How to play mkv file on Sony Bravia LED tv-a guide

[lake1988]

Post the mediainfo of the .m2ts file please..

 

[lake1988]

Hi lake,

This particular file is causing a bit of a problem. Followed all the steps.

Original Media Info -

Format : Matroska
File size : 9.99 GiB
Duration : 2h 39mn
Overall bit rate : 8 995 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-15 06:15:26
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.6.0 ('Kenya Kane') built on May 27 2012 16:44:04
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 39mn
Bit rate : 7 484 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.199
Stream size : 8.12 GiB (81%)
Title : KaMaL DDR
Writing library : x264 core 98 r1649 20cbe10
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=2 / weightb=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=7484 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.68 GiB (17%)
Title : KaMaL DDR
Language : Hindi

Steps followed -
1) Extracted the audio and converted to AC3.
2) Removed header stripping using mkvmerge
3) unchecked the original audio in tsmuxer and used the extracted ac3 in step 1 to mux to .m2ts

Play back failed though :/

The original file has no header stripping ..so you could avoid that step..though post the mediainfo of the muxed m2ts file here which is not playing.

Try this--
1.Load it to Hdstream extractor and convert to AC3 in run-time.
2.Then add it to tsmuxer..add new audio file.uncheck dts audio..mux and try to play it.

 

[seraph]

Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 9.54 GiB
Duration : 2h 39mn
Overall bit rate : 8 587 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 2h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 484 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 40.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.199
Stream size : 8.44 GiB (88%)
Writing library : x264 core 98 r1649 20cbe10
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=2 / weightb=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=7484 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.0
Language : English

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 2h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 728 MiB (7%)

 

[mvir]

Thanks for your post. I purchased Sony BX350 after muxing vob file and tested it on BX350 at showroom. I was planning to buy LG earlier after knowing that sony does not support vob file format from USB. I had video converted software but it takes hell lot of time. This is excellent solution.
Again thanks a lot for your very useful post. Keep posting other Bravia related post.

 

[lake1988]

As far as I know this encoding is done enabling open gop setting in x264 encoder.

This setting is used to increase efficiency of encoding but results in unsupported to various hardware media players.

If it was disabled in encoder setting would come as open_gop=0 and if it's enabled it will not be present in encoder setting.

Now for this clip open gop is enabled..so can't be played here...it need a reencode and can't be played by muxing in tsmuxer as I suggested.

 

[nandik]

Hi lake1988, I appreciate your effort in creating such an useful thread :clapping: . Really it is very helpful..... Today, i muxed a 1.13 GB mkv file (complete movie) to mp4 with video and audio being H264 and aac respectively using Avidemux 2.4. Movie is playing perfectly upto around 25min and then saying play back not supported. Same thing happened for one more video file of size 1GB where i converted .avi to .mp4 I am using sony bravia 40nx650........................ please help regarding this dude

 

[avmaxfan]

Try PS3Muxer instead. It works better than TSmuxer in my experience.

 

[lake1988]

Hi lake1988, I appreciate your effort in creating such an useful thread :clapping: . Really it is very helpful..... Today, i muxed a 1.13 GB mkv file (complete movie) to mp4 with video and audio being H264 and aac respectively using Avidemux 2.4. Movie is playing perfectly upto around 25min and then saying play back not supported. Same thing happened for one more video file of size 1GB where i converted .avi to .mp4 I am using sony bravia 40nx650........................ please help regarding this dude

For the first video I would suggest you try my method using tsmuxer...sometime if the media stream is broken this type of error occurs..upto that time media stream is continuous but it may be broken after that..if you use tsmuxer you will be aware about it at the time of muxing in tsmuxer..cause anytime if the media stream is broken it will automatically stop muxing.

Why are you converting avi file to mp4..AFAIK avi is supported in bravia if the video codec inside it is xvid/divx but not avc(mpeg-4 part 10).

 

[lake1988]

Thanks for your post. I purchased Sony BX350 after muxing vob file and tested it on BX350 at showroom. I was planning to buy LG earlier after knowing that sony does not support vob file format from USB. I had video converted software but it takes hell lot of time. This is excellent solution.
Again thanks a lot for your very useful post. Keep posting other Bravia related post.

Yes tsmuxer support vob also..you can use the join option to join multiple vob file to get a full length movie.

 

[nandik]

For the first video I would suggest you try my method using tsmuxer...sometime if the media stream is broken this type of error occurs..upto that time media stream is continuous but it may be broken after that..if you use tsmuxer you will be aware about it at the time of muxing in tsmuxer..cause anytime if the media stream is broken it will automatically stop muxing.

Why are you converting avi file to mp4..AFAIK avi is supported in bravia if the video codec inside it is xvid/divx but not avc(mpeg-4 part 10).

