My problem is an old problem, started august 2010 when trying to play original video files .mov from my Panasonic LX3 camera. Sound was stuttering then. Now sound plays well but I notice that video is not playing smoothly.
I have downloaded the latest firmware 1.4.22-V (I think)
I also have .mov files from my Canon S95 which plays perfect. Using Mediainfo I can see that there is differences between the LX3 .mov videos and the Canon S95 .mov videos. I believed that .mov from modern compact cameras should be the same but it is not.
I have noticed that .mov with Format MPEG-4 uses to play well.
Format Quicktime and JPEG in LX3 video with Bitrate : 23,4 Mbps seems to be the problem.
Has anyone any idea why this video do not play smooth? Bitrate?
I now convert almost all my videos to .avi which plays well everywhere.
I can live with this malfunction in WD TV Live but still want to inform other Panasonic LX3 owners about this.
Regards
Below is the mediainf information.
Canon S95
Complete name : D:\Digital_Pictures\2011\2011_03_14\MVI_0729.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 509 MiB
Duration : 3 min
Overall bit rate : 19,9 Mbps
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Nej
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 3 min
Bit rate : 18,4 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixlar
Height : 720 pixlar
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23,976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.831
Stream size : 470 MiB (92%)
colour_primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
transfer_characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
matrix_coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Panasonic Lumix LX3
General
Complete name : D:\Digital_Pictures\2011\2011_03_14\P1030333.MOV
Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
File size : 464 MiB
Duration : 2mn 46s
Overall bit rate : 23.4 Mbps
Video
ID : 1
Format : JPEG
Codec ID : jpeg
Duration : 2mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 23.1 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.045
Stream size : 459 MiB (99%)