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Transcoding issues with Sony Bravia Opera TV and Plex 1.0

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I have a Sony Bravia KDL32W705C with Plex from Opera TV and Plex Media Server version 1.0.2.2413 running on a Ubuntu server. I have some video files that were encoded in MPEG4part2 (DivX or XVid, can't remember) that, as far as I can remember, used to direct play, but now they force video transcode to h264. More details:

  • The TV supports this file format, in fact if I put the files on a USB stick and use the TV media player they play flawlessly. Not all "MPEG4" files play on the Bravia from USB, but these do.

  • I remember that this file direct played before, I updated the server to 1.0 when it was out and it worked, yesterday I noticed that some files were not direct playing anymore. After updating the server to 1.0.2.2413 still no luck.

  • From the logs I see
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.285 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: analyzing media item 870
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.285 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: Dreamer (1984): Direct Play is disabled
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.285 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: Dreamer (1984): media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.286 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: Dreamer (1984): no direct play video profile exists for http/avi/mpeg4
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.286 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: Dreamer (1984): no direct play video profile exists for http/avi/mpeg4/ac3
    Jul 23, 2016 10:04:43.287 [0x7fc3dbfff700] DEBUG - MDE: Dreamer (1984): no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded

except "Direct Play" is enabled in the Opera TV Plex app, so it seems it's a matter of profiles. The same goes for files with MPEG4 video and MP3 audio, the TV can play it from USB but Plex transcodes both audio and video. Also on Sony Website there's a comprehensive list of supported codec combinations: http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/14XM070111/EN/codeclist.html

I'll try to downgrade to see if it's a server problem.


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