DLNA Profile for transcoding

[benkenobi221]

Hi,
I have an older (10+ years) Panasonic TV "tx-55as750w" with no Jellyfin App available. I installed the DLNA Plugin on my server and it is working fine with MP4. Mp4 is supported by the TV. Now I need a working DLNA Profile for transcoding mkv H.265 Files to for example mp4. I searched the internet for a solution but still it will not work. I managed to create a new Profile for the TV and copied the standard "Panasonic Viera" from "C:\ProgramData\Jellyfin\Server\plugins\DLNA_4.0.0.0\profiles". At the start the server log showed that the default profile was used because the tv was not recognized. now the log is fine. but still i cannot find the right config for the profile. I can attach the Profile I created. Maybe someone can help me with my problem. I really would appriciate it.

Server is running on a windows 10 client. Hardware Transcoding is activated and working fine with the same movie for example on an android mobile device with the jellyfin app. I added a screenshot of the supported audio and video formats of the Panasonic TV.

Thanks and regards

[TheDreadPirate]

The Default.xml profile should transcode everything to H264 video with MP3 audio. Make a copy and change the device name to match your TV's.

[benkenobi221]

also the default profile is not working. I deleted my profile so the default is used. still the same problem: in the log you can see that ffmpeg is creating a ts file->

[2024-11-01 22:08:41.943 +01:00] [INF] [21] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Transcoding.TranscodeManager: "ffmpeg" "-analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -f matroska -init_hw_device cuda=cu:0 -filter_hw_device cu -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -noautorotate -hwaccel_flags +unsafe_output -threads 1 -i file:\"C:\Movies\Harry.Potter.und.die.Heiligtuemer.des.Todes.Teil.1.2010.German.AC3.DL.1080p.BluRay.x265\Harry.Potter.und.die.Heiligtuemer.des.Todes.Teil.1.2010.German.AC3.DL.1080p.BluRay.x265.mkv\" -noautoscale -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 h264_nvenc -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)\" -vf \"setparams=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709,scale_cuda=format=yuv420p\" -preset p1 -b:v 7087000 -maxrate 7087000 -bufsize 14174000 -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -codec:a:0 copy -y \"C:\ProgramData\Jellyfin\Server\cache\transcodes\436859698690b3f61d7aa19f00fca937.ts\

also on the tv when choosing the movie there is "MPEG2-TS" shown as format. but the file is a mkv?! is this normal?

[TheDreadPirate]

For some reason it isn't transcoding the AC3 to MP3 or something compatible with your TV. It is only transcoding the video. The default profile doesn't have any direct play codecs so it should be transcoding everything to H264/MP3. Can you share what is in your default profile?

[benkenobi221]

Here you are. I added the profile as zip.
This is the section you are interested in I think:

<DirectPlayProfiles>
    <DirectPlayProfile container="" type="Video" />
    <DirectPlayProfile container="" type="Audio" />
  </DirectPlayProfiles>
  <TranscodingProfiles>
    <TranscodingProfile container="mp3" type="Audio" audioCodec="mp3" estimateContentLength="false" enableMpegtsM2TsMode="false" transcodeSeekInfo="Auto" copyTimestamps="false" context="Streaming" enableSubtitlesInManifest="false" minSegments="0" segmentLength="0" breakOnNonKeyFrames="false" />
    <TranscodingProfile container="ts" type="Video" videoCodec="h264" audioCodec="aac" estimateContentLength="false" enableMpegtsM2TsMode="false" transcodeSeekInfo="Auto" copyTimestamps="false" context="Streaming" enableSubtitlesInManifest="false" minSegments="0" segmentLength="0" breakOnNonKeyFrames="false" />
    <TranscodingProfile container="jpeg" type="Photo" estimateContentLength="false" enableMpegtsM2TsMode="false" transcodeSeekInfo="Auto" copyTimestamps="false" context="Streaming" enableSubtitlesInManifest="false" minSegments="0" segmentLength="0" breakOnNonKeyFrames="false" />
  </TranscodingProfiles>
  <ContainerProfiles />
  <CodecProfiles />
  <ResponseProfiles>
    <ResponseProfile container="m4v" type="Video" mimeType="video/mp4">
      <Conditions />
    </ResponseProfile>
  </ResponseProfiles>

[TheDreadPirate]

Go ahead and submit a bug report in the plugins github.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-plugin-dlna/issues

It doesn't appear to be honoring the profile. At least for audio.

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Looks like someone did already.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-plu.../issues/66

[benkenobi221]

thank you. I commented on the issue in github. I hope this will get solved.

[benkenobi221]

Hi. me again.
The guys from the github kindly created a new update 5.0.0 which shows in the log which xml is used for the client. Now I know that my newly created profile is applied for my TV. Still there is the same problem. Even I deleted all ts formats in all sections from the xml the server creates a ts file when transcoding. Is there anyone who can point me in the wright directions where the problem is? I am a noob concerning this Profiles. Maybe there is still a configuration error in my dnla profile. My only Goal is to get a mp4 file when transcoding. I think there could be a problem when playing back ts on the tv in general even though it is supported from the tv. MP4 direct playing is working fine so I asume that transcoding to mp4 will solve my problem.

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you share your latest logs?

Does the transcode profile still say to transcode to TS container? You can change that to MP4.

[benkenobi221]

yes it still creates a ts file when transcoding when I want a mp4. I copied the panasonic xml profile and changed the identity so it matches my tv. then I deleted mkv and ts from direct play and changed ts to mp4 in the "transcodingProfile" section. But it still makes a ts file. Maybe you can help with the correct configuration for getting a mp4 when transcoding. I really appreciate your work. You guys are amazing in what you do.