Thanks for your response mate.... I figured out the problem..... If i am breaking the files that i converted into parts they are playing perfectly!!!! but is there any solution for this???
One more thing i tried to connect my lap to tv using MEZZMO media server. Every thing is configured perfectly but streaming is damn slow that i cant watch . I am using ut300r2u modem/router which has only 1 ethernet port and 1 usb connection.... So im connecting laptop(VAIO) with usb and bravia with ethernet..... is it usb that is limiting the speed or is there any other thing i need to do??.... please help buddy

 

[lake1988]

If i am breaking the files that i converted into parts they are playing perfectly!!!! but is there any solution for this???

Please install mediainfo and post tree view information of the file you are facing problem while playing.

One more thing i tried to connect my lap to tv using MEZZMO media server. Every thing is configured perfectly but streaming is damn slow that i cant watch . I am using ut300r2u modem/router which has only 1 ethernet port and 1 usb connection.... So im connecting laptop(VAIO) with usb and bravia with ethernet..... is it usb that is limiting the speed or is there any other thing i need to do??

If you are connecting your laptop to tv just connect it through ethernet only..you don't need any router for this. Do not put any internet ip information in laptops ipv4 properties or in network settings of tv...both will connect automatically.

 

[nandik]

Can we connect TV and Laptop directly using ethernet :O . I will check it now,,,,, thanks

Media info of file that is stopping at 26min

General
Complete name : E:\Inception.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.13 GiB
Duration : 2h 32mn
Overall bit rate : 1 064 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf54.6.100

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 32mn
Bit rate : 930 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 4.785 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.056
Stream size : 1 013 MiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2200 999b753
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=48 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=930 / ratetol=2.4 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 32mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 139 MiB (12%)

 

[lake1988]

Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 4.785 fps
Maximum frame rate : 24.000 fps

Can you mux it using tsmuxer as I mentioned in the first post and see if the same thing occurs..

 

[nandik]

Thanks lake1988 tsmuxer is working.... basically before tsmuxer used to crash when i load some videos so i used avidemux. Now its working

If you are connecting your laptop to tv just connect it through ethernet only..you don't need any router for this. Do not put any internet ip information in laptops ipv4 properties or in network settings of tv...both will connect automatically.

I tried this yar but laptop is not detecting TV. Can you please explain how to connect laptop to bravia using ethernet......it will be very helpful

 

[lake1988]

If you load unsupported video extension like avi, loading mkv file where video codec got header stripping enabled it will crash.

For connecting using ethernet cable-
1.In laptop go to Local area connection adapter-->Properties-->IPv4 settings-->Properties-->select obtain IP address automatically and DNS address automatically.
2.In TV press Home button-->Settings-->Network-->Network Set up-->Set up network connection-->Auto.
3.Connect TV and pc with cable.
4.Start Mezzmo server or something like that..I forgot what's exactly called it..you have to start it from Mezzmo application in pc.
5.Now Press Home in tv-->Media-->Video-->here you can see mezzmo server icon.
6.Now you have to add content in Mezzmo library in pc..also you have to select type of DLNA device you are using..you have to select sony bravia tv.
7.Now select the mezzmo icon in tv and press enter..you will see the added videos.

 

[nandik]

Thanks lake for your help....... direct connection is also working good but still streaming is very slow with Mezzmo but not with windows media player... But media player not supporting all formates............. i installed Homestream aswell. Homestream is detecting my TV but TV is not showing Homestream server.............. any inputs???

 

[lake1988]

Have you restarted your pc after installing home stream?

Home in tv-->Media-->Video-->here you will see the home stream server..

There is a option called refresh internet content..if you can apply this that server icon should appear.

 

[vktyagi2k]

Dear Lake,

My Sony Bravia 40EX650 arrived yesterday bought after reading lots of your recommendations in different posts. I have normal setup box connection using cable TV and am very disappointed by the quality rendered by Bravia. The quality of the Skyfall trailer bundled with Sony pen drive was brilliant though.

I am pretty sure it is due to the upscaling of the cable content delivered by setup box which I believe must be 700p. My set up box just has analog output (yellow white red). What are my options? Also, I have a cheap DVD player with same analog output and that content was stretching as well, although a bit less than set up box.

Thanks,
Vikas

 

[saurabhjain3]

hi i have downloaded 3d video in mkv format for sony bravia hx750 to play it via usb(formated in exfat) but it is in dual audio (hindi/english) and when i add the file in tsmuxer it shows error loading file, but i converted simple mkv. 3d video (not dual audio) with tsmuxer it played without any problem. please help me to solve the problem.

 

[lake1988]

Please post the mediainfo of the original mkv file.