Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by g0mjw » Tue May 21, 2019 7:19 pm

Yes - Colin and I have the same issue.

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by F6DZP » Tue May 21, 2019 8:05 pm

Hello,

The width and height of the picture is given by the decoder. Do you use Windows or LAVvideo decoder? ( to know that you must record the graph created ***.grf file , using the option in minitiouneConfig.ini)

If you want that I try to give a definitive answer and try to fix this strange result, The best is to record 10 sec of the TS and send it to me.

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by G8GKQ » Tue May 21, 2019 9:40 pm

Hi Jean-Pierre

Thanks for your help. I have e-mailed you a .TS file, and here is the output of GraphStudioNext. I take it that means that I am using the LAV Video Decoder.

73

Dave
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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by F6DZP » Thu May 23, 2019 5:35 am

Hello,

Thank you Dave. Yes, Windows is obliged to use the LAV video decoder, the Microsoft video decoder can't decode this H265 stream.
I have analyzed your TS and yes it is 1280x720.
In this case the LAV video decoder says 1280x960 if the de-multiplexer doesn't give it the information.
Microsoft demultiplexer is very basic, cannot find any information and I must tell it myself that this ES (Elementary Stream) is H264 or H265, that this ES is AAC ... ( others demux can find the codec used and the size of picture, but they are not free)
Normally, the size of the picture is found by the Mpeg2/h264/H265 decoder and given to the video renderer, so I can display the size found by the decoder.
But in this case( this H265 encoded ES), the size found by LAVvideo decoder is not always the good one. ( good for 1920x1080, not good for 1280x720)
If I want to fix this, I must analyze myself the H265 packets inside the ES and tell the result to the LAVdecoder, or find another H265 decoder that will do well the job or wait for a new version of LAV video decoder.... or ??

It is easier to let VLC do the work... nothing to do for the developer.

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by F6DZP » Thu May 23, 2019 6:49 am

Hello again,

After some research, reading official documentation (ETSI TS 101 154 V2.1.1) it seams that they are restrictions when we use HEVC (=H265) with DVB system:

* display aspect ratio of the HEVC coded frame must always be 16/9
* luminance vertical resolution for HDTV can be 1080, 900, 720 or 540.


The simplest solution could be to force Minitioune to display H265 video using always 16/9 format. (but I'm not sure everyone will use these restrictions.. :( )

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by g0mjw » Thu May 23, 2019 7:16 am

Hi Jean-Pierre

That's very interesting. I can imagine always showing H265 as 16:9 would be a problem for some and amateurs like to push the boundaries with respect to the official guidance. I think we have all been doing that with all sorts of resolution settings. Perhaps this could be a setting in the ini file?

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by G8GKQ » Thu May 23, 2019 7:40 pm

Jean-Pierre

Thanks very much for looking into this - and for finding the ETSI documentation. My personal view is that a default of 16:9 for H265 pictures would be useful, as long as it could be over-riden by selection of the 4:3 button. Sounds simple - but I can imagine it could be difficult to implement.

Does the ETSI document specify a pixel aspect ratio? (just out of curiosity)

Most users of H265 that I have seen on QO-100 seem to have been using 16:9. That's the way that I am pushing people with the Portsdown controller for the Jetson.

Thanks again

Dave

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by F6DZP » Fri May 24, 2019 5:38 am

Hello,

I have made test again, receiving Dave H265_TS with Minitioune using Elecard_HEVC_video_decoder Directshow filter(Demo), Minitioune says that the video size is 1280x720. So I know now that it is LAV_video_decoder that makes a mistake.
HEVC decoded by Elecard.jpg
HEVC decoded by Elecard.jpg (114.7 KiB) Viewed 5129 times
but
* LAV_video_decoder is free.
* Elecard_HEVC_video_decoder is not free...

Perhaps next version of LAV_video_decoder will fix this size error.
Does the ETSI document specify a pixel aspect ratio? (just out of curiosity)
no,
I can see only 2 ratio values used
for example:
1920 x 1080 (aspect_ratio_idc=1)
1440 x 1080 (aspect_ratio_idc=14) => horizontal x 4/3
1280 x 720 (aspect_ratio_idc=1)
960 x 720 (aspect_ratio_idc=14) => horizontal x 4/3


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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by g0mjw » Fri May 24, 2019 7:17 am

What concerned me about that video was the HP437 meter on top of a box on top of the fridge.

Do you think it is possible to overcome this lav decoder problem?

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Re: Minitioune V0.9beta8 is available

Post by G8GKQ » Fri May 24, 2019 8:45 am

Mike - You are right to be concerned about the HP437 at the top of the pile of boxes on the fridge (in Jean-Pierre's circle)- it has fallen off once! All OK though, and it is only used for its 0dBm calibration output as I do not have any power heads for it.

Jean-Pierre - Thanks for the further tests and information. Is there a formal way of reporting the bug in the LAV Decoder?

Dave, G8GKQ

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