DNLA Streaming to BluRay players

[Cian]

Hi All,

 

I have always had problems with the audio when streaming BBC High Def recordings to my Sony BluRay player (BDP-S370). Picture would stream fine, but there would be no audio on AC3 2.0 tracks. I always blamed the player for this. I record in .TS format so as to retain the program information. I have tested with recordings that did not have the second NAR track, but it still does not play.

 

I recently bought a Panasonic DMP-BD75 player and that is freezing the player when I try to play anything.

 

The format of the .TS file is as follows:

 

General
ID : 2061 (0x80D)
Complete name : F:\Recorded Video\01-17_19-58-00_BBC Four HD (AC3,eng)_Paul Tortelier at the BBC.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 2.87 GiB
Duration : 1h 11mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 714 Kbps

Video
ID : 5300 (0x14B4)
Menu ID : 8931 (0x22E3)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1h 11mn
Bit rate : 4 979 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : MBAFF
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.096
Stream size : 2.50 GiB (87%)
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 5301 (0x14B5)
Menu ID : 8931 (0x22E3)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 6
Duration : 1h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -345ms
Stream size : 98.9 MiB (3%)
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 5302 (0x14B6)
Menu ID : 8931 (0x22E3)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 3
Duration : 1h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -423ms
Stream size : 132 MiB (4%)
Language : nar

Text
ID : 5304 (0x14B8)
Menu ID : 8931 (0x22E3)
Format : DVB Subtitle
Codec ID : 6
Duration : 1h 11mn
Delay relative to video : 3s 990ms
Language : English

 

 

Doing a little bit of research has shown that lines in the profiles config file can be modified, and so currently I have the following entry for the Sony Player:

 

<profile name="Sony BDP">
<UserAgent>UPnP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50</UserAgent>
<Extensions>
<Ext name=".mkv">
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="">MATROSKA</MediaFormat>
</Ext>
<Ext name=".mpeg">
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="">MPEG_PS_PAL</MediaFormat>
</Ext>
<Ext name=".mpg">
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="">MPEG_PS_PAL</MediaFormat>
</Ext>
<Ext name=".ts">
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="MPEG2">MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO</MediaFormat>
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="H264">AVC_TS_MP_HD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormat>
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="H264">MPEG_TS_HD_NA_ISO</MediaFormat>
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="H264">MPEG_TS_HD_AC3_ISO</MediaFormat>
<MediaFormat mime-type="video/divx" special="H264">MPEG_TS_HD_KO_ISO</MediaFormat>
</Ext>
</Extensions>
</profile>

 

 

 

Two questions:

 

1. What do I need to modify in the above config file to get the audio working on the Sony?

 

2. How do I find out how the Panasonic player identifies itself to the DNLA server so that I can create a similar entry for it?

 

Thanks,

 

C.

Edited January 18, 2014 by Cian