Tutorial: Playing .mkv-Files - Page 6

Pastill · 2008-11-20, 02:06

Goose (or someone else)

I also find Mplayer Classic Home Cinema the best.
Easy to install, good quality and most of all you get HA on .mkv files, means my HTPC is very quiet.

I tried to use the codecs/filter MPCVideoDec.ax in MP's player but then I can't get any subtitles with mkv-files.
To get subtitles I have to install and use VobSub or some other stuff and that means I'm loosing Hardware Acceleration and on 1080 video I then easily loose sync with video, audio and/or sub.

But in MPC HC I get subtitles ( if it's contained in the mkv-file) with HA and very good quality.

So I tried MPC HC as external player in MP.
Then MPEG2 files is running just as the MP player
BUT with mkv/.264 files means that MPC HC is opened in a new window and normal MP commands from my remote is not working.

What should I do to avoid MPC HC to open in a new window ?
Or at least react on normal MCE remote commands.

I'm still running MP 0.2.3.0 on XP

frank75 · 2008-11-20, 19:41

I downloaded "x264 Video Codec rev. 1028" from free-codecs and then almost every movie worked again

.

But 2 movies will not start not at all in MP. I tried them on a popcorn machine and they worked, but i could not skip forward in time. Could this mean something?
And they play in vlc but the sound is stuttering.

Any idea anyone?

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-11-21, 00:58

Run them through mkvmerge (part of mkvtoolnix, google) see if that corrects the problem.

frank75 · 2008-11-21, 20:11

Strange, mkvmerge stops almost at the finish.
Program not responding??

Downloaded mkvtoolnix today. What can i do to fix this

Edited.

I started it again and let it run some time, then it stopped and said everything ok and no errors reported.
But, the original file is 4,11gb, time 01:35:46 and the muxed file is 3,75gb, time 01:25:10.

What can be the problem now?

2008-11-20, 02:06	#51 (permalink)
Pastill Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 19 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mplayer as external player ? Goose (or someone else) I also find Mplayer Classic Home Cinema the best. Easy to install, good quality and most of all you get HA on .mkv files, means my HTPC is very quiet. I tried to use the codecs/filter MPCVideoDec.ax in MP's player but then I can't get any subtitles with mkv-files. To get subtitles I have to install and use VobSub or some other stuff and that means I'm loosing Hardware Acceleration and on 1080 video I then easily loose sync with video, audio and/or sub. But in MPC HC I get subtitles ( if it's contained in the mkv-file) with HA and very good quality. So I tried MPC HC as external player in MP. Then MPEG2 files is running just as the MP player BUT with mkv/.264 files means that MPC HC is opened in a new window and normal MP commands from my remote is not working. What should I do to avoid MPC HC to open in a new window ? Or at least react on normal MCE remote commands. I'm still running MP 0.2.3.0 on XP

2008-11-21, 00:58	#53 (permalink)
Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 7,033 Thanks: 139 Thanked 257 Times in 228 Posts Country: My System	Run them through mkvmerge (part of mkvtoolnix, google) see if that corrects the problem. __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. Upload Logs\Pictures etc, use the "Go Advanced" and select the + feature to upload\attach files.

2008-11-21, 20:11	#54 (permalink)
frank75 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 61 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Strange, mkvmerge stops almost at the finish. Program not responding?? Downloaded mkvtoolnix today. What can i do to fix this Edited. I started it again and let it run some time, then it stopped and said everything ok and no errors reported. But, the original file is 4,11gb, time 01:35:46 and the muxed file is 3,75gb, time 01:25:10. What can be the problem now? Last edited by frank75; 2008-11-21 at 20:45. Reason: One more time

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2008-11-20, 19:41	#52 (permalink)
frank75 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 61 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I downloaded "x264 Video Codec rev. 1028" from free-codecs and then almost every movie worked again . But 2 movies will not start not at all in MP. I tried them on a popcorn machine and they worked, but i could not skip forward in time. Could this mean something? And they play in vlc but the sound is stuttering. Any idea anyone?