Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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John B
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Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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Description of problem or question:
I converted several videos to .MP4 format, H.264, AAC, copied the files to my iPhone (iOS 14.6), and tried playing via AirPlay to my Samsung Q90 TV. The TV app on my phone tells me, "This video is in a format that can't be streamed to this TV." I also tried H.265, same problem. The videos play on the phone and on my Mac (macOS 10.14.6), and they stream from the Mac to the TV, though they are pixelated and jerky.

I'd like to know how to encode videos to be able to play them to my TV from my phone using AirPlay. Thanks.

Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
Convert the movies.

HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
version 1.3.3

Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
macOS 10.14.6

HandBrake Activity Log ***required***
This is not a problem with Handbrake.
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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Could you please post your HB logs, instructions can be found here:

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/hel ... y-log.html
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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John B wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:26 pm HandBrake Activity Log ***required***
This is not a problem with Handbrake.
And yet you're here instead of an iPhone or Samsung forum...
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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mduell wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:12 pm
John B wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:26 pm HandBrake Activity Log ***required***
This is not a problem with Handbrake.
And yet you're here instead of an iPhone or Samsung forum...
Yes, not a PROBLEM with Handbrake, more of a QUESTION about Handbrake. Is this not the place to post questions? Seems like "Questions and Community Support" would be the place for questions.

As I said, I'm trying to figure out the best settings for streaming via AirPlay. Is this something someone could help me with? Thanks.

I didn't post a log because I'm not reporting a bug. It's working correctly.
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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Ok, well, we've done literally all we can to bring you, the horse, to water.

Consider a less myopic view of "It's working correctly" when your original post is describing how it's not working.
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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HandBrake Activity Log for Session: 2021-06-17T21:45:28Z
Handbrake Version: 1.3.3 (2020061300)
Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mp4
Preset: Fast 1080p30
[17:45:28] macgui: QueueCore scanning specifically for title: 1
[17:45:28] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
[17:45:28]  - Intel microarchitecture Skylake
[17:45:28]  - logical processor count: 4
[17:45:28] hb_scan: path=/Users/jabaro/Downloads/Mr. Ghostly (2018) Season 1 S01/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mkv, title_index=1
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/jabaro/Downloads/Mr. Ghostly (2018) Season 1 S01/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mkv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(/Users/jabaro/Downloads/Mr. Ghostly (2018) Season 1 S01/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mkv/) failed
[17:45:28] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[17:45:28] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Users/jabaro/Downloads/Mr. Ghostly (2018) Season 1 S01/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libebml v1.4.0 + libmatroska v1.6.1
    creation_time   : 2020-09-22T16:23:42.000000Z
    Writing frontend: StaxRip v1.7.0.6
  Duration: 00:26:09.03, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4139 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main 10), yuv420p10le(tv), 1920x960, SAR 1:1 DAR 2:1, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 3497803
      DURATION-eng    : 00:26:09.026000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 37619
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 686018128
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v49.0.0 ('Sick Of Losing Soulmates') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-09-22 16:23:42
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, fltp
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 640000
      DURATION-eng    : 00:26:09.024000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 49032
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 125521920
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v49.0.0 ('Sick Of Losing Soulmates') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-09-22 16:23:42
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
    Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: subrip (default)
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 59
      DURATION-eng    : 00:25:42.480000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 449
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 11465
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v49.0.0 ('Sick Of Losing Soulmates') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-09-22 16:23:42
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: subrip
    Metadata:
      title           : SDH
      BPS-eng         : 65
      DURATION-eng    : 00:25:48.450000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 496
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 12697
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v49.0.0 ('Sick Of Losing Soulmates') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-09-22 16:23:42
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
[17:45:28] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[17:45:28] scan: audio 0x1: eac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=640000 English (E-AC3) (5.1 ch) (640 kbps)
[17:45:29] scan: 10 previews, 1920x960, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 2.00:1, PAR 1:1
[17:45:29] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[17:45:30] macgui: QueueCore scan done
[17:45:30] macgui: QueueCore started encoding Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mp4
[17:45:30] macgui: QueueCore with preset Fast 1080p30
[17:45:30] Starting work at: Thu Jun 17 17:45:30 2021

