I created a folder in Videos called "video1" (/Imports/Videos/video1) as it has worked in the past. I dropped a video in that folder called "video1.wmv"
I rescanned sources from the web server interface.
It doesn't appear in the Channels GUI and there doesn't seem to be any trace of it in the logs. I re-read this:
and it would appear to support "any videos that I want."
Please advise.
Might not like wmv files. Try temporarily renaming the extension to .mkv or .mp4 to see if it scans it.
Tried that. Scanned it, recognized it, wouldn't play it.
Guess they would need to add support for wmv files.
I just got a notification and when I clicked on it, it showed this.
I moved the post to the Channels DVR category (was in General).
What are you thinking, maybe by the end of next week then?
I'll let the developers answer for themselves. I have no idea if it's possible or how hard it is.
Just use ffmpeg to convert, might be sufficient to just remux.
Thanks. I just figured the software would know how to do that.
What does View Details show
I don't know where to find "View Details."
This is from MediaInfo for the original wmv file:
General
Complete name : D:\CHANNELS\Imports\Videos\video1\video1.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 1 003 MiB
Duration : 18 min 32 s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 7 567 kb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate : 8 416 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2010-03-05 21:53:01
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@HL
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional
Duration : 18 min 32 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 005 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 960 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.163
Stream size : 796 MiB (79%)
NumberOfFrames : 33353
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format profile : Lossless
Codec ID : 163
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 Lossless - VBR Quality 100, 96 kHz, 2 channel 24 bit 1-pass VBR
Duration : 18 min 32 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 146 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 96.0 kHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 285 MiB (28%)
On what device were you trying to play back? Was there sound?
As a wmv file it doesn't scan or show up at all in Channels. Switched extension to an mp4 and it is now recognized. When I attempt to play it on a Firestick 4k, it says " ! Recording Not Found (-16)"
When I attempt to play it from a web browser on a PC it's not possible because there is no thumbnail to click on to play.
I switched the Home Streaming from "original" to 4 mbps and it appears to attempt to start streaming with this in the log:
2023/05/14 16:55:53.842359 [ENC] Starting encoder for video1.mp4 in D:\CHANNELS\ChannelsDVR\Streaming\file14000-ip192.168.254.229-3351066118\encoder-50-1092383225 at 50 (235.966000) (encoder=h264_mf, resolution=720, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=3808, segment_size=0.01)
2023/05/14 16:55:53.871827 [HLS] ffmpeg: file14000-ip192.168.254.229: Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
2023/05/14 16:55:53.871827 [HLS] ffmpeg: file14000-ip192.168.254.229: Decoder (codec wmalossless) not found for input stream #0:0
2023/05/14 16:55:54.041822 [ENC] Encoder stopped for video1.mp4 in D:\CHANNELS\ChannelsDVR\Streaming\file14000-ip192.168.254.229-3351066118\encoder-50-1092383225 after starting from 50 without encoding any segments. Marked segment as failed.
but never plays, no video, no audio.
It appears we don’t support WMV files. Not the extension for importing, and not decoding the format.
That’s why it’s working when you rename the extension, and only plays when it’s transcoded to h.264.
This isn’t a surprise as WMV files are from an era far long ago.
That being said, we can get support in for both importing and playing back natively in the clients.
Click Options > View Details on video1
Thanks. That would be great.
Just getting into the Videos section. Very cool stuff.
This is tribute video that I created for my grandmother's funeral about 13 years ago and wanted to share it with the family. So yeah, it's an old video format.
I've tried to convert it to mp4, and it's successful when getting a 60 second preview in Handbrake, but when I try to encode the whole video, even Handbrake chokes on it. It does, however play fine (video and audio) when I attempt to play it on the server using Windows Media Player, before and after the file extension change.