rgb24(pc), 599x589, 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)

Thank you in advance for the feedback.

Error_Emby

[tedfroop21 86]

I would check tags on those files.   Emby is a little more strict than some other programs and expects FLAC tags only,  other tag types attached may cause problems with playback.

[YDalu 8]

it only malfunctions on the TV set

09 - I've Done It Again.flac

[SamES 1056]

LG TV's are a bit picky about playing audio files that won't DirectPlay natively, flac being one of those, and transcoding them for playback is also not very successful.

[YDalu 8]

99% of my FLAC files are highly played. Except some and I can't find the cause

[SamES 1056]

I think I’ve looked into this before. Let me check some old posts tomorrow and I’ll see what I can find. I think the difference was mp41 vs mp42 differences 

[YDalu 8]

Thanks in advance ! Take your time, I have other ways to play my music

[SamES 1056]

Found it. This was a Samsung issue with EAC3 but I suspect your problem may be the same. Can you confirm if the files that work correctly and mp42 vs the ones that don’t being mp41?

 

[YDalu 8]

I will do some test. I'll come back !

[YDalu 8]

I modified the file with ffmped like that :

ffmmpeg

ffmpeg  -i '09 - I've Done It Again.flac' \                -metadata major_brand="" \                -metadata minor_version="" \                -metadata compatible_brands="" \                '09 - I've Done It Again.1.flac'

Now, on my TV set, Emby plays the audio fiile.

I wiil make a script to update the others FLAC files.

Thanks a lot !

[SamES 1056]

8 hours ago, SamES said:

Can you confirm if the files that work correctly and mp42 vs the ones that don’t being mp41?

Thanks for the update, glad you resolved it.  So was this actually the difference - mp41 vs mp42?

What does ffmpeg -i report now after you fixed the files?

Edited May 6, 2024 by SamES

[YDalu 8]

Hello,
Mp41 does not work hence my issue.
I tried with mp42, that doesn't work either.
I come back to your point about LG TVs.
Also, I did a playback test with the TV's native audio player and... it works!
So, it's the Emby app on LG TV that doesn't know how to play this type of audio file.
I remind you that Emby on Android (11) or on PC (Linux Debian 12), reads the file correctly.

[YDalu 8]

What does ffmpeg -i report now after you fixed the files? 

The new one :

ffmpeg -i "09 - I've Done It Again.flac" Input #0, flac, from '09 - I've Done It Again.flac':   Metadata:     TITLE           : I've Done It Again     ARTIST          : Grace Jones     album_artist    : Grace Jones     ALBUM           : Nightclubbing     disc            : 01     DATE            : 1981     track           : 09     TRACKTOTAL      : 09     GENRE           : Electronic; Reggae; Pop; New Wave; Dub; Disco; Synth-pop; Reggae-Pop   Duration: 00:03:51.18, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1511 kb/s   Stream #0:0: Audio: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s32 (24 bit)   Stream #0:1: Video: png, rgb24(pc), 599x589, 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)

 

[SamES 1056]

23 hours ago, YDalu said:

it only malfunctions on the TV set

09 - I've Done It Again.flac 41.66 MB · 0 downloads

I'm not sure how helpful it is, but this file DirectPlays fine on my LG TV.

Are you on the same network as the server, or are you playing remotely?

[YDalu 8]

Hi,
sorry for the downtime!
I think it's a WebOS version issue. My TV is 4 years old and the OS version is 04.50.56.
There is no need to insist further. I have a solution and my problem concerns around fifty files. This will quickly be fixed with a shell script.
Thanks for the support and see you soon for another problem.

Best regards

[YDalu 8]

Are you on the same network as the server, or are you playing remotely?

Yes, the server and the TV are on the same network

[Luke 42077]

Hi, please try Emby for LG 1.0.43 and let us know how things compare. Thanks.