[17:45:30] 1 job(s) to process
[17:45:30] Skipping subtitle scan.  No suitable subtitle tracks.
[17:45:30] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[17:45:30] Skipping crop/scale filter
[17:45:30] work: only 1 chapter, disabling chapter markers
[17:45:30] job configuration:
[17:45:30]  * source
[17:45:30]    + /Users/jabaro/Downloads/Mr. Ghostly (2018) Season 1 S01/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mkv
[17:45:30]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1
[17:45:30]    + container: matroska,webm
[17:45:30]    + data rate: 4139 kbps
[17:45:30]  * destination
[17:45:30]    + /Users/jabaro/Library/Containers/fr.handbrake.HandBrake/Data/Movies/Mr Ghostly (2018) - S01E01 - The Bad Boy.mp4
[17:45:30]    + container: MPEG-4 (libavformat)
[17:45:30]      + align initial A/V stream timestamps
[17:45:30]  * video track
[17:45:30]    + decoder: hevc
[17:45:30]    + filters
[17:45:30]      + Comb Detect (mode=3:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=1:spatial-thresh=1:filter-mode=2:block-thresh=40:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[17:45:30]      + Decomb (mode=39)
[17:45:30]      + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[17:45:30]        + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[17:45:30]    + Output geometry
[17:45:30]      + storage dimensions: 1920 x 960
[17:45:30]      + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1
[17:45:30]      + display dimensions: 1920 x 960
[17:45:30]    + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[17:45:30]      + preset:  fast
[17:45:30]      + profile: main
[17:45:30]      + level:   4.0
[17:45:30]      + quality: 22.00 (RF)
[17:45:30]      + color profile: 1-1-1
[17:45:30]  * audio track 1
[17:45:30]    + decoder: English (E-AC3) (5.1 ch) (640 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1)
[17:45:30]      + bitrate: 640 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[17:45:30]    + mixdown: Stereo
[17:45:30]    + dither: triangular
[17:45:30]    + encoder: AAC (Apple AudioToolbox)
[17:45:30]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[17:45:30] sync: expecting 37619 video frames
[17:45:30] encx264: min-keyint: 24, keyint: 240
[17:45:30] encx264: encoding at constant RF 22.000000
[17:45:30] encx264: unparsed options: level=4.0:ref=2:8x8dct=0:weightp=1:subme=6:vbv-bufsize=25000:vbv-maxrate=20000:rc-lookahead=30
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[17:45:30] sync: first pts video is 0
[17:45:30] sync: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 1 time 0
[17:45:30] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 0
[18:10:03] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[18:10:06] work: average encoding speed for job is 25.486204 fps
[18:10:06] comb detect: heavy 797 | light 2311 | uncombed 34511 | total 37619
[18:10:06] decomb: deinterlaced 797 | blended 2311 | unfiltered 34511 | total 37619
[18:10:06] vfr: 37619 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[18:10:06] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[18:10:06] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[18:10:06] eac3-decoder done: 49032 frames, 0 decoder errors
[18:10:06] hevc-decoder done: 37619 frames, 0 decoder errors
[18:10:06] sync: got 37619 frames, 37619 expected
[18:10:06] sync: framerate min 23.976 fps, max 23.976 fps, avg 23.976 fps
x264 [info]: frame I:574   Avg QP:18.61  size:105270
x264 [info]: frame P:9965  Avg QP:21.45  size: 27690
x264 [info]: frame B:27080 Avg QP:22.75  size: 11520
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames:  3.5%  1.1%  1.7% 93.8%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 33.1%  0.0% 66.9%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4:  4.8%  0.0%  4.4%  P16..4: 46.0% 11.8% 10.3%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:22.7%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  8.1%  0.0%  0.3%  B16..8: 28.7%  3.9%  0.1%  direct:16.3%  skip:42.7%  L0:45.6% L1:50.1% BI: 4.3%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 38.4% 54.6% 9.6% inter: 11.2% 23.4% 0.4%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 36% 18% 26% 19%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 25% 16% 23%  6%  7%  6%  6%  5%  4%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 62% 15% 19%  4%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.4% UV:1.1%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 65.3% 34.7%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 80.8% 19.2%
x264 [info]: ref B L1: 94.4%  5.6%
x264 [info]: kb/s:3305.62
[18:10:06] mux: track 0, 37619 frames, 648306619 bytes, 3305.44 kbps, fifo 1024
[18:10:06] mux: track 1, 73551 frames, 31305201 bytes, 159.61 kbps, fifo 2048
[18:10:06] Finished work at: Thu Jun 17 18:10:06 2021

[18:10:06] libhb: work result = 0
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

Post by John B »

mduell wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:32 pm Consider a less myopic view of "It's working correctly" when your original post is describing how it's not working.
I have no clue what you're talking about. I don't understand how stating that the app is working as it should, and asking about how to use it is myopic.Do you know what myopic means? My original post said nothing about a bug or anything not working. Here's what I said in the OP:
I'd like to know how to encode videos to be able to play them to my TV from my phone using AirPlay. Thanks.
I guess this is NOT the place to come for help learning how to use Handbrake. Though it's clearly the place to come for condescending sarcasm. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Re: Can't AirPlay to Samsung TV

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mduell wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:32 pm Ok, well, we've done literally all we can to bring you, the horse, to water.
I haven't the slightest idea WTF that means.
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