Samsung's supported video codecs?

[yoco]

Hy! I have more and more problems with watching video files. The problem is shown as "unsupported video data". Does this mean the files have codec that my TV doesn't support it?
Here's an example of a working video in MP4

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General
Complete name                    : F:\Anime Manga\One Piece\[K-F]\[K-F]_One_Piece_260_[FD5F3FF3].mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 213 MiB
Duration                         : 23mn 7s
Overall bit rate                 : 1 290 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-10-28 03:01:53
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-10-28 03:01:53

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 16 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 23mn 7s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 1 159 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 1 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 5 672 Kbps
Width                            : 704 pixels
Height                           : 400 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate               : 23.952 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)               : 0.172
Stream size                      : 192 MiB (90%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 68 r1183M f21daff
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=0.4:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=1000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.60
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-10-25 23:21:40
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-10-28 03:02:03

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 23mn 7s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 187 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 21.2 MiB (10%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-10-25 23:21:40
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-10-28 03:02:03

And this is the one that won't play. Also in MP4.

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General
Complete name                    : F:\Anime Manga\One Piece\[K-F]\[K-F]_One_Piece_261_[A6612204].mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 307 MiB
Duration                         : 23mn 5s
Overall bit rate                 : 1 856 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-11-02 04:37:28
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-11-02 04:37:28

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 16 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 23mn 5s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 1 724 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 1 500 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 3 637 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate               : 23.952 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)               : 0.078
Stream size                      : 285 MiB (93%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 68 r1183M f21daff
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=0.4:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=1500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.60
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-10-31 18:35:28
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-11-02 04:37:48

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 23mn 5s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 149 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 21.1 MiB (7%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-10-31 18:35:28
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-11-02 04:37:48

Both video files are from the same group that released them. Does anyone know what's the difference?
My TV is LE40B650!

[erdem_ua]

In short, second movie uses High@L5.0 profile while first one using High@L3.1...
So their codecs are different and this tv does not support some high end profiles. It's not problem for PC but TV has DSP to extract those movies.
I guess It's not compatible with that high L5 profile..

[yoco]

So there's no way at all to make it work on TV?

[erdem_ua]

There is always a way if you accept to re-encode that file to L3 profile. It's also a solution

[yoco]

You're right, but that would probably take ages for my PC to re-encode, or do you know any good software for this?

[erdem_ua]

Instead of encoding that video to AVC L3, you can encode with MPEG2 with very high bitrate.
Resulting file needed to be huge (if original is 1GB, than MPEG2 might be 3-4 GB for low image loss).
But you can delete that file after watching. Also this encoding will not require much time. I guess you can encode it in some minutes.

You can use AviDemux for the job. It's my favorite.

[yoco]

Just want to say something. I downloaded a MKV file, size is around 350MB. Now the file has two audio channels. First one is English, and the second one Japanese. Interesting thing, if I play it on my TV it chooses first audio since I can't switch it, the video file plays completely normal. But if I use software MKVToolnix (mkvmerge) and switch the primary audio (english) to secondary, so then the first audio is Japanese, and if I play it I get that error "No video data supported". I find this very strange!

[steve-austin]

Have a look here http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f= ... 686#p14565

Let me know ...

[yoco]

Have a look here http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f= ... 686#p14565

Let me know ...

Yea, works, so far it's fine! Thnx a lot!