MPEG-TS with Mpeg 2 audio does not play (they do with the media player of my Panasonic Viera TV)

Hi,

Today I use the media player functionality in my Panasonic Viera TV to play MPEG-TS video via DLNA.

My WD TV Live Hub player cannot play these files. The WDTV Live seems to be able to play them when I convert the Mpeg audio to Dolby Digital audio. However this should not be required given the specifications of the WD TV LIve hub.

My question:

  • Is this a known problem?
  •  Is it something that is worked on to fix in a later firmware update?

Thanks for helping

Freek Tanis

Below the file details of an example video using media info.

General
ID                               : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                    : Z:\freek\documentaire\tegenlicht\California.ts
Format                           : MPEG-TS
File size                        : 2.85 GiB
Duration                         : 52mn 58s
Overall bit rate                 : 7 705 Kbps

Video
ID                               : 256 (0x100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : MPEG Video
Format version                   : Version 2
Format profile                   : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, Matrix          : Default
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=12
Codec ID                         : 2
Duration                         : 52mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 7 066 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 10 000 Kbps
Width                            : 720 pixels
Height                           : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Standard                         : PAL
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.681
Stream size                      : 2.61 GiB (92%)

Audio
ID                               : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 2
Codec ID                         : 3
Duration                         : 52mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : -312ms
Stream size                      : 97.0 MiB (3%)
Language                         : Dutch

Menu
ID                               : 4095 (0xFFF)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Duration                         : 52mn 58s
List                             : 256 (0x100) (MPEG Video) / 257 (0x101) (MPEG Audio, Dutch)
Language                         :  / Dutch
Service name                     : Service01
Service provider                 : FFmpeg
Service type                     : digital television

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