h.264 with AAC audio not playing correctly after PS3 FW3.0 update

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Encode video using MeGui v0.3.1.1051 (fully up to date as of 09-10-09)
   With the x264: Standalone-PS3-XBOX360 profile with a bitrate of 2997Kbps
2. Encode Audio using MeGui v0.3.1.1051 Nero AAC scratchpad
   (Nero AAC v1.3.3.0)with the following settings,   
   Normalize Peaks to 100
   Adaptive Bitrate @ 96kbit/s
   AAC Profile: AAC-LC
3. Mux using Yamb v2.1.0.0. Beta2 to an MP4 container

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
 I expect the PS3 to see my new file as an MP4 with AVC video and AAC
audio. But the PS3 sees it as a MPEG-4 with no audio. Some of my files play
fine and I can hear my audio as long as I don't fast forward or rewind.
Other files will not play at all.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
 PS3 Media Server v1.10.51 and Windows 7 RC

If you are transcoding a media file, which engine are you using (mencoder,
avisynth/mencoder, tsmuxer?)

If the media file is in error (or does not play flawlessly), what are the
codec informations of this file (you can use following program:
mediainfo.sourceforge.net) ?
General 

Format : MPEG-4 
Format profile : Base Media 
Codec ID : isom 
File size : 493 MiB 
Duration : 22mn 15s 
Overall bit rate : 3 095 Kbps 
Encoded date : UTC 2009-09-05 20:04:25 
Tagged date : UTC 2009-09-05 20:04:25 
Writing application : Yamb 2.1.0.0 [http://yamb.unite-video.com] 

Video 
ID : 1 
Format : AVC 
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec 
Format profile : High@L4.1 
Format settings, CABAC : Yes 
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames 
Codec ID : avc1 
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding 
Duration : 22mn 15s 
Bit rate mode : Variable 
Bit rate : 2 997 Kbps 
Maximum bit rate : 4 538 Kbps 
Width : 720 pixels 
Height : 480 pixels 
Display aspect ratio : 1.500 
Frame rate mode : Constant 
Frame rate : 29.970 fps 
Standard : NTSC 
Resolution : 24 bits 
Colorimetry : 4:2:0 
Scan type : Progressive 
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.289 
Stream size : 477 MiB (97%) 
Writing library : x264 core 68 r1183M f21daff 
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 /
me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=12 / chroma_me=1
/ trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 /
threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 /
b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 /
scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=2997 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10
/ qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=24000 /
vbv_bufsize=24000 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:1.00 
Encoded date : UTC 2009-09-03 22:16:06 
Tagged date : UTC 2009-09-05 20:04:44 

Audio 
ID : 2 
Format : AAC 
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec 
Format version : Version 4 
Format profile : LC 
Format settings, SBR : No 
Format settings, PS : Yes 
Codec ID : 40 
Duration : 22mn 15s 
Bit rate mode : Variable 
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps 
Maximum bit rate : 110 Kbps 
Channel(s) : 2 channels 
Channel positions : Front: L R 
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz 
Resolution : 16 bits 
Stream size : 15.2 MiB (3%) 
Encoded date : UTC 2009-09-05 20:04:42 
Tagged date : UTC 2009-09-05 20:04:44 

Please provide any additional information below and PLEASE JOIN debug.log
file !!
 It seems that after Sony came out with the 3.0 Firmware update thing are
not streaming correctly and the PS3 does not see the files for what they
really are. If I put my files on a USB HDD or memory card everything is
fine and the PS3 sees the files for what they really are.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by duff...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2009 at 7:55

Attachments:

• debug.log

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*UPDATE* It seems that if I encode my video to x264RAW then mux to an MP4 
container
using Yamb fixes the problem of my files not playing at all and also fixes the
problem of MP4's crashing when I rewind or fast forward.

Sorry if I wasted anybody's time with my problems.

Keep up the good work with Playstaion Media Server!!!

Original comment by duff...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2009 at 2:19

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Original comment by chocol...@cpan.org on 24 May 2011 at 1:34

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