Transcode with the proper PAR

[Petr Nejedly]

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=699

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2136

http://perl.goeszen.com/converting-any-video-with-ffmpeg-letterboxingpillarboxing.html

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2956

http://blog.mycila.com/2010/01/dlna-on-sony-bravia-tvs.html (a nice GroovyScript)

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3532 (mpeg2 to asf, see test file xbox360_par_test.mpg)

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4064&p=27033#p27022 (Illico's solution)

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4352 (Panasonic remux) \

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5403

[Petr Nejedly]

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1179

[Petr Nejedly]

might be a ffmpeg issue. need a example file to test and/or someone running ffmpeg on their system

[Petr Nejedly]

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1799

[Petr Nejedly]

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2055

[Petr Nejedly]

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2246

[Former user]

After various tests (see me on other topics) it seems that a really nice option for transcoding for Viera TVs would be to MPEG2-TS at 1280x720 with black bars if necessary to preserve the aspect ratio. The TV does not like some other video sizes such as 848x480 and assumes a 4:3 format expanded to 4:3 Full to make up 16:9. The black bars would be essential to preserve the aspect ratio as otherwise wide screen films (for example) would be stretched up and down.

[Former user]

There's a solution in the Viera's options menu: Turn off 16:9 Overscan (in Picture/Advanced Settings)