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Windows 7 - my WMC is killing me!
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| 09-03-2010 | #1 |
| | my WMC is killing me! Hi! I am trying to play MKV using the following: Old 2.7Ghz windows 7 32 bit laptop Xbox 360 TV wired network I previously managed to play all kinds of videos (avi, MKV mostly) using WIndows Media Center using many different codecs. I had some pc problems and needed to do a fresh install but unfortunately I forgot what codecs and settings I used before. I installed Shark 007 codecs and tested a bunch of videos. Here is what I found: All videos play in WMP. Only AVI play in WMC ( when MKV, it says I do not have the proper codecs installed). I can see the thumbnails on my xbox but can only play one MKV, the other one starts, stutters and after 2-3 frames jut freezes. I tried different shark settings all under administrator rights: recommended with or without DivX codecs, default with or without Divx. Everytime, I uninstalled and restarted. I found that with default shark codecs only and some tweaks, I can play a file. I use the H264 ffdshow video codec, unchecked disable AC3 filter and use passthrough for AC3 and DTS. While I can play some files on the extender, I still cannot play them on WMC. Could it be that my laptop lacks the horsepower? Anyway here are the file analysis report of a MKV file I was able to play . Code: General Format : Matroska File size : 1.09 GiB Duration : 42mn 21s Overall bit rate : 3 693 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2010-02-22 21:41:29 Writing application : no_variable_data Writing library : no_variable_data Video ID : 2 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L3.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=11 Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1 Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 42mn 21s Bit rate : 3 307 Kbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.150 Stream size : 980 MiB (88%) Writing library : x264 core 85 r1442tw Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=24 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3307 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Language : English Audio ID : 1 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Codec ID : A_AC3 Duration : 42mn 21s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Stream size : 116 MiB (10%) here the report of the file I could not play General Format : Matroska File size : 1.46 GiB Duration : 1h 0mn Overall bit rate : 3 431 Kbps Writing application : x264.exe Writing library : mkv2rls x264-tv version built on 2010 jul 11 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L3.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1 Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 1h 0mn Bit rate : 3 043 Kbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.138 Stream size : 1.27 GiB (87%) Writing library : x264 core 88 r1471 1144615 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=20 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3043 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Audio ID : 2 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Codec ID : A_AC3 Duration : 1h 0mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Stream size : 167 MiB (11%) Title : English Language : English Text ID : 3 Format : UTF-8 Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8 Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text Title : English Language : English Thanks for your help! |
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| 09-03-2010 | #2 |
| | Being you have made the identical post on my forum, i answered you over there. |
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| 09-08-2010 | #3 |
| | is wmc x64, and ur using 32bit codecs the problem? (or vice versa) |
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