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.mp4 Videos Not Playing
I have just bought a Sony Blue Ray Player (BDP-S590).
I have downloaded some video files that have extension of .mp4
I have configured the blue ray player for DLNA and can view the files but when I select any of them to play it says "File corrupted or unsupported"
According to the manual, its says that it will .mp4 files, but it doesn't.
One thing I noticed when viewing these video files on the player is says its "MPEG"
I noticed another video file that I downloaded and it says on the player "mp4" and it actually plays this file but it wont play the "MPEG" files even though they have an extension of ".mp4"
I don't get it! Can someone please assist?
When you look at supported types of files in your manual it will list by "File Format" and "Extension".
"File Format" is the supported codec and "Extension" is the "container" that codec can be found in. A variety of codec's can be used in a ".mp4" but your player only supports what's noted in the manual. Several free programs like "G-Spot" will tell you what codec was used to build your files.
Note that supported "File Format" changes for your player with DISC/USB/DLNA.
You can use a DLNA server that transcodes to supported file types that will allow you to stream virtually any file.
There is a lot of good reading on this subject via web-search.
When you say that the DLNA Server should transcode and play any file format, what do you mean? How do I configure the Sony Blue Ray player to transcode?
Remember that I'm accessing these .mp4 files via DLNA from the Sony Blue Ray player that is accessing a USB hard drive connected to my WI-FI Modem Router.
Or are you saying that the WI-FI Modem Router should be doing the Transcode?
Please explain.
Any DLNA enabled equipment like my Blu ray player can connect to it. Mezzmo has several preset configuration files that allows it to know what file types my Blu ray player can play.
When my player requests a file that's in a format that it can't play Mezzmo will transcode the file to a file type that my player can play.
You can do the same thing by converting the video's that you've downloaded to a file type that your player supports. There are a variety of free programs that will do that.
Several routers do now have basic DLNA servers built in but they can't transcode.
Remember that DLNA is only a network specification for file transfer and has nothing to do with playing or converting file types.
You might check out http://www.conceiva.com/products/mezzmo/
It will give you a better idea of what good DLNA server software can do.
Installation, configuration and technical support is provided through the software providers web site and their forums.
I'm not saying to buy Mezzmo. Basically you need to convert the files to a type that your player can play and products like Mezzmo do that automatically for you.
Take care!
There seems to be a few DLNA Server Software out there to choose from, just out of curiosity, why did you choose Mezzmo as oppossed to something else like Sony VAIO Media Server, Serviio DLNA Media Server or even Windows Media Player which is free if you are using WIndows.
All the above servers are great examples, you are never tied to just one server type, however some transcode certain files better than others.
Support for streaming may be limited, however we do have some tools that may help.
Please review our [url=http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/support-info.pl?info_id=884&template_id=1:1np451j3]DLNA® Setup & FAQ[/url:1np451j3]
and as the above poster mentioned here is a guide for Windows Media Player by Microsoft:
[url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Getting-started-with-media-streaming:1np451j3]Getting started with media streaming[/url:1np451j3]
In other words do you need a Sony Laptop to be able to use Sony's Media Server software? Or can you download it and use it for free on any windows laptop like Dell, Acer, Asus etc...
I have the same issue with my NAS Lacie-Cloudbox as a DLNA media server.
It plays MP4 fine from USB drive but won't play exactly the same file from network location. I get "File corrupted or not supported" error too. Therefore it is not an aspect ratio problem.
It's a Sony firmware problem in managing DLNA stream!
Anyway this is my workaround.
If you have a Smartphone with IOS or Android you can use it as a remote control for DLNA playback. It works!
I have an Iphone and I'm very happy using SmartStore Fusion Stream, but you can choose between many others DLNA app both in App Store or in Google Play.
Now I can play all my videos on my BDP.
iDealshare VideoGo can easily and batch convert all popular video format like AVI, MKV, VOB, MOV, WMV, RMVB, FLV and etc to MP4 encoded with MPEG-4 or H.264.
Step by step guide at Convert Video to Sony supported video format (link : http://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/play-mkv-on-sony-bravia-tv.html)
Easy solution at Easy Solve Can't Import MP4 to Sony Issue (link : /t5/forums/replypage/board-id/blu-ray-general/message-id/Easy Solve Can't Import MP4 to Sony Vegas Issue)