Unable to play mpeg video inside .mkv (1 Viewer)

[mmoore99]

All of my videos/movies (avc, vc1, mpeg) are in mkv containers. MP is able to play the avc and vc1 videos without any problems. However, MP will not play any mpeg videos that are contained in mkv containers, even though these same videos play fine in other media players (MediaPlayer Classic, mplayer, etc). MP will play mpeg videos if they are not stored in am mkv (ie have .mpg extension).

The MP log messages for an attempt to play a mpeg video in a mkv container are as follows:

2009-01-12 11:12:12.913500 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer:play G:\Video\Movies\Awake\Awake.mkv
2009-01-12 11:12:12.961500 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode
2009-01-12 11:12:12.967500 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: added EVR Renderer to graph
2009-01-12 11:12:13.339500 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:CoreAVC Video Decoder to graph
2009-01-12 11:12:13.343500 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:MPA Decoder Filter to graph
2009-01-12 11:12:13.349000 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: First try to insert new audio renderer Default DirectSound Device 
2009-01-12 11:12:13.349500 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Found audio renderer
2009-01-12 11:12:13.911500 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: add normal vob sub filter
2009-01-12 11:12:13.913500 [Warn.][MPMain]: VMR9: Pin: 0 not connected: 80040209
2009-01-12 11:12:13.914000 [Warn.][MPMain]: VMR9: Pin: 1 not connected: 80040209
2009-01-12 11:12:13.914500 [Warn.][MPMain]: VMR9: Pin: 2 not connected: 80040209
2009-01-12 11:12:13.915000 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:cleanup DShow graph
2009-01-12 11:12:13.920000 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: ReleaseComObject(): 0
2009-01-12 11:12:13.923000 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentSurface() dispose surfaces
2009-01-12 11:12:13.989500 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Disabling DX9 exclusive mode
2009-01-12 11:12:13.990000 [Info.][MPMain]: player:ended
2009-01-12 11:12:14.039000 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - G:\Video\Movies\Awake\Awake.mkv - skipping track!

Any thoughts as to why these videos will not play?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Do these files play in Windows Media Player, if not the required codec to recognise mpeg inside mkv is not installed.

You could try enabling mpeg support in ffdshow if installed, but unlikely as your log says CoreAVC, btw what mpeg codecs have you got installed.