[polismega]

Hi. I am running XBMC Live on an i5 PC and trying to share the drives attached to the XBMC machine with my WD Live in the bedroom. Both are on wired LAN. I have enabled UPNP/DLNA on the XBMC and the WD Live sees the XBMC Media Server and the shared media. The problem is the WD Live can play some of the movies (including Blu Ray rips) but not all. It seems to be the movies I encoded using High Profile setting in Handbrake to not play through XBMC UPNP. The WD Live sees the file and attempts to play but all I get is a black screen. I have also set up SMB share on the XBMC machine and when I access the network share on the WD Live, it can now play those files that it could not under UPNP. I would like to use the UPNP server vs SAMBA. Anyone know it there is a limitation on the types of files that XBMC UPNP will serve? Below is media info for a movie that will not play through UPNP but will through SAMBA when shared from XBMC to WD Live. Thanks

General
Complete name : E:\Data\Movies 2\Star Trek.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 5.13 GiB
Duration : 2h 6mn
Overall bit rate : 5 795 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-10-15 14:24:45
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.0.0 ('Die Wahre Liebe') built on Sep 25 2011 20:33:49
Writing library : libebml v1.2.2 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 6mn
Bit rate : 5 040 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.137
Stream size : 4.46 GiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 118
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=21.5 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 6mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 581 MiB (11%)
Language : English

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English