Filestreams limitations from PS3 device

[Kurtnoise]

Hi,

Are there some A/V filestreams limitations that this device doesn't support yet or is it able to play everything perfectly ?


I mean like Profiles & Levels from AVC streams, multichannel support for audio streams, subtitles, etc...

[Audionut]

Last I checked. No DTS, No lossless audio, No Subtitles, No MKV, No chapters. And last I tried, multi-channel pcm was flaky.

High Profile, level 4.1 support. <--- haven't tried anything higher.
AC3, MP3, AAC, WMA.
AVI, DIVX, TS, M2TS, MP4 support that I know of.

There's been 2 or 3 updates since I last tried format support though.

I'm a little bored, so I'll see what it can do at system version 2.53.


http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/playstation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=361


edit: Oh, I remember encoding 1080p with 5 refs by mistake once. That didn't work.

edit2: Handles this fine.
1280x528p

--crf 6.0 --keyint 120 --min-keyint 2 --ref 7 --mixed-refs
--bframes 8 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock
-2:-1 --trellis 1 --psy-rd 0.8:0 --partitions all --8x8dct --qpmin
1 --ipratio 1.3 --pbratio 1.1 --scenecut 30 --threads auto
--thread-input --aq-strength 0.4 --progress --no-psnr
--no-ssim --output "output" "input" --level 5.1 --frames
2000


bitrate declared : 0
--------------------------------------------
real max : 48 788 669
real avg : 38 344 615
real min : 29 629 118

[Kurtnoise]

thanks...it seems that DTS is supported since the firmware 2.30 (http://gizmodo.com/378180/playstation-3-firmware-update-230-brings-dts+hd-master-audio).

About AC3 : multichannel ok or not ?
About AAC : multichannel ok or not ? LC only or HE/PS too ?

About M2TS : no subtitles support from BD yet, right ?
About MP4: no subtitles support, right ?

[nurbs]

AC3: multichannel
AAC: multichannel (used to be downmixed to stereo; didn't test yet, but someone on this forum told me it does multichannel now)

MP4: no subtitles


edit: winner :)

[Audionut]

Multichannel.
AC3 all good.

As is AAC, but i've only tried LC

Subtitles work fine from Blu-ray disk. But not from a streamed source no matter the container.

I'll have to check audio support tomorrow. ie: DTS.

BTW, LPCM multichannel works, except if you fast forward, it won't continue playback afterwards. It could be the source file though. I'll double check that as well tomorrow.

[Kurtnoise]

great...so, my last question. :D

what about the AC3-in-MP4 ? I suppose it's the no way to go for the moment, right ?


Here is a sample (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=samples/&file=Sample%20AVC%20AC3-6ch.mp4) for testing when you have time...

[Audionut]

No, only AAC in MP4.

And that DTS support was only for Blu-ray disc. Not from streamed content.