VSX3 no sound from USB in TV, video transition fine, but...

stormcab · Post by **stormcab** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:56 pm

I am just waiting for my VS3 to arrive in the mail, in the meantime I have downloaded the free version to try. I only tested the free X2 download with my AVCHD, and experienced these jittery transitions everyone is talking about. X3 seems to have sorted the video bit out to my satisfaction - but the sound still has the occasional jitter.

My main concern however is that as I do not plan to mess about with burning to disk - ever again - because I bought a Samsung LED TV with USB connectivity, I cannot get any sound from my files!

I have a Panasonic HDC-HS300 HD camcorder. The files play back fine when it connected straight to the TV via a mini HDMI, they play fine on my new Sony VAIO laptop, they play fine when rendered with either X2 or X3 free versions, and they play fine via the windows media player - but when I copy the renered files to my USB stick and play back on the TV there is no sound. When rendering I simply choose the MPEG 1920-1080 pre-setting under 'share'.

Has anyone else had this problem with USB playback on an approiate USB enabled TV?

If this just something simple I am doing wrong, can someone give me a link to the 'best settings' for rendering AVCHD please.

Thanks

martythebrit · Post by **martythebrit** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:08 pm

Have you tried a different USB flash drive?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:29 pm

Or go into the Samsung Menu > Sound/Audio, and make sure the relevant type of audio is enabled... It is more likely there since all those other programs etc play the audio...

stormcab · Post by **stormcab** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:36 pm

You can't adjust any of the sound or visual settings once in USB mode. It either plays or it doesn't.

The USB is a 16GB CRUZER, a very good model, and it plays everything else fine pictures, music, and movie files rendered in mpeg2 and divx, and has never given me any trouble so I am sure it isn't that.

I think I will have to play around with all the settings in VSX3, such as LPCM, and lower the bitrate of the audio.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:54 am

It sounds like a setting in your TV needs to be changed.
Just to check the files on your USB contain sound try plugging the USB stick into a computer and play them back from the USB stick.

stormcab · Post by **stormcab** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:18 pm

Yes the USB plays back fine via the laptop, with the rendered AVCHD files and my MPEG AND DIVX.

Has anyone got a on here got a TV with USB and used a file from a USB stick successfully?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:46 pm

I happen to have a 46 inch Samsung HDTV with a USB input. I have never used the latter before, but just to try it out in your own context, I transferred an AVCHD clip (edited in X2) to a 16 GB Kingston USB stick drive, and put it into the HDTV. The TV recognised the stick, but only seems to offer the choice between Photos and Music. There was no tab at the side for video, which seems a bit strange -- although the TV is around 15 months old...

I normally play back my High Def videos (including the one on the stick) either by putting the stick into one of the USB ports on my PlayStation 3 connected to the HDTV via HDMI (plays perfectly); or else streamed directly from my computer which is networked to the PS3 (ditto).

Re the PS3, I have to put my video files into a directory on the stick labelled (in upper case) VIDEO for the PS3 to see the video. I tried that with the Samsung direct, but though it could see the VIDEO folder, and then presented 'Upper Folder' as a choice. But when that was pressed, it looped back to the main menu. In any case, that was in the Photos tab on the HDTV screen, so it was obviously not looking for video formats there.

EDIT: I have just done what I should have done in the first place -- look at the TV's manual!

And the USB port on mine is only for Jpegs and MP3, not video... Sorry.

stormcab · Post by **stormcab** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:40 pm

Thanks for trying anyway. I think the movie feature is relatively new, I had to do some research before buying my LED TV to make sure it played movies. Many boasted USB capability, buy very few had 'USB Movie' functionality. What's annoying is that although it does play movies, my 720x576 mpeg 2 movies I have from before my Hi-Def camera play back squashed horizontally, and when playing from a USB all the resolution options on the TV are disabled. Now with my Hi-Def stuff I get no sound.

Luckily though I decided to opt for a Hi-Def laptop with HDMI output, so I can just plug my 1TB hard drive into the USB and the HDMI out, and watch everything. I know that you can stream all this stuff now, like you said, so that will have to be the next thing - I can't be doing with anymore wires - the back of the TV cabinet looks like a telephone exchange now.