Re: Streaming mkv to ps3

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 17:38 -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> I have some MKV content that I'm trying to stream to a PS3. There was
> a 
> thread on this topic back in 2013 
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/rygel-list/2013-October/msg00002.html
>  
> but it's not clear to me whether this provides a solution or if 
> ps3/gnome have evolved in the past 7 years to make that thread
> obsolete.
>
> I'm attempting to stream content that should be playable on the ps3 
> without needing to translate any codecs--as I understand it, it's
> just 
> the MKV container that PS3 doesn't understand, but h264/dts should
> be 
> fine. Here is the stream data for a sample file:
>
>      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive),
> 1920x1080 
> [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
>      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side),
> s32p 
> (24 bit) (default)
>      Stream #0:2: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s
>
> When I play it from the ps3, I get the error "This content cannot be 
> played. (800288D8)"
>
> I believe I have all the necessary plugins installed, including 
> gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly and libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0. I have
> all 
> the rygel and librygel packages in Ubuntu Eoan installed as well.

You also need gstreamer1.0-libav for MPEG2 muxers and encoders - But
also it seems it picks up some plugins where Rygel does not provide a
proper preset for.

Can you, before you install gstreamer1.0-libav, please run with

export GST_DEBUG=encodebin:8

and send me the log, please?

Once that works, we can do the second step and fix the poor picture
quality you will have.

Thanks.