Hybrid created MP4 files that will not play on LG TV?

[tobylars83]

I have been processing avi files created in Vdub thorough Hybrid and the resulting mp4 files will not play on an LG tv BUT the same "video" that has been edited and created in Premiere Pro plays just fine.
Questions?
Advice?

[lordsmurf]

"smart" TVs are dumb boxes. Find the required specs, and encode to those. You have no choice. It will almost always be lower quality specs, so you'll be crushing down the quality.

In general:
- no 4:2:2
- no higher profiles
- no higher bitrates, no CRF lower than 20
- watch the GOP lengths

It is what it is.

Every brand differs, every model differs, every new years differs. Trying to make files work on certain TVs is almost futile.

[tobylars83]

Thanks for confirming my suspicions and research. It has been real hit and miss. I am going to start moving clients towards broadcasting to their tv either with Mirroring from an iphone or sending through the tvs native app. Just got home from a past clients home and showed them how to do that. So much easier than experimenting with all the different brands and years of tvs. Causes me to pull out what little hair i have left.

[lordsmurf]

VLC is an option. Sort of...

The VLC app is a PITA at times, nowhere near as easy or straight-forward as the computer (Win/Lin/Mac) version of the
software. Even I have trouble remember which selection to use, the GUI/UX sucks. But most current smart TVs allow apps, and VLC works well for this. Just ram the stick into the TV (beware size limitations, and exFAT/FAT32/NTFS limitations), and let VLC be the player.