Philips Dvd Player Video Codec Not Supported

[Kassim Sin]

Theresolution of the video is purely independent of the frontend resolution. I can turn down the resolution of Kodi to 480p and can still watch UHD content. I know that the Android resolution is limited to 1080p, but it doesn't work that way. Whenever a video is started, at least in kodi and other players, it calls the internal android video/media player, which supports UHD. Of course it does, what sense would a UHD TV make when the resolution is limited to 1080p?!

Hi. Can you please follow the instructions to send a log from the app when you play one of these items. Please follow all the instructions and also include any ffmpeg logs from the server that are generated.

1) The bitrate of the content exceeds the setting in the app. The app is currently set to a max of 20Mb/s and this item is at 51Mb/s. Change the video setting in the app to something higher than 50 to avoid this condition. Note, however, that this is a pretty high bitrate and your TV may or may not be able to play it smoothly

2) Your TV is reporting that it can only handle stereo audio - not Dolby digital so we are converting that as well. You might want to check the settings on the TV to be sure it is set to output DD if that truly is supported.

edit: I tried different movies with DTS. DTS is not working in apps anymore since Update to Android TV 7, only in the Philips Player. Anyway those movies get also a video transcoding, although they have about the same bitrate. The audio is transcoded to aac stereo and not dolby.It seems like the issue is working the other way around too. If audio is not supported it also transcodes video. Another log, time 19:27.

BTW - running Kodi will tell you virtually nothing about the capabilities of the TV within the Android system. Kodi is not a true Android app and has many things built into it that normal Android apps don't have. Just FYI.

I determine it by seeing a Dolby Digital sign at my AVR. Kodi does detect what Audio formats are supported. Before the Update to Android 7 I could choose DTS in the settings. What you can choose also varies from device to device.

I also recognized that if dolby is working, the audio cuts out every few seconds. I don't think it's an issue of the TV. Why does DD "work" as soon as it is direct played but then if the bitrate is limited it switches to stereo, that doesn't make any sense to me. Also why do HEVC videos with DD work but those with DTS are transcoded to H264. Something is terribly wrong there.

Our app queries the Android system for the audio and video support and reacts to that information. Your TV is telling us that it can only accept a stereo input and that is governing our decisions. One thing you could try just to see what happens is to set the TV audio to stereo. That may seem counter-intuitive, but you never know. It may make the inputs report differently.

I understand that supporting so many different systems is quite hard. Although, I think that Sony and Philips Android TVs do have quite a big amount of market share from all Android TV devices. As long as everyhing is working with kodi and the emby addon I'm probably fine...

I see. Probably because the TV itself has only two speakers. Its the same issue when connecting with HDMI. The PC only sees it as stereo device. I think every TV has this issue. Wouldn't it be better to just look for the supported codecs and ignore the channels because the device should know how to deal with the codec if it supports it, like pass through, down mix or whatever.

Wouldn't it be better to just look for the supported codecs and ignore the channels because the device should know how to deal with the codec if it supports it, like pass through, down mix or whatever.

Yeah, that's not the case. My TV (with only stereo speakers) can accept DD and even DTS signals and then internally downmixes them. Basically, the system isn't lying to us. If the TV could accept more channels and downmix internally then the system would tell us that.

Well, DD and DTS can be transmitted through two channels as far as I know. A Toslink cable for example only has two channels and can transmit both. Maybe my TV is only accepting stereo but it is still accepting DD and DTS for example from external devices connected with HDMI and passing them to the avr. A friend of me also has a Philips TV and he's getting Dolby at the avr too. Trust me.

but it is still accepting DD and DTS for example from external devices connected with HDMI and passing them to the avr. A friend of me also has a Philips TV and he's getting Dolby at the avr too. Trust me.

Possibly I guess but the only other situation where we had a user convinced this was the case, I gave them a build that ignored the system reported value and that resulted in no audio at all. So, I'm inclined to trust the values we are getting from the system.

A number of HD videos and movies downloaded from the internet or ripped from DVD/Blu-ray are wrapped up in MKV format, a container format which can save multiple audio, subtitle, chapter tracks at high-definition. You might get confused that some MKV files can't be played on your Philips TV while some others can, or some video files in MKV format have no sound when playing on Philips TV.

Broadly speaking, the major cause is the codec's incompatibility issues so that the MKV format is not supported. MKV is just a video container, which can be encoded with a wide range of codecs, like HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4, VP9, DTS audio etc. While Philips TV has poor compatibility with some of the codecs, such as Dolby True Audio and DTS Audio, which will make MKV not playing on Philips TV.

2. Media with higher bit or frame rate than specifications. Philips TV only supports MKV files in specific bitrate and frame rate, for example, 4K H.264 at 30fps/60fps, 4K/8K HEVC at 60fps, 1080p VP8 WebM at 60fps etc. If your MKV video is in higher bit rate or frame rate, MKV will goes unplayable, stuttering, dropping frames and so on.

3. Incompatible USB and digital camera devices. Many users play MKV videos via USB or digital camera devices. If none of the above is true, it might be an issue of USB or digital camera devices, which are not compatible with your Philips TV.

According to the anylytics above, the major cause lies in MKV format/codec incompatibility. Therefore, the easiest and most direct way comes to make MKV videos compatible with Philips TV. For that, converting MKV files to Philips TV could get everything done.

There is a long list of free and paid conversion programs and tools available. But if you do not want to be held back by slow processing and poor output quality, EaseFab Video Converter is there for you. As an excellent MKV converter, it can convert MKV to MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM, and 420+ profiles, transcodes HEVC MKV to H.264, DTS to MP3/AAC, and changes MKV video specifications like resolution (eg. 4K to 1080p), bit rate, frame rate etc. Besides, with this video converting software, MKV file size will be compressed greatly without quality loss. Still, you don't have to worry about video converting speed, the embedded hardware acceleration tech will invoke GPU encoding/decoding built in graphic cards, achieving up to 30x real-time faster speed.

To begin with, you need to download and install EaseFab Video Converter Windows or Mac version on your computer. The guide below takes the Windows version for an example. Mac version has the same process.

Step 1. Run EaseFab Video Converter on your PC or Mac, simply drag and drop your MKV files to the program. You can also click Add Video button to load your source files. (Note: batch conversion is supported, so you can load more than one file to convert at a time.)

Step 3. To get a good balance between image quality and file size, you're recommended click Settings button customize the parameter settings. A slew of other variables such the video/audio codecs, pixel dimensions, frame rate, bit rate, audio sampel rate, etc. will help encode large MKV videos to Philips TV compatible MP4 video with good quality-size tradeoff.

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