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mugmoor · 2008-06-12, 03:48

I'm having an issue with mkv files. They play fine, but some of my files have multiple audio channels and by default, the spanish one is selected ( I want english ).

As well, my movies are all in their Original Aspect Ratio by default, and I want them to display in 16:9 instead. VLC Media player lets me do thse things with a few menu clicks, but setting them to default within the file requires that you recompile it, which simply isn't going to happen when these are HD Movies (some as big as 8 GB).

Does anyone know of a way to get MP to play these the way I want them? I don't care if I have to set manual settings for each movie when I first import them.

edit: managed to set the zoom settings so that my movies display correctly, but a few still give me errors with the languages.

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mugmoor Portal User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	I'm having an issue with mkv files. They play fine, but some of my files have multiple audio channels and by default, the spanish one is selected ( I want english ). As well, my movies are all in their Original Aspect Ratio by default, and I want them to display in 16:9 instead. VLC Media player lets me do thse things with a few menu clicks, but setting them to default within the file requires that you recompile it, which simply isn't going to happen when these are HD Movies (some as big as 8 GB). Does anyone know of a way to get MP to play these the way I want them? I don't care if I have to set manual settings for each movie when I first import them. edit: managed to set the zoom settings so that my movies display correctly, but a few still give me errors with the languages. Last edited by mugmoor; 2008-06-12 at 03:55.