Panasonic Viera Built-In Media Player

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J.B. Wood

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Hello, everyone. My question concerns the playing of movie media
(stored on USB flash drive, CF card or SD card) when plugged into my
Panasonic Viera TC-L32X5 TV. Using the TV's media player, I have no
trouble playing DVD media that has been ripped to MPEG-4 (part 2)
video/AAC audio. The problem is with DVD rips to MPEG-4 H.264 (part
10)/AAC audio. The video tends to occasionally freeze, has a grainy
appearance, and the audio is hopelessly out-of-sync with the video.
These problems don't appear when I play the same file on a laptop using
VLC, Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and might there be a codec
issue (i.e. no support for H.264) with the TV's media player? Thanks
for your time and comment. Sincerely,

J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
 
In article <le4uhp$v8m$1@ra.nrl.navy.mil>,
"J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello, everyone. My question concerns the playing of movie media
(stored on USB flash drive, CF card or SD card) when plugged into my
Panasonic Viera TC-L32X5 TV. Using the TV's media player, I have no
trouble playing DVD media that has been ripped to MPEG-4 (part 2)
video/AAC audio. The problem is with DVD rips to MPEG-4 H.264 (part
10)/AAC audio. The video tends to occasionally freeze, has a grainy
appearance, and the audio is hopelessly out-of-sync with the video.
These problems don't appear when I play the same file on a laptop using
VLC, Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and might there be a codec
issue (i.e. no support for H.264) with the TV's media player? Thanks
for your time and comment. Sincerely,

J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
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Panasonic's software is garbage and they don't care. They're not going
to fix any bugs you're encountering.

I've talked to Panasonic's tech support about the long list of
advertised file formats and codecs for my TC-P50V10 that don't at all
work. What they really mean is that it can use files from Panasonic
cameras using those file formats, not that it actually supports those
formats. Panasonic also hasn't untethered VieraCast TVs even though
they're decommissioning servers required for them to work. Intermittent
Amazon Video and weather forecasts is all it has left.
 
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:12:28 -0800, Kevin McMurtrie
<mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote as underneath :

snip
Panasonic's software is garbage and they don't care. They're not going
to fix any bugs you're encountering.
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I agree with this - my Panasonic TXL32E30B works great as a TV but only
that! All the built-in media stuff just isnt worth using its such
rubbish, recording through USB etc. etc. implementation is so poor and
full of bugs and wont use outside HDD interfaces etc.
An expensive TV mistake it was! Picture is great though!! C+
 
On 02/20/2014 08:04 AM, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, everyone. My question concerns the playing of movie media
(stored on USB flash drive, CF card or SD card) when plugged into my
Panasonic Viera TC-L32X5 TV. Using the TV's media player, I have no
trouble playing DVD media that has been ripped to MPEG-4 (part 2)
video/AAC audio. The problem is with DVD rips to MPEG-4 H.264 (part
10)/AAC audio. The video tends to occasionally freeze, has a grainy
appearance, and the audio is hopelessly out-of-sync with the video.
These problems don't appear when I play the same file on a laptop using
VLC, Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and might there be a codec
issue (i.e. no support for H.264) with the TV's media player? Thanks
for your time and comment. Sincerely,

J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
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Hello again, everyone. I appreciate the responses to my OP to-date. I
called Panasonic tech support and they suggested trying an .mkv
containerized video but that also didn't work. As for playing .mp4 and
..m4a sound files, that works fine and associated .mp3 metadata (e.g.
cover art) is also correctly displayed. For an MPEG-4 AAC audio file
(e.g. iTunes), however, the metadata is ignored. Sincerely,
--
J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
 
On 21/02/2014 07:23, Charlie+ wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:12:28 -0800, Kevin McMurtrie
mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote as underneath :

snip

Panasonic's software is garbage and they don't care. They're not going
to fix any bugs you're encountering.

I agree with this - my Panasonic TXL32E30B works great as a TV but only
that! All the built-in media stuff just isnt worth using its such
rubbish, recording through USB etc. etc. implementation is so poor and
full of bugs and wont use outside HDD interfaces etc.
An expensive TV mistake it was! Picture is great though!! C+
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I am very happy with my 5-year old TX37LZD85, but then I don't use it
for anything other than TV. In all that time I don't think that
Panasonic have updated the software, which either suggests it was
perfect to begin with, or a "sell and forget" attitude...

--

Jeff
 
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, J.B. Wood wrote:

Hello, everyone. My question concerns the playing of movie media (stored on
USB flash drive, CF card or SD card) when plugged into my Panasonic Viera
TC-L32X5 TV. Using the TV's media player, I have no trouble playing DVD
media that has been ripped to MPEG-4 (part 2) video/AAC audio. The problem
is with DVD rips to MPEG-4 H.264 (part 10)/AAC audio. The video tends to
occasionally freeze, has a grainy appearance, and the audio is hopelessly
out-of-sync with the video. These problems don't appear when I play the same
file on a laptop using VLC, Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and might there be a codec issue
(i.e. no support for H.264) with the TV's media player? Thanks for your time
and comment. Sincerely,
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sci.electronics.components is not about "componenet stereo" or "component
tv", it's about the components that make up electronic devices, such as
resisters and capacitors and semiconductors.

This isnt' the place to discuss complete bits of equipment, unless perhaps
they related to testing those components. Even if this was the place,
there are much better places, where there is real traffic.

Michael
 
In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1402221451300.3719@darkstar.example.org>,
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, J.B. Wood wrote:

Hello, everyone. My question concerns the playing of movie media (stored
on
USB flash drive, CF card or SD card) when plugged into my Panasonic Viera
TC-L32X5 TV. Using the TV's media player, I have no trouble playing DVD
media that has been ripped to MPEG-4 (part 2) video/AAC audio. The problem
is with DVD rips to MPEG-4 H.264 (part 10)/AAC audio. The video tends to
occasionally freeze, has a grainy appearance, and the audio is hopelessly
out-of-sync with the video. These problems don't appear when I play the
same
file on a laptop using VLC, Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and might there be a codec issue
(i.e. no support for H.264) with the TV's media player? Thanks for your
time
and comment. Sincerely,

sci.electronics.components is not about "componenet stereo" or "component
tv", it's about the components that make up electronic devices, such as
resisters and capacitors and semiconductors.

This isnt' the place to discuss complete bits of equipment, unless perhaps
they related to testing those components. Even if this was the place,
there are much better places, where there is real traffic.

Michael
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These TV are likely to start getting hacked at the firmware and chip
level. Panasonic made a lot of them, crippled the software, then
abandoned them.

I'd be poking around on the circuit boards TV wasn't so heavy.
 
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