GiP mp4s and Panasonic PVR

[Nick Payne]

On 27/11/2015 9:34 AM, Vangelis forthnet wrote:
> On Sun Nov 22 11:42:52 GMT 2015, Nick Payne wrote:
>
>> can also function as a DLNA client
>> - I run Serviio on my PC as the server
>> I can use the DLNA client on the PVR to play MP4s
>> I create myself, but if I try to play any of the MP4s
>> downloaded by GiP, I just get a "Please wait"
>> message on the TV screen
>> and the file never starts playing.
>> ...
>> Any suggestions on any command line options
>> I can try to get around this problem?
>
> [snip...]
> If you want to stick to the MP4 container,
> some choices are available to you:
> 1. If using flash/hlsmodes to fetch TV, then add:
> --ffmpeg-tv-opts="-movflags faststart"
> to your CLI command.
>
> The switch above will instruct ffmpeg (a fairly recent
> build is needed) to place the moov atom at the start of
> the MP4 file, making it streamable.
>
> Better avoid mp4 tagging with --no-tag

Thanks. I tried these options in conjunction with --modes=hlsbest, but 
the resulting mp4 files still wouldn't play on this particular piece of 
hardware. Anyway, I also have a Chromecast, and can stream the MP4s from 
the PC via my phone to the TV, which is my usual method anyway.

Nick