NV+ and readydlna issues after update

Are you sure it wasn't an update to the Sony BRP???

I've been having issues with streaming ever since I updated my BRP software. Another forum sugested mod-ing the server software (see below). How do I apply this to a READYNAS Ultra???

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For all those who installed FW update and are having problems with serviio (no AVI playback):

This line in the profile for Sony BDP is causing the problem:

<MediaFormatProfile name="MPEG_PS_PAL,MPEG_PS_NTSC" mime-type="video/mpeg">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>

Remove this line, and replace it with following:

<MediaFormatProfile  mime-type="video/avi">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>

And voila, AVIs are working again. S590 is capable of playing video/avi MIME type, and this is a correct MIME type for AVI files. The previosly used conversion was done for old sony BDPs which couldn't understand video/avi.


You can also use

<MediaFormatProfile  mime-type="video/x-xvid">AVI</MediaFormatProfile>

With the same results, as video/x-xvid is also supported.


Of course, player would still not play DIVX-encoded files, only XVID-encoded ones. To solve this problem, you need to transcode DIVX. For this, find the following section in the BDP profile:

<Video targetACodec="ac3" targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video"> 
<Matches container="asf"/> 
<Matches container="flv"/> 
<Matches container="ogg"/> 
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo"/> 
<!-- digital camera video formats -->
 <Matches container="avi" vCodec="mjpeg"/> 
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg"/> </Video>

and replace it with following:

<Video targetACodec="ac3" targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video"> 
<Matches container="flv"/> 
<Matches container="ogg"/> 
<Matches container="avi" /> 
<Matches container="mp4" vCodec="mjpeg"/> </Video>

It will transcode all AVI though. So, only use it if you have lots of DIVX-encoded files. Otherwise, it might be more effective just to change the FOURCC codes of those files to those corresponding to XVID encoder. Sony is really checking FOURCC codes, and if it's those of DIVX - it will not play. No way to fool it with mime type.

By the way, did you notice that I removed the "asf" transcode as well? That's because S590 would play WMV natively, no transcode is required. The transcode was required for older players only...

Anyway, with that changes you should be able now to play all the AVI and WMV files.

And for MKV, find following section:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts"> 
<Matches container="matroska"/> 
<!-- remux mp4 container files to mpeg-ts to allow seeking -->
<!-- this also fixes the renderer's jerky playback of mov container files such as iPhone 4 HD video recordings -->
 <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264"/> 
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264"/> </Video>

And replace it with:

<Video targetContainer="mpegts"> 
 <Matches container="mp4" vCodec="h264"/> 
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="h264"/> </Video>

Now search for:

<MediaFormatProfile mime-type="video/divx">MATROSKA</MediaFormatProfile>

and remove this line. BRP-S590 would then play MKVs natively as video/x-matroska MIME type...